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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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2010 

The new Baylor University Business Keller Center Business report arrived in my in-box this morning. I'm always fascinated by University Research reports because I believe that one of the fine arts of research in the world of academia is to diligently strive to add several layers of complexity to ...
01/16/2010
RARE OFFERING – Over 2 Acres – @ 4300 SF – Impeccable – Nashville, TN – Bellevue One the the wonderful things about living in Nashville, TN is that within 15 minutes drive of virtually anywhere, you can find yourself smack dab in the middle of pristine country. I love that about Nashville! Even ...
01/16/2010
Each of us is unique and holds tremendous potential within ourselves to serve our clients impeccably. Sadly, most folks don't know how to communicate their own "specialness" to other people in a way that efficiently conveys the benefit of doing business with THEM? Mass marketing to the general pu...
01/13/2010
Mortgage interest rates just inched over 5% Nationally. This happened relatively quietly because that's still a great rate . . . Many people didn't notice. The truth is that rates may not go back below 5% for a LONG time. The momentum is going to continue to carry them UPWARDS . . . and with each...
01/11/2010
8 Years old and armed with the Girl Scout Cookie order form, our daughter is showing is how Lead generation is REALLY done. The "kit" came complete with Scripts and some nice presentation materials including pictures and descriptions of the available cookies. "Objection Handlers" included a great...
01/11/2010
I learned some things about traction (or lack thereof) on my way home from the office yesterday afternoon. The weather "experts" had predicted SNOW for Nashville . . . Perhaps as much as 6 inches. As usual, that sent the city into a tail-spin as all people instantly jumped into their cars and rac...
01/07/2010
There's a decent chance a lot of "regular readers" of my blogs won't choose to read this post because of the title. Most folks who know me well know that I am not a big fan of "Get Rich Quick" schemes and systems because I know that most of them are not sustainable strategies. PLUS, the English M...
01/06/2010
The sharpest tool in the shed is the one that pays regular visits to the grindstone. Every tool has its season and there's a season for every tool. When a tool is in its season, maintenance of that tool happens as needed, on the spot , , , or not at all because there's work to be done. Off season...
01/05/2010
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Wanna know how to create something REALLY good? Invite a bunch of folks who care about something to gather to toss around some ideas about that thing . . . and take notes . . . or record it . . . or get them to send you their insights after said meeting. Boil it all down to the least common denom...
01/04/2010
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My daughter is on the phone while she text and video chats with a few friends on the computer . . . needed another friend in the loop and asked to borrow my cell phone for a few minutes. Congratulations world! We have arrived . . . We have successfully created an entire couple of generations of A...
01/03/2010
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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