Gayle's Blog

I can't get the time to log in to Facebook throughout the day but I want to know what my friends are up to. Logging in at the end of the day requires me to browse through perhaps 100 updates. I get lost. I get behind. Well what did I find today? Facebook provides an RSS  feed for your friend stat...

Quick tips from Claudia Jacobs Stage It BEFORE You List It Listing a house before staging is like going to a business meeting in your bathrobe and slippers. The first 5 to 10 days a house is on the market is the time of the most foot traffic between buyers, agents and brokers.  More people will t...

Be wre!  Explain to your clients.January is radon awareness month in Michigan.  How do I know?  Because I just had one of my buyers perform a radon inspection on their potential brand new house . . . . and guess what?  The levels were at 15.7 which is almost four times the legal limit. What does ...

This is it!  Tamara has nailed it.  heed if you want to thrive!After so many years of research, study, teaching and counseling in things very much related to how our powerful minds play such a fundamental role in our daily performances, I've got a bone to pick. Hence, I thought I would write this...

ActiveRain moves fast.  So fast that I know of only a few people who really have a clear picture of everything that ActiveRain has to offer.  AR is now averaging a site upgrade at least once a week.  To put that in proper context, most software companies are on a quarterly or 1/2 yearly deploymen...

    My personal Avatar is actually a screen shot from a television appearance.    I was sitting with all the studio lighting in front of a green screen.    The images behind me were broadcast as blurred on purpose.  It’s a standard TV thing.     Here’s how to do that effect yourself, without TV. ...

Always remember first imressions are lasting when it comes to houses so in order to do this your home must shine!  Do it yourself or hire a professional cleaning crew.  While you home is for sale it's probably a pretty good investment to have a cleaner come in every week.  Most cleaners do not do...

The IRS is cracking down on mileage reporting...don't risk it! Go to www.dashfly.com to start tracking you miles for 2009. Look at this article http://www.articlesbase.com/small-business-articles/make-the-irs-pay-your-gas-bill-with-good-recordkeeping-654796.html Start using Dashfly.com to create ...

I am so excited, I just had to share my experience. I joined AR just 7 short days ago.  Today, I checked my blog's rank on google and I am already at the top of page 4.  That's still relatively deep for a potential lead to find, but talk about great feedback that my work is paying off.  Here's wh...

This is for the listing agents out there--I just wanted to tell you about something I do that you might want to consider.We all know the rules with regard to picking up expired listings, right?  You know about not soliciting listings that are not truly expired or cancelled.  You know about not ma...