From the monthly archives:

October 2007

A Tale of Halloween Pumpkin Horror

October 31, 2007

I have to admit, I’m not big on Halloween.  I never really have been.  That being said, there have been a number of good Halloween posts floating around the RE.net Blogosphere, so I thought I would share.
Kari and I went to my parents’ house a few weeks back to do some pumpkin carving.  We hadn’t [...]

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In Case You Forgot Why They Call Me The Zebra

October 31, 2007

My basketball officiating season started in earnest last night with my first scrimmage of the season.  Since it is getting to be that time of the year, you can bet that there are going to be more officiating-related real estate posts coming up.  It has been a little while since I did a lot of [...]

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Light Posting This Week, so Check Out the Link Blog

October 30, 2007

This is a busy week for me, between my real estate-related responsibilities and this being the first week of basketball scrimmages.  Posting may be a bit on the light side.  No worries, however, you can always check out my link blog to see what interesting stuff is going on in real estate and Web 2.0.
Oh [...]

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The 2007 NAR BloggerCon is ON!

October 27, 2007

Inspired by what Ben Martin was able to do for the Virginia Association of REALTORS, I have been working to try and organize a BloggerCon for those members of the RE.net attending the 2007 NAR Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. Today, we took a major step toward making this happen.
With help from NAR [...]

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VAR Shows Commitment to Technology Through Political Donations

October 24, 2007

The fact that the Virginia Association of REALTORS made donations to the campaigns of two Virginia politicians is not news.  The organization does that routinely.  What is newsworthy is the type of donation that was made.  VAR is providing an in-kind donation of text-messaging services to State Senator Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis and Delegate David Poisson.  Both [...]

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Learn About Social Media For Real Estate

October 24, 2007

I just posted the first in what will be a series of posts about social media and real estate.  You can read it over at AgentGenius.  Here’s an excerpt:
 Welcome to the first day of Social Media for Real Estate 101. Attendance is completely voluntary (although highly encouraged). There will be homework (although no one will [...]

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Zebra Takes Top Honors at the Carnival

October 22, 2007

The 64th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is up at RE Revealed.
The big news is that my post about social media and real estate took top honors! Pretty cool. I am honored to have been selected from among so many quality submissions.
There will be more to come on the topic of [...]

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Felons Who Lie Can Have a Virginia Real Estate License

October 22, 2007

There is always a lot of talk around the real estate industry regarding the public reputation of real estate agents.  In case you didn’t know, we typically aren’t held in very high esteem when people are asked how much trust they have in various professions.  With what I just read in latest issue of the [...]

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Know What the Zebra Knows

October 18, 2007

Sometimes, other obligations leave little time for writing blog posts. This week happens to be just one of those times. I have come up with a solution, however, to make sure that you can continue to get the important info you want, even if I can’t write a full post about it.
Check out [...]

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Blog Action Day Post– Buy a BMW for a Better Environment

October 15, 2007

Today is Blog Action Day. Bloggers all over the world are taking some time today to write posts relating to the environment. I know this is a real estate blog, but I thought that getting involved in something like this is a good thing. Plus, it gives me an excuse to write [...]

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