Have you taken a look at the RPR (REALTORS Property Resource) blog to see what the coolest business tool that NAR and maybe any vendor has ever brought you? If you haven't you need to.  Here is a link to the RPR blog where you can get all of the scoop and see what it's... (more)

Have you ever wanted to be able to put a map of your listings on your website? How about a map of your open houses?  Here is a link to a great blog posted on Active Rain by Pamela Candejas of Lake Havasu City, AZ about using Google Maps tools on your website or blog: http://bit. ly... (more)

         In the last 3-4 months, one of the most frequent questions I get is, "Karen are electronic signatures legal in Kansas?"  I am not sure what is prompting everyone to have this on the radar screen, but I hope it is because NAR... (more)

Happy New Year everyone!  As promised, here is the link to my presentation at the 2010 KAR Legislative Meetings.  Feel free to download any part of it and use it with colleagues and customers! Have a great 2010 and let me know if there is anything I can do to help your business!... (more)

Your 2010 Money Calendar Key dates to bookmark for the year ahead. By Jessica L. Anderson, Associate Editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. JANUARY 1  - Parents of college-bound high school... (more)

If you are marketing yourself and/or your listings on Facebook or Twitter or in your blogs, have you ever wondered when you should do it so that you will have the greatest chance of being read? Here is a link to an Active Rain blog post by Rebecca Levinson that gives you great information on... (more)

Buried deep in the Facebook terms of service, that you agreed to when you joined Facebook (FB) you  agreed that : You will not send or otherwise post  unauthorized commercial communications to users  (such as spam). Now, we all figure that we don't put spam on FB, we just post info on... (more)

Does your website work on mobile phones? If someone uses their iPhone or Blackberry or Palm or other smart-phone does the website fit on their screen? Can they search for listings and get search results with pictures and text that don't run all over each-other? If not then those consumers... (more)

You take pictures of your listings and post them on the MLS and probably on your website as well.  But there are lots of other ways to use your pictures to market your properties as as to position yourself as an expert in your community.  In this blog post by Kevin & Monica Ray from... (more)