search: Fuel Prices and Their Effect On Markets
- 08/10/08 04:26 PM
I'm not sure how this is affecting your business, but it is something i am looking at. With fuel prices shooting from $3 to $4 I am a lot more careful about when I drive to preview or show. I work to control costs, and this is a cost that is important to control. Last year I still covered 10 counties. This year I had to make a hard decision, and cut back to 5. I may yet cut things again, and really sharpen my focus in a much more tightlly defined market area. Historicallyl, I ahve not thrown money at … (6 comments)
search: Reflections on Our Profession and Technology
- 07/04/08 03:57 AM
It is Independence Day, and I get to enjoy the scenery in beautiful Purgatory, Colorado. I worked like a dog on my aircard during the drive here, and the last day and a half of our stay, never failing to get in touch with important business, making sure things stayed on track. I will write several offers over the next few days, but still have the majority of my time for a vacation over the Independence Day holiday. I was reflecting on all of the things I had to do, and honestly there are times I wonder how I juggle so … (0 comments)
search: Forelosure: Are You a Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
- 06/25/08 01:45 AM
This is a rather serious question. It is the reason that there are real estate licensing rules, and mortgage licensing. It boils down to ethics. Here are the questions: How do you determine the viability of a Buyer prospect? How do you assess the ways you can best serve your Seller? What do you do to establish a Buyer's qualifications? How do you break the truth to your saellers when setting a listing price, when their home is worth less than they owe? The foreclosure problem is real, and it will be with allof us, regrdless of market for a while. I … (0 comments)
search: Fuel Costs and A Surprize Affecting Our Bottom Lines
- 05/09/08 04:16 AM
I was doing a bit of cost analysis for my prcatice, to determine a rpojection fro the remainder of this year and out to the next three or four. I am a bit different in my projections, because I don't care for five year projections. Placing things out three to four years ihas allowed me to consider changes in my practice in a manner that keeps me a bit more nimble in the marketplace. This view also keeps me on top of a rapidly hanging and inreasingly global economy, of which i feel a dtringent need to keep abreast of. This … (4 comments)
This one's a real poser, because many people believe they are ethical? But how are they ethical? Tne definition of ethical conduct is that you are no different when alone, than you behave in a group of friends. Machiavellian ethical conduct dictates the ends as justifying the means. Then there is a group of ethical moderates who believe that there are some times it is possible to do right without moral absolutes or imperatives. Still other folks simply say the Golden Rule is enough. Moral absolutists might argue a case for the Ten Commandments.
I'm not sure how this is affecting your business, but it is something i am looking at. With fuel prices shooting from $3 to $4 I am a lot more careful about when I drive to preview or show. I work to control costs, and this is a cost that is important to control.
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