Rick touches on a valuable piece of info. A contact in the real estate profession can be a great asset in keeping your ear to ground as to what your competition is doing.

I particularly like the donut comment a few posts up... According to the agents I talk to, it's reached absolutely sick proportions. That and stopping by open houses with 'gifts' are at the top of the list of ways to annoy a realtor.

Whatever you do, the best chance for sucess is something that nobody else is doing. Getting noticed, in a good way.

None of us have all the answers.... if we did we would have done it and retired by now