Real Estate Training for Consultative Agents

A friend died recently.  She was very young and her passing has shaken the community.  We've had a series of too young deaths in the last couple of years.  Today, as I was surfing through my friends' sites, I saw her Facebook page.  It has become a virtual memorial.  There are comments from many ...

  Yesterday, I discussed how a desire for freedom and a need for purpose are fueling our workforce.  Today I want to discuss how tribalism is affecting our modern day culture.  It is my intention to do a series of these "Macro Look at the World" discussions to give us an overview to set the tone ...

I have been having many conversations with movers and shakers in the last couple of weeks.  I've talked to internet marketers, corporate consultants, brokerage consultants and more and all agree on one thing:  the way we've done business in the past is no longer the way we will do it in the futur...

It seems that there is more to this lease ending thing than I ever realized.  It is not enough to just turn one's car in.  One must also have an inspection done.  Well, the girl who set my appointment for this inspection said I had to have ALL of my maintenance records for the last four years ava...

s I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm giving up my car.  This has been a more complicated process than I thought it would be.  I've had to purchase a backpack, thermal underwear, a balaclava, new gloves, and snow boots.  I also purchased a rain slicker -- something I have never owned before.  I'v...

This is a blog that's just getting started, so there's not much there yet, but I've heard this guy speak and he's got great things to say.  I suggest you subscribe and check it out.  It's stuff you won't find anywhere else...Have You Ever Tried to Sell a 'Stigmatized' Property?   When you think o...

Everywhere you look there are indicators that the economy is tanking.  Bad news pervades the scene.  How is a generally positive person to keep her usually rosy outlook on track?  I don't know about you guys, but I have a few tricks up my sleeves that help me to stay focused on the positives in l...

If you’re like me, you get a lot of email.  I recently went on my own little jihad of unsubscribing from everything that I hadn’t read in the last four or five months.  My goal was to reduce the sheer number of incoming emails that I have to wade through to get to the relevant stuff.  But even af...

I received this email in my box a couple days ago.  Thought you would like to know:   New DPA Legislation January 12, 2009 We have been informed that a bill to reinstate reformed downpayment assistance will be introduced as early as tomorrow. The bill is expected to be introduced by Congressman A...

Hey there! As you all know, I've been playing with the new tool called BlitzTime - it's an online speed networking site.  In an hour, I can learn something new and talk to six people who could potentially get me business.  It's awesome.  I've gotten something productive out of every session.  Bel...