Terry's Blog

Are your commissions under attack? Where is NAR, when it comes to protecting your hard earned money? Asset companies think nothing of slashing your commission on a deal and consistently do it on most REO deals being done today. Yet they accepted the deal and make the agent an unwilling financial ...

The new office is coming along very nicely. We will be moved in by December 31st, what a great feeling it is to grow for the community. State of the art and full of Real Estate pros, what a way to help Tyler and all of East Texas. Progress happens when you plan and then execute the plan. I love ...

According to the latest numbers from the Treasury Department, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are holding the bag on 60 percent of the world's derivatives - an astonishing $120 trillion between them, Still reports. According to Treasury figures at the end of June, J P Morgan held a staggering $80 tril...

The new KW Tyler Building. We are investing in our community in a big way and are looking forward to the move in late December. The agents have really stepped it up and are selling and listing at a record pace. The new year will bring growth and prosperity to East Texas and we will be leading th...

Happy Veterans day to my son and all the great folks serving our country. Also Happy Birthday to his wife Jenifer and to My son tomorrow. Joey is a linguist in the Navy and they are enjoying living in Monterrey California. I miss him but they are happy and doing well. I hope everyone who has a r...

Althea Osborn and myself. Mrs. Osborn is the #1 profit share recipient at Keller Williams and the nicest lady you would ever want to meet. We had a 60's theme party and she nailed it. The Auction part of the evening was a riot. Fun was had by all. Never under estimate the heavy guy with a bet on...

The biggest contrast between the two states shows up in "net internal migration," the demographer's term for the difference between the number of Americans who move into a state from another and the number who move out of it to another. Between April 1, 2000, and June 30, 2007, an average of 3,2...

The wife and I played golf yesterday again. I don't know if there is a better time to play than in the fall. The colors and the temperature make it all just perfect. I tried out a new putter and it worked great. Shot 76 in spite of the fact I felt unsettled over the ball all day. But what the he...

America entered a new chapter in its history last evening. Under the cover of darkness and without a shoot being fired we had socialists successfully take over the House of Representatives. Our country is more divided than it ever has been. Our enemy has laid in wait for generations with patience...

The one domestic automaker that has paid its own freight could end up penalized for its success, while the government indefinitely subsidizes competitors that would have died without government aid. Without the GM and Chrysler bailouts, there would be a vast surplus of unemployed autoworkers. But...