The real estate industry is getting blasted with viruses and malware so please take the time to be vigilant and make sure you have up to date quality anti-virus software!I know a lot of people that were hacked via clicking on links that claimed to be important real estate closing documents, but w
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02/21/2017
I was reading a few real estate blogs on activerain.com this morning and saw one posted that I would have bet was spam since it was written in a foreign language. Fortunately, I recognized the language and a few words. Since I started Kindergarten in Vietnam back in about 1966 at the Phoenix Stu
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02/20/2017
The only thing constant in today's world is . . . CHANGE.Years ago, I changed and started blogging. I was getting pretty active on the blogging website, www.activerain.com. I was pleased with how it was working. It wasn't overnight, it was a process that took time and effort. It was driving p
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02/19/2017
According to Google, there are already 13,400,000 results for this question, so why am I still adding #13,400,001? Because things have changed and some Realtor's have not! When I Google'd "How to choose a Realtor", I read each one that showed up on the first page, excluding the paid for advertis
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02/19/2017
You may not find out about this via Ripley's "Believe it or not", but today is in fact National Drink Wine Day!There is an official website: http://nationaldrinkwineday.org. They even have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/drinkwinedayYou can even follow them on Twitter: https://twitter
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02/18/2017
I pride myself for how connected I am to my clients! However, on some days, I wonder if that is a bad thing?I consistently tell my students in the various real estate classes that I teach, that it is important to relate and communicate with your clients on THEIR level. If you receive an email,
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02/18/2017
There is a lot of misconception as to how much business a typical Realtor does in a given year. The consumer assumes Realtors sell lots of homes each year since many brag about being a million dollar producer. Keep in mind that if the average home is $250,000, it only takes four to be a million
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02/17/2017
One day as I was relaxing enjoying a beer after work and I overheard a question on the other side of the bar: "What is normal anyway?" I really wasn't evesdropping, but for some reason that question came across crystal clear. Out of nowwhere, the answer popped into my head and I responded "It i
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02/09/2017
If you have turned on the news at all the past week, you have seen memorial tributes and eulogies for people that passed away in 2016. Also, many of you are probably working on sticking to or still creating your New Year's resolutions for 2017.I too have been working on mine. We can get bogged
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01/01/2017
I pride myself in trying to stay up with technology but had a great reality check just in time for the New Year.In this world of constant advertising messages, how do you get your brand to stand out? Well kudo's to Dick Pritchett Real Estate, Inc. in Fort Meyers, Florida for learning how to get
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12/31/2016