Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

Sometimes it seems I live in the late 20's during the Depression, and, I sometimes live in a closed Mind. I had done real estate for years and not only had never staged a home but was vocally anti-staging. (what a loser) Then I listed a very beautiful home but had difficulty selling the home beca...

My customer called me and was upset. I had run a credit report on her the night before with her permission and since the time of the report she had more than 50 calls from mortgage lenders. And, she said many were rude. I had forgotten that the credit bureaus sell the information to banks and len...

I have always been an underdog and the only way I knew to overcome obstacles was to overwork and to brainwash myself to believing I could win. The blog I just wrote was maybe too metaphysical for most young buyers and I need to make some additional comments.There are many excellent books and appr...

(the video will be done later today-posted too quick)Yesterday I wrote about four things buyers should do to begin the home shopping process. But there is a step before that and it is the mental preparation to buy.Today most young people don't have the income or down payment to buy and need to pr...

In the title I wrote 'first home' but these suggestions really apply to every buyer. Most times buyers are told to simply get loan approval for a certain amount and go for it. Here are 4 things buyers can do to educate themselves before making an offer.1. Have the Realtor or Lender go over in det...

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Yesterday I wrote a sales blog titled 'Get rid of the How's' and that blog gave one example of a time I achieved a goal without the help of the How's. Mostly it seems that I work with the aid of How's and suddenly get into trouble and frantically work realizing that success needs to come from out...

Recently I heard someone on a YouTube video say "Get rid of the How's". That statement resonated with me to the core; to 100%.So many times in my life I have achieved a goal by simply ignoring the How's and let myself be surprised about How  it happened. I was taking a class under Dr. Robert Scot...

It's been a year since I have written anything on Active Rain. Just by logging in I realize how much I have missed reading the articles and writing my own articles. Most of my articles were about mortgage loans because I have been a lender since 1968 but this year will be dedicated to real estate...

I received a phone call from an attorney asking why I had not replied to his letter and I stated that I had not received a letter. He then emailed me a 3 page letter along with a 13 page and 48 points of law complaint  that he was planning to file  against Mortgage Magic because our website was n...