Rainers: This is an encore presentation of a post that was first appeared exactly one year ago today. I repost it because much of it is still relevant. In terms of milestones, this was the first ActiveRain post to ever cross 100 comments. At the time, it was very controversial. I confess that
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10/14/2007
OK folks, it has been a long time since I took the helm and announced a blog tour, but it is time to rally the troops and start up again. Rainers are asking all kinds of questions about outside blogs and what better way get some answers than by looking around at what your peers are doing?I have
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10/07/2007
Yesterday (correction: it was Tuesday) my mailbox nearly exploded with friend notifications from digg.com. I have been an isolated member of digg since 2006. I was there, but I did not have any friends. Somehow someone out there in the RE blogosphere ignited a friending spree on digg, and now,
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10/04/2007
I have been talking about how this thing we know as ActiveRain will be monetized since the day I landed here in August of 2006. Given the whole "situation" with Move.com, it looks like everyone is thinking about it now. AR's owners (am I the only one who wonders WHO they all are???) deserve to
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09/28/2007
Yesterday afternoon I had a closing rescheduled at the last minute for Monday, and I seized the opportunity to grab my adventuresome 4 year old and head off to the zoo right before closing time. Of course, a Realtor's job is never done, so my phone rang numerous times while we were on our 7 minu
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09/22/2007
I doubt that there has EVER been a better time to make an investment in Michigan real estate. Opportunities abound, and smart investors will be rewarded. Not long ago, I heard about an out of state “investor” who made his first real estate investment in Michigan. He was sold a high end home in th
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09/20/2007
Our amazing Carnac inspired me last month. Carnac always seems to know what is going to happen around here. For months I had been meaning to buy yet another domain. But life and business got in the way and I put it off until the Carnac post that spurred a rash of domain purchases. My latest d
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09/18/2007
Ok, the title is the whole blog post, almost. I put this question up this morning on my facebook profile, and thought that ActiveRain would be an even better place to ask. So have a stab at it.What one word would best describe your local real estate market today? Let's call it the one word mark
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09/17/2007
Consumers might not notice this readily, but a different kind of correction is taking place in the Southeast Michigan real estate market: agents are quitting the business. The exodus in the mortgage industry began some time ago, maybe more than a year. With refi business falling off and purchases
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09/09/2007
420Suffield.com - A Delightful French Cottage Location: Quarton Lake EstatesEnchanting Muehlman & Farrar French Farmhouse in Birmingham's Quarton Lake Estates. This home has been lovingly maintained and updated. Delightful custom details abound with leaded glass windows, an arched limestone firep
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08/12/2007
