Would you want to be your own friend?

Listen to Richard Flint’s – Morning Minute and decide. 

http://www.richardflint.com/_mm_vf/2010_10/mmvf_2010_10_10_nfdhw.asp

Another blow to the real estate industry

  Is it ever going to end?  This week we have been dealt another blow to our income in the real estate profession.  Fannie Maie via their Asset Manager Chase placed all transactions on hold – even the ones with contracts and fully approved buyers.  There is no indication when the properties will be made available for purchase. 
  Some of the properties have been vacant for years.  Would it not make sense to at least sell these.  The seller has moved on. 
  We definitely need officials in our government that have owned a business at some point in their career.  If all you have ever had is an employee position, you come and go and do your job and receive a regular paycheck.
  Does government have the ability to understand what personal sacrifice it takes to keep a small business in business in this market?  There is no way to know how many unemployed real estate professionals there are – as an independent contractor, they are not eligible to collect unemployment.  The numbers that are published are definitely not accurate.

New Website – Women’s Council of REALTORS Florida State Chapter

Visit the FLorida State Chapter of the Women’s Council of REALTORS new website at http://www.wcrfl.org.  The Florida State Chapter is the #1 chapter in the United States.

Stop Phoning It In – [chrisbrogan.com]

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Stop Phoning It InPosted: 10 Oct 2010 01:30 AM PDTMarketing isn’t bad. Bad marketing is bad. Email marketing isn’t bad. BAD email marketing is bad. With me? I’m not about to tell everyone to run out and quit their job if they are sick and tired of doing it, but you control how you spend your time in your seat. If you’re frustrated with this or that, try focusing on the parts you can improve from the seat you’re in. That’s one really great way to start it going. (Oh, and if you’re just sick and tired of where you are, check out Escape Velocity – it’s where we talk about how to get to what’s next.) Stop Phoning it In If you’re responsible for your company’s newsletter, stop looking at it as a burden. Ask yourself this question: “What would be MOST useful to the people getting this newsletter?” And then ask yourself this question: “What else besides my company’s pitch can I put into this newsletter?” Then ask yourself this question: “Would I share this with someone in my family or with my friends?” That’s one way to figure out how to fix newsletters. If you’re looking for new buyers, don’t just lamely ask people. Figure out how to find them. Use social tools. Use old fashioned search tools. Create interesting content that would appeal to the kinds of people you need, and figure out ways to promote that. Look OFFLINE. It’s amazing how few people do that last one, by the way, if they’re getting deep into the online world. If you’re responsible for improving coverage for your company as a public relations professional, put more time into building your relationships with your network before you have a new story. Connect with them about their own things. Ask them about their own passions. Get to know them outside of the article. Ask them how you can help them, or much better still, just figure out a way to be helpful and do it, gratis. Stop phoning it in. We All Get Tired We all get tired. We all get shy. We all lose our way. We all have a lot of reasons why our efforts slump into something less than stellar. But does the recipient of your output care? Do you think they’ll give you a pass for very long? No. Be the top of the charts. Be remarkable. Be exceptional. And if you can’t, hang up the phone. What’s your take? Source:  ChrisBrogan.com

Why you should join WCR

NAR President Vicki Cox Golder and WCR President Deborah Gilmore via RealtorTV

Max McCally – Broker, SouthShore Homes & Properties

  It is with a heavy heart that SouthShore Homes & Properties publishes that Max C McCally, Broker, SouthShore Homes & Properties, passed away on July 2, 2010.
  Max was a Co-Founder of SouthShore Homes & Properties.  He is survived by his wife, Joann.

June, 2010, Sun City Center Real Estate Statistics

June, 2010, Sun City Center, FL Real Estate Statistics: Sold – 43   25 – Single Family/Condominiums – Sun City Center   18 – Condominiums – Kings Point For Sale – 445 – June 30, 2010   192 – Single Family ($50,000 – $580,000)   253 – Condominiums  ($20,900 – $315,000) Now is the time to buy in Sun City Center – http://www.suncitycenter.com. Request more information today. Lynn Mooney, Broker E-mail ~ Lynn@LynnMooney.com SouthShore Homes & Properties 813.641.2204 or 813.918.0380-Direct Or Helen Williams, Broker-Associate E-mail ~ Helen.Williams@tampabay.rr.com SouthShore Homes & Properties 813.641.2204 or 813.215.1667-Direct Statistics Source:  MFRMLS

The U.S. Congress May Squash Small Business

 All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.  The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.   ~Thomas Jefferson

The vote taken today on Healthcare will slow employment and create massive layoffs if it is passed.  Small businesses that have had to lay off employees because of the economy will not be able to hire them back or continue to offer benefits for the current ones.  Will every unemployed person have to become an independent contractor in order to become gainfully employed.  Will large corporations that have voluntarily offered retirees health insurance rescind that insurance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=G44NCvNDLfc

It is even more pathetic that every legislator interviewed to date has admitted that they have NOT read the 7,000 page bill but they are willing to penalize every business, with small businesses being hurt the most, and figure it out after the “fact”.  This is pure and simple economics – the government doesn’t have to care about the costs of anything, the Congress has the ability to print more money when it looks like they may run out.

Have we remained silent too long?  Have we put too much faith in elected officials to do the right thing for us as business owners?

The latest polls show that the American public does not want this program – about 68% are opposed to this piece of legislation.  How can we continue to elect representatives that do not care about the will of their constituents.  It appears to me that there is lack of fiduciary responsibility to the voters that elected them to office and there are ways in place to remedy that lack of consciousness.

Appraisals, Short Sale Fraud and more ….

Check out ~ http://www.thinkbigworksmall.com/mypage/player/tbws/25173/1582110.  This is definitely entertaining and wish it were not true.  Check out the Home Decision Wizard that is available too.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

Pi Day ~

  Did you know that today is Pi Day as well as the birthday of Albert Einstein? http://bit.ly/9ZaJKL.  Way too mathematical for me …..