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YEAH!!! The Property Management Group just got it's 400 Member!!!!

WOW!  I am so proud of the Property Management group members * http://activerain.com/groups/PropertyManagement * who assisted in recruiting new members over the last month as we now have 400 members.

Thank you everyone for your insightful and timely posts as well as your comments and for your encouragement of other AR members to join us!!!

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

0 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 08 2010 03:56PM

Toyota Dealers pull TV Commercials from ABC TV Affilates over Recall Coverage

 

Five SE state Toyota dealers have pulled their commercials off of their local ABC TV affiliates in response to the coverage of the Toyota safety issues by ABC News' investigative reporter Brian Ross.

The ad agency represents 173 dealers and it advised ABC stations last week that the ad shift was due in large part to the "excessive stories on the Toyota safety issues".  The agency reports that the same dealers made alternative commercial time buys to non-ABC affiliates in the same coverage markets.

The ad shift was made last week according to the VP of 22Squared, the Atlanta ad agency in charge of the ad buys.  Marcia Owens-Reder indicates that she tried to talk the dealers out of the move; however it was ultimately their decision and she sent an e-mail to the effected stations last week.

Reder said she "tried" to talk the dealers out of the move. "We have counseled the client on the pros and cons of this, and ultimately it was their decision to make," read an e-mail sent to the stations from the agency last week.

The Southeast Toyota represents dealers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. According to its website, Southeast Toyota dealers sell 20 percent of all Toyotas sold in the United States.


Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

8 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 08 2010 03:41PM

Let's get TOYOTA back on TRACK *Kyle Busch to WIN the DAYTONA 500 on the 14th

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

0 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 08 2010 06:16AM

Jr's on the 500 FRONT Row and Happy Harvick won the SHOOTOUT!!!

After wrecks in practice, fighting illness and NEVER having been in the car, Kevin Harvick WINS the Budweiser Shootout for the second straight year in a row.....only the 4th time this has happened in the history of the event.

Meanwhile, back at the BIG SHOW, HMS puts 2 cars on the front row for the 500 * Mark Martin #5 and Dale Earhnardt Jr’s #88 and three “need to qualify” cars get in Bill Elliott, Joe Nemecheck and Scott Speed.

The rest of the grid for the race will come from the top finishers of the DUEL races on Thursday!!!

Earlier, at probably the MOST WATCHED ARCA race of all time, Danica started 12 and finished 7th and had a GREAT day getting bumped, going through the grass and HAVING FUN!!!

 

 

Getty Images

The End

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

5 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 07 2010 06:21AM

10 Must-Have Free Software Tools

 

What GREAT stuff you can find when snowed in with TOO MUCH SUGAR!!!

 

Via RJ Baxter (First Mortgage Corp):

10 Must-Have Free Software Tools

Over the years, I have seen a lot of free software downloads.  With most of them, after 2 minutes I find out they weren't worth downloading or the free version is so devoid of features that I can't even check it out on a trial version. 

However, the 10 free gems below are programs I use every day and couldn't live without.  Every one of them is an important part of my daily routine.

Search Engine Optimization 

Firefox - You have probably heard of Firefox already, but do you use it?  Firefox is a web browser alternative to Internet explorer.  It's more computer-friendly than IE, so not as prone to errors and crashes.  For some websites, I still prefer IE, but for all of my SEO and blogging efforts, I use Firefox exclusively.  Part of the reason is because of the next two downloads which are free Firefox add-ons.

Nodofollow Plugin - This nifty little program is an add-on to Firefox and will allow you to right-click on any link on a page, and all of the links will then be displayed as either blue (dofollow) or pink (nodofollow).  A dofollow link will help your website's SEO efforts because the Google robots will recognize the links and go to your website.  Nodofollow links will not help your website's ranking.  You can use this tool to analyze if a particular blog or forum allows dofollow banklinking.

Live PageRank Plugin - Another Firefox add-on, this program will automatically display a website's pagerank and Alexa rank in the lower-right corner of your Firefox browser.

spyglass - I just discovered this excellent SEO tool - Thanks Fred Doleac!  Spyglass allows you to analyze any website or keyword to discover why it ranks where it ranks, what backlinks point to the site or are associated with the keyword, and more.  This is a powerful way to figure out why certain sites are ranking high.  It even will tell you how much PR Google Juice you are getting from each link to your site!

