200,000 Points 494 Post 5080 Comments 39 Months. It started in August 2006 I was syndicating my articles to 70 different sights for resyndicating to promote my books. It was working, but other than orders I was getting no feed back. I needed feed back! 36 years managing lending and real estate, I
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11/29/2009
Great People Up Dated For Thanks Giving 2009 I wrote this a year ago,I can think of nothing I'm more grateful for this Thanks Giving! Some where in the Mid-West there was a tragedy last night. Some one lost their life. Their family faces the horror of the unexpected, but with love in their hearts
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11/26/2009
I've talked with my brothers today, they both brought up Jack and Grandma's house. It seems a good time to remember and be thankful for the good times and memories. BillI though I would re post this today as we all get ready to go over the river and through the woods. There was a time in our li
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11/25/2009
Can you afford a bargain? Are bargains a good thing? Is it enough to call something a bargain or special? Is a lower price always good? Does fast food marketing resemble real estate and real estate services? Brenda and I were running around late yesterday afternoon. Late for dinner as we finally
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11/25/2009
My First Sale.It was 1973 and I had left the bank to sell real estate. I was licensed and chomping at the bit to get started. A banker I had the wardrobe, a collection of three piece suits, I knew credit, a little contact law, and I'd past the Michigan real estate exam with 98 out of 100. (I neve
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11/23/2009
Beyond The Box / Refusing To Be Boxed In. In my last post, Personal REALTOR® Anecdotes , I was searching for good REALTOR® stories. I was reacting to another bad story I'd seen, not knowing where I was going when I sat down at my computer. My personal anecdote was of a sale in my early days, some
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11/23/2009
Personal REALTOR® Anecdotes. On my last post Joy Carter REALTOR® commented: "It is amazing how often they feel they know more than we do. They hire us for our expertise and then refuse our advice!" It's a great observation about common consumer behavior. I didn't respond because she made some mor
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11/22/2009
The Accidental Investor Today's Real Estate Speculator. Are you a real estate speculator? Who are the majority of today's real estate speculators? How can you be an accidental investor/speculator? It may surprise you! The last thing on your mind is investing in real estate. You've convinced yours
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11/19/2009
Aces And Eights Just A Friendly Game Of Cards Real estate is just like a friendly game of cards once there is money on the table! I read a blog that confused buyer's and seller's civility and good manors with anti-adversarial negotiating. Nothing could be further from the truth! Buyers and Sell
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11/17/2009
It's Veterans Day. Have you thanked a Veteran yet? Least we forget Veterans didn't make war they fought them. Wars have political motives, some noble many less so. Veterans server out of love for there fellow man, nothing less and there is nothing more. No higher calling! That the rights to Life,
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11/11/2009
