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2009
"The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for." ~ Zig Ziglar After months of reading others Realtors' Growth Leader posts... and seeing their tips and advice... and watching their success... I finally took the plunge. Signed up. Just finished...
02/25/2009
You know how you get those well-meaning but useless and time-wasting emails from friends (and friends of friends) -- and you usually hit the "delete" key? Well I got one that I just couldn't delete. It was so funny, and quite thought-provoking, that I had to pass on to others. So just in case ...
02/25/2009
TRILLION: I don't even know if my calculator can compute that high! Watching our President Obama and Congressional leaders talk about our federal budget, debt, credit, and deficit (and the legacy we are leaving for our children), I started thinking about the SPENDING that is mind-boggling. These ...
02/25/2009
I was sitting around whining and complaining when I was jolted back into reality. I was reminded that I need to be true to my mission statement, which reads, in part: "Ms. Brown is a strong advocate for families, consumers, and her clients. Her mission is to: · Raise the bar for real estate and ...
02/22/2009
I wrote the book on stopping foreclosure. I really did! I wrote an eBook last year, based on my own research and my experience helping homeowners to save their houses (or short sale). So is safe to assume that I know everything about the topic? No way! In the past year, I've been learning a L...
02/22/2009
I've been doing a lot of complaining lately. About the mortgage mess. The homeowners losing their homes to foreclosure. The lenders who don't seem to care and don't think they have to follow procedures or laws. The greedy giant corporations who can't even figure out how to clean up their mess...
02/22/2009
We know they're right around the corner... so let's attack them before they attack us! Our taxes, that is... This timely article is from Accountable Solutions, one of the top accounting and tax preparation firms for small business owners; from their web site at http://www.accountablesolutions.b...
02/22/2009
So I get an email from Brett Noel, www.BrettNoel.com, top Real Estate success trainer. He wants me to take a look at his new slide show on his Linkedin.com profile. So I check it out. And I'm really impressed. It was a simple PowerPoint presentation, but now it's a mini-presentation, embedded...
02/22/2009
Please DON'T wait until you're in a crisis to contact an attorney! By then it may be too late to avoid an avoidable situation. And you don't need to have done anything wrong to have the power of the justice system on your side. 28 Sample Situations in which you, a Real Estate Agent, could utili...
02/22/2009
And we can learn from our great-grandparents, too, for that matter. How many of them had a credit card? None. Did they buy something they couldn't afford? Nope. Did they buy a house and own it (without a mortgage)? Probably, most did. Did they put aside a little bit every month, just in ca...
02/22/2009
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Top California Broker and Realtor Regina P. Brown writes articles and blogs about local real estate trends, houses for sale, and tips for home buyers.