Aja Shroll's (ajaolson) Blog

I have a closing tomorrow afternoon for a listing of mine.  I received an email today from the buyers agent who did a final walk through this afternoon.  It said, "I went ahead and let the buyers have the keys. I thought that would be ok since they are closing before Stephanie tomorrow and it wil...

I woke up this morning at 4 AM and the sky was bright.  I thought, "What in the world is going on?"  I went back to sleep and woke up to snow!  Lots and lots of snow with huge flakes.  Dallas, TX doesn't see this kind of snow very often.  Today is also my husbands birthday.  So he decided to take...

After you wind down from the morning festivities of DASH FOR THE BEADS, spend the evening at the OCarnivale Masquerade Ball which will feature live entertainment from Dallas' own Rebel Alliance Jazz Band, a 19 piece group famous for bringing down the house.  The event will take place in the Bisho...

The 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade in the Bishop Arts District will take place on Sunday, February 7th at 4 PM.  If you haven't registered your float yet, you better hurry!  Deadline for registration is Tuesday, January 5th!  The entry fee is $50.  You can have a float for your local neighborhood, ...

To add even more fun to the 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade in the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff, there will be a 5K run, 1 mile walk, costume contest and festival at 9 AM Saturday, February 6th called DASH FOR THE BEADS!  The money raised will benefit the Bishop Arts beautification, LIGHT UP BI...

  On Tuesday when my husband, Dean, got home from work he surprised me and said we were going to dinner.  I said, "Who is we?"  If we included my 21 month old son, I thought I might pass.  To my surprise, he had lined up a babysitter and it was just the two of us.  My choice!  I love Mexican foo...

This is the Christmas Tree set up right outside of our office.  We obviously staged this picture with the for sale sign and the cute pup in the front and strategically had our office and logo in the background.  I think it makes going to the office just that much more enjoyable! It really is pict...

I am from a very small town in Southeast Kansas named Parsons.  The population is roughly 10,000 these days.  It's seen better days when the Katy Railroad was a major employer and long before I was born there was a Coca-Cola factory that employed many before it burned.   These days, the town see...

I know most of us here in the ActiveRain community also use Facebook for business purposes.  I just read an article that FB is about to launch new privacy settings.  We'll be able to allow what others see on a post by post basis.  If it's for business, you can allow everyone to see it, hopefully ...

I was just reading this article and thought it may be useful information for you and your clients.  There is so much advertising on getting your "free" credit report that it gets confusing about what is actually free and what has a catch.  I signed up for one once that was free for 3 months, but ...