Pat O'Brien's (pat8635) Blog

Passwords ... Passwords ... Passwords .... Some Common Sense Thoughts I help agents with their computers all the time.  I have spent time in the military and have always been amazed at how different organizations deal with password security.  At one of my former offices, almost every agent had a ...

A Different Take on the mess with Bank of America AKA BoA It has become all to obvious that the service of most REALTORS(r) far exceeds anything offered to us by Boa or even to their clients and even the service at the Wendy's drive through seems to exceed anything BoA even strives for.  I called...

It's September ... Some laws you should know about .... If you are new to Texas, you may not realize that every year after a legislative session we get hundreds of new laws that took effect September 1st.  And again we will get more the first of the year. So what are the key laws this year?  The...

Pat O'Brien | RE/MAX Access | (210) 365-6424 7339 Eagle Ledge, San Antonio, Tx, TX Like new Medallion home close to USAA and USTA and easy drive to Downtown, Airport and more! 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House offered at $220,000 Year Built 2008 Sq Footage 2,294 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partia...

Troubled a bit by our response to Bin Laden ...   Some background before my comments.  I have held a reserve ID card in the US Air Force Reserve since 1985.  My dad served for 30 years in the USAF.  I am a former USAFR Chaplain from one of the liturgical faiths (don't want this to be about relig...

Internet Explorer 9, not quite ready for prime time!   I like to bold the repeated title, but that is one of the things the IE9 can't do yet! There are many links that you can't click and times that the mouse can't reposition your cursor which is why I can't bold that. You will quickly remmeber y...

2912 Lotus Park SCHERTZ, TX On of builder's most popular models, miles from Randolph AFB. 4BR/2+1BA Single Family House $239,985 Year Built 2001 Sq Footage 3,564 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial Floors 2 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size Unspecified HOA/Maint $10 per month DescriptionWell care...

  A few thoughts on how technology has changed my business in 18 years... When I started selling real estate in Denver Colorado at Jessop Realty, I was one of the younger agents that had a laptop computer, cell phone and a pager. It was too expensive to have people call the cell phone directly, s...

I signed up for twitter during the Amgen Tour of California many years ago when I realized that many of my cycling heroes were tweeting the results and inside the peloton (main group of cyclists in a race) insights. I loved twitter during cycling season. Then two friends, sisters @sistersthatsell...

741 Woodrow NEW BRAUNFELS, TX Wonderful cul-de-sac garden home close to downtown New Braunfels 3BR/2BA Single Family House $164,989 Year Built 1995 Sq Footage 1,543 Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 1 Parking 2 Car garage Lot Size 9,060 sqft HOA/Maint $0 per month DescriptionWonderfu...