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<b><a href="/blogsview/646827/Making-the-Most-of">Making the Most of Localism Sponsored Community, Part Deux</a></b> - 08/27/2008 05:34 PM
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Here's the long-awaited second installment in our ongoing series "Making the Most of Your Localism Sponsored Communities."<br/>
So you've created a stellar community description that rivals the likes of Chaucer and Balzac. So now what?<br/>
Well, it's time to start populating your community page with good, quality, relevant local content.<br/> … <b>(14 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/661824/Makeover2Takeover-Contest-To-the">Makeover2Takeover Contest: "To the Winners go the Spoils!"</a></b> - 08/27/2008 03:22 PM
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As was proudly announced at the recent Inman Connect 2008 in San Francisco, the 1st place winners of the Makeover2Takeover Contest were Apprentice Brian Block of RE/MAX Allegiance in Alexandria VA, and Mentor Desiree Daniels with RE/MAX Tri-County in Hamilton NJ.<br/>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/662337/Did-he-really-mean">Did he really mean that? Or did I jump to the wrong conclusion?</a></b> - 08/27/2008 03:02 PM
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We get a couple thousand posts a day on ActiveRain. You leave tens of thousands of comments every day on each other's posts. It shouldn't shock anyone that every once in a while a comment might be left that could be interpreted in a way other that what the author of … <b>(44 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/660853/How-to-Maximize-Your">How to Maximize Your ActiveRain Blog's Search Engine Ranking</a></b> - 08/27/2008 04:21 AM
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This post was stirred out of the overwhelming number of questions I get about how to optimize an ActiveRain blog and profile for the search engines. I realize that many of you have outside blogs, and only use ActiveRain as a supplemental blog, but that is ok! Your AR blog is … <b>(95 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/660014/Yeah-Baby-You-Can">Yeah Baby! You Can Re-Blog Mine Anytime!</a></b> - 08/27/2008 04:18 AM
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Call me an SEO tramp...or maybe smart! Re-blog I love it for many reasons. I see opportunity with reblogging and lots of it. Is reblogging a word? well not according to spell check! :)<br/>
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You want to re-blog one of my posts..Thanks and go for it. At first I didn't understand … <b>(51 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/659918/REO-Reality-Check-1">REO Reality Check - 10 Tips to Get Your REO Offers Accepted and Closed</a></b> - 08/27/2008 04:16 AM
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As a Broker/Manager of a large real estate office(291 licensees as of July 2008) in a city (Las Vegas) that is dealing with 70%+ of monthly closed transactions being short sales and REOs, I've written this post with the intention of educating and spreading the word to as many people as … <b>(33 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/661144/The-Home-Staging-Fairy">The Home Staging Fairy Strikes Again!</a></b> - 08/27/2008 04:16 AM
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Good Grief - I can't believe that it has happened, yet, again!<br/>
On Friday I went to a model, here on Long Island, that I recently staged with furniture and accessories I had chosen and purchased for the builder. When everything was delivered 2 weeks ago, I noticed that there … <b>(27 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/659769/STACKING-OFFERS-UP-LIKE">STACKING OFFERS UP LIKE PANCAKES- WILL IT BE A TALL STACK OR A SHORT STACK?</a></b> - 08/27/2008 04:15 AM
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It is no secret that a lot of Realtors® are hungry these days. Many have given up selling Real Estate and have taken "real" jobs with steady paychecks somewhere else. Yet others, who are truly hungry can and do find a way to stack offers up like pancakes. Is your stack … <b>(23 comments)</b>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/659882/Backwards-Means-Big-Mistake">Backwards Means Big Mistake - A Home Inspection Blog</a></b> - 08/27/2008 03:59 AM
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I saw this a few months ago so I thought I'd share it with everyone.<br/>
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Okay, I'm not focusing here on the worn roof, the rusted air baffle or the dish cable. Can you see what else is wrong here? A hint: It has something to do with the air baffle.<br/>
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<b><a href="/blogsview/660494/SHORT-SALE-AND-FORECLOSURE">SHORT SALE AND FORECLOSURE LISTINGS: WARNING TO BUYERS AGENTS, DON'T RELY ON THE REMARKS IN FORECLOSURE AND SHORT SALE LISTINGS</a></b> - 08/27/2008 03:58 AM
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* * * * HARD CORE REAL ESTATE TALK * * * *<br/>
LESSON FOR BUYERS AGENTS: Information contained in listing REMARKS and about $3 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks. <br/>
I COULD HEAR THE ANGER IN HIS VOICE. I received a telephone call today from … <b>(58 comments)</b>
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