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Hot dog! The Best of Copyblogger 2011 Copyblogger If you write, and I don't care what you write, IF you write, then you need to read Copyblogger, and probably subscribe. Here they've compiled the best of 2011, no small feat. Take full advantage - check it out. If you don't like what you read, read no further, but if you write, well then.... Here's another post you'll enjoy: http://

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Startup America Partnership America supports small business. So says the start up america partnership site. Do you own a new business? Thinking of starting one? http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/12/21/mentorship-key-success Avra Siegel, Deputy Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, wrote: On December 8th, the President hosted first board meeting of the Startup America

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Teen's webcam messages comfort family after his death. Scene On 7 Do you believe in God? I do.

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KD's Real Estate Blog: Real Estate Syndication: Real Estate Syndication, "Distribution Trumps Destination" so says Saul Klien in this fantastic video that explains real estate syndication ...

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How to setup and run Synergy - YouTube One of my favorite teachers runs a YouTube Channel at AllAroundNewsTv run by a young man we know as Ben. Ben sounds like he's 12 years old or younger, and he's one of the most helpful instructors online. From installing RAM to setting up and running Synergy, Ben is my techspert.Go Ben!And after a little troubleshooting I was able to get Synergy up and

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Thinking about reducing your footprint? Maybe you long for a tiny home like the ones you've been reading about, maybe you want one like the one you read about in Walden Pond. Whether you're looking for a writer's retreat or just a quiet cozy cottage this 1BR/1BA ~800SF tiny home may well fit the bill. On Lake Brooks in Rutherfordton, NC 28018 MLS# 37210 it's for sale. Google if you will:  166

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I found this Facebook Message I posted on a seller's wall some time ago, and it's still true today except that I've hung my license with United Country and am back in business. Here's what I said: In commercial real estate there's a concept called the rate of absorption/ absorption rate. When you look at it, you say, there are... for instance in Golden Valley's case: In October, there were are

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Have you been complaining about your iPhone's battery life? Location services may be the culprit. See this article, by LifeHacker for information on how to turn the feature off. iPhone 4S Battery Problems May Be a Bug with iOS Location Services

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Kathy from over at GV Estates called me for a recap of the year's real estate transactions and I'd tossed my paper report (index cards), so had to do a recap, but everyone's interested in these statistics so I'll share them. Unfortunately, numbers tell a painful truth. Data From the Rutherford County MLS: October 1, 2010 – October 1, 2011 Over the course of the year: 224 properties were on the

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In case you haven't heard, I'm back in real estate. I haven't contacted everyone because I've been busy setting things up, and in a small community news travels fast anyway. But I'm back and thrilled, and having a ball building some inventory for the next upward swing of the real estate cycle, and that shift is due about any time now... isn't it? Some folks say we have lots of time, and if that's

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Yahoo has published a blog post with amazing treehouses and it's amazing. http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/amazing-treehouse-homes.html  The other day a friend asked, "What happened to your treehouse?" And I had to say I found out if we built a treehouse on our property and put in electricity and water and a bathroom the bank would consider it to be improved property and it would be hard for us

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Market Watch reports that some 60,000 real estate practitioners, Market Leader customers, got good news. Market Leader has acquired RealEstate.com http://www.marketwatch.com/story/market-leader-acquires-realestatecom-2011-09-21 RealEstate.com has become an increasingly popular domain as more clients turn to the Internet for real estate information. This acquisition will bring in more than 250

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Remember North Carolina is a non-judicial state Foreclosures Now Take 20 Months RISMediaWhile it does take longer to foreclose in NC than it used to, it's still not taking 20 months. Non-judicial foreclosures don't have to go through the court. Rather a Notice of Default can be recorded and a Notice of Sale mailed to the homeowner and an eviction notice posted. The property then proceeds to be

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See what's new with the Real Estate Book. The New Search Happens Everywhere The Real Estate Book Blog

