What is your Traditional New Years feast to bring luck and prosperity for 2011? There are many traditional meals cooked on New Years Day that families hope will bring them prosperity, luck and happiness going into the next year. Many of these foods are traditional by virtue of ethnicity. Here ar
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12/31/2010
What is a S.W.I.F.T. code? Was a question emailed to me by a customer. (Note: I had sent her wiring instructions for her closing and this was not something she was familiar with. Not a native to America, there was a slight language barrier as well.) My answer to her: The initials S.W.I.F.T. st
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12/22/2010
Let us remember our members who passed this year...I lost one, please add yours to mine. While I had not been able to blog this summer due to a car accident, I am now to the point where I can sit and type again. When I got back on AR, the first and worst thing in the world was that Laurie Manny h
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12/19/2010
Having a positive attitude in todays market (edit/delete) Hello Everyone, I would like to encourage my fellow Realtors, Sales Associates, and assistants to stop thinking negatively about the current market and start to communicate a positive response to customers. The only way (I feel) to get th
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12/18/2010
How would you describe AR in 20 minutes or less? If you had to describe Activerain to your office in 20 minutes or less...What would be your top 5 points to cover? For me, #1 Communication and interactions in our community (we are a community). #2 Information (many posts are informative). #3 Frie
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12/14/2010
Are you the ghost writer or the owner of your post on AR? Fess up! Just curious to know! I know many brokers and REALTORS(r) as myself are very busy. However, I do NOT use a ghost writer to post for me on AR. I might not write until late in the evening ( and I find this relaxing to a point), an
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12/14/2010
Mark Madoff, a father's loss due to his own demise and selfish greed. I'm glad I am not a product of Bernie Madoffs ponzi scheme. However, I don't know if his son Mark (who hung himself last night with his 2 yo son sleeping in the home) or Andrew his other son were involved in his debacle or no
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12/11/2010
What are your 3 top wishes for this Holiday Season? It doesn't matter what your religion...this is a question that I have for everyone. Life is short, the world is in a tough situation right now, however, I would like to know what each and everyone of you wish for the Holiday Season. Me, myself
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12/07/2010
Elizabeth Edwards, rest in peace! Elizabeth Edwards, what a wonderful woman. She wrote personal diaries from her, to her living children. Her son Wade passed from a car accident years ago (1996). John Edwards, ex-wife was a wonderful woman, a lot more humane than he was. She was a humanitarian
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12/07/2010
Over the bridge and here I go to a friends condo I know. (SE Florida) The car knows the way to send me the way to the beach we surely know! Over the bridge and here I go to a friends condo I know. It's sunny and bright and Oh! What a sight! a the warm and wonderful glow! Over the bridge and here
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12/07/2010
