I have posted before, just recently, about going door to door in my farms and how much I enjoy it. (See here). I realize that door-knocking is not everyone's favorite, but there are few other ways to get to know people in the areas in which you work - or as least meet them face-to-face. And it...

01/30/2009

What clients want even more than your fancy website

17 Comments

Now I don't mean to imply that a good web presence is unimportant. Obviously, I spend a great deal of time here on AR, working on my website, and I have an increasing presence on Facebook and LinkedIn, etc. Google-juice is great and I want that. But some agents seem to think that is all that t...

01/28/2009

Wordless wednesday: Junior finds a cave

11 Comments

01/28/2009

Can you answer questions without embarassing yourself? Take a look!

20 Comments

Okay, I've been writing some pretty serious posts and I thought it might be time for a bit of levity, with perhaps a bit of a message to go along with it. Sometimes we get asked some pretty probative questions about our listings and it does no good to blluff our way through it when we don't know ...

01/25/2009

Marketing today - combine past and future techniques

14 Comments

Jeremy Blanton wrote an interesting post with an excellent analogy comparing today's marketing to the Miss America contest. Read his post. His point is that just like the Miss America contest has had to change with the times, so must we. And I agree - of the 60+ agents in our office, there are...

01/24/2009

How to keep a positive attitude - easy steps!

8 Comments

I have read David Langford's blog several times over the last few days, and it is so full of great advice - advice that is particularly important in these stressful times - that I felt I had to reblog it and get it as much circulation as possible. I have written a couple of posts lately about sm...

01/23/2009

Praying for a Foreclosure Sale

1 Comments

This is a reminder for those agents who want to represent buyers in REO purchases, or for investors who wish to purchase them for themselves. One of the agents in our office who lists a lot of REOs gets frustrated because he specifies the requirements clearly in his listings, and many agents ig...

01/20/2009

Can anyone explain this advice? Makes no sense to me!

58 Comments

I happened across an article by a Montana Realtor on line discussing the benefits of going after expired listings. I have read the excellent series by Katerina Gasset (Wellington Homes and More...), and wondered what this fellow had to add to what they had to say. Well, after telling his readers...

01/18/2009

Printer trouble? Ask your cat for help!

17 Comments

I love animals and I think God did an exceptionally special thing when He gave us cats to love. All of our cats are so funny and each one has his or her own idiosyncracies and personality. All have one thing in common though: curiosity. This is common to all cats, big and small I think. We j...

01/13/2009

One idea to help innocent renters of foreclosed properties - what do you think?

11 Comments

James Wexler wrote a post Stop Foreclosure Evictions - the innocent victim of the housing crisis, in which he discusses the fact that innocent renters are being evicted because even though they have paid their rent, their landlord didn't pay the mortgage payments. Once the property is foreclosed...

01/11/2009