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True. The more contact you make..The better chance you have for a call back or the opportuninty for a potential client to listen to what you have to say. Thanks Years ago, as I sat in front of a typewriter pounding out prospecting letters, another agent stopped by my desk. He asked if I was writ...
11/02/2012
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Active Rain is a great tool for showcasing yourself to potential clients and connecting with agents worldwide.I am glad to be back and look forward to blogging here once again.
11/01/2012
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We now see the big flood of investors in the real estate market. Where did they come from? They we in the gutters waiting for their time to strike. There is an unbelievable demand for housing in the SF Bay Area. Every listing gets multiple offer's. Buyers are competing with each other just to get...
03/15/2010
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Our jobs are for the most part to help people. In good times and bad like a marriage. We don't stop talking to a client because their house is worth less than when they bought it. We don't tell a buyer that after putting offers on a couple of homes that we will not help them anymore. We have to ...
03/15/2010
Just curious what everyone else is doing and how it is going? What are the positives and negatives of the service that you are using or have already tried? I heard about FDI Hands Free. It is a phone number that you can add on the speed dial in your phone and then call the number and verbally sen...
03/15/2010
As a result of the Financial Crisis/Credit Meltdown/Real Estate Bubble etc., the Federal Government has spent approximately 10% of our countries total GDP annually for nearly 2 years now in an effort to "ease the crisis." So what have we gotten for our investment? Currently we are told unemploym...
03/15/2010
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Beware of the Ides of March! By Brian Madigan LL.B.That was good advice given by a soothsayer to Julius Caesar although he did not heed the warning.The words were made popular by William Shakespeare in his play "Julius Caesar".In real estate, it is significant because it is the begining of the ...
03/15/2010
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Well, I started to write a blog at 6:00 am this morning and got sidetracked but that's ok I'll get it in before my first appointment this morning at 10:00. It didn't happen. My Wife was leaving for Tokyo and I spent breakfast with her instead of going to the gym and after going over the commerc...
03/15/2010
Do You HAVE to Pay Real Estate Taxes? Hmmm.... Did you know that you, or someone you love, may be exempt from paying Real Estate Taxes in Loudoun, Fairfax, Prince William or many other nearby counties? The exemption is reserved for those with limited incomes and who meat certain age or disability...
03/15/2010
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When I closed my first short sale in 1998 I had no idea that 10 years later I'd be doing them with any regularity. At that time, short sales were uncommon; they remained uncommon through 2006. Even in 2007, other agents needed to be educated about what a short sale was, how long it took to close...
03/15/2010