Have you done your stats yet? - 12/30/09 05:27 PM
Every year I do a quick graph of my transactions.  No not on Excel   - on yellow real paper legal pad.  I have 10 categories that I track.  This takes about 20 minutes.  Every year there are surprises.
This is EZ to the max CHEAP and invaluable.  It tells you where to concentrate your efforts.  It tells you what you are doing right and where you can improve. 
Sure glad I learned to enjoy texting since my clients under 40 increased from 33% to 47% in 2009. 
My average price per home actually increased this year!  That sure wasn't what I thought was … (2 comments)

Party time! - 12/22/09 09:57 AM
This time of year has a lot of "party" activity.  Last Saturday night was the end of 1 each weekend for Carl and I.  I belong to two Realtor associations and each has a party, Carl's company has one and ours has one. 
Sorry to say but ours was the only fun one.  The others were all "they came they ate they left".  A lot of money and time was spent on the partys but the fun part was left out. 
Especially in our profession we need to remember how to have fun and do it!  We have done a variety … (6 comments)

An important question and general musings. - 12/19/09 03:13 PM
"oh the weather outside is frightful"  but I'm showing property anyway!  On balance, it hasn't been a bad year.  The beginning was SLOW Jane Herrons blog series about the law of attraction helped me stay focused.  Then in April things started popping and I did one of the things I'd promised myself.  I got my tech makeover.  Kelly Ellis and Sol Hurtado of Haus of Tech did their magic and all my machinery started functioning better and faster. 
Another part of this was getting a different phone. I chose the Palm Treo as it works as an MLS key with our … (0 comments)

Who do we thank for the First Time Buyer's Refund? - 12/03/09 06:17 PM
I am curious- I'd like to know exactly who thought of this, who pushed it through and so on.
I'd like to personally thank them for my excellent last half of the year. 
I know how politics works and every elected official who can will claim credit for it.  Somebody knows the real truth though. 
I am exhausted, the paper is piling up on my desk, I'm behind on my web work and it's because of the transactions sparked by this program. 
I'm very grateful and want to give credit where credit is due and I want it to be public!
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