Gail Buckingham Diane Holland's (butler317) Blog

In this not-so-positive real estate world, let's stay in the POSITIVE by sharing favorite quotes with each other!  The one that I really like, and have tagged on email signature is: CHOOSE to make it a GREAT Day!  We have the ability to make it what it is!  Please share your positive reinforcemen...

We as real estate agents have a way of chopping down trees with all of the necessary paperwork.  What ways are you adapting to, preventing the unnecessary paper chase?  We can all improve on this, so please share your comments.  Can we make real estate a paperless market?  Probably not, but let's...

Contracts were a shake of the "hand of Trust?"  Or, a napkin from the restaurant?  Remember when.....the offices had a cabinet full of house keys?  Or.....to take photos of new listings, one had to go to the One Hour Photo shop?  Who can add to this list?  Feel free to blog the most interesting r...

From the first time you put that penny in the gum ball machine, you became a comsumer. A consumer is person who buys goods for his/her own needs and not to sell to others.  Our world evolves around the consumer.  We want to meet their demands and fulfill their needs. Consumers keep the economy al...

Let's remember the true reason for Christmas.  There are so many good Holiday Season memories!Watching "It's a Good Life" with Jimmy Stewart, or having a batch of carmels turn out ......perfectly.......or wrapping that last present, one minute before the door bell rings.  All of these moments cre...