Brian Rayl - Agents Helping Agents

During my vacation time, one of the best times I had was going to see Wicked, The Musical.  Everyone has followed the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, but did you know that there is much more to the story? This story is told in the musical Wicked and is being brought to center ...

Guess who's back? Back again? Brian's Back! Tell a friend...  (horrible Slim Shady reference if you didn't catch it...) What, you didn't think I would actually QUIT did you?? After an intense first quarter of 2013 and a mind numbingly busy March, it was time to take some time off. I pride myself ...

Inspiration for a blog can come in many different forms. Sometimes it is a client that asks you a question, sometimes it is something that you read or see on Facebook, ActiveRain, or anywhere else in the media. Today's inspiration actually comes from a lack of inspiration. The question is, when y...

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about our new Highland Park real estate office needing a little help. Indeed it did. Over the holiday weekend, we went in and painted it and started decorating. One of the first areas that we concentrated on was the back wall. That is the wall that everyone sees as t...

I started on this journey here on Active Rain back on December 30th of this year. I gave it a valiant attempt, but have decided that Active Rain is no longer the place to post my blogs. Allow me to explain why I'm canceling my Active Rain account, effective immediately.  1) I've dedicated a good ...

I posted a teaser post a couple of days ago explaining reblogs: what they are and why you should care. I call it a teaser post, because at the end I said if you want me to tell you the best ways to get reblogs, to reblog my post and I would send you a private message with the tips. It was a shame...

Stunning Briarwood Dallas home on primo block! Kitchen with maple cabinets & honed soapstone countertops with a bar open to the dining room. Elegant living area with decorative fireplace and a formal dining with beautiful stained beadboard ceiling. Master addition with spacious bedroom with his a...

In the world of Active Rain, there is some terminology that you may find a bit confusing. One of those is Reblogs. What are they and why should you care?  Reblogs: What They Are Reblogs are the Facebook equivelent of a "Share". This means that your content is basically "refreshed" for all of the ...

In addition to being a real estate agent I am also a registered nurse. I work a couple days a week in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. We take care of the sickest of the sick. The problem is that kids are kids. They don't understand being sick. All they wa...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog about how to properly use links on Active Rain. I wanted to follow up on that topic for just a bit and share with you some of the results that I've had. If you scroll down to the bottom of this blog post, you will see that I have a number of links in my signa...