Need some quiet time? The Google+ is for you!

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Teresa Boardman

I am not a people person and I like my privacy but I don’t like to miss out on social networking.  That is exactly what Google+ is for.  I can enjoy all the aspects of the social network without ever having to interact with anyone.  No human contact makes the internet better and safer too.

I can go about my day uploading photographs of all the wonderful places I go and the food that I eat, what I read and more without ever having to worry about anyone commenting or starting a conversation and best of all I can pretty much ignore everyone else’s updates and they don’t get offended.   Sone angry loners and misfits left facebook for Google+ and now I totally understand why.

Google+ is so much easier to use than Facebook because you don’t actually have to use it.  Interacting with others takes time and effort.  With Google+ I can put people in circles according to how I really feel about them and then just share my updates with the six or seven people that I actually like . . .sometimes.

If you long for solitude I highly recommend Google+ and it isn’t just for Realtors but a great place to go when you need some quiet time.

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Sh*t NAR says

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Teresa Boardman

I guess this is in honor of mid-year, although I think it applies any time of the year

Sh*t NAR says:

To consumers:  Now is the best time to buy a home.

To Agents:  Most of you are too old.  Who is going to pay the dues when you die?

 

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Did you ever wonder why?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Teresa Boardman

 

Ever wonder why companies that sell internet related services to real estate agents pitch their products using the telephone?   The companies can easily be found on the internet but no one is looking for them.  There is a reason why no one is looking for them.  Kind of sad if you ask me.  Sniff . . . .but I don’t feel sorry enough for them to buy anything . . .

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I missed a required class

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Teresa Boardman

I Looked myself up to see if I had completed my quadrennial ethics training.  It seems that I missed an entire four year cycle.  I read the rules and if you miss they can throw you out of the NAR until you complete the training.  It doesn’t say what they do if you miss an entire cycle and go six seven years with out quadrennial ethics.  I recall taking the course in 2008 at the offices of what has to be the most screwed up Realtor association in the country.  I am not going to sweat it but it you are an agent you might want to check and see what your status is. . . . .I don’t think there is a huge chance of getting caught if you miss the training but the current cycle ends December of 2012 and I am sure all members want their ethics training.

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Marketing that starts with a lie

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Teresa Boardman

Call me old school . . at your own risk of course . . but I was taught not to lie and I passed those teachings along to my own offspring.   Why is so much marketing to real estate professionals based on lies and half truths which are pretty much the same as lies but people who tell half truths forget that they are also telling half lies.

Yesterday when I got one of those emails from someone who needs me right now to help with home buyers and sellers in my area I asked them to prove it by giving me the name of one buyer or seller in my area that needs my help.  They could not do it because they are making the whole thing up

Listen boys and girls if the only way you can get business is to make up lies find a new line of work.  You don’t really want to go to hell do you?  Does your mother know that you tell lies?  Should I tell her? I am sure you can find honest work somewhere.

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