Mark Rienzie's Blog

5 Things to Do After June 30th to Grow Your Business ! If you are like us, we have been incredibly busy due to the Tax Credit stimulus.  The weeks leading up to April 30th were crazy getting buyers under contract and having the majority of our listings fly off the shelve, several with multiple of...

I recently got called out for improper use of the word Realtor. I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong because I always capitalize it, although that is the third preferred use. The preferred use is REALTOR®. The second preferred use is Realtor®. However, the National Association of Realtors, recog...

Here on Active Brain we are fairly civil to one another, but on many other sites, (such as those that rhyme with Pillow, & Foolya as well as others), they seem to be a little bit of the Wild Wild West, with little, ineffective or no moderation at all. Commenters and questioners are often subjecte...

What was your first reaction when seeing this property? Assuming that you’ve been there in person before writing an offer, the initial price must have been within your reasonable range, or you would have skipped it altogether. Was there something objectionable about the property supporting a lowe...