Jason Stewart's Blog

LOVE TOUGH I believe in tough love. If you are a leader, manager, coach, teacher or parent, caring about someone often requires you to challenge and push them to improve, grow and reach their full potential. Even the best athletes in the world have a coach to push them. But for tough love to work...

Compared to other investments, real estate can provide much better yields. Most of the 1990's, The Standard & Poors Index posted earning yields of 5% to 6% on average. At the same time, the dividend yields of the S & P were only around 2% or less. Since dividend paying stocks tend to be much less...

  Is This The Best Year Ever?                 Here’s a quick note to let you know how I can help you or anyone you feel comfortable introducing me to.               This January, many people will wonder if this is the year they will buy their first home.  Well, as far as Januarys go, this could b...

There's no escaping stress. Every day we're bombarded with images and events that trigger our bodies' natural fight or flight response, and sends our adrenalin soaring skywards. But stress in itself is not negative. The Goodness of Stress Without stress, we'd be unable to react to situations quic...

Here is the secret: You'll increase your chances of reaching your goals if you write them daily. I try to write them everyday and Email them out often (I'm not perfect though so I do miss days). It's great to show others your goals for a few reasons. A) You may inspire someone. Thats my favorite....

American home owners sell and move, on average, every five to seven years. Why do home owners move? People who have lived in the same home for the past 30 years have a hard time understanding this phenomena. They are shocked that people move so often, but I know one thing for certain: Their day t...

If you're considering making a move, you've probably already searched the Internet to see what's available.According to the 2010 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, nine out of ten buyers use the Internet as one of the information sources in their home search process.Here are just a few of the le...

Can You Relax While You’re Away?                   Here’s a quick note to let you know how you and I can help anyone you feel comfortable introducing me to.                   It is such a fun time of year, when everyone gathers for celebrations, visits each other and spends time catching up.  For...

It may be bigger than the housing bubble and many of you already know the answer to this question:   Answers Needed!  student loan debt. Student loan debt is on the rise as students parents who would try to help fund college costs have had to rein in the money pipeline to take care of their own d...

If you want your memory to stay strong, you probably already know what to avoid -- excessive alcohol, beating your head on things, getting any older. What you probably didn't know is that there are other, lesser known everyday threats that may be slowly turning you into that guy from Memento. 1) ...