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I really like Rob Hahn and think that he’s a really smart guy- then he goes off and shows me that even being smart doesn’t help if you push off on the wrong foot.  Rob wrote a post called “Extinction Event Horizon: Real Estate” in which he takes a flying leap into space, and with his feet planted [...]

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Disclaimer: I am not an attorney, but I have hired lots of them and sent their children to school.
I am , sadly, no stranger to stupid lawsuits. I’ve even written about how colossally stupid many of them were, but I am now watching a lawsuit that brings ill-considered to a whole new level.
It seems that [...]

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I’ve been thinking about writing this post all week long.
At the end of the year we all tend to contemplate the past and think about our future because of the symbolism of the arbitrary finish line our calendar provides for us.
This is the fourth recession I have endured since I entered the real estate business, and though it [...]

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You might have heard that the economy has been challenging for real estate professionals for a while now. The media (both traditional and social) inundates us with news of economic woes, short sales, foreclosures, joblessness and the challenges of being in the real estate industry. We see people leaving the business because its become too [...]

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August is not my favorite month.
On August 5, 2008 I lost my best friend when my wife passed away suddenly. In 2009 I lost my cousin Jane Mehl after a long battle with lung cancer, and yesterday I had another reason to dislike August.
Joe Ferrara passed away yesterday.He was only 55 [...]

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Allow me to start by acknowledging that the goals of Franchise organizations are not necessarily the goals of their individual franchisees.
The primary job of the Franchisor is to sell franchises, though supplying tools and systems to their franchisees is also an important goal. The primary goals of the franchisees  differ since [...]

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Just had the pleasure of teaching the Social Media Marketing Institute (SMMI) CSM course in Portland Maine, with the wonderful Amy Chorew,
The first day of the class was held at the Portland Board of REALTORS, a lovely facility close to the Portland International Jetport, and the room was packed with  REALTORS [...]

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I travel more than most people, but I am always in touch with my office, working on property assignments and valuations, communicating with my offices, and generally needing to access files from multiple computers. It becomes even more complicated because I work on both PC and Mac platforms.
Even if you don’t [...]

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I just listened to my friends Marc Davison and Teresa Boardman talk with Maya Paveza, Michael McClure & Todd Waller on their #RTB Radio Show at Blogtalkradio. They are smart, articulate, people and the chat room was filled with other really smart people  so it was a fun way to spend an hour.
If you’re not [...]

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I wrote a post recently at AgentGenius about the need to write, even when you are afraid that you are not writing “War & Peace”. Today, in checking my recent posting history I recognized how much I’ve ignored this poor little blog.
Its actually pretty ironic since this is the place I [...]

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