As each day comes to a close, it is often good to reflect on one’s daily efforts. Self-evaluation is NOT about measuring perceived success or failures or weighing one against the other. It IS about being satisfied with one’s work and recognizing the fact that striving for achievement carries its
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02/12/2011
In the real estate business, we get calls everyday from companies offering the latest and greatest tools and services designed to increase our business. Being a salesperson myself, I am generally polite and do not hang up. But I don’t have the time to listen to the entire sales pitch so I try t
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02/12/2011
We woke up again this morning to a smattering of snow here in Newnan Georgia. In years past this would have been a major event. Snowfall of ANY amount is unusual in this part of Georgia and historically is extremely rare is usually considered a treat and a cause for celebration. This year, howe
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02/10/2011
Bureaucracy is not a pleasant word. How is it that we have come to the point where we passively accept inadequacy when it comes to ANYTHING managed by government? I am specifically speaking of selling HUD homes. The United States of America owns a ton of homes, and ostensibly there is a mandate
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02/09/2011
There is something about a deal that seems “too good to be true” that raises our natural defenses and prevents rational or objective decision making. After all, we are inculcated from youth with the notion that there is no such thing as a free lunch and every seemingly incredible deal is fraugh
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02/07/2011
It isn't easy to be number one. You really have to stay on top of your game each and every time that you are competing for business. It doesn’t make any sense to leave your livelihood to chance. Those that excel have crafted specific game plans and they perform in accordance with their predefine
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02/07/2011
In the last few months leading up to the year 2000, prognosticators of doom and gloom repeatedly predicted dire calamities that would result from a complete collapse of all forms of technology. Many people bought into it. Some went as far as to hunker down with food and firearms while others ref
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02/06/2011
It is easy to recognize the BIG decisions in life. Changing jobs or purchasing a home have obvious implications on the big picture that is our future. But what about the small choices that we make each and every day? Although seemingly flying under the radar, they can be life altering without as
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02/05/2011
It is easy to find a HUD home for sale on the Internet. HUDHomeStore.com has all of the HUD listings in most areas of the country. But in order to bid on a HUD home, the bidder must be a real estate agent working for a broker that is registered and approved by HUD. These brokers have a NAID (nam
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02/04/2011
Supply and demand. We hear those words every day, and yet we often ignore them when it comes to selling real estate. That is because many sellers still think of a real estate sale as an emotional rather than a business decision. The assumption is that a buyer will “fall in love” with their hous
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02/03/2011