The team I once worked with always had about 80 escrows going and many more to come because we were a land purchasing operation that assemble parcels for entitlements to larger projects. We were always being courted by Title companies. There wasn't anything the companies wouldn't do to get your b
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10/05/2014
Often people are quick to point out what is going on all around them, with other people, systems and circumstances but fail to apply the Universal principal of NO ACCIDENTS. You see you have to ask yourself, what am I doing here and why am I seeing this. There is a part you play and a reason behi
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10/05/2014
I know of a several people that I use to get work done that work on time and material basis. They will tell you up front what it will cost to get your materials and then they will tell you what they charge per hour to install those materials. That is some pretty clear cut, out in the open type bu
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10/04/2014
I have shaken another mans hand and I knew that what we agreed to would take place and that was that. I also have had to sign 20 page small print agreements known as contracts that define what is or is not allowed and that was the understanding. In each case, it was the person behind it all that
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10/04/2014
It is simply more than one person coming together acting as one entity. Many mouths but one voice. It could be a group with a name and a purpose. One thing is for sure, you are not alone. Teams take work too. A marriage is a team. A friendship qualifies too. Teams or teamwork have their own dynam
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10/04/2014
Is the neighborhood safe? That is what the title of the post is asking. Picture a buyer asking that to an agent. That's what the buyer is thinking at some point or another. It will come up and ethics plus liability controls the way an agent answers. Long drawn out answers say it isn't safe while
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10/03/2014
It is hard to believe that these exist on the planet but they do. You have met them from time to time too. Some disguise it and others are blatant about it. But in all cases, sooner or later, it shows itself for what it is. You see it takes energy to be one and wherever your energy goes...your re
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10/03/2014
Another Rainer once did a post (after the fact) contest posting and I will follow in that persons shoes. If you happen to visit this post, please identify yourself so I can thank you for the prompting. Conducting a contest is no different that running a business or having a personal relationship.
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10/03/2014
Downsizing visits with everyone is what we learn in part 1 along with some recent history of how homes came into their popularity and evolved along with our paychecks and morphed into more than we may actually need or want. When the economy blinked, we blinked with it IT COMES DOWN TO ONE OR TWO
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10/02/2014
When I was raising a family and the economy was very supportive of the average citizen and their financial "reach" capabilities (around mid 70's), the size of the home was not as important as buying a home was. Just wanting to have something that you could say is yours and not renting was the pre
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10/02/2014
