Who can't use a stress reducing technique nowadays? We need to Chill Out With The Mullet Wrapper Concept of Perspective. Where I grew up in East Central Florida near the Indian and Banana Rivers these fish would just jump out of the water all the time and plop back in. Almost like it was fun for
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08/31/2010
I had a discussion with a friend at lunch about truth in people and their behavior. He reminded me that "Everyone Lies." I thought that was a sad commentary on all of us but true to a lesser or greater degree depending how we live our lives. But there are Strengths To Being Genuine. In real estat
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08/30/2010
In both real estate and in life Timing Isn't Something It is EVERYTHING. Why start painting on the inside of an elderly lady's home when she has not moved out yet? Why rush to take buyers out looking at houses when they are not qualified? Why get the loan for the mortgage "approved" when you don'
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08/28/2010
Can we discuss being underwater in your house? Underwater is fun in your swimming pool, diving around. NOT FUN in your house being upside down, or underwater, where what you OWE on your loan is MORE than what the house is worth. NEGATIVE EQUITY !! You feel like you are drowning. New second quarte
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08/27/2010
Do you ever visit bowling alleys or these fun entertainment centers with all these arcade games? i am convinced the life of a real estate agent mimics one of these fun games quite closely. Think of it. Problems coming out of the blue. Fast and furious. ALL kinds of problems. Appraisal too high. H
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08/26/2010
In negotiation of any kind or even just plain ARGUING with another party real estate or life, sometimes you find yourself digging a hole. They call it an argument devolving, meaning unraveling. You are going backwards from where you started. The First Step To Coming Out Of A Hole Is To Stop Di
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08/25/2010
I think with our sound bite, microwave cooking, instant now everything pace of life, we feel at the end of the work day, if there is even something defined as a work day that we have to take our problems and frustrations home past 6 p.m. and KEEP WORKING on solving them into the night. Whatever h
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08/24/2010
With all the super fast gee whiz toys around us today able to zip text, email, YouTubes, PDF contract files, and all sorts of images around the world at the push of a SEND key on a Smartphone we often forget that People Time Is Not Internet Time. People in our business lives, and in our per
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08/23/2010
When Has Social Media Gone Too Far? Depending on an age demographic of an individual in their 20's or someone in their 50's, you will get widely diverse opinions on the use of social media like blogging, Twittering, Facebook, and even just using mobile devices BEYOND smartphones with email but re
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08/23/2010
Do You Ever Feel Like Murphy's Law Is Following You Around? You know, what can go wrong, does go wrong. I have stories either of my own or others where they get the new brakes on the car, drive off the lot and the car gets totaled. The windstorm blows through the backyard with tree limbs falling
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08/20/2010
