The Active Rain 12 Step Program to being a good, active addict By: James Ward, addict As a newcomer to Active Rain, I'm uber surprised as to how often I already find myself obsessing about the site and my status every....single....waking....second.  What's worse is I can freely admit that while also being addicted to American Idol, I'll be jumping off the sofa the instant a commercial jingles its way on to the TV, ya know...just to "check stuff".  We all know what we need to check; I may have vaulted a few ranks in my county, I may have been inexplicably awarded 50,000 points for having the dumbest pic in a profile (though I clearly think I'm cool enough).  Whatever the reason, I find myself living, breathing, eating, and relieving http://www.activerain.com/  And YES...I'm hoping that ... 01/18/2008

hanks to this amazingly fast progressing fad of internet community, networking etc, I feel more productive spending my days updating and managing my blog sites, myspace sites, real estate show's but what am I really accomplishing exactly?  Hopefully, I find out and the end result is $ in my pocket...  What I really wish, is that I could go back in time and invent this craziness as opposed to becoming yet another addicted computer geek.  Anyhoo, my name is James Ward and I'm a Broker-Sales Associate at my very own family owned and operated Real Estate office.  Started by my great grandfather over 80 years ago, I'm honored to continue that tradition of Service, Courtesy & Results while adding my own blend of today's innovative technologies and tools.  Sellers, Buyers, even vacation renter... 01/16/2008