Quality Home Investments, LLC/Wayne County,MI--Renovations done right.

Active Rain members help me get my first 100,000 points.   I wrote my first blog Active Rain in August of 2008. I didn't write my second blog until December of 2009. Then I got a phone call from Pamela St.Peter and I wrote my third blog in January of 2010 about being ACTIVE in Active Rain. From t...

  Chuck Carstensen makes some simple points about doing video. He has some great suggestions about getting going again. Even if you haven't started, his tips should point you in the right direction.  Video should be a part of you regular blogging routine whether you do it once a day or once a wee...

ANOTHER member milestone -- 300,000 points. It's getting harder to keep up with these success stories.     Lorraine or Loretta Kratz of California crossed over into the milestone this morning when they commented on another member milestone of 1,000,000 points, Please take the time to go over and ...

Your house is under water. Should you go down with the ship (short sale)? Or, should you abandon ship (foreclosure)? With the national unemployment rate hovering under 9%, it's easy to understand why so many people are currently faced with financial hardships. 9% is just an average. That means th...

  Active Rain member hits 1,000,000 points and retires.I completely missed this amazing milestone. ONE MILLION Active Rain points IMPRESSIVE.Steven L. Smith a home inspector from Bellingham, WA, has crossed over the 1,000,000 point milestone to join an elite group and become #11 on the Active Ra...

Budget cuts force park closings in Romulus, MI. Temporarily? Budget cuts continue across America. It's happened again in another city. The parks and recreation department of Romulus, MI was forced to close the city parks. Elmer Johnson park was just one of the many to close. At Elmer Johnson park...

GAME ON... Mud volleyball in Taylor, MI -- July 10, 2011. The 23rd annual Mud Volleyball tournament will go on again this year at Heritage Park in Taylor, MI. Taylor, like many other cities, has been facing budget cuts that threatened to end the annual event. With last years budget cuts, Taylor w...

Do you "SUGGEST" posts? I suggest you do. Become a called shot master. Active Rain is a community that supports itself through community involvement. We all write blogs to get noticed. We can post a blog in up to five groups for more exposure.  We write about a lot of topics including market repo...

Living in your HOUSE FOR SALE. Tips for keeping it showroom ready.   You have a house for sale but it's also your family home. You still have to go about your daily routines of eating, sleeping, doing laundry, taking showers, taking care of the kids and the family pets. At the same time, your lis...

Why do I need to take my camera with me? Just look at these member posts. I have mentioned in passing to some newbies that they may want to carry their camera with them when they are going around town. More than once, I have heard the response  " Why do I need to take my camera with me? "  One wo...