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GOAL SETTING  In 1975, I had the pleasure of hearing football coach Lou Holtz speak.  I was in high school at the time and had not heard someone speak so eloquently about the importance of continuing to set goals.  Coach Holtz told us that when he got married, he sat down and wrote out a list of ...
07/09/2007
I've heard quite a few discussions recently revolving around buy/sell and leveraging of funds internationally.  I would like to get more information regarding this tool.  I'm always wary of too good to be true things and this certainly ranks right up there with the best of them.  Who does this an...
07/06/2007
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JUST LIKE PRACTICE  My favorite time of year is just about upon us.  Football training camps open up later this month and I can smell the grass and feel the heat.  I am a consummate football fan.  My wife couldn't have realized what she was getting into 17 years ago.  I suppose finding me watchin...
07/06/2007
MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING VALUE  In these days of review, refinement and re-definition of our goals and marketing strategies, it is important to make sure you're getting value for your efforts.  In order to be able to rate these efforts there must be a response mechanism by which we can measure.  ...
07/05/2007
I've heard a lot about "leveraging" funds overseas recently and wanted to be able to offer my clients advice regarding such programs.  What institutions are offering this type of service?
06/26/2007
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BACK TO BASICS  Each week I hear more conversations about the "trouble in the industry".  There is no doubt that things have slowed and I believe that that is largely due to negative press the subprime business has gotten.  People believe what they read in the papers and hear on TV.  The problem ...
06/26/2007
Football & Industry Training  Over the past five years there have been a lot of people that have come into the industry and as we all know, most of them haven't been trained very well.  I cannot stress enough the importance of ongoing training.  We all have to keep up with our continuing educatio...
06/14/2007
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Be the Great Meal  Everybody knows that we operate in a service industry.  We are bartenders, servers, paper boys and more.  There is no doubt that the menu is filled with the most expensive item that anyone is ever going to purchase but that does not change the fact that we are in the service in...
06/13/2007
HURRICANES AND OUR INDUSTRY  Well, here we are.  It's the middle of June and hurricane season has officially begun.  They say we should have 12 -15 named storms, 7 - 9 will attain hurricane status and 3 - 4 will be category 3 or higher.  In a way, it almost sounds like the Real Estate / Mortgage ...
06/13/2007
WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? I was speaking to a group of realtors at their office recently and asked the question "How many of you work for ABC Realty?"  I was amazed at the number of hands that shot into the air.  "No you don't!" was my answer.  "You work for yourselves.  ABC Realty is the wonderful ve...
05/30/2007
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