Power House City!Houston, We have NO problem! - 06/27/08 01:21 PM
To find a hot spot where soaring oil and commodity prices, and the booming economies of the developing world, are keeping cash registers ringing and construction crews fully employed, you don't have to trek to Dubai or Moscow. You need travel only as far as Houston. In May, the unemployment rate in the nation's sixth largest metropolitan area was a measly 3.8 percent. In the past year, Houston-based companies, which include 26 Fortune 500 firms, added 71,000 jobs to their payrolls. The local United Way closed out its fiscal year with a record $76.1 million in donations. At the Galleria, a … (2 comments)

Romancing The Home! From Deborah Winters Chaney - 06/20/08 09:51 PM
In a competitive housing market, how do you prepare your home to elicit an "I LOVE it!" response from buyers who are touring many properties?  How do you make them fall in love with your home???
The first step to an irresistible home involves the minimalist approach of "de-personalizing" so that buyers can respond to the essential features of the house without being distracted by evidence of your ownership.  Personal memorabilia such as family photographs, awards and trophies, collectibles and pieces of much-loved but mismatched antique furniture must be placed in storage.
Decorate your home for showing as if the buyers … (2 comments)

Farmers spray for bugs before they arrive. - 06/17/08 10:58 AM
Farmers spray for bugs before they arrive.
 
Having seen a few things go wrong on occasion, you have to be sure you do preventive maintenance to avoid breakdowns.
 
Farmers know if you grow it, the bugs will come.  Their art form can pretty much predict what will arrive when, to do what damage.  They spend big bucks and a lot of labor to be there before the bugs arrive with whatever it takes to defend their cash crops.  After the fact killing of the little critters is not what works.
 
Be sure you sell in the upfront training.  … (0 comments)

"No" means "No for now," not "No forever." - 06/17/08 10:50 AM
"No" means "No for now," not "No forever."
 
Customer situations are fluid. Things change.  On the first call of the day, a sales rep was given a "hard no" (one short of a "H--- no!").  At noon, the competitor's system came apart at the seams.  The next contract went to the recipient of that morning's "hard no" by close of business on the same day.  Go figure!
 
In order to keep in touch with "no" accounts, it is always good to regularly schedule callbacks.  No one likes to say that it took three, five, or twelve years to crack … (1 comments)

Houston #1 in Housing Market! - 06/15/08 09:16 PM
Among the Top 10 U.S. metro housing markets in full year 2006 (according to number of residential building permits issued), only two cities recorded year-over-year percentage increases - Houston (+14.7%) and Los Angeles (+8.7%).Houston's increase, combined with Atlanta's decrease (-6.3%), nudged Atlanta back into second place behind first-place Houston. New York, Dallas and Chicago were next in line in terms of total number of permits, although they all recorded year-over-year declines. The Los Angeles increase was entirely due to multiples (+42.1%), as single-family permits in the city declined (-19.4%). Among the top 50 U.S. metro housing markets in all of 2006 … (1 comments)

Houston housing market stays strong! - 06/15/08 09:09 PM
The Houston housing market continued to show strength throughout the month of March, according to the Houston Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service.
Total property sales for the month totaled 6,483, which was a 4.2 percent increase over March 2004.
More than $1.1 billion worth of properties changed hands during the month, which was a 9.5 increase compared to last year's $1 billion in March sales.
Additionally, year-to-date property sales reached 15,322, which is an increase of 4.1 percent over the first quarter of 2004.
All listing categories combined, Houston's overall housing market in March experienced increases across-the-board including sales, available … (2 comments)

10 Fastest-Growing Real Estate Markets - 06/09/08 09:06 PM
The housing implosion is nowhere near over. In 75 of the 100 top U.S. cities, prices are expected to fall in the next 12 months according to Fiserv Lending Solutions.
The S&P Case/Shiller Home Price Index, which tracks 20 of the largest housing markets, showed prices plummeting by 12.7% in the 12 months ending February. That's the biggest fall since the index began tracking prices in 2000.
Meanwhile, foreclosure filings more than doubled in the first three months of 2008, spiking 112%. So far this year 156,463 families have lost their homes to repossessions. Many markets won't hit bottom till late … (0 comments)

Be the best you can be let the rest work it self out! - 06/08/08 08:43 PM
Remember in life it is not about the money. It is about being the best you can be! That means following a system of integrity to every transaction always using best judgment when clients are considered. If you do every thing to the best of your ability and at the end of the day you have no regrets. Then you did your best and the money will find you! Best is always somthing we work on! We just get better at it every day!
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Houston as No. 1 City to live in! In Top 10 List for 08 - 06/05/08 11:14 AM
 Houston as No. 1 City in the Top 10 List for 2008 of
 
Best Places to Live, Work, and Play:
Population: 5,542,048Population Growth Since 2000: 14.9%Percentage of Workforce in Creative Class: 31.3%Cost-of-Living Index: 88.1 (100 being national average)Median Household Income: $50,250 Income Growth Since 2000: 13.1%
It's the city of big plans and no rules, beat-the-heat tunnels and loop-the-loop highways, world-class museums and wiry cowboys, humidity that demands an ice-cold martini and the biggest damn liquor store on the planet. How could you not love Houston?
You can hardly afford not to. Back with a roar after the oil … (2 comments)

Cold hard Facts! - 06/04/08 09:49 PM
Some Cold Hard Facts
 Thanks to the environmentalist lobby and its influence on Democratic legislators in Congress, the U.S. has, for decades, been prohibited from drilling for oil in places that we know contain billions of barrels of proven reserves.  Check out this map:  All of the "NO" zones are places where the U.S. , thanks to the Democratic Party, is prohibited from drilling for oil.   But wait ... it gets better.  *** China , Cuba , Canada and others continue to drill off our shores where US companies are not allowed to drill because of Democratic policies!Yes, that's right  ... China and … (5 comments)

Always Keep an Open Mind - 06/04/08 09:35 PM
Always keep an open mind!
''Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem'' -- Ronald Reagan   I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......I hope you forward all this.   'If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under' Also by.. Ronald Reagan   One last thought for the day:   In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's … (2 comments)

 
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