I went golfing this past Tuesday with a couple of friends. The day was beautiful, 81 degrees and sunny.I was in the same golf cart with my buddy Jim. We played the front 9 holes and we all had a great time. We all had what we would call "Tiger Woods" type shots LOL, and we had our share of marg
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09/28/2007
Everyone that knows me knows that I am a big fan of Craig's List for advertising real estate and know that I have been blessed with good business generated from this great site.The reason I have been so successful is because I have written "Creative Ads" that cause the visitor to want to visit my
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09/27/2007
USA today says Idaho is way ahead of the rest of the nation and has a "Triple Play" in the fact that it has:Computer ChipsPotato Chips (The #1 one state for growing potatos)Amenities BusinessAmenities Business in the fact that Idaho has hiking, hunting, fishing, skiing and whitewater rafting that
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09/27/2007
I was thinking this morning about the year I started out in real estate. I remember the feeling of being scared, excited, apprehensive and lost all at the same time.I have always watched many new agents come and go during my career. I have witnessed what characteristics the survivors and supers
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09/25/2007
I have to say that in all the years I have been in the real estate business I have marveled at the people I have met and continue to meet and what I learn from them.I was not blessed to have a college education so I have looked at meeting and learning from clients as my post high school education
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09/25/2007
I wrote a blog earlier in the year regarding all the new real estate listing sites and asked if these companies were the Realtors friend or foe. Many AR members thought there was nothing wrong with these sites and thought I was over reacting.Referring to themselves as the "Future of Real Estate"
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09/23/2007
Let's face it, very few Realtors that sell any kind of real estate were ever trained in writing skills, photography etc. You can pickup any real estate publication in anytown, USA or read the vast amount of Realtor ads on Craig's List and you will see very few ads that generate good leadsI want
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09/20/2007
With the Idaho Real Estate market changing along with the rest of the country it is those 5% of the 95/5 rule (yes, the 80/20 rule is history) that will survive due to "Thinking outside the Box".I recently wrote a blog about how to correctly write Craig's List ads that can generate business and m
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09/16/2007
I am always looking for new and cutting edge SEO tips and there is a gold mine of information here on Active Rain. If our good friend Karen George ever writes a book I will be first in line to buy multiple copies! One for me and one for everyone else I truly care about.Since Karen doesn't have
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09/13/2007
Whenever a new report is announced on the radio or television on how bad the real estate market is I switch the radio or T.V. station immediately. Let's face it, we are influenced dramatically by the media and if we listen to them enough we become what they keep telling us we should be. The medi
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09/12/2007
