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2010 

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Spacious Townhouse in Palo Alto...high ceilings..plenty of storage. Client paid over $28,000 remodeling the master bath ! Great floor plan and secluded location. Fantastic school distict...Please look at the virtual tour and if in the Bay Area- please buy ! http://tours.tourfactory.com/tours/tour...
03/23/2010

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I want to present a situation involving another Realtor and am looking for feedback. First: My backgound and experience. In Loans since 1968. Owned my own Mortgage company 20 years and this company in some years has funded more than 1500 loans. Owned a small real estate company 15 years that unti...
03/21/2010

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The Key. When I taught sales I would use a triangle and show the three main keys to selling; product knowledge, sales training and skills, attitude. The base of the triangle was attitude but it is a certain kind of attitude, a certain kind of thinking. A fantastic book for anyone in personal sale...
03/18/2010

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This beautiful townhome in Palo Alto is now at KMart Prices! Do we say that today or do we say Walmart Prices? Anyway, this is a beautiful town home in Palo Alto. 2 BR, 2 1/2 bath in a secluded location. The Price is Right - http://tours.tourfactory.com/tours/tour.asp?t=583588
03/17/2010

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The famous Winston Churchill speech, "Never give up. Never. Never. Never. Never.Never. Never." Sometimes I wonder where the next customer will come from or even if a next customer will come. My best friends in slow times or fearful times are a yellow pad, a pen, a positive book and prayer. I get ...
03/17/2010

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Many years ago I took the Dale Carnegie Course. Our primary books were How To Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Rule One in the Friends book is Don't Criticize, Condemn or Complain. For me that has been such a hard rule to follow. It seems that I get days...
03/16/2010

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Wow...the things we can do today to market ourselves. I gave a talk this morning and I was interviewed after the talk ......the interview was sent to me by email and now I can use it to market myself........ Let me introduce myself to you! Click on a video below to watch it: doug interviewVideo L...
03/13/2010

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I am giving a talk tomorrow and a media group is going to interview me. This is an email that I sent them answering some questions. After reading it, there are a couple of good marketing ideas here and perhaps it can help someone. ------the email starts here Please forgive me for being slow to an...
03/12/2010

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I was standing in line in Holland waiting to pay the clerk for a purchase. She of course greeted everyone in Dutch. The Dutch are famous for speaking many languages and I knew that most speak English. So, my goal was - by using body language, thinking Dutch and acting Dutch- my goal was for her t...
03/12/2010

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This is a video that was filmed about 5-6 years ago. It is a Congressional hearing about Fannie and Freddie. The congress stacks up on sides...Republicans over here..Democrats over there. In this case the Democrats really beat up Armando Falcon then the director of OFHEO (Office of Federal Housin...
03/11/2010
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