Barry Owen's Blog
Tips and commentary For Home Buyers & Sellers and REALTORS with primary focus on LIVE - Work - Play - Life Rhythm - Life Performance Oriented thinking for regular folks
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2008
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Are the finest things in life the most expensive? Does something have to be expensive to be valuable? Do you have to pay a lot of money to get the best? or Is it all perspective and perception? How 'bout your career? How's it going? I guess most folks reading this post are Independent Contractor...
12/07/2008
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As we meander through the whole schimoli of information and news that pummels us daily, do you often find yourself overwhelmed? How do you sort the pile? Who's telling the truth? Who REALLY knows what they're talking about? What IS "recovery"? How will we know when we've turned the corner? On any...
12/05/2008
Ole St Nick has saved the day AGAIN! Read this whole post to learn the strategy that will save your career. In our house, we have 2 VERY energetic young ladies (our daughters) who are VERY excited about Christmas. If you have young ones about your house, you know that excitement creates excitemen...
12/04/2008
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When things were REALLY good and many people were feeling rich and glamorous, keeping up with the Jones's was all the rage. The real estate markets were rising in value MUCH faster than the per capita income, but that was OK because the lending guidelines were loosening up equally fast, and money...
12/03/2008
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My wife loves Chinese food, so we know every Chinese restaurant within a 10 mile radius of our house. The Hands-down favorite is only a few blocks from our office. It's a quiet little place and the food is fabulous. Even better, the owner knows most of the people who eat there. It's not uncommon ...
12/03/2008
Susan Ney and Debra Moore are business partners and are affiliated with Countrywide Home Loans. They have recently "opted in" to serve as the "in-house" lending source for our office . . . And these 2 ladies seem to be doing the right things to capture the business, They both seem to be everywher...
12/02/2008
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Isn't email cool? Even more cool are the myriad electronic capabilities for quick communication that seem to be gaining in popularity (and number) daily. We can twit, text, "Status Up-date", write on walls, and gather friends while sitting in a cafe having lunch . . . or even while DRIVING to sai...
12/01/2008
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I don't really know what got into us this week-end. Perhaps the media "Black Friday" reporting combined with the surge of marketing did it . . . But my family SHOPPED and pretty much knocked out the whole list. For me, shopping for gifts for other people is fun. Isn't that really a big part of wh...
11/30/2008
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Stream of consciousness commentary on the real estate industry from the perspective of a Principal Real Estate Broker and Founder of Pareto REalty, LLC in Middlle Tennessee - Also a Career Development Coach with vast Organizational Development/Transformation training and experience - in the industry since 1993