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6 Reasons The Guy Who's Fixing Your Computer Hates You Cracked.com I have become one of those people who comes over and fixes your computer for free, but I really try not to be. That's because when I log into your system and see a Windows update waiting to install and start to install it and you yell - "No, I don't want to update!" I want to pull out a hank of my hair. I should pull out a hank of

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Investing in Real Estate - What is a "Good Deal?" Zillow Blog - Real Estate Market Stats, Celebrity Real Estate, and Zillow News This Blog Post by Internet Giant Zillow takes a look at real estate investing. A chart included in the article discusses Cash on Cash Returns. Run the numbers, do the math, is it a good deal? You tell me.

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The Humorist Ogden Nash penned, “You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone,” and it comes to mind this morning as I’m trying to think of a way to tell you what you already know. Steve Crowley, owner of The Real Estate Book and I have come to a mutual decision. It’s time for us to part company. We work together just swell, it’s nothing like that; it’s just this sluggish economy. It’s not that we

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Night Photography Lesson - Shooting the Moon I stumbled upon this fantastic website when I googled night photography. The other night I drove up Biggerstaff Mountain in the boo dark, dodging deer and unidentified green and yellow eyes on the road-side. I had a carload of revelers with me, coming home from Tracy's birthday party dinner at Tuscany, she, Mary, Angela and I were full of pasta and I

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One of the many challenges today's real estate practitioner faces is how to organize, manage and share all of those pictures da-da-dah-dah enter Zoner.com Zoner Photo Studio PRO This presents some serious options for the serious amateur photographer. Not quite up to Photoshop, but need some of the features? For less than $100.00, Zoner may have the fixes and shareware you need. Geo-tagging

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The really cool thing about Zillow Widgets is, you can co-brand them. Not to mention their ease of use. Don't know how to add a widget? Get thy self to Zillow Accademy or Active Rain University and learn how, now. http://www.zillow.com/webtools/widgets/ There's some really cool stuff available - get yours.

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Tim and Julie Harris of Harris Real Estate University are all over the Internet with their articles on short sales and foreclosures. This article about Deficiency Judgments: State by State Guide How To Avoid a Judgment explains that in North Carolina deficiency judgments are not allowed in non-judicial procedures. Furthermore, in judicial cases the deficiency may be limited to fair market value.

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Why would you want more than one desktop? What if you wanted to keep your Real Fast Forms open while you popped back over to the MLS to get some numbers? With Windows 7 this is easy enough to do by opening two programs on one desktop, but supposing you've working with two monitors and you want to keep the whole desktop with your set up? Chris Pirillo, the lockergnome, shows you how. I'm always

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A Post in philly.com by Alan J Heavens, Inqirer Real Estate Writer claims that "Eight out of 10 real estate agents are independent contractors, not salaried or commissioned employees." Many real estate agents are small businesses, facing costs and uncertainties In the small Western Carolina Board of REALTORS, where I'm a member, that figure is closer to ten out of ten agents. There are a couple

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Seth Godin writes that no one should work in marketing without having read Scientific Advertising by Claud Hopkins. This book, published in 1923 is still considered to be a fundamental, ground zero, must read. Advertising 101 - produce measurable results. You'll find the book at the above link. Out of print, and past it's copyright, Ian Dewar put this together for general use. Thank you Mr. Dewar.

