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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Pareto Realty - TN #251071
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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2009 

We're in a market environment in which temptation might overcome sensible long range thinking. The desire for profit $$$ may push some businesses to dance on the edge of "good Business Practices" and/or ethical boundaries at the expense of their customers. The sad part of this is that the end res...
05/14/2009
Have you ever walked into an Apple Store and spent time at the Genius Bar? If you have, you know what it means for a company to care about the people they serve. Probably, you were greeted the minute you walked in the door by a store Concierge who asked a quick question about why you were visitin...
05/13/2009
Sure, it's been sitting there for a while . . . Most people in the mortgage industry have known that it was coming on May 1 . . . But we've all had plenty of other more "Now" stuff absorbing our brain share and maybe didn't pay enough attention to what this legislation actually created. By all ap...
05/12/2009
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OK Folks! "Let's Meet!" This is the script that has the potential to change everything in a good way. It's only 2 1/2 words which makes it easy to remember. It goes well with an affirmative tenor and exudes confidence. "Let's meet!" is timeless - It has been effective for probably as long as huma...
05/11/2009
Again and again and again and again and again . . . Perpetual Transformation . . . Everything's in a state of perpetual change - ALWAYS! Sure, there are moments of "Normalcy". Times when everything is flowing as it should are magical . . . and hypnotic . . . Don't let those moments lull you into ...
05/10/2009
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If you are ANYWHERE near Middle Tennessee . . . Whether you are a golfer or not . . . I hope you will consider supporting this Charity golf Tournament May 15th - only a week away. Information is below. Sign-ups are lower than usual (perhaps a reflection of the economy), and I wanted to get the wo...
05/09/2009
I don't like to go to furniture stores or Car Dealer lots. I do it anyway because I have an occasional need to buy furniture or a car . . . I don't like it because of my prior experiences in Furniture stores and Car lots . . . "Greasy, commission breath salespeople" leering at me from the sales d...
05/08/2009
It's not selling because . . . IT'S NOT PRICED RIGHT! If it were priced perfectly, it would have sold . . . OUCH! "but if  you look at all of the OTHER houses in the neighborhood, my house is priced BELOW all of the other listings.' Ummmmm ... Hate to say it, but if none of those houses have sold...
05/06/2009
WHAT? You say you don't own a home . . . REALLY? I believe you ARE ready to buy your first home! If you have not had ownership in a home in the past 3 years, you are, by definition, a "First time home Buyer" per the guidelines for the widely publicized "$8,000 Federal Tax Credit" program. First t...
05/05/2009
Ever heard that saying "Can't see the forest for the trees"? Do you think that there might be a LOT of people out there looking for new business? Who's in business right now who has more business than they can handle? OK! NOT counting the Loss Mitigation Department or the Asset Managers at the ba...
05/05/2009
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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