Robert O'Haugherty's (bananathyme) Blog

Eat plenty of turkey and dressing, watch the Macy's parade, gab with loved ones, watch your favorite sports team get beat, and most important of all, give thanks for everyday and for all your loved ones, our troops, and our country.  Don't forget the pumpkin pie with ice cream, chocolate candies,...

I was just sittiing at the computer, watching my e-mails, wondering where everybody's going for Thanksgiving when "Voila!" it popped in.  I quickly logged in and there it was, just waiting for someone to accept.  I did and captured the BPO (from Pro-Tec).  My first one.  I quickly ran the stats, ...

Yesterday, I attended a "Power Panel", a panel of 6 top producing agents in te Northeast Tarranty County area in Texas, and heard first hand how these agents are dealing with the current slow down, how they got into the business and questions from the attendees as to how they became "top" produce...

Open Houses are not dead!  In two open house for a commercial property our agency has had 5 guests tour the lease space that we have listed.  Our client is overjoyed.  Previously listed agent never had 1 guest and never even showed his space.  We've had 5 in two weeks.  One was the next door tena...

I've had three very good deals fall through in just a week.  And as best as I can tell, due to the economic slowdown and changes in the lending practices.  No more income stated loans no matter how good the credit and cash.  And the others are pulling back to ride out the storm.  The leads are dr...

I'm doing my third "out of town" real estate deal.  In Texas, our license allows us to conduct any type of real estate business or transaction within the borders of the state.  My office is in Southlake, TX, a mid-city community within the Dallas-Fort Worth MetroPlex and my buyer client is in Mon...

Today, I held the second of two open houses on a commercial lease space.  In my broker's marketing plan to attract tenants, he put in holding open an office lease space of about 3,638sf, a rather large vacant space.  In our marketing plan we proposed to open the vacant space to the public from No...

I didn't vote for Mr Obama, but the way I see it, it's time now for Obama to get us back to a stronger economy.  He has inherited a miss and our newly elected President with the help of both parties need to help "fix it".  He appears to be quite capable of fixing it, he said he could fix it.  So ...

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.  Five orders in one day from Protek.  I had to turn them all down but 5?  I'm working the polling stations tomorrow and will not be able to complete these 5 orders in a timely fashion.  But on Wednesday, the 5th, I'm going to be watching for the next set of orders.  All I did ...

Is there anyone out there who is doing a newsletter on a consistant basis?  I'm considering starting a newsletter, publishing once per month and a max of 4 pages.  I read alot that it's a great idea, but I rarely see one.  I think I can come up with content without any problems, but send me an ex...