Don Rogers REALTOR®, GRI O'Fallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

South Carolina, Are YOU on a quest to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Get Recognized?

This post is a result of two posts by my friend Richard Weisser down in Georgia. The first post was "How do you expect to get drenched in the rain if you don't even want to get your feet wet?" dated 5/21/09 in which he offers 6 suggestions to those of us here in Active Rain. In addition he also offers his personal guarantee "So, for those of you that want to succeed at blogging, I offer you this challenge. Before you throw in the towel, write at least one hundred quality posts before you make your value assessment. It takes that long to develop the correct skills and disciplines and also to create a body of content large enough to have a significant SEO impact on your business. Now that is some guarantee wouldn't you say? Richard then follows that post with another post titled "Achieving national celebrity status as a result of ActiveRain blogging becomes a reality! (of sorts)" where he talks about a recent interview with Realtor Magazine on line where he was interviewed about blogging for business. So, IMHO, Richard is not only a celeb but one that knows where of he speaks.

With the numerous posts talking to newbie's here in Active Rain on how to be a success in their blogging venture to improve their visibility to the public I am setting out on a quest. I am not going to suggest things to newbie's or those that are less active on AR; I am on a search for some of these folks for introduction to our AR family. Here is my 3 step plan:

1. Go on a state by state search and post between 5 and 7 people each Saturday
2. Then you the MEMBERSHIP will be able to see and encourage them by responding to their most recent post
3. A NEW qualification, the post must be done since January of this year.

The end result will be, hopefully, an increase in activity with more members becoming visible. Now there is a really BIG problem with this plan. I will not be able, my rule, to suggest those that have not done a post and posted their picture to their profile. You see there won't be any secret agents, lenders, stagers, inspectors, etc. shown. Sorry, if you want to be considered I need to see who you are, sorta like your picture on your business card.

Today I am looking at the state of South Carolina, where Active Rain has a total of 3298 AR members as of this morning. I would say that Jim & Maria Hart #1 and Mirela Monte #2 could have some competition coming up behind them. So, say hello to:

Lisa Presnell with Lowcountry Real Estate in Beaufort, SC.

Wendy Thomas with Allen Tate Realtors in Rock Hill, SC.

Kurt Scrivens with East Coast Fractionals/Scrivens and Associates in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Beth Rowlett with Healthy Realty in Charleston, SC.

Karla Valero Vincenteno with AgentOwned in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Butch Knightner with C21 Bob Capes Realtors in Anderson, SC.

Meredith McWhorter with C21 Boling.com in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Be looking for your state coming soon to a post near you. Next I will be off to South Dakota; if you know of someone celebrating a birthday in South Dakota next week just email their name to me and I will acknowledge one person.

Please stop by and encourage these guys and gals and let's see if we can improve some of the participation. Thanks for stopping in.

If you are looking for a very simple way to move up in your standings for the state that you live in, here are three small suggestions:

Make one comment on someone's blog post.....Just pick one of the Featured Posts and read it then comment on what you read and

Complete your profile and then if you are looking for other suggestions,

Click here and here and here for more help.

Thanks to Active Brad Andersohn and Jeremy Blanton for their contributions. BTW, don't let these guys scare you they are really docile.

Rhode Island, Are YOU on a quest to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Get Recognized?

This post is a result of two posts by my friend Richard Weisser down in Georgia. The first post was "How do you expect to get drenched in the rain if you don't even want to get your feet wet?" dated 5/21/09 in which he offers 6 suggestions to those of us here in Active Rain. In addition he also offers his personal guarantee "So, for those of you that want to succeed at blogging, I offer you this challenge. Before you throw in the towel, write at least one hundred quality posts before you make your value assessment. It takes that long to develop the correct skills and disciplines and also to create a body of content large enough to have a significant SEO impact on your business. Now that is some guarantee wouldn't you say? Richard then follows that post with another post titled "Achieving national celebrity status as a result of ActiveRain blogging becomes a reality! (of sorts)" where he talks about a recent interview with Realtor Magazine on line where he was interviewed about blogging for business. So, IMHO, Richard is not only a celeb but one that knows where of he speaks.

With the numerous posts talking to newbie's here in Active Rain on how to be a success in their blogging venture to improve their visibility to the public I am setting out on a quest. I am not going to suggest things to newbie's or those that are less active on AR; I am on a search for some of these folks for introduction to our AR family. Here is my 3 step plan:

1. Go on a state by state search and post between 5 and 7 people each Saturday
2. Then you the MEMBERSHIP will be able to see and encourage them by responding to their most recent post
3. A NEW qualification, the post must be done since January of this year.

