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Real Estate Agent - Transaction Realty 500 Reno, Nv.
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These are 2300 sq ft homes.  They are about 5-6 years old.   At the top of the market they sold for $300,000-320,000.  They are currently being sold for $250,000 - $270,000.  A couple of these homes are REOs.  The banks have started them at $250,000.  A couple of weeks later they are $240,000.  N...
01/06/2008
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It looks like I'm going to be snowed in for a few days.  Any suggestions for what I should do?  Take a couple of days off and just relax from home?  Catch up on my paperwork?  Do a lot of phone calls.  Watch all of the shows that I've TIVOed?  Read a book?  What do you think?  I'm open for sugges...
01/05/2008
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Many people write about how good their company is with basic training.  I think my training was unique.  I was originally licensed in California and had basic training (#1) there.  I moved to Nevada and my new company insisted that I go through basic training (#2).  After I had finished, they fir...
01/05/2008
I have noticed an interesting phenomena.  When I write a blog that I think is important, nobody pays attention, nobody comments.  But if I write something for fun, I get twenty comments.  I guess people are more interested in fun.  My favorite blogs are those that somebody writes just work hard a...
01/04/2008
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I recently had a BPO with very few good comps.  They sent it back saying get better comps.  I called them and discussed it with the manager.  We (mostly she) came up with the following verbiage to but into the BPO when this type of problem exists."A search of the area MLS system found a total of ...
01/04/2008
Yesterday I wrote a blog in the morning.  It took a long time to post.  After it posted I shut off the computer and left.  I did not hit enter 3 times but it was posted 3 times.  On my points summary, I have points for 2 blogs yesterday and one blog today.  I have seen it many times on other peop...
01/02/2008
I have seen several comments about people blogging just to get points.  If someone does it, they get a higher ranking and a slightly better chance of getting a lead.  Is that bad?  Is that wrong?  I keep on reading posts about working smarter not harder.  Isn't that what the people are doing?
01/01/2008
I have seen several comments about people blogging just to get points.  If someone does it, they get a higher ranking and a slightly better chance of getting a lead.  Is that bad?  Is that wrong?  I keep on reading posts about working smarter not harder.  Isn't that what the people are doing?
01/01/2008
I write short blogs.  I make my point and stop.  I used to die in school when the teacher said write a five page essay.  I cannot write five pages on anything.  Others write long blogs.  They are just warming up at the five page mark.  Which do you like better, the long blogs or the short blogs?
01/01/2008
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Yesterday a friend of mine told me that he had read an article which stated that last year (2007) 12% of the real estate agents didn't sell a single home.  We then discussed part time real estate agents, agents with another job, semi retired agents etc.  Afterwards I thought about it.  If these a...
01/01/2008
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