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I just got my first alert via email. The alert was on my name.

I set up the alert system with several keywords:

- Real estate strategies I am interested or feel I can help contribute to: rehabbing, flipping, etc.
- Groups of people I can relate to and contribute to: Veterans, military, young investors, etc.
- Phrases to alert me to welcome new members: new member, hello, etc.

I like the idea of adding my name as well as my location...off to do that now.

Thanks @Kyle Zaylor. I'm also adding "Washington," "WA," and "Minnesota" so I can monitor my home areas and my old hometown. :)

I'm using my state fully spelled out. But I do wish I could also use the initials "PA". Seems like we need to use at least 4 letters to make a keyword.

Great forum, I've been thinking about what to add. Thought the keyword system to be a great app (so to speak) but wasn't feeling particularly creative (@Jason Grote) as well. Thanks for the thread!

Well, it is great to have yo back, Justin. I actually thought you were out of the game.

Daniel - do you think allowing shorter keyworks would be beneficial?

Keep the Gretchen suggestions coming!

We're going to see what we can do. I'm seeing the value in 3 letter keywords and now understand why a 2 letter keyword makes sense as well. Thanks Daniel. Give us the week off and we'll see what magic we can whip up next week.

Joshua - I wish I could answer your 2:30 post, but I am still in awe of this site-this forum for RE! The keyword alert is great - somehow I actually found it and entered some words. I am still learning still tho' - what is DONOR or Dashboard? I can see I won't get much done around the house - no more free time after I found this.

Anyway of reducing the amount of emails I get for keywords for the same thread.

What's happening is every time someone is quoting a recent comment in a thread that has the specific keyword, I'm getting a new email. The person replying to the comment he or she has quoted has not typed the keyword though. For instance: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/80657-my-current-plan-to-investing-first-time?page=1#p483277

If you'll notice, the OP is quoted several times and in that quote, the keyword 'Phoenix'. I'm getting multiple emails for the same thread.

edit: I know you can opt out of the email notifications but I'd like to still get them, just not as many I guess.

Sorry Nick . . . that's going to be a difficult request. If you're getting too many emails for a specific request, make the request more specific. E.g. instead of Phoenix, try "Phoenix rehabs" or "Phoenix homes"

That won't solve the problem of quoted text, but it may alleviate the number of emails you get.