The end result will be, hopefully, an increase in activity with more members becoming visible. Now there is a really BIG problem with this plan. I will not be able, my rule, to suggest those that have not done a post and posted their picture to their profile. You see there won't be any secret agents, lenders, stagers, inspectors, etc. shown. Sorry, if you want to be considered I need to see who you are, sorta like your picture on your business card.

Today I am looking at the state of Rhode Island, where Active Rain has a total of 577 AR members as of this morning. I would say that Karen Hurst #1 and Huiting Zhuang #2 could have some competition coming up behind them. So, say hello to:

George DeVine with Landmark Mortgage in Newport, RI.

Peter Spinella with Spinnaker Group,Inc. in South Kingstown, RI.

Erica Sousa with William Raveis Chapman Enstone in Newport, RI.

Howard L Weldon with Winthrop Real Estate Solutions, LLC. In Warwick, RI.

Christopher Rotondo with Watermark Realty, LLC. In Warwick, RI.

Peter Micheli with RE/MAX Central in Coventry, RI.

Suzanne Caldeira with Shamrock Financial in East Providence, RI.

Be looking for your state coming soon to a post near you. Next I will be off to South Carolina; if you know of someone celebrating a birthday in South Carolina next week just email their name to me and I will acknowledge one person.

Please stop by and encourage these guys and gals and let's see if we can improve some of the participation. Thanks for stopping in.

If you are looking for a very simple way to move up in your standings for the state that you live in, here are three small suggestions:

Make one comment on someone's blog post.....Just pick one of the Featured Posts and read it then comment on what you read and

Complete your profile and then if you are looking for other suggestions,

Click here and here and here for more help.

Thanks to Active Brad Andersohn and Jeremy Blanton for their contributions. BTW, don't let these guys scare you they are really docile.

Pennsylvania, Are YOU on a quest to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Get Recognized?

This post is a result of two posts by my friend Richard Weisser down in Georgia. The first post was "How do you expect to get drenched in the rain if you don't even want to get your feet wet?" dated 5/21/09 in which he offers 6 suggestions to those of us here in Active Rain. In addition he also offers his personal guarantee "So, for those of you that want to succeed at blogging, I offer you this challenge. Before you throw in the towel, write at least one hundred quality posts before you make your value assessment. It takes that long to develop the correct skills and disciplines and also to create a body of content large enough to have a significant SEO impact on your business. Now that is some guarantee wouldn't you say? Richard then follows that post with another post titled "Achieving national celebrity status as a result of ActiveRain blogging becomes a reality! (of sorts)" where he talks about a recent interview with Realtor Magazine on line where he was interviewed about blogging for business. So, IMHO, Richard is not only a celeb but one that knows where of he speaks.

With the numerous posts talking to newbie's here in Active Rain on how to be a success in their blogging venture to improve their visibility to the public I am setting out on a quest. I am not going to suggest things to newbie's or those that are less active on AR; I am on a search for some of these folks for introduction to our AR family. Here is my 3 step plan:

1. Go on a state by state search and post between 5 and 7 people each Saturday
2. Then you the MEMBERSHIP will be able to see and encourage them by responding to their most recent post
3. A NEW qualification, the post must have been done since January of this year.

The end result will be, hopefully, an increase in activity with more members becoming visible. Now there is a really BIG problem with this plan. I will not be able, my rule, to suggest those that have not done a post and posted their picture to their profile. You see there won't be any secret agents, lenders, stagers, inspectors, etc. shown. Sorry, if you want to be considered I need to see who you are, sorta like your picture on your business card.

Today I am looking at the state of Pennsylvania, where Active Rain has a total of 4338 AR members as of this morning. I would say that Donald Bradbury #1 and Fran "The Title Man" Gaspari #2 could have some competition coming up behind them. So, say hello to:

Matt Soares with Keller Williams Real Estate in Media, PA.

Ted Laskowski with 1^st Patriot Companies in Quakertown, PA.

Dianne Iorio with Northwood Realty Services in New Castle, PA.

Brian Castro with Keller Williams/Castro-Salik in West Chester, PA.

Mark Carr with Prudential Bob Yost Homesale Services in York, PA.

Lisa Stanley with Key Interiors in Hilltown, PA.

Hazel Smith with Keller Williams Real Estate in Churchville, PA.

Be looking for your state coming soon to a post near you. Next I will be off to Rhode Island; if you know of someone celebrating a birthday in Rhode Island next week just email their name to me and I will acknowledge one person.