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A snippit of online buzz was given to FormExperts.com by Ruth A. Gabbard, of Gabbard Hawaii Properties - Honolulu, O'ahu, HawaiiRuth recommended Instant Professional Online Forms For Your Website - FormExperts.com she says they pay, "Only $47.00 a year and it's totally customizable to look like your website. You can create an unlimited number of forms and it includes autoresponders, custom

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Bill Swanson asks you to think about what kind of site you need. Tuesday, May 26 2011, Isothermal Community College's Small Business Department featured a "Soup to nuts seminar to get your business up-and-running on the Internet".  Bill Swanson with Exacting Design, from High Point, NC came in to present the program. If you weren't there, you missed a great opportunity to quiz a webmaster, who

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You know, I follow Seth Godin, and if you have any marketing to do, you should follow him, too. Seth's Blog: A marketing lesson from the apocalypse How can people follow the doomsayers, time and time again? The world is coming to an end, next Saturday. I love the story of the Prophet who took his people into the mountains to wait and pray for the return of Jesus. The deadline came and went. The

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If you haven't heard of Seth Godin, you probably haven't heard of Linchpin, you haven't heard of the Purple Cow, you haven't heard of a Meatball Sunday and you're missing out on Seth's Blog. Anyone and everyone who uses the Internet for sales, marketing, anything other than email needs to read Seth's Blog. If you haven't subscribed to it, you haven't got RSS feeds set up for your homepage, and

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Check out this SlideShare Presentation from Hubspot: 101 Marketing Charts and GraphsView more presentations from HubSpot Internet Marketing.

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Zillow Buys Real Estate Listings Creation And Distribution Tool PostletsI just fouind out about this today. Did you know? Have you even ever used Postlets? Ah, well. Score another for Zillow.

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Write once, publish EVERYWHERE. In this article, Mashable's put together a great piece on HOW TO: Spread Your Business Footprint Around the Web The more places you are, the more likely it is that you will be found. A scatter-gun approach seems to be best just now. As more and more people turn to the web, connectivity is growing in leaps and bounds. SEO is changing more rapidly than it can be

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Inman News published this great article -- are you ready? Real estate agents: Plug in to Gen X, Gen Y buyers' preferences Inman News

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Constant Contact Newsletter for the Real Estate Book. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/April---May-Copy-Due.html?soid=1102382229068&aid=h6g-oZ5pHrg This is the April - May Newsletter, missed it? You can catch it here. Constant Contact is a first rate mass email program, whether you're emailing a few contacts every month or thousands Constant Contact does the job. There's a built in data base

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 Brian Rathbone  Brian Rathbone hosted a writer's workshop at the Forest City, NC Fireside Books store on March 12, 2011 and spoke to a group of writers about the pros and cons, the ins and outs, of publishing. He shared his experiences by telling the story about how he self published his trilogy "The Dawning of Power" as a trade paperback and as an audio book. "I couldn't present a

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I have 4 Bumpy maps. These are maps that show the topography of our area and North, South, East and West. The maps I have came from an Office Supply in Morganton that's since gone out of business. USGS Topographical Maps - Topographic Maps - United States Geological Survey The maps are available here, and for those of you who want to learn more about the area, and answer the burning questions --

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"You want to grow your business? You get in front of more people." Theresa Barnabei shares her experience in business and social media. From the Superior School of Real Estate.

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Real Estate Industry Watch, Tim and Julie Harris Interview from Real Estate Insider News.Agents who will become the "Hope for Homeowners" will make a difference to their sellers and buyers in these difficult times and will stay in business in 2011. Tim and Julie Harris, former RE/MAX agents have gone full time into real estate training and coaching. You can link to their website here and check

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A tax deductions checklist for real estate professionals Inman News Steven Fishman, tax expert, attorney and author of 18 books gives tax advice to real estate professionals in this timely article publisned by Inman.

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In the previous post NAR's Lawrence Yun announces that home ownership os not for everyone, Trulia releases a blog post: 78% of U.S. Homeowners Describe Home as the BEST Investment They Ever Made

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On February 8, 2011 NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun released a podcast discussing the problems in the world (Egypt) and further, addressing how they're expected to impact the US economy, this year and into the future. In closing he says: Home ownership, it's not for everyone.... And I think the inevitable has arrived; indeed, home ownership is NOT for everyone. Trying to put every American who

