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April
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"Every child deserves to not only know where they will lay their heads down at night, but to also feel the love of family and self-worth." - Darcy Jacks, Moline Office  Adam After Three Months On April 6 th, Darcy Jacks had a simple mission: Collect gently used bags and luggage for children in foster care. The two women work in the Moline office of Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors, where many have been blessed to have been personally touched by orphan care, and Darcy's family was one of them. That being the case, Darcy learned first-hand that the children move from family to family with their belongings in only a garbage bag or a grocery sack. "I can only imagine this is a reflection of how they feel deep down inside," Darcy says.  Picking Up Adam "When we picked up our son, he was three years old, and had been passed around to three different families. What little our son had was left behind or lost...

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April
26

Ruhl companies close over a billion dollars in sales volume in 2015 Once again, Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors has been ranked as the largest privately-owned real estate company in Iowa. REALTrends 500, a trusted source for real estate news and surveys, ranks the top 500 real estate companies in the country based on number of residential transactions and sales volume. According to the 2015 REALTrends survey, Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors ranks number 1 in Iowa, and number 113 nationally. This survey is based on residential transactions only, although when farm, land and commercial transactions are accounted for, Ruhl agents closed an average of 18.3 transactions per agent in 2015. This is more than double the national average of 7 transactions per agent, per year! The Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors residential sales volume was close to $800 million. When we include farm, land and commercial, the total sales...

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April
20

Using Right Right Tools: LinkedIn Tool Box

     Recently, an  article came out from the Wall Street Journal as to how not using LinkedIn could be hurting your career. This particular piece of wall street literature applies to a variety of industries, but it really hits home with the Real Estate industry.     However, like most anything else, a tool is not a helpful tool if you don't know how to use it. For the past decade, most people have used LinkedIn incorrectly. LinkedIn provides reminders to reach out to contacts when they've landed a new job or are celebrating a job anniversary, however a simple "l...

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