Someone asked me once how do you come up with the answers you need? They must have thought I had it all figured out as a Realtor. I thought, just like many areas of life where we need answers, we need "tests." TESTS IN YOUR LIFE REVEAL ANSWERS. Sure canned tests "have" answers that are corr
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09/19/2008
With the events in the financial markets lately with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the $85 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG, all which can affect the housing market, you may be getting sea sick from all the wave action. But any good surfer knows you ride the waves. You embrace them till they
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09/18/2008
I don't know if growing up as a skinny kid who ended up being tall ( 6 ft 4 in) who maintained his leaness through the years, made me naturally gravitate toward basketball as a fun activity but much of what basketball is all about, applies to a REALTOR or others in the real estate industry. Keep
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09/17/2008
Listening to many people complain about their bad habits I also hear people pump up themselves about their good habits. The bad habits we all know like procrastination, smoking, over eating, drinking too much, not caring for people, working too much, blah, blah, blah. Good habits are like exercis
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09/16/2008
In assessing someone practicing their craft look around you as well as make note of yourself. For real estate purposes, think Realtor, Stager, Inspector, Loan Originator, Title Officer, or Appraiser for example. What do you see in THEM and YOU? DO YOU HAVE TALENT, SKILL, OR MAGIC? Talent, is t
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09/15/2008
This time of year as we enter Fall, there are categories of potential home sellers who are already looking ahead to the next peak home selling season starting around March. They are assessing putting their house on the market, but are essentially moseying their way into it. It might be a dated h
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09/15/2008
I got to thinking again today. Always dangerous on my part when I should be reading a good book or helping someone else. So many people work so hard on Internet search optimization and making themselves appear on Google page 1 and so forth. But what about those one on one times with clients that
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09/14/2008
I have always been the curious type. That means if I am with you, you are going to get pummeled with questions. This can be good in Real Estate, because I am going to find out why you really want to sell that house. I will ask you six different ways to find the underlying motivation, or you will
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09/14/2008
Numbers have always fascinated me and I have been one of those people who have always been good with numbers and math. From the early days of even plain arithmetic, the adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing of numbers it all seemed so orderly to me. I encountered the short lived "New Mat
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09/12/2008
A group of research scientists studying images from Google Earth and looking at broad herds of cows across the earth have concluded that predominantly cows align themselves in a field in a north-south direction. Cows are social animals and sit down before a rain and huddle in a circle during a bl
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09/11/2008
