When I started in real estate in 1986 I struggled to find a way to find clients to work with. I tried so many ways to reach people that I was pretty much the joke in the office. I felt like the hamster in the wheel. But, one of the things that I tried…
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If you are a member of the National Association of REALTORS® here in the United States (Or an International Member) you have access to RPR, the Realtors Property Resource®. If you haven’t heard of it, then here is a bit of info about it: RPR is an exclusive online real estate database providing REALTORS® with…
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Back in the early days of my career, I was told to place five business cards next to my car keys each night before I went to bed. The idea was that I had to meet five new people each day and give them my business card and get their contact information…before I could come…
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I finally gave in and bought a standup desk! The shelter in place, work from home, don’t go out order found me sitting for hours on end at my home office desk. It got so bad that my back and legs were starting to hurt so I knew that I had to do something about…
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By now you MUST have participated in at least one Zoom meeting. If not, congrats to you, but most of us have had to endure far too many of them! I always like to have an interesting background to amuse myself and the others on the call, and I told you how I do it…
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Dear Mr Cook – I am writing to you as a long time Apple consumer (Since the iPhone 3 came out) and as a concerned US Citizen. I first got started with computers by purchasing a Timex Sinclair computer in the early 80s and taught myself the Basic Language. Later in early 1987 I purchased…
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Here in California we are still under quarantine and doing our best to keep our businesses running. Personally, I have kept my daily routine pretty much intact and have converted my business practices from face to face meetings with agents to phone calls and Zoom meetings. I have had a ton of questions from agents…
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It seems like everyone is doing Zoom calls these days! If you aren’t sure what Zoom is, the quick answer is that it is a free, online, video conferencing platform. You simply go to Zoom.us (zoom.com works, too) and sign up for a free account. Once you have done that you can download the desktop…
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I don’t know how you are doing with the shelter in place edicts that much of the world is experiencing so I thought this would be something useful! Staying positive when the world is going crazy is one of the best ways of surviving the tide and making it out of the storm. However, this…
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So, here we are about 5 days into an enforced order to stay at home. The local Board of REALTORS® has removed all showing instructions from Active listings on the MLS in an effort to keep agents from showing homes. So far, real estate has been labeled a non essential business so we are all…
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