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The Benefits of Home Gardening

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Wanda Tineo, a New York-based independent real estate agent with experience in insurance, enjoys gardening in her spare time. Wanda Tineo grows both flowers and vegetables.

Home-grown fruits and vegetables have many benefits that their store-bought cousins do not. Freshness and nutrition improve significantly in home-grown produce, compared to store-bought produce that may have traveled hundreds or even thousands of miles, depending on the crop. Home-grown produce also generally needs less pesticides to grow unimpeded, and introduces fewer unhealthy elements into the eater’s system. In homes with children, home-grown produce can increase enthusiasm for eating a balanced, healthy diet, as the children will have seen the vegetables grow and maybe even helped to grow them.

The gardener benefits indirectly as well. Digging in the dirt and harvesting vegetables can be hard work, which can help improve overall fitness. Gardeners may also develop other interests, such as botany or photography, that allow them to better understand their gardens or share the experience with their friends and loved ones. If gardeners pull their family and friends into the gardening project, it can also encourage healthy relationships and create cherished memories.

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How Real Estate Agents Can Quickly Turn Leads into Contacts

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Wanda Tineo studied political science at the University of Scranton before working as an underwriter for Allen Block Insurance Agency. For the past 10 years, Wanda Tineo has worked as a real estate agent in New York.

Specialty search engines have enabled potential home buyers to perform research on their own. Buyers today can access listings they might not have formerly been able to see without a real estate agent. Because of that, it’s especially important for agents to follow up on online leads in a timely manner in order to convert them into clients.

A recent study conducted by Zurple found that one-third of leads reply to agents in the same day, while nearly 30 percent respond within 85 days. Those who fall in the latter category are generally still in the initial phase of their search for a home. Agents should nurture those leads until they are transaction-ready.

However, there are methods real estate agents can take to expedite the response time of potential clients. The most important thing to consider is to immediately follow up on those leads, as time-consuming as it might be.

The average home buyer generally visits multiple websites before seeking out an agent. This means that your first goal upon generating a lead should be to stop their search and redirect them to your website. You should also utilize an intelligent customer relationship management software program and integrate marketing automation into your lead generation process.

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Best Vegetables for First-Time Gardeners

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Real estate agent Wanda Tineo attended the University of Scranton, where she studied political science. Aside from her professional pursuits, Wanda Tineo enjoys flower and vegetable gardening.

Vegetable gardens are an enjoyable way to bring organic, locally grown produce to a family dining table. Seasoned gardeners recommend starting a simple vegetable garden with three to five types of plants. Several vegetables are very simple to grow in a backyard setting, or even in containers on patios or balconies of an apartment.

Here are some of the easiest vegetables to grow:

–Lettuce. Lettuce grows quickly, takes up very little space and is easy to harvest.

–Tomatoes. Easily grown in places with high amounts of sun in baskets and containers, tomatoes are best supported by cages, stakes, or string. Smaller varieties of tomatoes are generally easier to grow.

–Cucumbers. With enough sunlight and water, cucumbers will be a prolific crop, even for the beginner.

–Zucchini. Squash in general grows very quickly. Gardeners should anticipate squash bugs and plant an extra plant or two so that an infected plant can be pulled.