exit: ‘Teal Is the New Green’: How One Company’s Focus on the Environment Is Creating New Marketing Strategy for Agents
- 10/07/09 09:18 AM
[1]RISMEDIA, October 7, 2009-"The environment will be one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Soon it will dominate virtually all aspects of life in North America-socially, politically and economically. Today's great leaders and entrepreneurs must look at environmental problems as an opportunity to set themselves apart from the competition." - Steve Morris, Founder and CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International The green real estate movement is today's mantra for everything from energy-efficient appliances and toxin-free building materials to all-natural cleaning supplies or water-saving products. Everywhere we turn, marketing screams for our lives to "go green!" Whether it's the bag you … (0 comments)
exit: How to Save in Our New Frugal World
- 09/28/09 12:17 PM
What a difference nine months make. In the not-long-ago credit-card binge days, one of the "in" things was to own a TV the size of a bus. Today, it's to have six months of living expenses saved in case you get laid off. Until recently, buying was the social norm-"having stuff, having name brand stuff, having the new, the bigger, the more," said George Barany, director of financial education for America Saves, a Washington-based educational nonprofit. Today, he said, wearing last season's clothes or holding onto a car longer is more acceptable among consumers. Tough times have also altered one financial … (2 comments)
exit: Seniors Increasingly Realizing Nest Egg in Life Insurance Policies
- 09/08/09 10:06 AM
By Bob Moos RISMEDIA, September 2, 2009-(MCT)-Seniors battered by the tough economy are selling their life insurance policies to replenish their retirement nest eggs. Unlike younger investors, older adults may not have the time to wait for the market to recover all of their losses, so they're turning to this previously overlooked asset to see whether they should sell it and use the money to pay medical bills or other expenses. Seniors sold life insurance policies with a face value of $11.8 billion last year, almost double the value of policies sold just two years earlier, according to the U.S. Senate's … (0 comments)
exit: DOES THIS NEW REALTOR REALLY HAVE A SHOT?
- 11/20/08 04:12 AM
As I sat down trying to decide on what I would write for my first blog ever, naturally I thought about my real estate career (or should I say the career that I want). Everything that I've learned up to this point the question that comes to mind...do I really have a shot to make this a career? Let's admit the facts of being drawn to this business: (what drove me) I was tired of being told what to do and when to do it. I was tired of giving my input and hard work and not getting ahead. I was … (14 comments)
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