Last Minute International Travel On A Budget

Posted by Krista on May 13, 2008 in Business Planning, Resources | 2 comments

I’m traveling to Northern Spain (Priorat) for a week in wine country the last week in May. The trip was somewhat of a last minute decision – I had wanted to go as part of a tour (through The Wine School of Philadelphia, which I cannot recommend highly enough. Seriously, if you love wine and you’re close to Philly, stop in for a class – you won’t be disappointed.),...

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Friday Links for 1/18/2007

Posted by Krista on Jan 18, 2008 in Resources | 0 comments

It’s been a super busy week for me, so I’ve been really light on posting. I’ll pick the pace back up next week. In the meantime, here’s some weekend reading. Health & Fitness – If you’re looking to lose weight and get back in shape, Jonathan Fields released a free PDF copy of a book he wrote back in 2000 called The Long Hard Fix. It’s a 12-week plan...

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Friday Links for 1/11/08

Posted by Krista on Jan 11, 2008 in Resources | 0 comments

I haven’t done much linking recently, as I’ve been so focused on content creation. To make up for it, I’ll be doing link roundups once a week or so from now on. Here’s the first link roundup of the year. On Blogging – I’ve been slowly making my way through the Real Estate Weblogging 101 materials and would highly recommend it to anyone who thinks blogging...

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Why Real Estate Agents Need To Embrace Change

Posted by Krista on Sep 2, 2006 in Real Estate Trends, Resources | 0 comments

The sky is falling. Or so you’d think after reading an article from RealtyTimes about a seller who pulled his home off the market because home valuation site, Zillow.com, estimated his home to be $500,000 lower than what he was asking. Columnist Blanche Evans went a bit overboard in her response by ranting that no one has the best interests of sellers or real estate agents in mind when they...

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Yahoo! Real Estate Has Launched

Posted by Krista on Sep 1, 2006 in Resources | 0 comments

Yahoo just released their newly redesigned Yahoo! Real Estate site and Dustin Luther has a Q&A with them about it over at Rain City Guide. The new site adds to the growing number of new real estate sites that have been competiting with Realtor.com for the attention of home buyers. Here are a few quick links of how Yahoo! Real Estate compares with Trulia.com and PropSmart.com for the...

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Redfin Unleashes First-To-Know Program

Posted by Krista on Aug 17, 2006 in Resources | 0 comments

Real estate website, Redfin.com, has unleashed a new feature for its site with its First-to-Know program. Home and/or condo owners can use the service to guage market demand by snapping some pictures, writing a “MySpace” blurb and posting the listing on Redfin’s blog. While the concept isn’t groundbreaking, why don’t more real estate agents do something similar? The...

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