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The System
2009-03-30T20:19:13+01:00
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http://www.therepreport.com/content/view/474/375/
When someone is on the lookout for a fault - something to criticize, it's usually pretty easy to find it. However, if there is a willingness to see things as they really are, without bias or prejudice, interesting observations can be recorded. This story can be called a story about a systems administrator. Not the computer kind of systems administrator, but instead the story of a man that creates, tunes and strives to perfect systems that produce income for those disciplined to follow the system.
Florida Help Wanted
2009-03-24T15:05:27+01:00
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http://www.therepreport.com/content/view/473/
Digital Field Services, LLC needs reps in the following Florida counties:
Brevard County | Palm Beach County | Indian River County | Polk County | Okeechobee County
St. Lucie County | Martin County | Volusia County | Highlands County | Lake County
If you service any of these areas and are interested in performing monthly occupany inspections, please contact terry at DigitalFieldServices dot com.
Stop, Thief!
2009-01-10T09:42:43+01:00
2009-01-10T09:42:43+01:00
2009-01-10T09:42:43+01:00
http://www.therepreport.com/content/view/467/375/
By: Linda Hall, All REO Preservation Services If you’ve ever had your house or car broken into or had a supervisor take your ideas and claim them as their own, or have another student copy your homework or test papers, you already understand the feeling of being violated. When someone takes something from you, whether it’s personal property or ideas, they are, in effect, invading your personal space. Until you give someone permission to take it or use it, you OWN that space, whether it’s your house, your car, something you wrote on a sheet of paper, or just a place in your mind that generates original ideas. I discovered recently that website content theft is on the rise and was appalled at the number of websites that had copied and pasted original content THAT I WROTE for my own website into theirs. How did I find out my site had been plagiarized? I have a visitor counter at the bottom of my main page that has a statistics link beneath it. I regularly check this to see where my visitors are coming from. My original intent for this link was to find out what search terms people are using, then change or modify my key words as needed so that my website could be found in the searches as well. At the bottom of my website, I have a notice that says, “Copyright © 2008 Linda Hall. All Rights Reserved. Ad Buttons, Logos, Slogans, and other such materials contained in this site may NOT be used without express permission of All REO Preservation Services.” I thought that was enough to protect my website. Never in a million years would I dream that I’d end up following a search term that would uncover MANY other websites using my original content! Immediately, I visited all the sites that had plagiarized mine and added them to a new folder so that I could locate them once I found out what to do about the problem. The first search turned up 12 to 15 sites that had copied VERBATIM what I’d written. A few of these sites even copied my MISSION STATEMENT which, to me, is very personal because it’s the one place that I get to tell people about my ethics and how I like to work with my clients. Then I looked up copyright infringement and found out that plagiarism carries some pretty stiff penalties, including banishment from the internet of websites that contain stolen content when owners don’t remove it as requested. Plagiarizing websites falls under the same copyright infringement laws that govern products, ideas, videos, etc., and any other media that is copied and either black-marketed or passed off as being original. I then e-mailed every owner of every site and requested that they remove my content immediately. I also let them know I would be printing each page of their site on a daily basis until the requested changes had been made. This way I could find out whether my requests were being taken seriously or ignored. Then I found a program to “police” my website so that I didn’t have to. At first I thought a weekly update from this service would be sufficient. Apparently, I was wrong. I now have my sites checked on a daily basis. Shortly after I set up this “police” protection, I found out that I can also set up Google Alerts. So I went through all my sites and profiles and added about 30 key phrases to Google Alerts that were unique to the content I had taken the time to write. Wow! I immediately started receiving alerts and found out there were another 8 to 10 websites who had stolen my content as well. So another round of e-mails has been sent and I added this note to my original copyright notice, “Copying this website, or any portion thereof, is considered plagiarism and will not be tolerated.” So why does all this bother me anyway? Isn’t imitation supposed to be the most sincere form of flattery? No, it’s not. At least, not under these circumstances. If someone wants to emulate the way I walk, I don’t have a problem with that. If they want to mimic the way I talk or laugh the same way I do, I don’t have a problem with that either. What bothers me the most is that I’ve taken the time to format and write the content for my website, my advertising, and my profiles that best represents me and my business, what we do, and how we operate. When someone copies what I’ve written and passes it off as their own, it’s apparent they have no desire to take the time to promote themselves in their own words and in a truly unique way that will get them the attention they deserve for doing it on their own. It also tells me these companies have NO ETHICS. If they steal my content, what will they steal from their clients? What will they take from the unwitting people who perform services for them? So how many new companies are piggy-backing from YOUR website and stealing your content, your ideas? If it’s happening to me, it’s probably happening to you. You can check by going to http://copyscape.com (http://copyscape.com/). Then, search Google Alerts and set up unique phrases from your website and profiles to search for “as-it-happens”. I can almost guarantee you’ll be as surprised as I was. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot to mention that there’s another term for stealing content and it’s called PIRACY. And the next one who steals mine will be WALKING THE PLANK. Aaaarrrrgh!
An Interview With Richard Law
2009-01-06T21:07:17+01:00
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http://www.therepreport.com/content/view/466/375/
Some interviews go so well they become a part of you - a carefully wrapped and stored event put away in a safe recess of your mind. The problem with this, however, is that is not the purpose of an interview at all. Interviews are for display and sharing. Interviews should enlighten, or entertain; maybe even warn. I would be a little surprised if you said you do not know Mr. Richard Law. Richard has been associated with the field services business for a long time. He created the first and probably still the most comprehensive Field Services Directory available. He created SOFI, the Society Of Field Inspectors. And, if you snoop around the groups and the internet some, you will find evidence that Richard is going to bat for field inspectors in a pretty big way. All in all, Richard is an advocate for all field inspectors. Although I feel like I have known Richard Law for my entire life, I've never met the man. I have talked with him on occasion off and on for about ten years so I was extremely happy when he accepted my request for this interview. I was on the phone with Richard for well over an hour back before the holidays and my notes laid on my desk until the new year. I was in real danger of keeping the interview tucked away in my memories but I finally set down to transpose. So, here's an interview with Richard Law.
Houses As Low As $1000
2008-12-16T11:52:39+01:00
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http://www.therepreport.com/content/view/464/
Cleveland judge halts sale of 36 houses after nonprofit sues banks.
An article at www.cleveland.com reports A nonprofit housing group has received a restraining order stopping
two global banks from selling 36 Cleveland houses taken back at
sheriff's sales.
Cleveland Housing Renewal Project Inc., a subsidiary of Neighborhood Progress Inc. (http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/partnership_to_revitalize_6_cl.html), filed the action and a nuisance complaint today against Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo Bank in Cleveland Housing Court.
Judge Raymond Pianka granted the restraining order, which prevents the banks from selling the properties for at least 14 days.
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