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Would you buy stock in a company that did not have a business plan?

If you don’t know where you are going,

any road will get you there.

Lewis Carroll

 

Get More Information FREEWould you buy stock in a company that did not have a business plan? You put everything you have into serving clients and closing transactions, but you also need to focus on planning if you want to build a lasting business.

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An Australian Definition of a Canadian

You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report a few years back that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian – any Canadian.An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help define what a Canadian is, so they would know one when they found one:

A Canadian can be English or French or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. . . . Read More

He couldn’t sing so he whittled

He couldn’t sing so he whittled.

Antonio was a lad who lived in Cremona, Italy, during the 17th century.  Cremona was a musical town where great acclaim was bestowed on those who could sing or play.  Unfortunately, although Antonio wanted recognition for his musical talents, his friends called him “squeaky voice” when he tried to sing.  He tried to play the piano and the violin, but his skills were . . . Read More

Indian Spices for All Diseases

COLDS

Mix a gram of dalchini/cinnamon powder with a teaspoon of honey to** cure cold. Prepare a cup of tea to which you should add ginger, clove, bay leaf and black pepper… This should be consumed twice a day.. Reduce the intake as the cold disappears.* **

GINGER FOR COLDS

Ginger tea is very good to cure cold. Preparation of tea: cut ginger into small pieces and boil it with water, boil it a few times and then add . . . Read More

Making or Breaking the Real Estate Transaction

“Good words are worth much and cost little.” –George Herbert

Communication is the device that can make or break a real estate transaction. Your clients who are new to buying or selling a home may gauge their reaction to the process on the words and phrases you use.  How do you comfort these clients and keep their experience positive?
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10 steps to wellbeing

A team of experts led by Dr. Richard Stevens of the Open University claims to have discovered 10 simple steps to happiness.

By adopting as many as possible each day, they believe we will feel more content.

A group of volunteers from Slough in Berkshire, who took part in an experiment which followed the happiness manifesto for two months, registered a 33 per cent increase in their happiness levels.

1. Plant something and nurture it.

2. Count your blessings, . . . Read More

The five best sentences

The five best sentences

These are possibly the five best sentences you’ll ever read:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

5. When half of the people . . . Read More

Pre listing Packge

The Benefits of Using a Pre-Listing Package

Having used a pre-listing package for over 20 years, I found that it pre-sold the seller on a number of topics that I did not have to further discuss at the listing presentation. These topics included:

My background and credentials as well as for my company. Market share, past track record, marketing plan, sale and listing comparables pertinent to potential listing I also include several questionnaires to help me gain an understanding . . . Read More

How to Drive Traffic to Your Open House

How to Drive Traffic to Your Open House

I always found that having an open house requires two main activities:

Most obvious, the activity of sitting at the open house and interacting with prospective buyers is required. Most consider this to be enough effort put into hosting an open house; however, it isn’t. You must also focus on activities to drive traffic to your open house. For . . . Read More

The 3 Secrets of a successful Real Estate Business.

The  3 secrets of real estate sales are Prospecting, Presenting and developing Systems.

Prospecting

The lifeblood of most real estate professionals is to develop prospecting systems. An example of this would be when you list a home, go door knocking to the five to ten homes around your new listing. Get the individual’s information and add it to your database. If you do this continuously, you . . . Read More