Atlas Shrugged.... In Real Life! - 11/13/09 12:55 AM
I thought I would shake things up a bit with this post and see what kind of dialog we can get started...
Based on recent events in our economy and what appears to be an administration bent on destroying our capitalistic system, it seems that Ayn Rand was way ahead of her times when she wrote her fiction novel "Atlas Shrugged". 
If you have not read this book... you should. 
While written in 1957, it seems to have captured the essence of some of the very things our nation is being confronted with today... primarily that there has been an ever-increasing group … (8 comments)

The Time to Educate Yourself Occurs Long Before You Need That Education - 11/07/09 06:39 PM
"The idiocy that I come across everyday in this business"
Yes... that is correct... the IDIOT real estate investors who somehow have seemed to survive as real estate investors in this market and are still out there making really stupid mistakes.
I am only going to relate one example... though I could write chapter and verse on the things I see and hear daily.
So... here goes... I will try to keep the story and the RANT short!
I routinely cruise a variety of real estate investor message boards to see what is happening, what's selling at what price, what questions … (0 comments)

Are You or Your Real Estate Investor Clients... 5 Percenters? - 11/01/09 08:34 PM
I was reading a FAX the other day that I receive each week as part of a coaching group that I belong to and it had a very interesting point of view regarding ACHIEVERS. 
Many of you have heard of the 20-80 rule regarding revenue and customers.  you know the one where 80% of your results comes from 20% of your efforts. 
Well this FAX suggested that there is a 5-15-80 rule when it comes to achievers.
Let me explain... and many of you reading this will most likely have witnessed if not experienced this phenomena!
It you were to take … (4 comments)

 

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