Its cold, wet, rainy and icing up in the trees. Here's the view from my windows today as I work online and prepare for an investors meeting tonight. Living in the middle of the woods like this is wonderful. Inspite of all the news, I wish everyone a prosperous and peaceful '09.
01/05/2009
The blog by Kristal Kraft was an interesting thread about the Russian professor that predicted that US could break up into several countries influenced by other countries. Here's the post if you want to catch up: Doom and Gloom This blog is about doing something about the issues behind the articl
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01/03/2009
My brother and I were visiting during our New Years party for my family. The discussion turned to what's going on in the economy and how we got to where we are. He reminded me of an 8th grade book that our kids had used in school. It describes in very simple terms how economies work and the impac
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01/02/2009
While we're all busy putting '08 to bed and gearing up for '09, the consensus for the economy, regardless of direction, is that "Green" will have a positive impact. Have you given any thought what-so-ever to incorporate green into your business plan? From simple things like conservation measures:
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12/31/2008
As we celebrate this season we call Christmas, let us consider why this time of year exists. God gave the perfect gift to us for our salvation. Not only in the eternal sense, but in how we live our lives in this world. If we will follow His example and give the very best of ourselves, to love th
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12/25/2008
After only 3 weeks of listing and marketing, I just put a 4+ acre piece of land under contract. The technique I used to generate attention was to use the round-robin auction. It worked beautifully in that is got a lot of attention, instead of listing it high and inching the price down, I starte
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12/23/2008
You either get social media or you don't. Here's a way to help explain the fascination with it by way of analogy. This is way too funny to not post. I've cleaned it up, however, if you're offended at low-brow humor, skip this post. This was actually sent to me by a female colleague years a
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12/22/2008
We've all been wondering that. How long have we been in this tunnel and when will we come out of it? Don't really know, but here is the historical data to compare to: This data is supplied by the National Bureau of Economic Research. With updated information, our economy started the recession ab
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12/19/2008
I finished a webinar tonight on short selling. Some good information. Most interesting was the assessment of the different mortgage companies and how they handled short-sales. On the list of "good" companies to work with in a short sell situation were these: EMC GMAC Citi Mtg/Citi Financial Was
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12/18/2008
For all the talk about the credit crisis and the coming credit card crisis, there is a silver lining. All the foreclosures are putting the fear of God into the credit card companies. If you have a significant amount of debt and are struggling to maintain payments, you have an option. You can tr
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12/16/2008