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Never go out with a client you don't feel safe with. That said, a chat with a REALTOR reminded me this morning that REALTORS will need to take extra measures to be safe out there this year. And here's an affordable solution. Moby! see: moby for realtors www.mymoby.com - your personal safety service Preset Moby to give you a call at a specified time. Program your smart phone to be really smart --

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This RISMedia piece, has a lot of photographer's tips in it, and has a link to a Virtual Tour firm I saved a link to this morning from Kim Komando's newsletter. Good Pictures and Virtual Tours Help Sell Homes in Today’s Market RISMedia

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The Real Estate Book of the Southern Foothills of North CarolinaAd copy is due Tuesday, February 1, 2010. In this month's newsletter you'll find that and more.Hey - Riddle me this: Once it's spent it's gone FOREVER....http://myemail.constantcontact.com/February-Copy-Due.html?soid=1102382229068&aid=J0SiXCumwv4

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Subscribed to Set's Blog yet? Seth's Blog: The inevitable decline due to clutter In another short post Seth tackles the idea of clutter, in this case media clutter, where less really is more.I'm going through my inbox this morning. I've been decluttering for nearly an hour and a half. That's because I've subscribed to too many interesting sites. I'm bombarded with information that actually

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Ever heard of EXIF data in jpegs? Me neither. Did you know a whole lot more than your picture is recorded in your digital data file and is attached to your picture? Kim Komando posted a great article about this on her website. You'll find it here. Reviewing and removing EXIF data See if this is something you need to be concerned about. You'll find the software to read and remove EXIF data here.

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Sorry, I didn't double check my post to make sure my newsletter posted here. Here's a quick URL, the Broker Sherpa video is included.http://myemail.constantcontact.com/January-Copy-Due.html?soid=1102382229068&aid=1c54W0_TsGQ

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Every year the National Association of REALTORS in cooperation with Remodeling Magazine (a trade publication) brings us the Cost vs. Value Report. Would it surprise you to know that the expense of remodeling is rarely recovered when a home is sold? 2010-2011 Costs Vs. Value: Home & Design: REALTOR MagazineFor your sellers who wanted to remodel and are having second thoughts about whether or not

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EFA: Resources: Editorial Rates So, for my copy-writing, editing friends, here's the scoop on what typical editors charge for their work.

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Selling a home in the dead of winter can be challenging, so says Dana Dratch, for Bankrate.com in this article 13 Tips for Selling Your Home In Winter  http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=13108472 . With tips as simple as turning the thermostat up a couple of degrees, to present the house as a warm welcoming space, and using booties, which suggests the homeowners are meticulous,

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Table of Contents: Authority Rules Report I subscribed to CopyBlogger and this series of articles is excellent, pertinent, content rich, and must be shared.How'er you doing? With Google, I mean... really. How'er you ranking? If SEO plays any part in your business, you'll want to read this Authority Rules Report. I haven't finished it yet, but I already know it's solid.Have you thought about

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How to Combine Your Facebook Profile for Both Business and Pleasure Social Media TodayHave you got personal friends and business friends on your Facebook page? Have you ever noticed an option "lists" when you're friending someone? This article tells how to use Facebook lists, so you don't send personal things to business friends and business things to your personal friends.You do not have to

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Surviving real estate's 'win-lose' game Inman News Fascinating! I thought I was going to read an article about creating a win-win and ended up learning the secret to life!Sharing this interesting piece, by Bernice Rice, CEO of the RealEstateCoach.com this morning is my pleasure.And while you're there check out their blog: realestatecoach.com/blog/

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Features Week In Review You might have missed it. Maybe you were busy with a client and you weren't paying attention. Not to worry, Mashable is posting: Features Week In Review, and they'll give a brief rundown on tools of the social media trade. With articles like "33 Social Media Resources You Might Have Missed" you'll surely want to drop in.

