Real Estate Lessons From High School Sports - 06/29/10 09:52 PM
This is something we can all use.  I believe in doing your best at all times...comes from my training as an athlete.  This sums it up nicely.  Motivation is the key.  Training and education get you the rest of the way.
Via Doug Rogers (Century 21 Millennium):
                                                          
 
 About this time of year I start noticing the high school athletes. Pass any high school field and you will seem young folks suffering through two a days. That means twice a day (usually in the grueling heat) young adults are gearing up for the fall season.
 As a high school nerd about … (1 comments)

Larry Betag Made Me Do It - 06/29/10 09:32 PM
Larry challenged Rainers to just blog....he had a list of things that he blogs about...
Politics, stream of consciousness, some wild idea that won't quit, knowledge (even if he thinks we might already know it and you never know), real estate facts and data. 
                                          
 
I rarely submit blog posts because I am not sure how they will be perceived.  I wonder at the knowledge level of the people I am trying to reach and I have plenty to do just keeping the brokerage, buyers and sellers satisfied.  But, truly, that is not an excuse.  It's simply reality.  I will … (4 comments)

Estate Planning - Realtors and Brokers Will Be Seeing More Clients Looking for Advice, Are You Prepared? - 06/26/10 09:35 PM
Client needs are now more varied than before as Boomers continue to age.  Many, even if they do not want to sell primary or secondary homes immediately, need good information to pass along to insurance brokers, bankers and financial advisors.  Are you prepared to be able to give them that information? 
                                                           
Without accurate information for the attorney, financial planner, insurance agent/broker and accountant, among others, these clients will be at a loss as to how to pass along assets or make intelligent decisions as to the dispensation of such assets should they become disabled, have a financial setback or divide … (5 comments)

Find A Home Using Letters....Really? - 06/25/10 11:19 PM
Someone forwarded me an email recently about an idea he had had passed along. 
The idea was that if you knew a neighborhood or area you wanted to live in.....
                                                 
you would mail letters to homeowners in the neighborhood asking if they were willing to sell in the near future. 
Nice idea. 
You are in no hurry and you want to buy without paying a commission and having any competition to buy a nice property where you want to live!
Sounds right.  However, the rest of it reads that once you reach a verbal agreement (which is worth the … (7 comments)