As I write this, the New York Giants football team looks like they are not. The number 1 seeded team in this year’s Super Bowl hunt is likely to go down to Philadelphia (#6) and Donovan McNabb. Something that no one would have predicted last September. What happened? I can’t say for sure, but from…
2008 is finally over and 2009 is here. The New Year has always felt like new opportunity for me. I always enter January with high hopes for the things that I want to accomplish in the year ahead and this year is no different. Many of you journeyed with me last year on my quest…
With all that’s gone on this year, and as weary as we all are of current events, I hesitate to bring this topic up. But, I figure if I helped just one person save even one dollar, then it would be worth it. What am I talking about? Taxes, that’s what. We’ve just gone through…
We are knee deep in the holiday season and as I travel around real estate offices I see fewer of you around. My assumption is that you are out showing houses, looking at the inventory, meeting new clients and otherwise working on your business in order to be ready for 2009. One of the things…
If you’ve been to my "Tech Tools for Realtors®" or my "YouTube and You!" classes recently you have heard me talk about the line of video cameras from Pure Digital known as the Flip. The reason why I have been so high on these cameras is because they seem made for Realtors®. I am sure…
Well, November 4th has come and gone and we have a new President-Elect. I can honestly say that from my perspective the elections couldn’t have come a moment too soon as I was truly weary of the many propositions, issues and races. But, the Presidential race held my attention right to the very end. I…
One of the nice things about writing a blog is that you get to write the blog! What I mean by that is that I get to choose when I write and what I write about. I also get to choose to let someone else write if I want to, and today is one of…
In my 22 plus years in the real estate business I have never seen such a strong opportunity for buyers to invest in real estate. There are any number of factors that have all come together in a “perfect storm” of opportunity for buyers. Interest rates are still low enough to be affordable by many,…
When I started in real estate in 1986, I wanted to work exclusively with buyers because I thought that was the best place for me to start, and in many ways it was. But, the old timers that were in my office kept saying to me “You have to list to last”. What they meant…
Have you ever had the need to set up a conference call? And have you ever been stymied by how to do it on the office phone or your cell phone? Do you know if your home phone can do conference calling? I may have the answer to these questions for you in today’s post. …
