Can you imagine looking for work every day for nearly thirty years? As a real estate agent and broker, that is exactly what I have done and will continue to do. In most cases real estate agents are responsible for finding their own customers and clients. And since most real estate transactions ar...

08/30/2013

Interested in real estate sales as a profession?

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Now that the real estate market appears to be on the mend, a lot more people are interested in real estate sales as a profession. And while real estate offers excellent opportunities for a sucessful career, first and foremost one must come to appreciate this tenet: Real Estate sales is a sales jo...

08/28/2013

HUD Buyer Select. It’s not as simple as it sounds!

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After many years of criticism HUD has finally acquiesced and is now placing many of its properties for sale in the “Buyer Select” program. Buyer Select allows the buyer to choose any approved closing title company without incurring a financial penalty. Buyer Select is great for buyers but creates...

08/25/2013

On trellised, latticed, wooden beams

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With whooshing, churning, belching shrieks‘Midst clanging, screeching, grinding squeaks,On trellised, latticed, wooden beams,O’er wash and sluice and deep ravine... (R Weisser 2013) There is something alluringly romantic about an old steam engine. The cacophony of sounds, the sight of the bil...

08/25/2013

How much business do you get from blogging?

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I was asked this question the other day: How much business do you get from blogging? And to tell you the truth, that is a very hard question to answer. It is extremely difficult to quantify the direct results of writing a post and getting measurable results. I can see the number of clicks and vie...

08/23/2013

Going underground but not on purpose!

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I had a relative call me this morning to check up on me, He had concerns because he had not seen a new blog post and I failed to answer a phone call. Well, I didn’t answer the call because I was in the shower but the reason he missed my post was because I had published it to ActiveRain members on...

08/22/2013

Backwards thinking pays off in gaining social network followers!

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One of the things about social networking that is very discouraging to business newcomers is the fact that it always appears that the competition is so far ahead in Social Networking exposure that it is impossible to catch them, Here’s where a little backwards thinking pays off. Social media isn’...

08/19/2013

When even trees are turned to fools!

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As charcoal clouds bar beams of graceAnd chills in August seem out of place,‘Tis certain that Nature breaks her rules.When even trees are turned to fools! I noticed some leaves beginning to change color yesterday. It’s not at all surprising. Trees react to many things, but most notably, the amoun...

08/17/2013

Record Low Highs in Newnan Georgia

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I did something today I haven’t done in August in all of the forty years that I have been living in Georgia. I turned the heat on in my car! This is Newnan Georgia for crying out loud, not Seattle Washington. Augusta Maine or Anchorage Alaska! We have been experiencing record “low highs” over the...

08/17/2013

Snoozers are indeed losers!

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As interest rates continue to creep upward the clamor to obtain value-priced homes has escalated to frenzy proportions. Unless the seller has imposed an offering period, it is imperative to see the home and write an offer within a day or two of the listing becoming active. Buyers that elect to “s...

08/15/2013