Computer Performance and Efficiency

Glary Utilities - This utility program will speed up, fix, maintain, and protect your computer.  Quickly analyzes your computer for errors, unnecessary temp files, and other problems that will bog down your system if not repaired.

Auglostics - Auglostics is a disk defragmentor program, an alternative to the Windows version.  Auglostics does a much better job than the Windows version and is 10 times faster.  Enough said.

Malwarebytes - This is a spyware elimination program and is one of the best on the market.  I also use Ad-Aware, and between these two and Glary, I believe I am spyware free most of the time.

For best computer performance, you should run these programs a minimum of once per week, along with clearing your browser's cache.

Productivity

Digsby - Centralize all of your IM and social bookmarking profiles into one handy application with this Free Software Download.

pdffactory - Create a PDF of any file or screen shot.  pdffactory will appear as a printer when you choose to print a document or website screen shot.

Trucrypt - This is perhaps the best free software download of the bunch.  Trycrypt allows you to create an encrypted drive on your computer so that no one can read your files unless they know your password.  You don't have to password protect any of the individual files because the entire drive is encrypted.  If you have a lot of sensitive data on your computer like I do, this program is critical to keeping your client's information safe.

RJ Baxter First Mortgage Corp

Branch Manager

303-670-0137 (direct)

27902 Meadow Drive, Suite 120

Evergreen, Colorado 80439

Evergreen, Colorado Mortgage Blog

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

5 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 05:44PM

TRUE Story * They are here from New Orleans and need to Rent a House

8:30P Friday night and my cel phone rings....Caller ID shows a call from Lousiana * I answer and it is a woman indicating interest in a property I have listed on my website that will be available June 1..she is in town NOW, needs to rent a home before she leaves town on Monday and wants to see the town home Sat or Sunday.

I attempted to let her know that * in case she had not noticed * we have 8 inches of snow on the ground and may well have 12 more before mid-day Sunday.  Not only is the townhouse currently occupied and I am not bothering the residents with showing it in the middle of a SNOW STORM, I am NOT driving out to show the property, I do not show occupied properties on the weekend NOR do I show properties to people who have not completed an application. She reiterated that she needs to see the home so she can fly home on Monday.

Somehow I was not communicating that not only was I not getting in my car to go show her the property, it is unlikely she is going to be able to get out to view properties and her flying out on Monday is very iffy!!!

Piss Poor Planning on Her Part does not Make an Emergency on My Part!!!

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

6 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 01:18PM

Sunday may be a milestone for the Saints * Today's ARCA race is a milestone for Women in NASCAR

 

Following in the racing shoes of Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick will assist in making motor sports history when she starts the ARCA (formerly the ARCA ReMax) series race this afternoon at 4:30P at Daytona.  Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer and started in the old Sports Car Club of America series and later ran in the 1977 Indy 500 where she finished 29th.  She then ran in the NASCAR Winston Cup series and won a race at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

A quote from Guthrie's autobiography * A Life at Full Throttle*  "There has been a big change in reaction to me. The hostility has cooled down quite a bit. I think the worst is over. The initial reaction to me was one of a lack of respect. What you really need is endurance. And some tests show women have more endurance than men. But that is not the point. I'm not trying to establish the superiority of one sex over another. I'm a good driver but no superwoman. What I'm trying to emphasize is that a driver is primarily a person, not a man or a woman, and a great deal of driving is mental. You can not afford to get angry behind the wheel. A good driver needs emotional detachment, concentration , good judgment, and desire."--Guthrie on the subject of women competing in NASCAR

Today's ARCA race will have 5 other women drivers in addition to Patrick who will be running a 12 race schedule for Dale Earnhardt Jr's JR Motorsports team this year.  Patrick will start #12 on the grid in her GoDADDY #7 Chevrolet.


 

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

2 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 12:45PM

What happened to neither snow, nor rain, or heat * I'm glad I have a GENERATOR!!!

USPS announced that they were suspending mail delivery to NoVA, DC and parts of MD on Saturday.  Their spokesperson announced that the continued blizzard conditions in the area has made this decision necessary.

