I Write My Posts In Hieroglyphics sometimes! I have the rare ability to screw up my own (English) posts, by translating them to Hieroglyphics, so that only a few scholars, uninterested in real estate, can interpret them. Actually, it is Microsoft Word formatting that jumps up inside my post… s
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02/21/2012
Only Ten Months To Go! Wanna make this your best year yet? Well, get with it! None of us have ever seen a market like this one, but one thing remains constant: change. What must we do when we encounter change? We must change our own habits, learn new skills, practice real estate in differen
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02/21/2012
Trust (But Verify) In the Real Estate Industry I walk about in an environment that, by the Statute of Frauds, requires everything to be in writing, to be enforceable. A major reason for this is that human memories are frail. My personal values are from an earlier age, where handshakes wer
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01/16/2012
Nearly One-In-Five Americans are Unemployed, or Under-employed... Facing Mortgage Default Though the official unemployment rate is 8.6%, according to the administration, the real rate is closer to 20%, when you count the ones who are UNDER-EMPLOYED. Some of them are working minimum wage,
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01/16/2012
Mea Culpa My apologies to Elva Lee (http://activerain.com/elva_lee). She reminded me that a while back, as I was skeptical about Short Sales, I wrote a post about signing up for a class to become a CDPE. I had complained previously about the crappy way buyers were treated, the hopeless proces
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12/30/2011
Freddie & Fanny Fat Cats: Put 'Em On A Diet! Let's face it: The U.S. housing market is a mess. Did our housing "boom" and "bust" happen all by itself? Of course not.Well-intentioned policies, like the Community Reinvestment Act, from the l
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12/11/2011
Up To Your Fanny In Paperwork? This was the way of life, in the “bad old days.” Now, with technology on our side we no longer are suffocating in paperwork. Instead, we are suffocating in technology. Think about it. How many hours per week do you spend maintaining your blog, your FaceBook
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10/24/2011
Brokers Are Often Broke! For many years, there has been increasing pressure for real estate brokers to reduce their fees, enhance the technology and agent services they provide, and provide increased “splits” with their sales force. All fine ideas, if you are an agent. But, from the broker’
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09/27/2011
Could Anyone Use A Buyer? She’s a REALTOR®, just like me! Look at the smile on her face! She just held an Open House! Did she sell the home in which she was sitting? Probably not. But, did she get some leads? Yes! Did she come face-to-face with potential buyers? Yes! Did she get their contact
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09/24/2011
Glock 22C (Ported) .40 Caliber Pistol Pretty Bunny Ears! When I’m showing rural properties, I choose to carry my weapon in the open, just as a deterrent. It works great! Well, I guess it does. You can’t prove a negative,… but, I have never had any problems while carrying the weapon. I alwa
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09/24/2011