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Renegade Professional is a group and I subscribe to one of their newsletters. Is Attraction Marketing Effective? Try A New Approach! « Renegade Professional News This article speaks to selling the dream.When I bought my house I represented myself. I paid full asking price.... Buying a home is an emotional thing, I shouldn't have represented myself, I wanted the house! A buyer's agent could have

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Why go to NARdiGras this year in New Orleans? See what these five winners of the video contest have to say in their home/video casts that could be titled, "Why I want to go to NARdiGras in 2010" REALTORS® CONFERENCE & EXPO - videovote (The National Association of REALTORS®)I have to cast my vote for Haley Weaver of Columbus, OH. She was entertaining as "The Weave" and made the best video. I love

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Here's another reason to get a Gmail account, if you don't already have one. Google is adding voice technology to Gmail, and they're launching phone call integration! Save your minutes! Using your headset and a computer you can make phone calls. Scroll down to watch the video at Mashable: http://mashable.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-gmail-2/#Google-Press-Conference-3Hmmm...

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Jody Key with Washburn Real Estate is the winner of a Professional Services ad in The Real Estate Book of the Southern Foothills and Mountains, Volume 9 Issue 4. Look for Jody's ad in our book on stands September 1st.

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The Real Estate Book for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store "Search Millions of homes for sale across the U>S> and around the world while on the go. Search by location and find detailed listings with photos. directions and agent information. Call of email the agent directly from the home listing o...."

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These days, the article explains, the customer, rather than following a designated path is using multiple streams (print, Internet, digital, social media) to get real estate information. Enjoy Hansel & Gretel and the Map to Consumer Behavior

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Chris Brogan writes If I Were a Realtor and shares some ideas, and these ideas are worth sharing. Thanks Chris, for a lovely post. I agree, if I were a REALTOR I'd be taking your advice, heading out with my camera to shoot some pictures and post them in my blog. Oh wait, that's what I'm doing.

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This is a down and dirty article, that tells how to write a print ad. It's short and sweet. Olgivy Method for Effective Real Estate Print Ad Design Everyone who has to write ads needs to read this, print a copy and look at it BEFORE writing your next ad copy.I wrote an article Why Do You Advertise, this piece tells you How to Advertise.

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At FixYa you'll find solutions to lots of problems. Volunteer experts reply to questions from people trying to set up watches and cameras, to owner's manuals for F150 Pick up trucks. If it's a computer problem, you'll find plenty of help here. Check them out: FixYa.com and here's a handy little link: Tech Support, Manuals & Troubleshooting for Consumers

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I started futzing around with social media months ago, with no clear purpose except to learn how to use Blogger and Facebook, LinkedIn and Wordpress. Then I made a sale directly from facebook, then another, then a referral, then another. Mistake? Not hardly. We're still people, no matter the technology, we prefer to do business with people we know or think we know. Go figure.Olivier Blanchard

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LoopNet - #1 in Commercial Real Estate Online If you ever accept a commercial listing, as a listing agent, I urge you to pop over to LoopNet and set up an account straight away -- if you don't already have one. LoopNet pushes your listing (free of charge) out over the internet. For a few $ they'll do a whole lot more. You owe it to your sellers to check into LoopNet. Now, would be nice.

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25+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events Mashable is one of the few sites I follow with great interest. What's the latest, who's doing what, with what -- oh really! Here you'll find a lot of information on a lot of topics, but it is, of course, all to do with the Social Media Events.

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Interior Design Tips to Help Sell Your Home - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com Here are five great ideas from Interior Designer Tonya Hillukka.This is a great piece to share with your sellers and to cover with them. It gives you, their REALTOR, a way to broach the tricky subject of a house that needs some elbow grease. If you cover this article, while you're in the home, you can let

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Degrees, Schools, Online Courses and Careers - Over 20,000 Articles Want to go back to school? Are the lack of a few classes holding you back? Now you can go to school, in some cases, for free. Online. Look at the offerings under OpenCourseWare and see free online training.

