Barry Owen's Blog
Tips and commentary For Home Buyers & Sellers and REALTORS with primary focus on LIVE - Work - Play - Life Rhythm - Life Performance Oriented thinking for regular folks
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2010
Expose yourself! - A dirty little secret to success Let it all hang out! Let your hair down! Be seen where it's cool to be seen! Don't be a "secret agent" . . . GET OUT THERE! Decide early each day to make DIRECT, HUMAN contact with as many people as possible before the end of the day. Offer a cl...
11/29/2010
Monday Morning Coffee - What are you offering other than low pricing? Posted on November 29, 2010 by Barry Owen Black Friday has passed. What a racket THAT is. Retailers scream and yell at the public like a bunch of football coaches at 1/2 time in a close game in an attempt to stir us all into a ...
11/28/2010
ONWARD! (Invitation) - Goal Setting and LIfe Rhythm for 2011 Posted on November 27, 2010 by Barry Owen Thanksgiving was nothing short of wonderful - 3 full days of doing not much more than eating and being a sightseer in our own town of Nashville . . . and NOTHING that resembled work. Today (day ...
11/27/2010
Omega - Endings give rise to new beginnings Posted on November 23, 2010 by Barry Owen "Omega (the last letter of the Greek alphabet) is often used to denote the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of a set" (Wiki) When it's over, It's over! Time to let go and give rise to something new. Most all...
11/22/2010
Posted on November 21, 2010 by Barry Owen Happy Thanksgiving to YOU! I love Thanksgiving week because (for me) it begins my annual ritual of "taking stock" of my accomplishments throughout the year. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the bounty of the Fall Harvest which comes as a result o...
11/21/2010
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House Payment $575 - REALLY? Posted on November 20, 2010 by Barry Owen So . . . Perhaps you are renting . . . or you might have bought a house a few years ago and would love to move because you are outgrowing your house . . . or want your kids in a different school . . . or you just want to live ...
11/20/2010
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Home Ownership MATTERS! Posted on November 19, 2010 by Barry Owen The underlying premise of the 20/80 principle (Otherwise known as the Pareto Principle) is that 20% of the effort typically yields 80% of the results - 20% of the people do 80% of the work and make 80% of the income - Vilfredo Pare...
11/18/2010
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QUIT FREAKING OUT! Posted on November 16, 2010 by Barry Owen The statisticians are at it again . . . giving anyone looking for another reason to FREAK OUT something to chew on. Read it and FREAK! The sky really IS falling if you are a REALTOR and there's NOTHING you can do about it - DOOM AND GLO...
11/15/2010
Monday Morning Coffee - Without a good story, what's your plan? Posted on November 15, 2010 by Barry Owen This weekend was a cool weekend. It seems there are a lot of festivals and art shows happening, and I didn't really get it til I asked an artist why? She told me that it's a Christmas shoppin...
11/14/2010
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Make me an offer! Posted on November 15, 2010 by Barry Owen Some would argue that the Seller makes the first offer in the form of offering the house for sale. I know that's not always the way it happens. Sometimes, (Rarely) it's the BUYER who makes the FIRST offer. Can you think of that one, VERY...
11/14/2010
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Stream of consciousness commentary on the real estate industry from the perspective of a Principal Real Estate Broker and Founder of Pareto REalty, LLC in Middlle Tennessee - Also a Career Development Coach with vast Organizational Development/Transformation training and experience - in the industry since 1993