Hercel Spears's (educator) Blog

Just curious what our industry members think is the number 1 tool for success.  I guess that would also include what one would consider as the definition of success.  I have not put this in "members only" and will be allowing the public to post as well just to see what they see as a benifit and s...

  In a previous blog, ( http://activerain.com/blogsview/1821250/lies-and-d-lies- ) I must have been too verbose. At least that is the reason I am hoping the blog got so little response. Really the point was to get us (real estate PROFESSIONALS) to come up with some factual justification to buy a ...

   “ Lies!  _______lies.”  Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843–1911) or Lord Courtney in 1895  or …Actually we're not sure who said it.   It is speculated that they were referring to statistics or politicians.  I prefer to think it was to politicians using statistics.   200 plus years later I have ...

Once again, when you can't say it any better, REBLOG IT!Would You Buy Your House?  Let's Go For an Out of Body Experience. No seriously.  Would you buy your house?  Before you answer that question off the cuff, let's ponder on a few things.  When you first bought the house perhaps you were just t...

    As a blogger who likes putting controversial issues on the table, I sometimes wonder what happened to the philosophy that debate is a great tool to determine the correct and right answer to an issue, or at least some good alternative options to an issue’s resolution.           I appreciate co...

Property sales in the US dip dramatically in May due to end of tax breaks, figures show   Not sure what anyone suspected would happen.  Seems that someone (actually lots o' someones) predicted a contiunuation of falling prices after the tax credit expired.  http://activerain.com/blogsview/1348966...

  After all, this is a big store owned by a big corporation that made a big profit last year so what will it hurt?   This is the justification given by almost every single person caught shoplifting.  Of course, the fact that their activity causes the cost of those goods to go up for everyone else...

When someone says something you can't say better yourself...   Thanks Paul!  Here's hoping to further that timely message with a re-blog.What is it about the rain that brings the mischievous out to play?  Real Estate sales is the type of racket that leads one to bump bellies with all manner of fo...

The National Association of Realtors convention in San Diego. NAR's chief economist Lawrence Yun spoke and projected that real estate prices would climb about 4% in 2010, while the number of home sales will increase 15%.  He also predicts that foreclosures will peak during the first half of 2010 ...

    So you are working with a buyer and are in a market where 60% of the listed properties are REO’s and 35% are Short Sales.  Realizing the likelihood of a short sale closing, you and your client try to find the elusive, “normal sale” but end up looking at REO’s too.  You find an ok looking REO....