This is not the type of post I normally write. I wish I didn't feel the need to write it. I wish I hadn't seen what I saw yesterday. I was showing homes to a client, who happens to be an African-American woman. I would not normally mention that, but it has bearing on what happened. When we went
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08/22/2008
One of the most amazing people I have been blessed to meet through Active Rain is Joey Aszterbaum. Joey is much more focused on helping others succeed than he is with his own success. I'm convinced that's why he is as successful as he is. if you haven't checked out his Real Agent Help website,
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08/18/2008
It's a tough job being Active Rain's ambassador. I have to travel all over the country,meeting and spending time with wonderful people and eating fabulous food. Laura and I arrived in Austin Friday afternoon. Austin is a vibrant city, filled with fun places to visit and delicious places to e
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08/17/2008
Jo-Anne Smith introduced me to Blog Action Day last year. The collective power bloggers have is even more staggering than it was last year. Blog Action Day is October 15th this year and the theme is fighting poverty. If you're wondering how you can help, there are several ways. For starters here
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08/15/2008
One of the most rewarding aspects of my time as a director for the board of the Southwest Riverside County Association of REALTORS was the networking opportunities and the people I met. One of the brightest is Maryann Edwards, mayor pro tem for the city of Temecula. Maryann was kind enough to sh
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08/12/2008
This is one of the views from Calcareous Winery on Peachy Canyon Road in Paso Robles. It's one of the reasons Laura and I love the area so much. In fact, we've visited there three times in the past two months. Paso Robles has a rich history. Jesse James went there to visit relatives and recover
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08/07/2008
Permit me to quote paraphrase Bob Stewart. "If you don't attend Real Estate Connect, you are crazy." That was the gist of what he wrote in a post following the Connect conference this past January in New York. The past two days have been a blur, so this will be a very brief post mostly filled
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07/24/2008
It's been a full day. Up at 5, finished writing an offer, packed, stopped at the office and hit the road for San Francisco for Real Estate Connect. I left home at 10:30 and by 5:00 I was looking at the Golden Gate Bridge to my right and downtown San Francisco to my left. I checked into the Hotel
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07/22/2008
The long wait is finally over. Tony and Joan have opened to doors to Anthony's Lounge & Ristorante in Old Town Murrieta. Anthony's Ristorante has been a fixture in Temecula for years offering consistenly excellent Italian food. After months and months of remodeling, Tony opened the doors for a s
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07/20/2008
I've been a longtime fan of Real Estate Connect. When I attended my first Connect it was called Inman Connect. Brad Inman is the publisher of Inman News, perhaps the premier real estate website. Next week hordes of us will descend on San Francisco in droves for nearly a week of networking and le
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07/16/2008