Please stop by and encourage these guys and gals and let's see if we can improve some of the participation. Thanks for stopping in.

If you are looking for a very simple way to move up in your standings for the state that you live in, here are three small suggestions:

Make one comment on someone's blog post.....Just pick one of the Featured Posts and read it then comment on what you read and

Complete your profile and then if you are looking for other suggestions,

Click here and here and here for more help.

Thanks to Active Brad Andersohn and Jeremy Blanton for their contributions. BTW, don't let these guys scare you they are really docile.

Oregon, Are YOU on a quest to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Get Recognized?

This post is a result of two posts by my friend Richard Weisser down in Georgia. The first post was "How do you expect to get drenched in the rain if you don't even want to get your feet wet?" dated 5/21/09 in which he offers 6 suggestions to those of us here in Active Rain. In addition he also offers his personal guarantee "So, for those of you that want to succeed at blogging, I offer you this challenge. Before you throw in the towel, write at least one hundred quality posts before you make your value assessment. It takes that long to develop the correct skills and disciplines and also to create a body of content large enough to have a significant SEO impact on your business. Now that is some guarantee wouldn't you say? Richard then follows that post with another post titled "Achieving national celebrity status as a result of ActiveRain blogging becomes a reality! (of sorts)" where he talks about a recent interview with Realtor Magazine on line where he was interviewed about blogging for business. So, IMHO, Richard is not only a celeb but one that knows where of he speaks.

With the numerous posts talking to newbie's here in Active Rain on how to be a success in their blogging venture to improve their visibility to the public I am setting out on a quest. I am not going to suggest things to newbie's or those that are less active on AR; I am on a search for some of these folks for introduction to our AR family. Here is my 3 step plan:

1. Go on a state by state search and post between 5 and 7 people each Saturday
2. Then you the MEMBERSHIP will be able to see and encourage them by responding to their most recent post
3. A NEW qualification, the post must be done since January of this year.

The end result will be, hopefully, an increase in activity with more members becoming visible. Now there is a really BIG problem with this plan. I will not be able, my rule, to suggest those that have not done a post and posted their picture to their profile. You see there won't be any secret agents, lenders, stagers, inspectors, etc. shown. Sorry, if you want to be considered I need to see who you are, sorta like your picture on your business card.

Today I am looking at the state of Oregon, where Active Rain has a total of 2640 AR members as of this morning. I would say that Todd Clark #1 and Thesa Chambers #2 could have some competition coming up behind them. So, say hello to:

Terry Shumway with RE/MAX Equity Group, Inc. Realtors in Gresham, OR.

Don Weston with Oregon Realty in Portland, OR.

Tanna Cable Girod with "C" Cable Realty in Independence, OR.

Rebecca Yu with RE/MAX Integrity in Corvallis, OR.

Angie Thurber with Academy Mortgage Group in Hillsboro, OR.

Valerie Hammac with John L. Scott Real Estate in Tigard, OR.

Ian Kautzman with John L. Scott Real Estate in Klamath Falls, OR.

Be looking for your state coming soon to a post near you. Next I will be off to Pennsylvania; if you know of someone celebrating a birthday in Pennsylvania next week just email their name to me and I will acknowledge one person.

Please stop by and encourage these guys and gals and let's see if we can improve some of the participation. Thanks for stopping in.

If you are looking for a very simple way to move up in your standings for the state that you live in, here are three small suggestions:

Make one comment on someone's blog post.....Just pick one of the Featured Posts and read it then comment on what you read and

Complete your profile and then if you are looking for other suggestions,

Click here and here and here for more help.

Thanks to Active Brad Andersohn and Jeremy Blanton for their contributions. BTW, don't let these guys scare you they are really docile.

The City of St Peters MO Real Estate Trends for the week of 11/07/09 – 11/14/09

The City of St Peters MO has a great selection of homes at really good prices and interest rates are at a great level too.  There are currently 342 single family homes on the market of various sizes and prices.  The number of active listings is UP from last week.  Check out St. Peters MO when looking for a new home for selection, style and price.  If you have been waiting for the right time now is the right time for real estate in St Peters MO. 

All information is per regional multiple listing service (mls) on 11/16/09 and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Sellers, homes are still being sold as you can see from the pending homes.  If homes are priced right they will sell.  So if you are thinking about listing your home give me a call and let’s talk about the marketing of your home.

The Tax Credit has been extended and expanded, check out the new benefits:

1.      The new tax credits will be available from December 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010.