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Jack be nimble, Jack be Quick

By Brenda Harmon

Real Estate Agent with Century 21 Beal, Inc College Station, Texas

October 14, 2008 02:49 PM

Remember the children's nursery rhyme?

Jack be nimble,

Jack be quick,

Jack jumped over the candlestick.

(It's been a while, I think that's how it goes)

It got me thinking about today's market.

You have to be flexible (nimble) and raise above the crowd.

You have to be quick (don't sit around waiting for something to happen, make it happen)

If Jack hadn't been nimble and quick he would have burned his butt on that candlestick.

The market in real estate is what you make it just as life is what you make it.

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Susan Hilton

CENTURY 21 Beal, Inc. - College Station, TX

Texas Aggie Real Estate, College Station Bryan Texas Real Estate

This was so good I flagged it to be considered as a feature post!

Oct 14, 2008 03:32 PM

Brenda Harmon

Century 21 Beal, Inc College Station, Texas - College Station, TX

Thanks Susan, I appreciate it.

Oct 15, 2008 01:20 AM

Greg Gorman

John R Wood Properties - Naples, FL

Naples Florida Real Estate

Hi Brenda - It's all about perspective! In the market today so many are waiting for things to improve. Here is a new phase that has stuck in my mind

Don't wait for the storm to end...Learn how to dance in the rain!

Thanks for sharing!

Oct 15, 2008 05:20 AM

Greg,

I agree. I wonder what our ancestors who lived through the Depression, WWI & WWII would

tell us?

Oct 15, 2008 05:27 AM

Raylene Lewis

Century 21 Beal, Inc. - College Station, TX

very true! I agree with you 100%!

Oct 21, 2008 06:02 AM

Russel Ray, San Diego Business & Marketing Consultant & Photographer

Russel Ray - San Diego State University, CA

I've been fortunate that my wise old grandmother taught me to take 10% of my gross sales and dedicate it to marketing and advertising, i.e., branding myself in my service area. There were no exceptions -- good times or bad times. Phil Gramm in Economics 301 at Texas A&M confirmed what my wise old grandmother had taught me 10 years earlier.

Doing that during the good times has always seen me through the so-called hard times so that I really wasn't affected by the hard times.

I remember so many of my friends during the late 1970s and early 1980s wondered why that recession didn't affect me. I told them, and now many of them are in the same position as me -- not worried, just another day at the office.

Nov 14, 2008 06:18 PM

Raylene,

You have good taste!

Russel,

It sounds like you have had a plan and been consistant. Way to go!

Nov 15, 2008 09:54 AM

Debbie Hutchins

Birmingham, AL

Very well said! I believe there a lot of folks out there with burnt butts! Thank you for giving me some food for thought and helping me to save my butt!

Debbie

Nov 15, 2008 10:18 AM

Lynn Johnson

Coldwell Banker Home Connection - Owatonna, MN

Owatonna, MN Real Estate

Brenda - You never know where we might find a message that speaks to our business. Thanks for passing this along.

Nov 16, 2008 12:20 PM

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