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Success Is A Matter Of Perspective

Baseball’s top home run slugger Barry Bonds has struck out over 1,500 times in his career. He has hit an unbelievable 762 home runs but he has returned to the dugout in failure nearly twice as much as he has taken one out of the park.

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How To Generate All The Leads You Want Without Gaining Any Weight

America is obsessed with dieting. Based on the multi-billion dollar industry that dieting has become, we can not be all that obsessed with actually losing the weight but rather it seems we are overwhelmed with just finding the easy way to do so.

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The Long Tail Of Real Estate Blogging And Marketing

Much has been written on this subject and much more will be written as the application of the Long Tail theory is put into practice.

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7 Mistakes Every Real Estate Investor Makes and How You Can Avoid Them!

What sets truly successful investors apart from those who are only moderately successful or – worse – those who prematurely pack it in and decide to give up on real estate investing altogether?Mistakes do it every time.

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The “NEW” 3 Most Important Words In Real Estate

Location, Location, Location are no longer the three words that are most important in real estate. That distinction is now been awarded to conversion, conversion, conversion!

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Get Cash Back At Closing…Legally!

States shown in white indicate that rebates are allowed and states in yellow indicate states where they are not allowed. Now that we all know this, there are three quick questions that need to be asked before we go any further. (see large map blow)

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Have We Reached The End Of Discourse With Realtors?

  I wrote this post over 2 years ago. (on February 21, 2008)  I’m kicking it back to the top given the reason that things have gotten WORSE with Realtors…not better. If there is a telling sign that the real estate business model is nearing a possible demise, you need to look no further than [...]

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Top 10 Reasons You Need A Traditional Real Estate Agent

  What are the top 10 reasons you would need to utilize the services of a traditional real estate agent? C’mon, you can think of a few..go ahead and try.

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Hey Short Sale Expert…Do You Have A Good Lawyer?

I was reading a post on my favorite real estate social network and the writer was stating something I hear quite often. That you need to be very aggressive in making sure the bank does not reduce your commission. In fact the writer of the post I mentioned said:

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Foreclosures Rising In Most Major Metropolitan Areas

Foreclosures Rising In Most Major Metropolitan Areas Reuters is reporting that foreclosures are climbing in 75% of the U.S. metro areas. It seems no community is immune to the continuing roll of the foreclosure tide. Foreclosures rose in 3 of every four large U.S. metro areas in this year’s first half, likely ruling out sustained [...]

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