🌟 Honoring Dorie Dillard - A Heart That Serves, A Spirit That InspiresToday I want to shine a light on someone truly remarkable: Dorie Dillard, a fellow Realtor®, longtime ActiveRain member and an inspiration to all of us in the community.Many of you know Dorie for her decades of experience in re
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02/08/2026
Enchanted Highway, Take II - Thanks to North Dakota TourismHere’s another reason to love our Zoom calls…Bob "RealMan" Timm recently presented some fascinating information to our Zoom group about his beautiful home state, North Dakota. He instructed us to do more research on The Enchanted Highway
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01/05/2026
New Year, Old Traditions: Celebrating Southern StyleHappy New Year, 2026A Charlotte foodie’s take on time-honored Southern traditionsLast evening—after an incredibly full Christmas week of hosting, nonstop cooking and a firm vow that I was done grocery shopping (my refrigerators were both already
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01/01/2026
The Realization That Love Has a Voice — An A-Ha MomentBefore I dive in, I want to extend a heartfelt thank-you to Lew Corcoran and Patricia Feager for hosting this month’s wonderful challenge. Their thoughtful prompt encouraged deep reflection and truly meaningful storytelling across the platform
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12/31/2025
The Enchanted Highway is Proof that Art (and Heart) Can Save a TownAccording to Bob "RealMan" Timm, during his wonderful presentation on his home state, North Dakota, we needed to learn more about the Enchanted Highway. So, I read as much as I could to discover a little more about it. In a nutshe
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12/28/2025
A Fun ‘Like Me’ Zoom Background Our assignment for last Tuesday’s Zoom call was to visit our favorite AI platform, giving it the following prompt: "Create an image for a ZOOM background the represents my personality." Well, of course I visited my favorite ChatGPT and was not the least bit disappo
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12/21/2025
Biweekly Mortgage Plans: What They Promise… and What You Really Need to KnowIf you’ve ever opened an email promising to save you thousands on your 30-year mortgage—without refinancing, points, or paperwork—you’re not alone. These biweekly mortgage ads show up everywhere, and while the claims soun
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12/15/2025
Roast Me Like Comedy Central - An Hilarious Zoom ChallengeOH MY GOSH!! First, the Zoom meeting today had to be the most fun one we've ever had! So many laughs and so much heart in this group - I can't thank you all for always making my Tuesdays. Today was extra special.The challenge idea today ca
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12/09/2025
Battle of the AIs—Our Zoom Twilight ChallengeThis week in our Zoom AI class (thanks, Praful Thakkar!), the homework task was one that every real estate agent and stager has wondered how to automate- taking a standard professional daytime photo of a listing and transforming it into a stunning twil
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12/05/2025
The Kind of Clients Who Stay With You Forever Every now and then in this business, someone comes along who reminds you exactly why you do what you do. For me, Liz and her family are that reminder.We’ve worked together for years—buying, selling, investing, even building out a successful Airbnb por
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11/29/2025
