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2009
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Wow. It can happen. You can close a short sale... I did it today. It wasn't easy. My seller first called last September. "Hi Ken, I found you on the internet," he announced as he introduced himself... At the time it was a very important call... I had just began work at my new office and didn'...
06/29/2009
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It just happened this morning. One of the first statistics I started following here on Active Rain was the number of times my Active Rain profile has been viewed. I have been watching this number slowly climb over the last year and a half... Today it happened. "Your profile has been viewed 10,00...
06/27/2009
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I just became a Trulia Pro. It feels good. My original commitment is fairly small, and for extra exposure to myself, my services and my listings... It seems like a potentially great investment. Trulia is the fastest growing real estate website. They currently have over 5 milli...
06/14/2009
I was claiming usernames for my two Facebook accounts last night. I claimed www.facebook.com/KenTracy for my personal page. My plan was to take www.facebook.com/KenTracyRealEstate for my business page. Bad news. Apparently Facebook requires a business page have 1000 "fans" before it gets ...
06/13/2009
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Big closing today... It's not that it was big from a $$$ point of view. But it was an important closing for sure. It was my first closing since the week of Christmas. My first closing of 2009. It seems ridiculous writing that. But true. This business is much harder than I anticipated. But just...
06/11/2009
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My wife and I hope to buy a home this fall. We have been watching one home in Naperville closely... Although the house is fairly small, we love the yard, the location, the neighborhood, and most importantly, we love the price... Unfortunately over the weekend, someone else loved the price, too....
06/09/2009
I have heard many an agent speak of the time they have "wasted" with a client. Almost every time I am with a group of Realtors, I hear some agent bemoaning their wasted time. "I drove my client all over Naperville, showed them 57 houses, and they are still sitting on the fence!" or my favorite "B...
06/03/2009
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There was a time when driving by a nice home in Naperville would get my heart pumping... I could almost smell the granite. The hardwood. The new carpet... Today I find myself thinking "It seems like a lot of house to clean..." Maybe my needs are changing. My goal...
06/02/2009
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Have you updated your Trulia profile? If you are a real estate agent and you haven't, you might be missing the boat. I know I was... I just created my Trulia profile last week. It was very...
06/01/2009
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