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A day to remember those who so love our country they gave their lives. No one volunteers to die, no one wants to die, but like one who went before they so loved us that they willingly faced death to save us. So far their collective efforts have seceded. Established in 1868 by General John Logan, then commander of the Grand Army of the Republic by a "general order" to his troops. Decoration Day was a time to visit the graves of our troops and decorate the … (6 comments)
Parrots learn the words and repeat them when triggered. Parrots and agents need about six months to absorb all the buzz words. At six months they're very entertaining. At six months having mastered pronunciation training often ends. Parrots and agents often live long lives redundantly repeating the same six months at a time. Parrots and agents often avoid their comeuppance by the grace of their keepers. Having mastered mimicry some fortunate parrots experience an epiphany morph into questioning tyros. Tyros with determination develop professional competence. Professional competent tyros who limit their competence to minute … (2 comments)
Auto Distraction By Desultory Rationalization - 05/20/11 11:59 AM
Auto distraction by desultory rationalization! Are your morals defined by redefining common meanings? Do you justified yourself by randomly digressing from the subject? Do you misidentifie the immoral by calling it a similar moral accepted activity? Do you justify your behavior by ignoring the obvious? Do you know the tiny difference between a bonus and a bribe? Both are an extra payment for services rendered to/for the payer! Do you know recognize the tiny difference? Or do you distort and ignore the minute difference? Real estate bonuses are an old and affective practice. As was the practice of all agents acting as … (12 comments)
What's My Price Range Another Stupid Question - 05/18/11 06:19 PM
What's My Price Range Another Stupid Question. I originally wrote this back in February of 2008 see: How Much Can I Afford / A Stupid Question I've brought it back because of an a very good series by my friend George Soto: First Time Homebuyer Seminar .............. Basic Openning Questions , First Time Homebuyer Seminars ................ Pre-Approval Process, First Time Homebuyer Seminars .............. Choosing A Realtor and First Time Homebuyer Seminars .............. Shpping For A House I'd have said it differently, but I agree it's good information. I have a problem though with the idea that a Loan Originator gives you … (14 comments)
How To Win The Lottery Chapter # 1 - 05/17/11 05:39 PM
How to win the lotteryYou want to win the lottery! I want to win the lottery! Yesterday I was told my client's chances were as good as wining the lottery. Chapter # 1
I chaired a very heated meeting between three builders and four of the people I represented. We'd been stalled trying to get building permits for four months. Tempers were barely in check. We were being held up by one requirement that would add $50,000.00 or more! $50,000.00 extra over a letter! I ask as I had at every contact "Have you talked to the man that … (8 comments)
Home Buying In A Declining Market - 05/14/11 12:57 PM
Home Buying In A Declining Market can and normally does make sense. Selected real estate investing makes sense for the same reasons! In: Now Is A Great Time I talked about the magic amortization provides in real estate it's still there! In: Practical Pragmatic Real Estate I talked about selected real estate investment, opportunities abound for the practical pragmatist. Today Home Buying In A Declining Market is all about stability! Stability in a declining market sounds like an oxymoron. It is an oxymoron to morons, talking heads and the lemmings they so disdain. A home of your own has always provided … (6 comments)
Law Of Convenience I Think Not - 05/11/11 02:18 PM
As you know I only debate issues with people I respect. This is my response to a comment on Benevolent Banks By a man I highly respect. "Law of convenience"? That's been the justification use by crooks and thieves since time immortal. Depression era bank robber Willy Sutton is said to have been asked "Why do you rob banks?" to witch he responded "Because that's where the money is!" There is some question about the reporters integrity. (This makes it even more relevant!) But, it led to "Sutton's Law of Medicine" simply put "start with the obvious!"
Law Of Convenience … (8 comments)
Benevolent Banks - 05/10/11 05:27 PM
Benevolent Banks give shorts sale debt relief to deserving home owners, because they are entitled to it. The government gave the banks our tax dollars, our kids tax dollars, our grand kids tax dollars and most likely their grandchildren's tax dollars so home owners can get relief from over financed homes they were forced into by the bankers. You have a right to sell short on your terms at the banks expense! You're in titled to it.
The economy of the last four years is based on these fairy tails! The history of this time will read like the … (8 comments)
Tilting With Wind Mills The Other Side - 05/09/11 01:57 PM
Tilting With Wind Mills The Other Side, there's always another side to every argument. Consider that noble knight Don Quixote,The Man of La Mancha himself. Sensing evil, blinded by testosterone, illogic, and hate, he mounts a convent steed, produces a very long phallic symbol, tilts it at the suspected evil and charges! When phallus strikes yon wind mill it becomes painfully obvious to all that there is nothing noble about attacking the wrong target. If you ask the wind mill what he'd been doing he'd tell you Tilting With Wind Bags! There's an urban legend that come around every couple of … (2 comments)
Forgotten Real Estate Deed Restrictions - 05/07/11 07:35 PM
Forgotten real estate deed restrictions,a powerful tool for those with the foresight and ability to impose them. Deed restrictions are not limited to the CC&R's on a subdivision or HOA. If your selling a property you can impose them on all future owners, provided they do not discriminate against a protected group. Even individuals with in a protected group can be excluded for cause which normally means by name or tightly defined dessication.
Until the late 60's the most common deed restrictions were discriminatory and were negated by law. Deed restrictions remain a powerful tool today. Knowledgeable sellers with … (8 comments)
Remembering Freedom Of Movement / Rambling - 05/04/11 01:52 PM
Remembering Freedom Of Movement / Rambling as I sit here today with gas prices racing towards $4.00 I stumbled across this post while looking for another. To me regular should never be more than $0.299 with the good stuff, premium at $0.339. How I love the impromptu trips we'd take dunning "gas wars" you see to us "gas wars" were when the station reduced prices to empty their tanks so they could buy more gas at lower prices. It was 11-'08 when I penned this. Brenda and I were out driving as we sat at a stop light we noticed the sign … (8 comments)
It's True Staging Self Satisfaction Blinds Buyer's Agents - 05/02/11 03:30 PM
It's true staging, self satisfaction blinds real estate agents! Staging that mental excise of standing in a room with your buyers verbally painting a picture of what of what they could do with a room compared to what the obviously tasteless sellers had done. Visualization of what your Grandma's rocker would look and feel like sitting near the hearth, how your table would look in the dinning room, a romantic sitting area in the master bedroom, candles wine and bubbles in the master bath, a work bench of your own in the garage, a man cave in the old coal bin. … (6 comments)
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