6 Profit Strategies in an Absolute Buyer’s Market
 
Some may read this and find it to be a bit harsh. That’s fine, it’s obviously not that kind of reader that this article seeks to reach.
I am speaking to the maverick. I am speaking to the man or woman who can look themselves in the mirror and unabashedly exclaim…”I am a Capitalist”!
This article is written to speak to those who are aggressive in their pursuit of profit. Steadfast in their sojourn for success, and ready to seize 2008 as the year that they have decided to make a change in the way that they do business. Read more
I Can’t Help It, They Make It Too Easy
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You know, I wake up, take a shower, walk the dogs, get my blueberry muffin and read my morning email. It’s my daily routine and this morning being the first day back after the Holidays and I am absolutely ready to hit the ground running with enthusiasm…and then I get this yo-yo’s email in my inbox. Read more
If I was a Real Estate Broker…
“Investing in a buggy whip after Henry Ford created the Model T was not going to be fruitful no mater how good a buggy whip it was.”
“”I’m sure that the last buggy whip company in America made the best damn buggy whips in the world” Larry “the Liquidator” Garfield from the 1991 movie “Other People’s Money”. Read more
“Give me your tired, your poor, your….”
Except from “The New Colossus” engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
- Emma Lazarus, 1883
I am confused..especially by Bush bashers
I am confused..especially by Bush bashers…when did this prevailing theme of government stepping in and “taking care” of everything begin. It’s a relatively new mantra.
Have we become such a pathetic useless society that we expect government to fix all of our ills?
I don’t have a job…government better do something? Last time I looked there were a ton of jobs in the classifieds… I can’t pay my mortgage…government better do something? Read more
No Pablum Pukers Allowed
It started for me on December 3rd, 2007. In the middle of taping Episode 17, these fateful words were spoken…
“Let’s assume you are here for the same purpose we are… making money. Let’s look ourselves in the mirror and be very Proud of that fact. We’re not Pablum Puking people worrying about what the homeowner is thinking…” – Barry Cunningham
That was it. A phrase that suddenly cleared the fog. A phrase that put a definition to all of “those” people I had despised since childhood. It was a defining and life altering moment.  Read more
By now I should understand what’s going on…
…but it just seems so unbelievable. It’s like a bad song that keeps going thru your head all day. I am going to give you a taste..remember that song..”If you like Pina Colada’s….yeah…hum that one all day!
But this is much more sinister. Much more evil. It’s a “Mist” if you will that’s swallowing us all up. We’re entangled in this lobbyist induced haze of believing these people are actually professionals. I am talking about that animal that lurks behind an MLS listing and an alphabet soup of letters on their business card and a nice blue “R” pin on their lapel. The real estate agent! Read more
