No, I'm not literally taking my clients' shoes and trying them on! I'm about comfortable footwear that are easy on/off when showing houses, and that's about the end of my interest in shoes!But what we've been doing is spending a lot of time walking in our clients' shoes (figuratively) for the la
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09/19/2023
Your reputation is at risk with every blog post. You're being watched and first impressions formed.Even if you don't have any comments on a post, you're being watched, just check your stats if you need proof.Some people lurk, some engage, either way, people are out there and what you post matter
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09/12/2023
Back in my Navy days my last job was as the ship's Ordnance Officer. Guns, missiles, associated radars and the men that kept them running were my responsibility. If you're a young man in his early 20s, could there be a better job on a ship than to stand out on the bridge wing as a practice miss
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09/05/2023
Some days blogging ideas come easy, other days not so much.So how do you find ideas for blogging? The sources are numerous, it's just a matter of tuning in and realizing another blogging idea is right in front of you.1. The routines of real estate. Great for FAQ type posts that cover the basic
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08/29/2023
You can blog about ANYTHING (including those topics that most would say you shouldn't). You can stick to one flavor or mix in a bit of everything.You can write what YOU want to write or what THEY (your potential customers) are looking to find.One gets comments (maybe), the other can gain you pot
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08/22/2023
As an Ohio licensed real estate agent I can technically work with any home buyer or seller within Ohio's borders.Since I'd down in the Cincinnati/Dayton corner of the state and not the Cleveland corner 3+ hours away, it wouldn't be sensible for me to blog about Cleveland communities unless I was
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08/15/2023
We currently have 8 honeybee hives in our backyard apiary. In addition to pollinating our flowers and any other blooms within about a 2 mile radius, our honeybees can provide us two outputs: honey or stings.We're not into our bees as a business, but we've been doing it long enough to learn some
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08/08/2023
Rumor has it that old mapmakers used to put the phrase "Here be dragons!" as a warning for unknown sections of the world. Often, what we don't know, we fear, and there's still much we don't know.Some fears are legitimate. If you've been in this business any length of time you've heard the stori
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08/01/2023
There's an entire spectrum of reasons to blog, ranging from purely social to purely business.A quick scroll through ActiveRain's blog roll and it's easy to see the variety of motivations for blogging.We each find a personal reason to start blogging. What you may find is the reason you started bl
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07/25/2023
"Semper Gumby!!" was a saying back in my Annapolis days.Semper from the Latin word for "always" and if you had a Gumby toy as a kid (like I did), you know Gumby was FLEXIBLE, thus "Always Flexible!!".As a midshipman you had to be "always flexible" because things can change quickly and you have to
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07/18/2023
