"Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick."~ Author, Laurence ShamesTrue failure is not getting up when you get knocked down; not learning the lesson. Learning a way not to do things and regrouping for another swing
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06/19/2024
Saturday Night Live Has the 5 Timer's Club for HostsThe Rare Achievement Earns Them A 5X'er JacketDoes Active Rain Have The $5M Pt Club Jacket?🤔We currently have 13 members of this exclusive club!(Happy Father's Day to the Active Rain Dad's)The Active Rain points from 0 - 500,000 do matter becau
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06/16/2024
What Very Few Know About What Real Estate Agents Do for YouRecently, William Piotrowski posed an insightful question in our Q&A forum:"What's the one thing you wish the public—clients and new agents—knew about being a real estate agent?" The responses from seasoned professionals shed light on som
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06/12/2024
Welcome To The Rain Get Hylo owners Grant Findlay-Shirras and Amanda Newman🎉 Ladies and Gentlemen, let's give a thunderous welcome to the newest members of Active Rain: Grant Findlay-Shirras and Amanda Newman! 🎉 Please venture over to their page and welcome them, they already put up their first
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06/11/2024
"Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling."Author, Stephen R. CoveyYour action for today is to communicate or express your love for someone in your life.I've been doing this sporactically for two months and it's so liberating and so much fun!Design An Extrao
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06/09/2024
The Most Unrealistic Expectation in Real Estate: In the world of real estate, one of the most persistent yet impractical pieces of advice, right after the cliche' "Location, Location, Location," is "Always answer your phone." This statement implies that you should be on standby 24/7 for any rando
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05/29/2024
Why Choose Me? Why Hire Me? Why Not?An ActiveRain ChallengeRecently, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) decided to settle a lawsuit that I believe to be frivolous. While the settlement might seem to bring about change, it actually doesn't alter my business practices at all. However, it d
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05/27/2024
Take a music-bath once or twice a week, and you will find that it is to the soul what the H2O-bath is to the body."~ Physician and Writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes Your action for today is to listen to your favorite Album, CD, Radio Station or Streaming Service.Enjoy!Design An Extraordinary Day! 202
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05/25/2024
It's easy and it's lazy to sit outside of a complicated situation and attack the people involved. Real Estate seems to have been a bullseye for most of my career, yet here I still am. And, here you still are too. Hmmmm... Theodore Roosevelt once astutely remarked:“It is not the critic who counts;
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05/14/2024
When we transition from this physical realm, the belongings we leave behind are destined to be distributed in one of three ways: Divvy, Donate, or Dump. Contemplating this reality has prompted me to reevaluate my own possessions.Recently, as I facilitated the liquidation of a trust sale estate, I
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05/12/2024
