July 20, 2010

When I started out in real estate, I was 28-years-old.  I was the single mother of three young children, living on social assistance, and I didn’t even own a car at the time.  Not an auspicious start. Yet within a year I was the top agent in my home province.  Within a year I was [...]

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Some Thoughts on Predicting the Future

July 19, 2010

So many personal finance choices are based on what might happen in the future.  Will the stock market be strong?  Or will it fall again?  Will the dollar retain its value?  Will we have high inflation?  Or perhaps even deflation?  Will Social Security remain intact?  Or will I receive little or no benefits from it [...]

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Home Staging Tips that Focus on Largest Customer Segments

July 18, 2010

The busy spring home buying and selling season is underway, and the experts at Pulte Homes are offering sellers and agents staging tips to get a home ready for sale.  A quicker home sale can be reached by keeping in mind the needs of the home’s most likely buyer and creating a fresh inspiring look [...]

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Foreclosure Myths

July 17, 2010

The traditional news media, as well as firms throughout the Internet, have created an environment in which foreclosure myths are rampant. Sometimes it seems like that’s all you hear about whenever there is a discussion about real estate. If you are a real estate professional, a foreclosure investor, or just a homeowner worried about the [...]

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11 Ways to Save Money on Health Care

July 17, 2010

1. Bypass the Doctor’s Office For routine problems such as a sore throat, ear infection or flu shot, consider your local drug, grocery or retail store.  Many have walk-in clinics staffed with nurse practitioners or physician assistants who can treat your ailment for less money than the doctor’s office or urgent care. For instance, in [...]

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Asking for More Reaps Unexpected Benefits

July 16, 2010

As real estate salespeople, we ask for the order, the signature, the commitment, and the cooperation of our clients; however we may not be asking for enough of the items that make a real estate agent profitable.  Also, asking for and not receiving may help us obtain the most important concessions in the negotiation. You’ve [...]

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How to Live Happily on 75 Percent Less

July 16, 2010

Nine months after getting laid off, Catherine Goerz once again became part of the rush-hour commute — in a way she’d never anticipated. To pick up extra cash, Goerz took a temporary job handing out fliers touting the benefits of public transportation in the San Francisco subway system.  Occasionally she’d bump into people she knew [...]

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Wanted: Single Women Home Buyers

July 8, 2010

When it comes to house hunting, Kim Sliney is the first to admit she can be picky.  After visiting — and vetoing — 37 houses, the single mom from Exeter, R.I., happened upon her just-right fit: a newly built, $350,000 home that boasted a spacious-feeling layout, killer walk-in closets and custom details like crown molding, [...]

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Profit from Publicity: How to be a Resource for Reporters

July 2, 2010

There are two reasons why reporters talk to real estate agents: the journalists are responding to a news release or story idea you sent, or you have information, insights or perspectives they need for an article or broadcast report. If you sent a reporter a news release, they’d know how to contact you (assuming, of [...]

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Setting Goals — the Dark Side

July 2, 2010

It’s early in 2010 and real estate managers are once again dusting off that old chestnut, “You can’t be a success without goals.”  They must be right because all the best-selling self-help book authors are singing the same song: “There is no other way, so buy my book today.” As real estate professionals, we are [...]

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