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Appraisers in 'HVCC hell' Inman News"HVCC was a misdirected attempt to do good for the public, and in effect ended up costing buyers a lot more for inaccurate appraisals from (mostly) out-of-town appraisers who didn't know the local markets but allowed the lenders to glean more fees for questionable cheap appraisals." So says Inman News in a post that's certainly worth while reading.

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Congratulations, Tim Vickery of Properties Unlimited Commercial Division. You have won a Broker's Choice or a Professional Services ad. Your advertisment will appear in the Volume 9 Issue 2 book scheduled to hit stands July 5/7. Look for Tim's ad and tell him, you saw it here.

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Isaac Allen with Exit posted this on facebook tonight, (July 1st, 2010) and how handy will it be to be able to send a video message. I made a recording right away and emailed it to see how it works. If it's as easy as it appears to be, everybody should check this out, right away. Eyejot - the easiest way to send video

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Activerain offers free training for real estate agents. Here's a link to the Active Rain University Calendar. I've taken some great classes with Brad Andersohn and Steven Graham. Highly Recommended. ActiveRain University gets three gold stars.

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Peter Miller wrote a compelling piece that appeared in the Real Talk Digest on 7/1/2010. It was so interesting I checked out his website at Ourbroker.com. There were more articles, and, so I thought I'd share Ourbroker, with our brokers. Mortgage Loans, Rates, Home Buying, Selling, Foreclosures

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The Internet is a cheap fast way to promote your listing. When you read CONFESSIONS OF A REAL ESTATE JUNKIE/INHERENT QUALITIES The Real Estate Book Blog you'll see that at The Real Estate Book the research that's done regarding real estate advertising is not biased, rather it's quite expansive. Take a quick run through this section, you'll see different sorts of advertising compared in a cohesive

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Become a Web native Inman News Gahlord Dewald penned this piece, "Become a Web Native" and it's sure to be a hit with my followers. Web Native or Bolt on Web Services? If you're in real estate or work with REALTORS you are going to work with the Internet. If you don't, you are going to .... Well, don't make me say it, you know.

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How Real Estate Pros are Using Social Media for Real Results If you've wondered which social media sites you should hang your face on, look no further, this article mentions all the big ones.

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What a handy link: Travelin' Joe's Guide to North Carolina Golf Courses - Courses & Travel - Golf.comFYI... GOLF the acronym stands for: Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden

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If you are in real estate, and you haven't signed up for this newsletter, you might want to have a look at this. Tuesday Tactics: Online Edition Free Help for Real Estate Agents

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In this post Matthew asks a timely question: Real Estate: A Good Investment to Whom? Matthew Ferrara & Company Our children aren't staying in one place long enough to make purchasing real estate practical or affordable, and it doesn't make the sense for them that it did for us. Hmmmm, the face of real estate may well have changed -- forever.

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Sometimes it's hard to find good links, but, puff, puff, puff, here's one for today: Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Quality links to your site

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Open House Mobile Application | Free Help for Real Estate Agents Foursquare for Open Houses - REALTORS host a meet up! Who would have thunk it?

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Sellers often don't appreciate the value of a first impression. Maybe you could share this article with them if they're interested in going a little BEYOND curb appeal. Room in Focus: Entryways - LogHome.com The second a buyer steps in the door, they're either turned on or turned off. Make sure your sellers understand.

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Here's a cool tech tool for you. Need to store digital files? This scanner, scans, stores and files digitally. Go paperless. The Neat Company - NeatReceipts & NeatDesk Scanners | NeatWorks Scanner Software

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Rich Levin writes a great article for real estate agents, and a MUST read for agents who are working without a plan. More Important Than Your Business PlanConsistant efforts yeild consistant results. They might not be the results you want... but let's save that topic for another day.

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Print Magazines sell! So says Josh Gordon, from Folio MediaPRO Magaxine & eMedia Publishing Professionals Group News Print Magazines Have Never Stopped Selling - Josh Gordon - Blogs Sales and Marketing @ FolioMag.comThe consistant visability and predictability of regular print publications like The Real Estate Book creates loyal customers.

