Alexandra and Ron have a series on branding, marketing and business in general. If you haven't already become acquainted with them, I suggest you check our some of their other informative blog posts. This one intrigued me because it speaks to every realtor whether you work for a Big Box or no...

01/17/2012

Zimmerman Minnesota 4 BR 4 BA 24667 113th Street, Zimmerman, MN 55398

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Great location in Deer Haven , a great neighborhood near Zimmerman, but close to Elk River, too. This home has a 19x14 sunken living room with a gas-burning fireplace, formal dining room, amusement room on the main floor (21x14) and informal dining room with deck adjacent, the kitchen has a break...

01/16/2012

Weltanschauung - Our Guiding Principles, Part One

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Weltanschauung: the guiding principles and philosophy of an organization; a world view Isn't that a great word? Some of you have probably seen quite a few articles or posts about this recently. Our challenge asks us to focus on an aspect of the Weltanschauung that we see as a special part of A...

01/15/2012

Dave Klutch - Harmony Home Inspections

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I invited Dave Klutch to Active Rain a few years ago. Dave Klutch has been an asset I have relied on for years. Dave is a go-to guy. He is thorough, meticulous and is interested in his clients' best interests. He is outstanding with new buyers, seasoned sellers and is knowledgeable...

01/14/2012

Ron Marshall - My Blogger of the Month

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This is the only known photograph of the blogger here on the Rain known as Ron Marshall. Ron joined at the end of September 2010 at my invitation. He has far exceed my expectations of what he would do in the Rain, and his as well. Ron is closing in on 200,000 points. That isn't too bad f...

01/13/2012

Dear Wells Fargo... Congratulations! You Bought a House for $8,000 less than offered!

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I have thought these very same thoughts from time to time. But, this is definitely worth reblogging for more Google juice. Does anyone at Wells Fargo read their press? I know they don't care, but they should at the very least review their business decisions which are costing them Millions. Je...

01/10/2012

Business Plans 2012

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I have written many business plans over the years. How many did I actually follow? Zero, zilch, none. But, this year will be completely different. Why? Because someone far smarter than I am has laid the groundwork for an incredibly smart plan. You remember SMART, certainly. I was train...

01/07/2012

My Top Five Blog Posts for 2011

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There seems to be some of this going around. And, I thought I did have some pretty good responses this year. Last year I wrote a post that garnered nearly 100 posts and no feature. Ah, but someone else got a feature from the same topic. So, at least it got out there for discussion. I had a...

01/06/2012

Trust

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare Loving all is easy to say, but hard to do. Do no wrong to none, again easy to say, hard to do. Trust a few. This is much easier. I can say that there are thousands of quotes, literary references and blogs about trust. Lovers hurt...

01/05/2012

Why Do I Do This? I Must Be Nuts!

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So. at the meeting of Caring Communities of the Crow River Senior Center today, I got nominated to head up the Spring Expo. Why? Because most of it was my idea. I thought that we could take all the vendors who want to market to our people and put them in our brand new auditiorium and let them...

01/04/2012

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