The Network Blog

    Why is it "OK" for an agent to be Deceitful and Dishonest?    The Most Abusive Statement... "If I don't sell your house in 30 days, I'LL BUY IT !!"   Have you ever asked yourself... "If the public knew as much about Real Estate Agents as Real Estate Agents do, would that be good or bad?"  I h...

    How I Developed a Very Successful FSBO Marketing Program   HOW IT ALL STARTED:  About 10 years ago I had a listing and had several very interested buyers BUT, they had to sell their house first and were selling "By Owner".  They had to do that to get the amount of equity they needed out of th...

  Yep...Cashiers Checks Bounce Too !!   About 10 years ago I was selling my Rolex Presidential watch.  I had an appraisal from a pawn shop that said to ask $15,000 but not to sell for less than $10,000 so dumb me runs an "ad" in the local newspaper, despite the fact I'm not a naive person.  A yo...

    Become a "NICHE MARKET" SPECIALISTS   TARGET MARKETING!  Let's face it... chances are you live in a fairly good sized city and there a LOT of real agent agents per capita.  If you've been in the business a while, you also know that a typical real estate agent will sell anything from a $4,000 ...

    A Successful eFlyer   Having used eFlyers for over 2 years now, I have developed what I believe to be a very good format.  Since I started doing this, I have seen many agents adopting all sorts of eFlyers, some great, some good, and many just "annoying".  Let's face it, if you don't follow ce...

    HISTORIC INTEREST RATES   Below is a chart covering 45 years of interest rates for all those nahsayers that "rates are too high".  I personally started in the business in 1974 when rates were 9% and worked all those 18 years before they dropped below 9% again.  Look how many years rates have ...

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    Advice: BUY NOW or Possibly SUFFER!   Personally I'm tired of all the negativity on the news about how bad the real estate market is from all the narrow-minded so-called experts that have never been in the real estate business or sold a house as an licensed Realtor.  Where do these pencil pus...

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  My Puppies Having Dinner I just had to share this precious picture of my puppies.  They LOVE "treats" and after picking them up from the groomer one day, they just looked so cute I thought I'd set a place setting at the kitchen table and take their picture.  I should have used a video camera an...