Hercel Spears's (educator) Blog

I have agonized over writing this post. I don't want anyone to think that I am pointing fingers or finding fault. The tragic death of Jerold Williams was nothing more than an unfortunate set of events that any one of us could have found ourselves in given the terrain, foliage, and weather. Please...

Going to have to move. Yep that's the only thing I can think of to do at this point. The house two doors down from me has a very nice pool. The people that live there spent 13 K fixing it up and even hired a pool guy to maintain it all year round. They are snow birds. This means that every year w...

   Over the past weekend there were thousands of "campers" in the area I was in. Devastation from the Dude Fire was very evident all around and with the high winds and dry conditions, the Forest Service "wisely" put a complete ban on all open flames. Did that stop the campfires? Nope. So what do ...

    With only 3 voting for the motion, the Southeast Valley Regional Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors (SEVRAR BOD) voted not to accept the counter offer from the Arizona Association of REALTORS®.  The Western Maricopa Association of REALTORS® (WeMAR) had voted earlier to possibly accep...

My heart sinks with each of the reports dominating the airwaves about the fires all across the great State of Arizona.  Sadly, the reports confirm suspicions those who were raised to be cautious with fire have, and that being “some stupid” who didn’t have time to build a proper fire pit and didn’...

The word needs to get out on this so the fastest way is to re-blog the post. Thanks Donne for bringing this to our attention.I subscribe to the daily webcasts of Think Big, Work Small (TBWS), which is hosted by these two guys, Brian Stevens & Frank Garay.  TBWS was founded a couple of years ago b...

Government verses Private Sector.  This explains the recent election results.  H. A. M. P  on the one hand has done a whopping 27,000 loan mods and the private sector H.O.P.E.  Well take a look... http://www.thinkbigworksmall.com/mypage/archive/1/54561/ "Ask not what your country can do for you b...

I wonder how many agents would have ventured into real estate had we known all the things they didn't tell us before our  pre-license  classes? One area I wish was stressed a lot more than it is, would be, "This is a small business."  The lesson would include all the expenses, time management, cu...