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Social Networking

Dave Thurman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:03:04 +0000

The new “F” words in business…friend, fan, follow, farm, feed…is it all just a fad? No, I don’t think so! Facebook has over 200,000,000 people signed up and it is free.

Over 50 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities.

If you can’t find the time or you find it difficult to write a paragraph about yourself or your business why not sign-up on Twitter. Answers must be under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.

If you would like to learn more about social networking; I would recommend this fun and easy to understand website. What Is Social Networking?

I hope to learn more! I will be attending a Realty World seminar tomorrow about how one can make the most of their social media, technology and online experience.

Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

Dave Thurman — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:01:42 +0000

As a Stockton native I always miss the hot summer days and warm evenings when the weather changes in October. I enjoy playing a late round of golf until 8 PM, mowing the lawn or other outside chores in the late evening hours of summer. It won’t be long before we have to turn the clocks back an hour to standard time. Gee…will I adjust?

Yes! With the cooler weather of autumn and the first winter storm of the season the San Joaquin River Delta comes alive for the fisherman. The fish start moving around and feeding to get ready for winter. The temperature of the water changes, the swimmers and water skiers are gone, the striped bass run is on. Let’s go fishing!

The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an example of an inverted river delta, one of only a few worldwide. The delta consists of myriad small natural and man-made channels (locally called sloughs), creating a system of isolated lowland islands and wetlands defined by dikes or levees. The total area is around 1,100 square miles, around 70 reclaimed islands and tracts, surrounded by 1,100 miles of levees surrounded by 700 miles of waterways. The delta was originally marshland; reclamation was made by the building of levees, by Chinese laborers in the 1850s. Read more…”Thousand Miles of Waterways”

Here is a link to one of my favorite websites! California Delta

Real Estate Unleashed!

Dave Thurman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:54:09 +0000

If you are considering going into the real estate profession or if you are a REALTOR® trying to decide if you should stay in the business; I would highly recommend that you listen to what Carole Rodoni has to say. I am not easily impressed by others, but I feel her very strong opinions about the real estate business and our nation’s economy in general are “right on”!

Carole Rodoni is a highly regarded speaker, author and advisor in the Bay Area Real Estate Industry. Formerly President of Fox & Carskadon Realtors, COO of Cornish and Carey Real Estate, President and COO of Alain Pinel Realtors, and now the President of her own consulting firm, Bamboo Consulting.

I had the pleasure to hear her speak at our Realty World convention held last August 14th and was very impressed by her knowledge. She seems to know what is really going on in the real estate market and also what is happening in Washington D.C.

Please take the time to listen to this lady…youtube.com or purchase her newsletter for $100 per year. http://www.bambooconsultinginc.com