Lane's Blog - Looking out from the garage

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Real Estate Agent - Century 21 Results Realty - GA RE Lic # 282060
Luckily I have wi-fi, and can get online from the garage. If given a choice, that is where I am. Between MLS searches, arranging marketing, and pre-viewing homes, I will try to get in a little welder time, or at least clean some of the tools from the last wrenching session.

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2007 

The other major concept I learned in driving school had to do with the level of performance.  This is less directly applicable to the outside world, but actually more of an all encompassing concept.   There are four levels of competence/performance. Let's start from the bottom. Imperfect/Unconsci...
07/15/2007
I ran across something earlier today that reminded me of driving school and the life lessons that I picked up there.  When I was a bunch younger, I went to a few high performance driving schools.  They were great learning experiences, and the people that taught were amazing coaches and motivators...
07/15/2007
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I promised a continuation of my last blog, and here it is.  In the last entry, I talked a bit about limited service and discount brokerage.  This time, it will be more about eliminating agents from the picture.   OK, here is the shocking statement to start off with.  Buyers and sellers don't need...
07/15/2007
The world has changed.  The question is, "What are we going to do about it?" Wal-Mart, Target, Harbor Freight Tools, and scores of other discounters are thriving.  But, is that the model that we should pursue?  Is that what our customers really want?  Are we headed for extinction?  With all of th...
07/15/2007
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Today's blog will be looking at things from a little different perspective. My wife and I are thinking of buying a new house.  So, we've been out looking at houses.  It's tough.  We like our house (like, not love) and we really like where we live.  As we look around, we wonder if we really want t...
07/12/2007
I want to write about my happy place.  Moab, Utah.  I first went out to Moab with a friend back in 1997.  We delivered a Jeep to Salt Lake City, and stopped in Moab for a couple days of 4wheeling before giving it over to the owner.  We had permission... really.  Aside from having a great time dri...
07/12/2007
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Time to Buy? It's a buyer's market. No denying it. Now, Atlanta is not like southern California, or DC, or Boston but it is a buyer's market here. Values aren't crashing. Interest rates aren't skyrocketing. Unemployment is at historic lows. Inflation is under control... for the most part. Of cour...
07/12/2007
Buy and Hold Another tool in the bag of the Real Estate Investor is the "buy and hold  option. Buying and holding a property is a longer term strategy. In this case, one is using the increase in values over time, generally in conjunction with rental income, to increase their personal wealth. The ...
07/12/2007
Real Estate Investing, 101 Real Estate investing is one of the best tools to build long term wealth and financial security. About 70% of millionaires in the US built their fortunes in Real Estate, so it is obviously an excellent tool. There are several ways to incorporate Real Estate into one’s o...
07/12/2007
Gwinnett County sales comparison for residential real estate. 6/07   Here is a look at the residential real estate market for Gwinnett County for the last two years as well as looking at overall trends that will affect investors and “move-up” buyers in the next few months.  Looking at the numbers...
07/10/2007