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Realtors forecast rebound in 2008 : Early turnaround in home sales predictedBy Mary Umberger | Tribune staff reporter November 14, 2007 LAS VEGAS - Crediting pent-up demand and palatable interest rates, the housing industry's most visible market forecaster said Tuesday that 2008 will see a turnar...

"The only people to get even with are those who have helped you."~ AnonymousKEEP THE BALL ROLLING! Most of us can probably look back over our lives and careers and recall people who have either helped or hindered us along the way. Which group do you think is more worthy of your consideration?Unfo...

                 T he perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better and too young to care. How many of these do you remember?Candy cigarettes   Plastic Army Men  Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside   Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles   Coffee shops wi...

Are you convincing your homeowners to stay in front of the market?  Do they understand it or do they just want to try a higher number for a little while?  Are you into financing their folly?  We need to be taking control of our environment...we are the real estate experts.  I tell my homeowners, ...

Are you investing too much time and too little urgency in your business? Do you commit well over 40 hours to the job, and put yourself on call seven days a week? Do you spread yourself thin and then in order to sustain yourself over this endless schedule,  dilute your intensity? No other professi...

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out."~ Anton ChekhovIMPROVING THE DAILY GRIND! Conventional Wisdom tells us that life's most traumatic moments provide opportunity for personal growth and discovery. More often, however, it's the mundane, everyday trials and tri...

 The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, h...

For those who have been following any of my list postings, we are holding a broker inspection on Monday, November 5th from 2:00 - 5:00 pm...the address is 264 Main Street, Huntington NY.Because this renovated 1890's retail building is so special, we are having very upper end wine tasting along wi...

10. I Hate Every Bone In Her Body But Mine   9. I Ain't Never Gone To Bed With an Ugly Woman But I Woke Up With a  Few.   8. If The Phone Don't Ring, You'll Know It's Me   7. I've Missed You, But My Aim's Improvin'   6. Wouldn't Take Her To A Dogfight 'Cause I'm Scared She'd Win   5. I'm So Miser...

An older lady gets pulled over for speeding...Older Woman: Is there a problem, Officer? Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding. Older Woman: Oh, I see. Officer: Can I see your license please? Older Woman: I'd give it to you but I don't have one. Officer: Don't have one? Older Woman: Lost it, 4 years a...