Jim Randel's (jimrandel) Blog

  1. What asking price do you recommend?Some agents will "buy" a listing by suggesting an inflated asking price. We all want to hear great news, and often a seller will select the listing agent with the highest recommended sales price.Bad decision. An overpriced house will not only sit, it will ...

Ok, so you finally decide to flex your entrepreneurial muscles, and - lo and behold - you invent a better mousetrap.It vaporizes mice – no muss, no fuss. No cheese needed, no snappy sounds - nothing. Any mice in your house simply cease to exist."I'm going to be so rich," you say. "HOORAY!"Unfort...

"Oh! What a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practice to deceive."- Sir Walter Scott   Some people think they’re so smart. As if their trickery and manipulation will never catch up them. Eventually, though, these people always end up caught in their own web of lies.Here are four reasons why hone...

  About ten years ago, a buddy calls to ask if I had ever played badminton."Yes, about twenty years ago," I replied."Perfect," he said. "Can you meet at the Y tomorrow at noon for a doubles game?"Next day, I'm staring at Paul Newman across the net. He and my buddy played doubles every week, but ...