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Climbing the Learning Curve of Social Media for Real Estate ~ Rebar Camp Indianapolis Indiana

We attended Rebar Camp in Indianapolis on November 2nd. We had a wonderful

time, met some great people, and got all juiced up on Social Media. Seriously,

if you have the opportunity to attend one of these free seminars, you really should

take advantage of it.  Some of the best and brightest talents on the web were

presenters.  Plus you get the input of everyone attending, so it is a very intelligent,

knowledgeable crowd with expertise in many areas. 

Here are few photos of our groups soaking up the information:

Rebar Camp Indy session

Rebar Camp Indy session

Rebar Camp Indy session

Rebar Camp Indy session

 

 We want to thank the Indianapolis hosts and planners for being so welcoming and

sharing their Rebar Camp experience with us.

Thank you - Lola MacIntyre, Dave Woodson, & Harrison Painter

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the Greater Grand Rapids MI area, and what it is like to live in

West Michigan.  We believe: Grand Rapids is a Great Place to Live!

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What the Heck is Going On on Craigs List?

We advertise our listed homes on Craig' List. It works, it gives the home

more exposure on the internet and we have had calls from serious buyers

who found our listings there.

BUT............

Lately we have been getting bogus emails from Craig's List just like the one

below:  This one is from Kristen Karalis (yeah, right!)

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** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY

** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home

** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping

** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

 

Hey, I saw a property listing of yours on Craigs that I'm very interested in. Here is the listing's url on Craigs.

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/reb/1255548836.html

Is it still available? If so please get back to me ASAP. im interested.

Thanks!

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this message was remailed to you via: hous-k6jgz-1255548836@craigslist.org

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The name looks valid but people don't usually write exactly the same

thing when they inquire about something.  These messages are all identical.

We have had a rash of fake buyers say they were buying other items also,

apparently to harvest email addresses.

At least that is all I can figure out. If you know why someone is spending hours

thinking up fake names and baiting thousands and thousands of ads, please

inform me.  If you are getting these, don't bother answering them, just delete

them like I do.

 

Westbrook Realty Grand Rapids Real Estate

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The authors of the this blog write about Grand Rapids Real Estate,

the Greater Grand Rapids MI area, and what it is like to live in

West Michigan.  We believe: Grand Rapids is a Great Place to Live!

search for Grand Rapids homes Find Grand Rapids Home Value Grand Rapids Relocation Guide

Westbrook Realty Grand Rapids MI Real Estate

                          Contact Terry   616-292-7263

OUR FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM

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