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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2015
WOW! We REALTORS are failing in our quest for simplicity in today’s market Of course, this is not OUR fault (This Time) . . . An EXPLOSIVE Real Estate Market and a flurry of changes in many of our processes due to the recent “Rules Changes” (TRID) raise the need for heightened awareness for ALL ...
09/10/2015
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Feeling frazzled? Like a gerbil on an exercise wheel – running, running, running and not making progress? or like a dog chasing his tail. Are you so busy you don’t know what to do next? This feeling of being out of control from the moment your feet hit the floor in the morning til you pass out fr...
09/08/2015
In observance of Labor Day, Monday Morning Coffee comes on Tuesday I haven’t been quiet about my opinions about where the next Mayor of Nashville MUST focus immediately after the swearing in. EDUCATION TRAFFIC CONGESTION (Mass Transit/Infrastructure) SAFETY Essentially, Nashville is on a tremend...
09/07/2015
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When I was in grade school, the school year always began on the day after Labor Day. Nowadays, every year starts on a different day. The educators have been experimenting with the rhythm in concert with notions of morphing into year-round school and trying to find creative ways to plan for the un...
09/06/2015
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Will you agree to reduce your fee? I know you make plenty of money, and I don’t want to pay full price. It’s not that I can’t pay your fee . . . I just don’t want to. Surely, you can make an exception for me just this ONE time? How ’bout you give me your “friends and family” discount? If you do d...
09/05/2015
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Why oh Why will active Rain not publish my post?http://www.paretorealtyllc.com/pareto-realty/if-i-hire-you/The link is the post, and AR thinks it's spam.Why?I know not!hmmmm . . . .
09/05/2015
Agents Plan to Extend Sales Contract for TRID This Headline from REALTOR Magazine sums up the probable result of an impending significant change to the Mortgage Process. The cfpb – Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has cooked up some new rules that we so lovingly call “TRID” TILA-RESPA Integrat...
09/04/2015
OOOO – THIS is “Bad Business” writ large! For many years, I have been a satisfied and loyal customer of Efax.COM and would happily stay with them for years to come, but I’ve just invested in a new phone system for my office, and that system includes Fax Service. It’s not new news that telephone n...
09/03/2015
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Don’t let’m see you flinch! I see this often on the soccer field even as the Coach spends hours and hours training the players to play with confidence and to run THROUGH the ball. What this means is that the player’s focus must always be beyond the ball . . . so the goal is no longer “winning the...
09/01/2015
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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