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  • Today’s News at a Glance
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  • Create Your Own Success Blueprint
    By Dr. Maya Bailey RISMEDIA, Sept. 5, 2008-Have you often wondered how you can become even more successful? Have you ever felt as though you have a "glass ceiling" on your level of success? In spite of all your hard workShare This With a Friend

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  • 5 Reasons Why Journaling Works
    By Kim Ades RISMEDIA, September 5, 2008-When confronted with a decision, there is clearly no better way to consider our options, determine the potential, or contemplate our feelings than writing it down. Keeping a journal is as simple as this nursery rhyme; we need no more than a pen and paper ...

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  • 50 Days of Leaders - Making Good Connections
    RISMEDIA, Sept. 5, 2008-For Mary Beth Lake, 70% of her real estate business comes from contacts at her alma mater. Here, meet Lake, and find out how else today's Realtor on the Rise defines the term "go-getter." Mary Beth Lake Harry Norman, Realtors Atlanta, Georgia Good connections: Over 70% of Lake's business comes from ...

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  • Friday Recap
    It's Friday Recap time! That means it's almost time for the weekend. Huzzah! Hey, did you know The Wonders Years may be coming back to television? Holy Kevin Arnold! This isn't really search related but Jonathan Fields asked a very important question this week: What Do You Want To Be...
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  • Examples of What Makes Good Content
    Jane Copland has a bitter post over at SEOmoz arguing that too many bloggers and speakers advise "creating good content" without going into the specifics. Jane calls it a new form of snake oil salesmen, and while I can share her distaste for those who blog without knowing what they're...
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  • Going to SMX East...Don't Forget To Register!
    Hey kids, just a friendly reminder that if you've been eyeing SMX East but feeling some commitment anxiety over registering, the Early Bird pricing is valid through Monday, Sept. 8. For those unsure, today is Friday. As in, almost Monday. That means you should go register. I'll wait here while...
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  • The Dilemma Over Deep Linking
    One of our fine Bruce Clay Account Managers forwarded me an article he stumbled across today and it was like a gift from God. How did he know I needed a good laugh today? Our AMs are always so helpful! The article is from FindLaw and begins by discussing a...
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  • [Weedless Green] Grass Gets You Higher (Property Values)
    A study by Michigan State University, one of the best schools on the planet (ok, it’s my alma mater), found that: Good landscaping can increase your home’s value by 5% to 11% “Most lawns should be cut between 2 1/2 and three inches high,” says John Stier, professor of horticulture at [...]
    read more Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:11:59 +0000
  • When A Cloud Is Over Your Neighbor’s House, Go Skiing
    There is a lot of controversy, inconvenient truths and discussion about going “Green” (no, not Favre signing with the Jets). One of the key elements of discussion is the economic impact of climate change. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s economic letter, discusses a paper on Regional Variation in the Potential Economic Effects [...]
    read more Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:39:39 +0000
  • [Storm Track] Bank Failures Are A Category 2
    I turned on the TV this morning to catch an update on the hurricane in New Orleans, hoping it was better. Thank goodness no deja vu, the storm appeared to be less intense than originally feared. I flipped the channels and saw Geraldo Rivera holding an anemometer counting off the wind speed. [...]
    read more Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:01:31 +0000
  • [Shakespeare On Subprime] “First Let’s Kill All The Lawyers”
    Perhaps one of the most misused phrases in the history of literature is the reference to a quote in Shakespeare’s play “Henry VI”, “First lets kill all the lawyers.” The line is from The Second Part of Henry VI, act IV, scene ii, line 86; spoken by Dick the butcher, a follower of Jack [...]
    read more Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:58:42 +0000
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  • Curbed Quicklistings Puts Listings in Blog Flow
    Word leaked that #1 Real Estate Blog Curbed.com is getting into the listings game a couple of weeks ago. As of today, the new service is live in Manhattan. Curbed’s new Marketplace lets Realtors and brokers list their properties inside a traditional classifieds-type environment. For 99 bucks you’ll be able to reach out to some of [...]
    read more Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:48:01 +0000
  • Globrix Takes Aim at UK Property Listings
    Despite a faltering property market, the market for UK based real estate search sites seems as resilient as ever. In addition to propertyfinder.com, HotProperty.co.uk, Nestoria, Zoomf, DOTHOMES and perrenial top dog Rightmove, you’ve got new(ish) entries like Globrix.com, a site that was launched in January 2008 and is backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News International (a subsidiary [...]
    read more Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:11:44 +0000
  • iPhone Real Estate App Showdown
    The real estate application category on the iPhone really seems to be filling out. When the upgraded version of the software launched in July, Puluwai was the only real estate specific search tool (see 5 Apps Every Real Estate Agent Should Have on Their iPhone). But that’s now changing and it looks like there is an [...]
    read more Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:48:08 +0000
  • New International Property Portal Site Launched
    Simon Baker, former CEO of Australian REA Group, has launched a new web site he’s calling Property Portal Watch. From his blog: Property Portal Watch will be the one stop shop for all information on property portals around the word. It is designed to provide news, views, rumours, overviews and general information on property portal [...]
    read more Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:53:26 +0000
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  • WSJ Reporting Deal Near to put Fannie and Freddie into Conservatorship
    The Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight that the time is almost up for Fannie and Freddie. That didn’t take long. No wonder the bill was rushed to President Bush to be signed at the end of July. The plan is expected to involve putting the two companies into the conservatorship of their regulator, the Federal [...]
    read more Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:32:16 +0000
  • Interest Rates following the Jobs Report
    A dismal Jobs Report with the highest unemployment in 5 years and revisions for the worse to previous reports isn’t much to about…unless you’re in the market for a new mortgage.  This bad news for the economy translates to improved mortgage interest rates.   Currently (at the time of this post) I’m on my second [...]
    read more Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:38:52 +0000
  • Flip This House of A&E is looking for…
    Once again the Producers of Flip This House have asked us to announce that they are looking for people in the Seattle Area who have flipped 10-12 houses.  I expect that can be over any period of time.  I don’t know all of the selection criteria, but if you want to be on the show, [...]
    read more Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:15:31 +0000
  • CoRE #106 - We have A WINNER!
    We at Rain City Guide have had the pleasure and honor to host this week’s Carnival of Real Estate.  I can’t help but remember someone saying that Greg Swann is disappointed when there is not one, single and clear WINNER of the CoRE.  Well Greg, we do not disappoint you this week. Diane Tuman’s post on [...]
    read more Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:47:28 +0000
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