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I'm reading a cool book titled, "How Starbucks Saved My Life", by Michael Gates Gill and have a new appreciation for Starbucks.  The book is about how a former executive at a large Ad agency fell from the heights and found happiness as a "partner" (server) in what he once considered a menial job....

In a depreciating market (like we're in now - Oct '08), "pricing it right" means to price a property well below market value to create a sense of urgency in buyers.  With our unstable economy , buyers are skittish and seem to think that homes priced at "market value" are way overpriced. Unfortuna...

You listen to what your customers say.  The corporate office at Century 21 is focused on customer satisfaction and sets high standards for every Century 21 office and agent.  The Seller Service pledge puts in writing its promises to provide professional, courteous, and responsive service and at t...

In spite of the gloom and doom that we hear on the financial news regularly, with some new shocker each week, sellers are still entering the market thinking that they will be able to get the unrealistic prices that were common before the bubble burst.  They make remarks like, "I don't want to giv...

Poverty sucks. And there are children, women, and men in need of shelter, food, or other life necessities in every city and town in our country. You won't have to look too hard to find them. It will give you the most wonderful feeling if you will take some action to help others who are in despera...