I have a lot to be grateful for. For the most part, I live a lifestyle full of conveniences that rival that of most of the world. I have a business that earns the employees and me a living. I live in a nice, comfortable house that I enjoy cleaning. I drive newer reliable vehicles and do not h
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01/24/2016
Remember when you were a kid and sang songs like: Here we go loopty loo Here we go loopty li Here we go loopty loo All on a Sunday morning. Not that I am against happy songs and a happy plumbers as we all need more happiness in this spinning orb. However, it see
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01/23/2016
Once again, the points question comes up. Yesterday, in the Q&A section, Bob Stuart posed the question, “Should the points system be done away with.” Of course, everyone had an opinion pro and con alike. When ActiveRain started in mid 2006ish, there had to be a hook to get folks to partici
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01/22/2016
Yesterday, on my 40 minute drive out the ‘Boro, I grabbed my phone and let my ‘fimmers’ do the walking across the digital key pad and reached out to Michael Thacker. After breaking the ice, literally and physically, and chatting about the ‘impending doom’ weather forecast for our respective
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01/21/2016
The first person on my list of ‘Rainer’s to call was Grant Schneider. Sadly he lost some of my conversation due to a pair of bad buds - ear buds that is. After we got over the bad connection on my end, we came to the agreement that the active participants here in ActiveRain are a microcosm of
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01/21/2016
Many folks in the real estate industry are under the misconception that because a property has been issued a CO, everything is or has been installed as per codes. Really? I have heard that argument time and time again from agents when I write up some deficiency and the selling agent throws
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01/20/2016
As we all know, presidential elections are around the corner and being an independent, as well as, an equal opportunity offender, I do like political humor from both sides of the aisle. Like them or hate them, sadly, our choices for good, qualified candidates to lead this Nation are paltry at
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01/19/2016
As we all may or may not know, Bob Crane and ActiveRain are sponsoring January/February meet ups across the good ‘ol USA. Of course, I want to have Music City USA included in the mix so TeamCHI will be sponsoring a meet-up at the O’Charlies in Brentwood, TN next Monday, January 25th at th
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01/19/2016
Every January, I re-read Napoleon Hill’s classic, “Think and Grow Rich”. Yes, it was a book that was written during the depression era and many pooh-pooh the book as being irrevelent, ancient and archaic. Wrong on all accounts. Napoleon Hill is credited with writing the first philosophy of su
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01/18/2016
One thing can be said for certain about the weather here in Tennessee. Wait a day and it will change. This morning, the temperature was a nice, balmy 14°. This is not a day that I would like to be outside inspecting properties, however, it goes with the territory. Thankfully, today, I will b
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01/17/2016