In talking with many people in real estate and in life I know bad external circumstances seep into them and make them unhappy. It just seems like it is natural. You get that bummed out feeling. But I am here to tell you that like taking an eraser to a highly chalked up blackboard, start erasing t
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03/31/2008
If you don't believe in the cycles of Real Estate anymore, at least believe in the cycles of life and the cycles of sports. Next up on deck, the little hardball game of BASEBALLYes, it is back again. It starts early and goes 162 games long till the end of Septemb
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03/31/2008
In professions like those associated with the Real Estate industry, one committed to service of the customer, we should all strive to be the best. DO YOU HAVE EIGHT SECONDS??That's the standard to "qualify" to be the best. I'm talking bull riding pardner. The chute opens and out you go o
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03/30/2008
REALTORS get to listen a lot. They listen to buyer clients' stories, they get to listen to co-workers, they get to listen to partners like those in the Title, Appraisal, Loan, Staging, and Inspector fields. So you hear a lot. About everything.There's a saying that behind every outward smiling fac
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03/30/2008
In determining which home among competing homes to select for their next place to live, many buyers are heavily tilting towards preferences which enhance their lifestyle. They may be looking for higher end countertops, fancier pools with spas, art niches, upgraded landscaping, better appliances,
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03/29/2008
In looking at buyer's remorse, a common phase in the real estate purchasing process where for a brief moment of time, the buyer has doubts about what they are doing, it made me think of that show Fear Factor. You know, that's the one where the contestants are constantly asked to perform more and
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03/29/2008
With a slowness in the real estate market year over year too many I hear in the industry look to outside circumstances to change when they could be doing so much more to change their inside.Market forces will be what they will be but the cream of the crop in any industry will rise during adversit
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03/28/2008
Did you ever have one of those days where it ended where you were just exhausted? Couldn't figure out which way was up.Had a woman Realtor tell me one time that in the middle of the negotation between a buyer and seller that is why the Realtor is there. They serve as a calming influence during em
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03/27/2008
As a REALTOR, our clients expect many answers. They want them accurate, they want them fast, and by the way you should know everything. Since discovering Google on the web, I don't know if you pull this trick off or not, but if you are unsure about the spelling of a word, misspell it in
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03/26/2008
With the marking of 4,000 deaths this week in the war in Iraq it made me think of commitment and service by many in our world. No greater love is given than to lay down one's life. We honor those who serve and also those many wounded as well.In combat zones, you will hear soldiers, men and women,
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03/25/2008
