I’ve been thinking about where next year’s business is going to come from…have you been thinking about that too? Since I do a LOT of reading to find things to post about in this blog, I often run across some ideas that are good, but that I don’t want to devote a whole blog post…
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RPR or Realtor Property Resource is a FREE tool that is offered as part of your membership in your local Association of REALTORS®. It is actually an offering of the National Association of REALTORS® and you access it by going to http://www.narrpr.com with any web browser. Once there you are confronted with a wide variety…
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It’s Thanksgiving Weekend 2020 and as such, it’s ok to take a break from serious topics. What I have found for you to while away a few hours on is a cool, online tool that will create a business name for you, research availability of domain names that are available and then design a logo…
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As I write this, it’s mid-November, 2020. Among other things, that means that the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has wrapped up its annual convention. And if the convention is wrapped up, this means that they have published their annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers and made it available for you to download here:…
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Halloween is out of the way, so Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years are on the horizon. Traditionally this meant a slow down in real estate sales. But, this year? Who knows? We may or may not experience a slow down over the holiday season. One thing for sure though, as agents we need a consistent,…
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Here we are in November and the raging dumpster fire that has been 2020 continues to rage on. The Presidential election has been held, but the results are still murky to the point that it may be some time before we know who will take the oath of office in January. Covid-19 has altered the…
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It wasn’t so very long ago, that some tech pundits proclaimed the death of QR codes. (Do a Google Search on “the death of QR codes” to see what I mean). The writers wanted us to believe that newer technologies were more reliable and easier to use. In truth, in the early days of…
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I haven’t covered the topic of Cyber Security for a long while, so I thought it might be a good time to do it now! As it turns out, the National Association of REALTORS®, via RealtorMagazine, recently published a VERY good article which I strongly urge you to read! It was published on August 28th,…
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Recently Apple announced the new line up of iPhones. This year there are 4 models to choose from that range from new smaller version to a huge model that rivals the smaller tablets on the market. There are many reasons to upgrade your phone if you have one of the older models from the past…
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I have something for you today that is not real estate related, but it is an app that I can’t live without. Literally! With all of the fires here in California, our air quality has really suffered and many days it’s hard to know if it is safe to go outside to walk, hike or…
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