Ok I "subscribed" to a post and now have had second thoughts-is it wise to take time and therefore energy away from what we should be focusing on, to read or comment on issues that should have an easy solution? This is sometimes just like when you are in the middle of a divorce and all you can hear or talk about is the other person. Giving them way too much of your energy, when they might have really been destructive to your life in the first place.

So I'm going to unsubscribe to that post and seriously rethink the ones that I might subscribe to in the future. I'm posting this because I suspect that there are others reading that might not have had this particular thought today and if you are reading and not as focused as you could be right now-the business is changing. Requires our focus. Stay on task as I tell my daughter when she leaves for school.

That's not to say that I don't still love AR and the Rainers! or that I won't be posting but, I promise to TRY and stay on topic, give good value and not waste so much of your time or mine.

To the value:

Need some buyers? Try this: Go to www.Apartments.com search by using a zipcode that you work in. Find a complex that has rental rates of over $1000./month. Note the street address and zipcode. Most apartment complexes are on circles and all on the same street. Now go to www.whitepages.com enter the street addess and search, if you don't get at least 100 names and contact phone numbers back up and use just the street name and zipcode. Run the phone numbers through the "do not call screening list" and make some calls.  Most apartment complexes do either 1 year or at least 7 month leases-these are people who really may be moving and you know how much they pay for the rent! Could you find them a house if you find one who really is moving when you call them? Of course! Now don't say you don't know who to call! This is free and only takes your time, it's on task and productive time if you do all of the steps. Don't skip anything. Check the numbers and make the calls.  Have a buyer today that could actually want to buy something yet this month or next. Some of this job could be assigned to an assistant or your child-who you can pay-ask your tax consultant how much you can pay them tax free. Then they can buy their own clothes or food or pay the insurance and start to value the money that they earn.

p.s. I used to ask my favorite lenders and title people to join me in my conference room to help make the calls then if there was a lending question or title question, I could pass the phone and it seemed to impress people when they knew that we were all making the calls together. Think about your next pizza night and how much more fun it is to do this work in groups. It makes for great teams and better communications between those teamplayers.  Have a productive week.