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Have you ever needed one of those special characters for your blog and then proceeded to spend the next ½ hour figuring out the ASCII code to get it? Well, CopyPasteCharacter.com makes it simple. When you go to the website you are greeted by this: Simply click on the special character you need and the character is instantly copied to your clipboard and available for pasting into your blog or other document. Enjoy! Read Full Post

Southwest Kennewick homes are in demand due to scenic views, rural neighborhoods, great schools, and easy freeway access. The views from many of the homes are breathtaking sights of rolling hills and lush landscaping. Kennewick has quite a few quality schools, many of which have been rated between 7-10 by GreatSchools.com. The area’s close access to the freeway allows for a quick and easy commute to work at Hanford, the airport, or wherever a Kennewick homeowner needs to go. The demand for ... Read Full Post

The East Benton county Historical Society presents Kennewick through the Decades. This Historic Homes Tour will allow you to go through six homes in the area built during the first five decades of the 20th century. Proceeds will benefit the East Benton County Historical society. See flyer below for all the details about the tour! Read Full Post

I was reading BloodHoundBlog the other day and Chris Johnson shared a cool time management tool. RescueTime.com is free and easy to use. Once downloaded and put in use, RescueTime will keep track of where your time is being spent. This type of personal management resonates with me. I remember when Colleen and I first got married, someone suggested to manage our finances simply by keeping track of where the money is going. We found ourselves saying, "We spent that much money on that!" We then ... Read Full Post

Communicating the value of an Open House in a listing presentation is one of an agent's greatest assets. Why? Because they do not work for selling homes, and work really well for finding prospective home buyers. Communicating this to the prospective home seller not only frees up your weekends, but shows the home seller the competing agent offering Open Houses as a marketing tool is deceiving them, ignorant of marketing, or both. Sure, we hold Open Houses, but the seller understands there is o... Read Full Post

I've known this for quite some time. Social media is not a good use of marketing time and money. Social media is what it is, fun socializing time, and some new clients mixed in for good measure. Sure, there is some business to be had, however, the time spent to garner a new client in social media would garner scores of news clients if the efforts were put elsewhere. HubSpot, who generally advocates social media for business, posted an article (Stop Wasting Time With Social Media) the other da... Read Full Post

In case you have missed this, Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers had a perfect game into the 9th inning last night. For those who are not baseball fans, a perfect game is when a pitcher faces 27 batters in 9 innings, and none of them reach first base. This feat has only been done 20 times in baseball history. Well, the 27th batter, of which would have been the final batter, got to first base on a bad umpire call. Click the image below for the replay. What I found remarkable is after umpi... Read Full Post

10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account If you haven't seen this, then read Business Insider's 10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account. Very interesting read. Posted a few days ago, the article cites privacy concerns, the CEO's integrity, the integrity of the platform, and other reasons to simply delete your Facebook account. I cannot see real estate agents deleteing their account anytime soon, as real estate agents are notorious at viewing Facebook as their next farm and spamming the h... Read Full Post

If you are interested in buying or selling a home in the North Richland Washington area, and you want professional, skilled Realtors®, then our team, The Lane Real Estate Team, is the company for you. We would love to help you with any real estate need in the North Richland, and/or Tri Cities Washington area. North Richland is an older well matured area with many different types of homes ranging in price from $123,000 to $991,000. Some homes were built as early as the 1940s. North Richland i... Read Full Post

Are you looking for a West Pasco Wa homes for sale? Colleen and I are residents of West Pasco and service the area the normal professionalism we offer all Tri Cities buyers and sellers, but living in West Pasco we offer a personal touch only a resident/Realtor® can offer. Whether a West Pasco Washington luxury home on the high end, or a lot of land on the low end, and/or anything in between, we can help buy or sell your real estate. The West Pasco area is a thriving part of the Tri-cities wi... Read Full Post