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17 August 2020 | 4 replies
I apologize if this was hard to read, I am not the best writer and thank you in advanced!
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5 September 2020 | 12 replies
The writers had by far the most turnover in this company - they didn't train us or give us direction and because of that there was a revolving door of writers.
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20 August 2020 | 5 replies
Really, I would be the first to mention that many of the horror stories we get here about people chasing the perfect first deal are based firmed in what @JD Martin mentioned: the writers never have their money, their saving, their spending right.
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27 July 2020 | 5 replies
However that's being stated by the writer above almost as an inevitability and for the rest of time.
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1 September 2020 | 0 replies
Thinking of opening a retreat on a beautiful peace a land that we own. Looking for advice from anyone with experience in developing a retreat in woods. This project will be in north east Iowa.
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15 October 2020 | 8 replies
He works as a freelance blog writer.
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17 September 2020 | 4 replies
Wherewithal to close a deal.Why would commercial RE brokers want to submit an offer that the writer has no ability to close?
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6 March 2017 | 51 replies
O... that is the downside of working with a direct writer (Allstate, State Farm, Farmers, etc).
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10 September 2012 | 10 replies
After a large storm... you have a lot of rookie adjusters working claims for the direct writers.
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6 December 2012 | 14 replies
Supporting your writer - This one is fairly selfish- of course - but I absolutely love receiving comments on my blog posts because it validates what I just wrote!