Teresa 's Blog

Sorry, you failed the human test. Please enter what the graphic says.An actual active Rain error message The picture is an error message I get on my laptop that makes me chuckle, because in the scheme of things, the total failure of my laptop would just mean using another computer until it could ...

Got duplex?  Now is the time to invest in the real estate market if you are the type of investor who wants to buy low and sell high.For sale $204,900 Just Reduced! Up/down duplex, two bedrooms in each unit. Great for an investor or for an owner occupant.  Collect rent on one unit while living in ...

   A couple of weeks ago I tried to contact a real estate agent through a builders web site.  I could not find her contact information so I sent a note congratulating her on her new listing and explained that I was interested in interviewing her for my St. Paul Real estate blog.One week later I g...

There are many blogs and articles about how to blog.  Often we can learn as much from blogging blunders as we can by reading the how to articles.Here is a list of what I call blogging blunders.  Interestingly enough most of them come from looking at some of the real estate blogs that have made va...

Sometimes I get email from other bloggers and phone calls too.  I often spend part of my Friday afternoon on the phone with real estate bloggers from all over the country.  It is fun to share ideas and talk real estate or technology. Sometimes we schedule a phone meeting by email.  So I'll get an...

I call them the geezer brigade, I know that is disrespectful but they don't seem to mind.  I invited Jay the handy man to Active Rain a couple of months ago because I know he can write.  I love his blog and the way he can write and the whole time it feels like he is telling a story.  See his acti...

I am having so much fun with my squidoo lens of active rain members other blog.  I have added books on blogging, resources for bloggers, blogs about how to blog, live feeds from active rain and from technorati.This is my first lens and I was looking for an excuse to build one.  Give it a try: htt...

I spend some time each morning reading active rain posts.I am not an expert on technology or on blogs but do have more experience with both than the average business person.There are posts that contain advice and information that is just wrong.  I read the comments and so many of them say thanks ...

  A new mash up site with neighborhood information.  I tried it out last night.  I found it to be easy to use and really kind of cool.  It had neighborhood information including:LifestyleLifestyle PoliticsPolitics CrimeCrime Elem School RankElem School Rank Air QualityAir Quality Home PriceHome P...

Learning through volunteer workMeals-on-wheels, is a nation wide program of volunteers who deliver meals to seniors.  To volunteer in your community just google meals on wheels and the name of your state or town.  Volunteers are needed nation wide.  I volunteer for a couple of organizations, wher...