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March 2009

Dude, No Skateboarding, K?

March 30, 2009

A friend of mine snapped this picture of a great sign in Kelowna near Queesway Park. It’s a great example of speaking the language of your target market. Kudos to the City of Kelowna for having a sense of humour.  Maybe the next time you go to advertise a vacancy you should go with a [...]

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Blowing Up Bridges in Style

March 27, 2009

A bridges blowing up isn’t usually the type of thing you’d sing about. You also wouldn’t expect the Virginia State DOT to be the ones doing the singing. Today’s Song of the Week is the exception, and its more about the video that the audio. It’s a whole ‘lotta bridges exploding, set to some great [...]

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It’s #REINing on Twitter

March 25, 2009

More and more people are finding out about Twitter, and recently a whole bunch of REIN members (and associated people) jumped on the bandwagon. Kudos go out to Chris Mewhort for starting a great thread on myREINspace on the topic. First, what is Twitter? Think of it like text messages on your cell phone crossed [...]

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Kelowna REIN Gathering

March 23, 2009

There’s a wee gathering of Kelowna-area REIN members tonight (March 23rd) at Dakota’s on Harvey at Birch starting around 6pm. Some of us are going to get there early, have something to eat and we’ll get the show kicked off around 6:30. We’ll be in the Legend’s room, just inside the main doors, to your [...]

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REIN’s Ontario ACRES Weekend – Toronto April 17-19, 2009

March 22, 2009

The next REIN ACRES weekend is in Toronto on April 17th, 18th and 19th. The weekend usually costs $787, but if you click here you can get it for $200 off, or $587. I wish I could go because I’ve met a lot of amazing people on myREINspace who I’d love to get a chance [...]

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The Mother of All Funk Chords!

March 20, 2009

This is one of the most amazing audio-visual projects I’ve ever seen. This entire song was made by mashing together clips on YouTube and the result is some completely amazing music. You can also check out the all of Kutiman’s 7 other projects at http://thru-you.com. It’s well worth your time. Enjoy your weekend! I’ll be up [...]

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The Thomas Beyer and Russell Westcott Interview

March 19, 2009

Thomas Beyer is the President of Prestigious Properties, and a veteran (Diamond) REIN member. He’s also a great guy, a prolific contributor to myREINspace and he’s contributed guest posts here before (2010 Alberta Real Estate). In preparation for the REIN meetings this week in Edmonton and Calgary, Thomas and Russel did a little conference call. [...]

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Don R. Campbell on The Hour this Wednesday

March 16, 2009

Don Campbell’s of REIN is going to be on CBC’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos (you’d better believe I used copy’n’paste for that name) to chat the state of the Canadian real estate market. It’s on Wednesday, March 18th at 11pm PST. Check your local listings for showtimes. When I get the chance to watch it, [...]

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