In real estate and life a good thought to remember is to Use Courage To Make Things Happen. Why is this? Sometimes you get stuck because of fear. Courage is not abandoning or ignoring fear which is real, but pushing ahead despite fear. Lifting up that very heavy phone handset to do that needed le
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08/10/2011
Lots of economic news swirling around the last few business days. Downgrades by Standard and Poor's of U.S. debt as well as FNMA and FHMLC. Then the Fed Open Market Committee announced the results of their Monetary Policy Meeting. Thus far, at this writing, mortgage bonds are loving it. The fir
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08/09/2011
Similar to putting two love birds together who may be shy to make the first move and get prodding from Moms, friends, brides who throw bouquets to them at weddings I think Great Buyers Agents Are Excellent Matchmakers. They rather quickly find and match up ideal homes that CLOSE at the closing ta
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08/09/2011
In all our situations in life chasing what the Declaration of Independence calls our unalienable right to pursue happiness just maybe, The Pursuit Of Happiness May Require Stopping The Pursuit. Just think of the frenzy we can put ourselves in. Accumulating more material things, bigger houses, ano
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08/08/2011
At my brokerage firm, the title on the nameplate of the welcoming receptionist is Director Of First Impressions. We are all like that in Social Media too. But do you know that Loose Lips Sink YOU In Social Media? We are constantly with our words telling the world who we REALLY are. The inside of
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08/07/2011
Within real estate occupations a nice part of a flexible with your hours position such as this is you can plan in some volunteering to help out in society. But Volunteering Requires ENERGY. Pretty much giving energy to a cause, a group, a family, or an individual where they don't have the e
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08/06/2011
I have been always one to read up about trends and how they might portend the future. A crystal ball if you will. Think that Lather, Rinse, Repeat Patterns Reveal The Future. You know the lather, rinse and repeat instructions on the shampool bottle? Kind of like the Groundhog Day movie for soap s
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08/06/2011
I think for too many of us we can get too high in the clouds some days with our rose colored glasses we wear with that syrupy optimism we have about the world and people in general. Being positive is good but surely don't delude yourself either. I say That Getting Your Own Private Planet Thing Ai
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08/05/2011
Some buyers thanks to agents who do not educate them well enough get in trouble. Some agents are not educated as well and have to learn the hard way. Take an AS IS contract. Whether by addendum in some states or limits on dollar value for repairs from inspections and time frame to identify repair
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08/04/2011
