A Thoughtful Comment A thoughtful comment to a blog post can be every bit as valuable as the blog post itself. I was reminded of that today when I made a new, high quality contact as the result of a thoughtful comment I had made to someone else's blog post. What Makes A Comment Thoughtful? Ok, t
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05/27/2010
Lenders Want Referrals From Agents Real estate professionals get a steady stream of various kinds of communication from lenders who would like to have buyers referred to them. Lenders, here is how you can get referrals from me. I Refer The Best Lenders I Know I know a few outstanding lenders, an
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05/27/2010
Cancel Your Listing When a home seller's goals and circumstances are no longer compatible with the current real estate market, cancel the listing. There is no point having a stale listing lingering on a thin hope that some lucky event is going to occur that will get the property sold before the
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05/27/2010
Monday is Memorial Day, and for all Greater Seattle ActiveRain members and others who happen to read my blog now and then, why not meet, shake hands and get to know each other face-to-face in the real world? I will be tending the model home at Cottonwood Grove from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Memorial D
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05/27/2010
Earthquakes Move Real Estate Earthquakes are relevant to real estate, and what could provide a better reason for a caring real estate agent to check up on past and present clients, prospects, friends and other contacts than an earthquake in their area? It's not something to wish on anyone, but o
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05/26/2010
Little Did I Know... ...that when I blogged less than 24 hours ago about Your profile has been viewed 1000 times, many ActiveRain members would realize for the first time just how many people view their profiles! And my profile has been viewed well over 100 more times in less than a day from wri
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05/26/2010
Your profile has been viewed 1000 times. It takes so little time to have your ActiveRain profile viewed 1000 times! And another thousand after that, and another.... Who are these 1000 viewers of your profile, and where are they coming from? And who will the next thousand be? And which one wil
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05/25/2010
Although there are certain times in my daily schedule when I am more likely to be free to blog than at other times, I do blog at just about every hour at some time or other. I've noticed that there are some pretty distinct differences in the immediate response to blogs, at different times of the
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05/23/2010
This morning I got the best kind of greeting as I walked up to open the model home in a new community where I work as a site agent. The newest neighbor has just moved in, and was standing on his new front porch greeting me with a big smile. "Hi David!" "Welcome to the neighborhood. We are exci
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05/23/2010
It wasn't all that long ago that I discovered the value of ActiveRain, and began telling some of my colleagues about it. A few of them have dabbled a bit, but one of them had an "Aha!" moment this week, and sent me an e-mail message exclaiming that I was right, and that after starting to blog mo
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05/23/2010
