This is a test. It's only a test. If it were an actual event your arms would be burning, and you would have a headache right now. Here's the test. Take two cans of soup and stand with your arms extended straight out shoulder height with one can of soup in each hand. OK, got it. I'll wait while y
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03/01/2022
This license plate was on my Volvo for 8 years. When I gave that car away I kept the tags as a souvenir. I was thrilled that the DMV allowed me to keep them. I put these tags on my car because I wanted to plant an idea in the minds of everyone who looked at them. Be Passionate! If there is one wo
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02/19/2022
OK, if you've been in real estate for a month or more, you know that a home inspection (which I encourage) can destroy a deal in a heartbeat. I can't tell you how many deals I've seen blow up because of the language in a home inspection report. Today, I was doing a final walk-through on a sale th
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01/29/2022
If there is anything I've learned in life, and in real estate, it's that sometimes life erupts. I tend to warn my buyers and sellers that all will be well and we will get to and across the finish line, but we may have to climb over some rocks on the way.I came to a vivid understanding of this p
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01/23/2022
This is the first blogpost that shows up in my history. It was 3.5.2011. Whew! So much has happened since then, but ironically, my position on this topic has stayed the same. I've added two certifications to my list and dropped 100% of the rest. Isn't it impressive when you see another agent's pr
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01/16/2022
I was driving past our local mall recently and noticed the packed parking lots around the building, but one corner was empty. The Sears store has no cars full of enthusiastic shoppers looking for that perfect parking spot. Sears is gone. I rounded the corner to see an empty Ruby Tuesday, no cars,
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01/12/2022
With the advent of cable television came a flood of fun and entertaining specialty programs. You can learn to cook like Bobby Flay, build a house like Mike Holmes, fix a car like Danny Koker, rescue a bar like Jon Taffer or be the next master House Hunter who Flips or Flops of just settles for a
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01/11/2022
Brokers, I have a challenge for you. I just had my annual review with my office administrator. Every November, for four years, I have had Lisa come into my office (coffee in hand) and we go over the past year of her high points and low points while working for me.I stole Lisa from my bank in Nove
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11/24/2021
One of the advantages of age and experience is that you learn over time that life is way too short and time too valuable to do things you don’t want to do. I guess in many ways, it is sad that it takes so long to learn those simple lessons. Owning two companies, I interact with a lot of people in
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11/17/2021
Don't panic; just improvise. I've heard that a thousand times in the past 40 years. My mother-in-law (my first broker) used that line whenever she was cooking and she was missing an ingredient or something was going wrong. Rather than give up, she produced a unique and often unusual solution. Of
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10/18/2021
