Making The Grade - 09/29/10 02:20 PM
I would like to welcome you to an evaluation. Oh, I know. You weren’t quite ready for this. You didn’t come here thinking someone was going to grade you. But you’re here. And I am. You get an “A” grade for that smile. You always greet people with a smiling and happy face. (Right?) You are cheerful and that rubs off on clients. Makes them feel comfortable. Excellent job. You make eye contact, too. (Open your eyes.) That is very good. It shows you’re engaged and care. You get an “A” for eye contact, too. (That’s 2 “A’s” so far.) Phone … (1 comments)

What If You Lost It All? (Social Media Meltdown) - 09/27/10 12:43 PM
What if you woke up one morning, turned on your computer, opened up your browser only to find you had no visitors to your blog or comments. (They couldn’t comment. They didn’t come.) Oh no. Then you went on over to Twitter to see your @ replies and, sure enough, no replies there either. And no retweets. And no direct messages. (That last one isn’t so bad. We all hate those auto DM's.) “Well, at least there’s still Facebook,” you think to yourself. And off you go. But there it’s the same story. No writings on your wall. No friend requests. … (1 comments)

Embed Powerpoint, Excel Files on Blogs, Websites - 09/24/10 03:48 PM
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Mother Lode Real Estate "Must Reads" for September - 09/23/10 05:26 PM
This blog post is the next in a continuing monthly series where I'll pass on some information of interest that you may not get the opportunity to see otherwise. (Links to the other 22 posts in this series at the end of this one.) It won't take long for you to check out the three articles and one free download covering real estate and more.
Best Chance To Sell Your Home Is The First 5 Days on Market by Tom Royce. A New Zealand study reminds us what we already know. Pricing a home right from the get go is the … (1 comments)

A "Mouse" of a Dream - 09/21/10 02:11 PM
"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." I'll tell you who said that in just a moment (just in case you don't figure it out). But before that ~ We never really know what's gonna work, do we? We never really know what's gonna be the breakthrough idea (versus wrong). We never really know how something's gonna pan out over the weeks and months ahead of the choices we're making today. "How about a mouse?" we say. "That's crazy." And we sleep on it. And we wake up … (0 comments)

Test Your Knowledge of Real Estate Terms (1st Edition) - 09/20/10 12:47 PM
Click on each term to see if you're right. (All answers below.)
(1) True or False. Deed. "A written instrument which when properly executed (signed) and delivered (accepted) conveys title to real property from one party to another."
(2) True or False. Maturity. "A state of being that a person achieves when they've been in the business for 5 years."
(3) True or False. Elasticity. "Character trait of a real estate professional who gives in to every client's whim."
(To read the final seven statements and view the answers of this test, click HERE.)
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Calaveras County Residential Sales Stats - 09/20/10 12:31 PM
I've got the latest Lake Tulloch / Copperopolis area residential sales statistics for you to see in four clickable graphs. As usual, the first three graphs cover three years including 2008, 2009 and 2010. The first graph spells out the Residential Unit Sales. The second graph highlights Residential Sales Volume. And the third graph shows Residential Average Sales Price. And finally, the fourth graph focuses on the price range breakdown of Residential Units Sold through September 17, 2010. Before you click on the graphs, here are some of the numbers in simple black and white...
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Stuck On Stupid - 09/15/10 12:26 PM
Estupido. Dur. Dumm. Wajinga. Stupid. (Spanish. Irish. German. Swahili. English.) No matter how you say / slice it, we've all done stupid things before. (It happens.) But some of us become paralyzed by our "stupid-ness". (Ya think?) Some of us have a harder time getting over it / letting go. (Is it you?) Some of us fall in a ditch and can't get out. (Our minds don't let us. It's like a prison.) You can help someone who's in this mess to be free. Here's how: If the stupid they did was against or included you, forgive them. "Oh, but you … (0 comments)

Just Have Fun With It - 09/13/10 02:05 PM
Do you like what you do? I'm talking about your career, your job, your primary focus day in and day out (whatever it is) ~ 8 to 5. (Does anyone work those hours anymore?) I bring this up because so many of us, we just hate what we're doing (frank quitely). Maybe "hate" is too strong a word. Maybe I should have used "endure" or "settle for" or "put up with." So many of us just "go through the motions." That's another way of saying it. (Do you think it's true? Or am I way out of line?) And what if … (3 comments)

We Will Never Forget (9 years later) - 09/10/10 03:10 PM
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Autumn Flame (picture) - 09/09/10 01:55 PM

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Not Taxed Enough? (guest post) - 09/09/10 01:49 PM
Not one of these taxes (see below) existed one hundred years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no National Debt and the largest middle class in the world. Moms stayed home to raise the kids. We were also a common Law country.
48 Different Taxes:
1. Sales tax
2. Hotel tax
3. School tax
4. Liquor tax
5. Luxury tax
6. Excise tax
7. Property tax
8. Cigarette tax
9. Medicare tax
10. Inventory tax
11. Car rental tax
12. Real estate tax
13. Well permit tax
14. Fuel permit tax
15. Inheritance … (0 comments)

How Not To Be A Jerk (33 Don'ts) - 09/07/10 02:02 PM
All of us don't much like jerks. But sometimes we are one? (Bad English?!) If you're a part of the human race there will be times where you do "jerky" things. That's what I meant. (And I'm not talking about eating dried out beef sticks.) And I guess the goal is to become less and less "jerky." (If we want any friends, it is.) It's this kind of thinking that's given birth to the following list. And if you're wondering how I could come up with so many "don'ts", maybe it's because I'm familiar with some of these from a personal … (0 comments)

Mother Lode Area Real Estate Stats - 09/03/10 12:03 PM
I've got the latest Mother Lode market numbers for you to look at today. To begin with, you'll notice the overall sales picture including all sales classes. CLICK HERE to view August 2010 compared to August 2009. CLICK HERE to view January-August 2010 compared to January-August 2009. You'll also want to notice the graphs including the Mother Lode Residential Unit Sales through August 2010 graph versus the previous five years (clickable picture 1 on the above left) along with the Mother Lode Residential Volume Sales graph versus the previous five years (clickable picture 2 on the right) and the Mother Lode … (0 comments)

The Case "For" Home Ownership - 09/01/10 12:35 PM
Let's just say you wanted to persuade someone that owning a home was a bad thing and renting was better/best. What would you do? Well, if you were a writer for Time Magazine you might write an article using phrases like: "Homeownership has let us down," "the dark side of homeownership," "[t]he inflexibility that pervasive homeownership brings," "[s]ince the benefits to society of owning a home are hazy," "What is perhaps the worst side of the homeownership fetish is dark indeed," etc. These are just a few of Barbara Kiviat's words in her Time Magazine article entitled (click title to read): … (0 comments)

 
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