I have always liked the words given in the attached graphic by the late Leo Buscaglia related to "touches." Those Underestimated Touches Change The World ONE PERSON AT A TIME. In real estate we prospect and catch people off guard talking about their housing needs and coincidentally their lives. I
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11/20/2012
Does the woman in this photo look happy? Does this relationship have all the markings of being doomed in the future? Put That Smartphone DOWN !!!! In social settings, and most particularly in business settings, not giving your full attention to the other person to "take a call" to "check a
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11/19/2012
Despite many that argue with me to the contrary real estate is not a customer service position ONLY but primarily a salesperson position. Yes we take care of our clients but it is about making sales, closing transactions for buyers and sellers in the marketplace. Along with that Sales hat is the
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11/18/2012
Friday of this past week the management of Hostess Brands, makers of Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread etc. said they were closing shop, not being able to move on profitably. A Look At This Twinkie Funeral. Anytime we have loss in life it stings. My buyers that can't get that dream house cause t
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11/17/2012
Often when I get mired with the blur of looking at eight different houses in a row with buyers on a single day I pose this question from the 1966 song by Burt Bacharach, What's It All About, Alfie? It's not about the kitchen or the big backyard. It is about LIFESTYLE. What you are buildin
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11/16/2012
My very wise mother used to let me know about the old adage a lot saying Where There Is A Will There Is A Way. I do think in modern day society with business issues or in our personal lives with "problems" we may give up many times too soon and just accept something as is. It really comes down to
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11/15/2012
I had been reading along the way the last couple of years many friends who had lost their family dog or their family cat and how saddened they had been by that experience. Until you go through it yourself you don't really realize how much that furry being means in your life with their supreme kin
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11/14/2012
Touring some 1960's vintage homes with buyers recently it made me think Some Things Go Out Of Style Others Never Do I say that cause some older homes have not been updated, too much flowery wall paper, you see things like avocado counter tops, shag carpeting, popcorn ceiling textures. We even enc
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11/13/2012
