HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? - 11/16/07 10:06 AM
HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL?  PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
Real estate as a career, what a concept.  The gurus of real estate are now saying that 20-30% of the agents currently in the business will not renew their license next year.  WHAT A SHAME.  The market is not flat it is just different.  Agents can no longer be order takers that go to the office and wait for the phone to ring or for the next walk in buyer or seller.  Investing in your future in real estate does not mean buying calendars or other promotional give aways it means going … (8 comments)

DON'T SLAM THE COMPETITION - 11/08/07 09:01 AM
I just commented on an AR blog that compared business models by slamming their "discount" competitor.  This is a major problem in our business.  First, it may be a viloation of the Anti Trust laws regarding group boycotts.  Second, it is a violation of our code of ethics.  We are not to make false statements about our competition.  If you have never worked for a particular company how do you KNOW what it is they do and don't do?  I made the point to the author of that blog that Nordstroms does not slam Walmart in their ads they simply expand … (23 comments)

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, SOLD...HOW TO OVERPAY FOR A PROPERTY - 11/05/07 11:10 AM
OK so now Auctionis the new rage in buying property. I just saw a story on the morning news cast about how many buyers are getting great deals at auctions. Well here is my personal experience from last week.  I attended an auction for some land owned by ENRON. First, the auction company had three employees that were straigt out of GLEN GARY GLEN ROSS.  Hard sell hucksters in cheap suits that got in peoples faces while they were bidding in an attempt to push up the price.  Second, the people bidding on the properties did not even understand the process and … (7 comments)