adversity: Lead Generation vs. Generating Leads - 03/03/08 11:47 AM
What's better, a lead generating platform that gives your sales associates leads, or a team of salespeople that generates their own leads? Give up? They are both equally important if you want to stay alive in today's brokerage business.
Today, more then ever, we have come to rely on the internet … (0 comments)
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adversity: What happened to Salesmanship? - 02/21/08 12:24 PM
So, your listings are down and so are your sales. The buyers won't buy and the sellers won't sell. What are you going to do about it? If you or any other breathing human on this planet are experiencing the type of challenges that I hear from many agents, then sit … (3 comments)
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adversity: Active Rain Inspires Member's New Book - 02/02/08 10:23 PM
When I first started on Active Rain, I had just watched "The Secret" with my wife, sons, and co-workers. I had decided to start trying to implement the concepts, and begin visualizing my first book. I really wasn't sure which of the many ideas I was going to run with. A … (73 comments)
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adversity: It's getting dark out there. - 01/23/08 02:48 PM
"When it gets dark enough you can see the stars." - Lee Salk
This is the time of year when I enjoy looking up at the evening sky and marveling at the wonderful beauty that is the heavens. You can see Mars, Jupiter, constellations such as The Pleiades, Orion, Taurus, Gemini, stars … (0 comments)
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adversity: A Life Lesson - Don't Give Up - 01/12/08 02:36 PM
Well, I'm finally back to update you on the post "Overcoming Adversity, Change, and Life's Challenges" As most of you know, our family started off the New Year with quite a barrage of unfortunate events. When my wife told me that I should write a post on my Blog about the … (156 comments)
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adversity: Overcoming Adversity, Change & Life's Challenges - 01/05/08 11:06 PM
How do you deal with adversity? What about change? When are life's challenges enough to stop you in your tracks? When can you honestly say, the whole world has come crashing down on you? Here's a real life story that will hit home for many of you who have had a … (205 comments)
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adversity: The winds of change - 11/05/07 09:39 PM
The sun raises low on the horizon these days. The winds blow with a resilient consistency as they carry a message.
That message of change has never before been so necessary, so urgent, so imperative..
While I sit in my office I remain busy, focused, driven. I have my buyers, I have … (12 comments)
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adversity: Adversity - 09/17/07 10:13 PM
Adversity - or Opportunity?
A dear friend of ours just informed us that he has just been diagnosed with prostrate cancer and he is terrified. Dave & I tried to be as comforting and supportive as we could but alas found ourselves stumbling over our tongues. Then we thought about the power … (0 comments)
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adversity: Can You Be Objective Through Those Rose Colored Glasses? - 07/07/07 11:11 AM
By Definition: To declare that a person is "seeing through rose-colored glasses " implies that they are an optimist , only seeing the good and neglecting to notice the bad.
Now... I am ALL for OPTIMISM and believe with every ounce of my being it is a beautiful thing. My question is, … (12 comments)
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adversity: Why The Real Estate Market Is What It Is - 06/07/07 10:23 AM
Do you understand why our market is where it is? Do the Sellers?? I attended a workshop yesterday and really enjoyed these 5 points:
ARMS have begun to adjust. People can't afford the higher adjusted mortgage payments and are now putting their homes up for sale.Over the last two years, National Association Of … (6 comments)
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adversity: Some Days You Just Want To Take Your Bat & Ball And Go Home! - 06/05/07 12:28 AM
As I was watching the news this evening, this struck me as funny and I'm not sure why. It could just be that I need a little time off, maybe a little more sleep??
Now... I've had bad days (we all have)... I am just grateful that they've never been recorded on … (6 comments)
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adversity: When The Seller Comes To The Door Naked - 05/27/07 10:19 AM
One of the most common questions people ask me is "What is the strangest thing you've ever seen selling a home"?
Like many of you... it's hard to pinpoint just one! However, it would have to be the time the seller answered the door naked. And the story goes:
Here I am, 24 … (37 comments)
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