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Viddler.com - The best way to watch and publish your videos Here's something you might enjoy, viddler. Straight from your webcam to the video, oh boy. Viddler has analytics and all the cool tools you'll want to use.Great for video blogging, too.

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Seth's made my blog morning, again, in an article that's fast paced and enlightening, Seth takes us from print, to video to podcasts and beyond. Nice work Seth. You can read his piece and subscribe to his blog, too, here: Seth's Blog: The wrapper matters

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High cost of E & O getting you down? Contact CRES for a quote, they also offer general liability, risk management and Workman's comp. Cres Insurance Services Inc. For Firms and Individuals.

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Are you using LinkedIn? Here are 12 Steps to Transform a LinkedIn Profile Into an Always-on Networking Hub Mitch Meyerson:Mastering Online Marketing and Guerrilla Marketing Coaching

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The Work BuzzThis is a great page to bookmark if you or someone you care about is looking for work/ What's trending across the country? New things like employment agreements NOT to use the company's name on facebook or Twitter. What's not? Discussing your previous employer, careful, careful... And some good practical advice: Never let 'em see you sweat.These are things you knew already, but did

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Zosh Zosh for iPhone, a print, sign and fax app. Unbelievable! Smart phones are absolutely amazing these days.There's a neat little demo of this app here. The learning curve just got steeper, but what a payoff.

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www.Store.RealEstateBook.com site - new advertising options | The Real Estate Book BlogFinally a site for REALTORS! You may direct order online upgrades, advertising and print materials like postcards, here, all online all the time. And they're offering internet upgrades - and one great deal - it's free (and you know how I like free). Enhance your listings online, free for 30 days.Yeah -

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Best iPhone Real Estate App for Home Search - Real Estate iPhone App from Realtor.com®REALTOR.com and the iPhone application -- what a great team.Blackberry? Not yet:(

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http://activerain.com/blogsview/1671074/what-do-you-do-when-the-appraisal-comes-in-low- When an appraisal is low - is there anything a REALTOR can do? You can ask for a reconsideration of value. Here's what you need to know.

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This week's strongest links to interesting media The Real Estate Book Blog Dan McCarthy's recent post -- interesting for you REALTOR's.

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73 Ways to Become a Better Writer CopybloggerCopyBlogger 101 with Johnny B. Truant (not his real name)I keep promising myself to set up a blog just for things I'd like to have on file, but then I don't and drop them into Karen's Corner where they aren't entirely appropriate. But this one works - if you've been thinking about starting a blog and want to study up on it - here ya go.You're welcome.

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What do you want to accomplish with your ad?Print advertising serves more than one purpose. The days of using print to fling a few listings into the marketplace are over. How can you use your ad to accomplish more than one objective?by Karen D. McCallWhy Do You Advertise?BrandingImpressionsAttract BuyersAttract SellersDrive Web TrafficGenerate LeadsBranding. The purpose of branding is to make you

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Income Targeted. Goals Set.Why do your own spreadsheet when you can get it here?Scroll down to the bottom of the above link, when you get there, and sign up for your own media kit. I mean it, Excel worksheets and all. Everything you need in one spot. Take advantage of the professionals and designers at corporate.

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Presentation Pointers From the World’s Greatest Presenter- Steve JobsListing Agents take heed. Here are five tips from the World's Greatest Presenter, so look sharp and pay attention, sharpen your pencil... copy and paste this into your word processor, print it, you'll want to memorize this.

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REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-5 Fixes to Gain More ClientsIt's not unusual to hear me say, Marketing is Marketing I don't care what business you're in. And it's true, for the most part. Real estate practitioners do need a little different approach to marketing. This REALTOR Magazine article, in case you didn't read it in this month's issue, was written for REALTORS.I'm working on an article about

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