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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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2016 

Most people think REALTORS are “Salespeople.” Another common myth is that we have it easy. All we do day in and day out is flit around the community in fancy cars and deposit fat checks in our bank accounts. We obviously make this “job” look too easy, as also evidenced by the relatively high inci...
01/21/2016
We can sugar coat just about anything and make it look scrumptious. The problem surfaces with the first bite. If you’ve sugar coated something grotesque, you will have destroyed your credibility in the eyes of the consumer of said “delectable treat after that first bite.” When selling Houses, rea...
01/20/2016
“They” say: “Get while the gettin’s good!” and: “The early bird gets the worm!” and: “You snooze, you LOSE!” and: “Buy low – Sell HIGH!” All of the above are applicable to today’s real estate market here in Middle Tennessee and most other real estate markets in the country. Most markets are repor...
01/19/2016
Show me an expert who claims to know an accurate answer, and I’ll show you a BS Master. If we’re talking about real estate . . . about the closest we can come to a rational answer to this “What’ll this house worth in 5 years?” question is to do some math based on Historical trends. Since the begi...
01/17/2016
Mark Twain outs maps as being LIARS! In his book “Tom Sawyer Abroad,” Huck and Tom hash this out. “Tom, didn’t we start east?” “Yes.” “How fast have we been going?” “Well, you heard what the professor said when he was raging round. Sometimes, he said, we was making fifty miles an hour, sometimes ...
01/17/2016
Most of the successful people I know are certifiably CRAZY! Before you judge me, Please let me explain with a little help from my friend (and virtual mentor – although I don’t think he knows it)  Seth Godin Heroes are heroes because they do things that most “normal” people wouldn’t even consider ...
01/16/2016
What does it mean when you say you are going to work? Do you get in your car and drive to an office? Do you stay in your pajamas and turn on the computer and the smart phone and work from home? Is there a fully equipped, designated office in your home? Do you work from Starbucks? Are you a profes...
01/14/2016
By reading this post, consider yourself challenged! I hereby challenge you to undertake a mission that may seem unfathomable and impossible! Should you choose to accept this challenge, you must know there are potentially life changing implications to your overall well-being and enjoyment of life....
01/13/2016
When you go to the Dentist, does it seem like Russian roulette? Will this “$75 cleaning” turn into a $7,000 bridge replacement? How ’bout your auto mechanic? You hear a new rattle in the tire and stop to have them check it . . . $2,352.67 later you’re driving out of the garage with a full set of ...
01/13/2016
Have you noticed that many of the most popular people are the ones who make other people feel good? These are the people who go out of their way to learn more about everyone they meet. A conversation with her is all about YOU and who she knows that you should meet and get to know. “Connectors” ar...
01/12/2016
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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