Stop/go       Stand up/sit down    Listen/Dont Listen   Eat/Dont Eat   Look/Dont Look  

Say something/dont say anything  Resisst/Don't resist  Support the cause/Don't support the cause

All our lives we are told to do something or act some way. As children it was meant for good intentions, but at adults it can cause damage. Are we to believe everything we read without taking the time to edit it, and consider the source that may have written the article? Our elder family tells us that is a bad mistake to do something because they remember in 1952 something similar happening.In the Waukesha County Real Estate market and Waukesha County Life as much as we can respect and learn from our elders it goes without saying that some of the advice is warranted and some of it comes from a whole different era. There are many reasons to always listen to who is wise but it is also imperative to do our own research and draw our own conclusion of what the big picture may truly entail. It was not that long ago I can remember a three bedroom ranch in the Village of Hartland costs a whole $10,000 to build. How doe I know that? Because my aunt was proud of her new home and her pride was from ear to ear. God bless that woman. The same ranch three years ago would have sold for $189,000 and this year it would probably sell for about $150,000. The times have a way of depicting the circumstances but the opinions and conclusions drawn from the public play a major role as well. Finding a Waukesha County Real Estate agent is easy, now have some fun and buy a Waukesha County home from one; like Tom Braatz

The point is that they say necessity is the mother of invention and the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Is there an underlining source more prevalent that takes the shape and form and is better known as procrastination. Procrastination has been around time, probably the dawn of time. Call it procrastination, laziness, wistful thinking, whatever it may be it hurts productivity.If you need to grow grocery shopping to get food for the kids the budget might be tighter but you still go.The newspapers that used to promote the FSBO adds in all their glory have most certainly learned a big lesson in that bulling did not get them any where and in fact has pretty push put a slow crawl to their means.

If you are working, and you can afford a car, you buy one because you need oneAnd if you qualify, and want a home, and it is cheaper than monthly rental payments by all means quit listening to the cynics taking you down and buy that home. The selection, the price, the rates; you will never beat them and this is an opportunity of a life time you may not have the chance to do again, Gusto!Let your heart, dreams, and desires help formulate an opinion not an outside source that does not even know who you are.

 

 Have a productive day and I will see you at closing!

                               

 

Tom Braatz   

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14 Comments on Question Authority in the Waukesha County Real Estate Market: Buying or Selling Waukesha County

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good morning Tom,

I've just finished reading Og's book The Greatest Salesman in the World....he thinks much along the same lines as you and somehow I'm not at all surprised..

Jo

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Tom, I love that photo towards the end of the stone path...where is that?  Gorgeous!!

7:51am • #2
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Tom, no question, you are a great writer and years of experience very enlighten. 

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Jo

How did you like that exceprt in the book "For the rest of my life?"

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Krisitn

I like those roads to no where.

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Debbie

Just a guy with a lot to say at times.

12:53pm • #6
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Tom,  That is both funny, true and well done - worthy of a featured post - I'm gonna' try  Art

1:47pm • #7

I agree Tom,

But just not when I am in uniform!!!

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Tom,
thanks for directing me to his book about the Ragpicker and the final part of the book, For the Rest of My Life....words to live by, for sure.
Also,  It is because of that book that I ended up reading The Greatest Salesman in the World, now one of my all time favourite books....I think everyone should have a copy of that book and read it at least once a week.

Og Mandino gives a talk on the secrets of success..

Jo

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Renters should definitely weigh their options right now with the lower prices, interest rates, tax credits available, etc.  I believe many will see (when they put the pen to the paper) that buying may be a more affordable option!

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Renee

It is time for buyers to step up to the plate.

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Hi Jo

Wasn't that a great book? Talk to you soon.

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