Additionally, approximately 150,000 to 180,000 customers in WVA, VA and PA have lost electricity due to downed power lines blamed on ice and the weight of the snow accummulation,

Emergency agencies are asking that people with 4WD volunteer to get doctors and medical personnel in to area hospitals.

 

According to Wikipedia * The United States Postal Service has no official creed or motto. Often falsely cited as such, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"is an inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City, derived from a quote from HerodotusHistories (8.98), referring to the ancient courier service of the Persian Empire:

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

13 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 10:33AM

Rental Home Listing * Available July 1 * 34 Marwood Dr * Palmyra, VA * $1845

 
Wallace S. Gibson CPM | Gibson Management Group, Ltd. http://VaHomes4Rent.com | 434*979-9723
34 Marwood Dr, Palmyra, VA
Beautiful home on LARGE, FLAT lot with fenced play/pet area * Open Kitchen Family Room w/FP * 20 Min to UVa/MJH/Pantops
4BR/2+1BA Single Family House
$1,845/month
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 2 full, 1 partial
Sq Footage 3,000
Parking 3+ dedicated
Pet Policy Cats, Small dogs (< 25lbs)
Deposit $1,845

DESCRIPTION

Less than 3 years old * this is a well-maintained home that is investor owned * Living Room, Separate Dining room, Large OPEN eat-in kitchen family room w/FP, deck and fenced play/pet yard...Large master suite * 3 bedrooms and 5thBR/Home Office/Play room...

see additional photos below
RENTAL FEATURES

- Air conditioning - Central heat - Fireplace
- Walk-in closet - Hardwood floor - Family room
- Living room - Loft layout - Office/Den
- Dining room - Breakfast nook - Dishwasher
- Refrigerator - Stove/Oven - Microwave
- Stainless steel appliances - Laundry area - inside - Balcony, Deck, or Patio
- Yard    

COMMUNITY FEATURES

- Clubhouse - Swimming pool(s) - Tennis court(s)
- Golf course - Lake - Playground
- Gated property - New property (< 5 years)  

 


LEASE TERMS

Available July 1, 2010* 12, 24 or 36 month lease possible
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS


Photo 1

Back View

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Kitchen

Family Room
Contact info:
Wallace S. Gibson CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd.http://VaHomes4Rent.com
434*979-9723

Equal Opportunity Housing
Posted: Feb 6, 2010, 5:04am PST

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

0 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 09:51AM

Rental Home Listing * Available April 1 * 2806 Brookmere Rd * Charlottesville, VA * $1,445.00

 
Wallace S. Gibson CPM | Gibson Management Group, Ltd. http://VaHomes4Rent.com | 434*979-9723
2806 Brookmere Rd, Charlottesville, VA
Updated ranch home w/large level rear yard * 5 Min to NGIC/CHO * WALK to Elementary School, Shopping, Restaurants
3BR/1+1BA Single Family House
 
$1,445/month
Bedrooms 3
Bathrooms 1 full, 1 partial
Sq Footage 1,400
Parking 2 dedicated
Pet Policy Cats, Small dogs (< 25lbs), Dogs (any)
Deposit $1,445

DESCRIPTION

Updated ranch home in convenient location * 5 Min to NGIC/CHO * 10 Min to UVA and Downtown * Living Room, Den w/FP, Eat-in Kitchen. Deck overlooks LARGE level rear yard
 

see additional photos below
RENTAL FEATURES

- Air conditioning - Central heat - Fireplace
- Hardwood floor - Living room - Breakfast nook
- Dishwasher - Refrigerator - Stove/Oven
- Microwave - Washer - Dryer
- Laundry area - inside - Balcony, Deck, or Patio - Yard

LEASE TERMS

Available April 1, 2010 * 12 or 24 month lease OK
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS


Front Photo

Back View

Floor Plan

Kitchen View

Living Room View 1

Dining Area
Contact info:
Wallace S. Gibson CPM
Gibson Management Group, Ltd.http://VaHomes4Rent.com
434*979-9723

Equal Opportunity Housing
Posted: Feb 6, 2010, 5:21am PST

Wallace S. Gibson, CPM
GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
View our available rental homes online with photos and floor plans

"...to be a Virginian, either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from the Almighty God...." Anonymous

0 commentsWallace S. Gibson CPM * GRI • February 06 2010 09:48AM