I'm a "pile-maker". I wouldn't call myself messy (although I'm sure my wife would), but I create piles. Stacks and stacks of paper, and my desk is no exception. In fact, my desk is probably the shrine to "piles". And yet, I know where everything is within those piles. If you ask me for a specific document, I can reach directly into pile #4, and just like the Amazing Kreskin, can pull that rabbit out of that hat.
So, here it is, it's year-end... (Can you believe it... 2009 is basically over!) time to try to tame those piles, box up some files, and take them offsite (that really means take them home, into my basement, but don't tell my wife).
And, surprise of all surprises, as I clear away junk, and paperwork from my desk... I come upon a woodgrained pattern, that appears to be my desk! Lo and behold, my desk is made of wood. Who knew?
This is a good time of year, btw... to gather up this year's HUD-1's, and mail them off to your clients who had a transaction this year. Send them off after the first of the year...they're going to need them for their taxes, and they often don't have a clue where they've put them.... and it's another chance to reach out and touch them.
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