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I initially intended this post to be a response to Tony Reynolds http://www.realdealcommunity.com/members/profile/10874 when he asked if there was a Tutorial for the Real Deal Website. However, it became too long to post on his wall and thought others could benefit from this as well.

 

Hey Tony,

 

I was amused by your comment “Where am I and what am I doing”.  It reminded me of a comment made by a colleague while on a business trip.  After traveling all day from the West Coast to the East Coast, we rented a car, loaded our bags in the trunk and left the airport.  After 30 minutes of speeding down the highway at 80 mph, my colleague declares “I don’t know where I’m going … but we’re getting there fast!”  This was obviously before GPS’.

 

Unfortunately, this sight does not come with a GPS; or a tutorial, or a lot of “search” functions for that matter.  There is a Search field in the top left hand corner of the screen, but it seems to be restricted to profile information and Titles of postings.  As an example, if you search for “korotko”, you will receive the following links to my profile and Blogs ... but not everything that my name appears:

 

 

HOWEVER, if you search for “lucky 36 mmm student”, you will receive a link to every blog written with those key words in the title.

 
The site does require some diligence and navigation to stay informed.  Here are some basic guidelines I have learned through my personal experience.  There could be features of the site I have not discovered.

 

Your personal profile provides a WALL that you and others can write on … but people have to visit your profile to see what has been written on your wall.  Envision this as the outside wall of your house.  Anything posted to the outside wall of your house is visible to everybody else, but they have to drive to your house to see what has been written.  If you specifically need somebody else to see what you are writing, you need to post the comment on their wall or within a forum or blog.

 

You will receive notifications anytime somebody writes on your wall or comments on your blog.  I suggest you make it a habit to also click on the “All Notifications” tab while viewing your notifications to see all the notices generated.  I would also strongly recommend you frequently visit the “What’s New” Tab which will provide an overview of EVERYTHING that is occurring within the Community.  But I must warn you; this tab does not keep a complete history of activity and only posts the most recent events.  SO, you want to visit this tab frequently to keep up with what is going on.

 

You also asked what the difference was between a forum and a blog.  According to Wikipedia …

 

A blog (a blend of the term web log)^[1] is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.[2]

 

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.^[1] They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user and/or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.

Forums have a specific set of jargon associated with them; e.g. A single conversation is called a 'thread'.

A forum is hierarchical or tree-like in structure: a forum can contain a number of subforums, each of which may have several topics. Within a forum's topic, each new discussion started is called a thread, and can be replied to by as many people as wish to.

 

Depending on the forum set-up, users can be anonymous or have to register with the forum and then subsequently log in in order to post messages. Usually you do not have to log in to read existing messages.

 

 

This should get you started ... But I am a strong believer that “Brevity” is the best form of communication and I fear I have already made this post too long. Therefore I am going to end this post here and invite others to comment and post their experiences and tricks they have learned with this site.

Good Luck to all the MMM Candidates and God Bless …
Craig Korotko

8 yr old Dayton will show you on this video how to Download Real Estate Investor Training FOR FREE and he will show us how simple it is to join a group within the community and begin networking.

We will be including a multitude of tutorials to show you how simple it is to use the Real Deal Community. It is so simple that Dayton, our 8yr old member, will show you how it all works.