Just a reminder that tomorrow night, Sunday, October 8th, is the deadline for submitting to the next Carnival of Real Estate. We've had LOTS of finalists from ActiveRain in the past, and I hope to see more of them this week. Our own, The Lovely Wife, was the big winner a few weeks back. For tho
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10/07/2006
A follow up report from our little non-ActiveRain blog tour experiment this week. For those of you who missed my original invitation, we visited the blogs of members who maintain a separate blog outside of ActiveRain. I visited a lot of great sites and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I liked
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10/07/2006
Looking for blogging ideas? Looking for blogging connections? I know I am not the only one out there who maintains a separate blog dedicated to my local market. I've talked about mine fairly often. It's on my mind a lot. And this morning, Colleen Kulikowski had up a post about touring new lis
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10/05/2006
I am so excited that I am sticking around to post this instead of nodding off to sleep. I spent a good part of my afternoon working on my email newsletter to my clients, with most of the content lifted straight from my Oakland County Homes blog. I recently dropped my subscription to a leading r
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10/04/2006
Two events tonight set off a little light bulb in my mind. First was Matt Heaton's post about the ultimate real estate portal, and the future of ActiveRain. Then, an hour ago, I checked in on my own Woodward Corridor Blog to do a little maintenance, and I got a big surprise. I had been paid a
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10/04/2006
Run on over to Inman to check out this very good article about using videos on your listings. Unless you are an Inman subscriber, you will only be able to read this until midnight tonight.Lots of ideas here to explore. Could video replace virtual tours? They say its easier to do since no speci
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10/03/2006
I get tired just thinking about it.I was checking the stats on my Birmingham Michigan Real Estate blog tonight, when I noticed an unfamiliar incoming link. So I clicked on it and was shocked with what I found.Pittsburgh Homes Daily has been busy (for quite a while I'd say) assembling a list of l
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10/03/2006
In homage to Angus Woodbury, pictured at right is my latest tech gadget (the crutches, not the model). Unlike Angus, I did not covet my new tech toy before purchasing, though I did request an upgrade in the accessory that came with: a black surgical boot. I asked if they had purple. The doct
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10/01/2006
BirminghamWe're constantly looking at new listings and new sales in the MLS. Homes are selling every day. There is good news in this market. While the days on market have almost doubled since last year, we are seeing higher average sales prices and higher median sales prices. Higher end homes
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09/30/2006
Kristal, I hope I am not stealing your thunder. But, you know we are watching. Today or tomorrow, you'll pass the 70K mark. Only 2 other rainers have achieved such lofty pointage. Also, in the next day or two you will post your 200th post. Maybe others have done that. I have no way of knowi
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09/28/2006