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success: We just need some of Apple's customers to start buying real estate - 05/03/10 05:42 PM
How would you like to have thousands of clients who will place orders for your products without even touching a real one?  They will fight to be the first to stand in line to buy products which are likely to have some snags since they are new products and first off the lines. 
The customers do not even care about trying the product or inspecting it before they buy it.  There also is a reasonable expectation that the price of the product will go down after they buy it.  They are happy just to have their hands on the product.
It … (27 comments)

success: Deep Waters - 01/24/09 12:22 PM
It has been an amazing few weeks in American.  Barack Obama is president, Steve Jobs has stepped aside at Apple, my Vista computer has hardly misbehaved, and it snowed at the beach.  On top of that I have taken two phone calls on desk duty.  One is leading to what looks like a sale, and the other might well develop into something.
As I took this picture of the water behind our home in Bluewater Cove this morning, I wondered if there were any fish swimming beneath the surface this time of year.
Earlier in the week when we had some … (5 comments)

success: Almost all the elements are there waiting for success - 12/09/08 10:45 PM
A life in sales prepares you for lots of ups and downs. Since I worked for Apple Computer from 1984 until 2008. I got to see plenty of both.  As I survey the real estate markets I see some parallels to Apple's comeback as a computer manufacturer.
If any company has risen from the dead to great success it would be Apple.
Maybe the comparisons jump out more easily if you are new in the real estate industry like I am.  Perhaps the comparisons do not work for all areas, but certainly in the spot that I know well, Carteret County, … (7 comments)