I've never had much luck sending referrals to others. I've received many referrals over my career, and I think it's because by reputation I handled them with kid gloves and I had the title company pay the referring agency at the same time they paid me. I've posted here before that I suspect at
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09/29/2015
The Metrotex Association of Realtors is among the top five Realtor association in the United States. It has an annual budgeted income of nearly $9 million and serves nearly 15,000 members. That's a lot of money and authority to give to a group of professionals who, in the main, run the Associati
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09/02/2015
Things happen when I'm not looking. And I usually mumble to myself, how can this be? I have yet to go into the grocery store to buy a bottle of pickles marked 99 cents, only to take them to the check-out counter only to learn that another customer says he'll by the jar of pickles for $1.25, a
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08/14/2015
Recently I asked in the ActiveRain Question and Answer column what responsibilities agents think they have when someone else's client calls them to discuss their listing. Most defaulted to their interpretation of the legal and ethical connotations. I don't recall any pointing to the Golden Ru
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08/11/2015
Real estate sales innovator Gary Greene dies at 78Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 12:00 am Posted with permission -- Galveston Daily News. By MARSHA CANRIGHT Correspondent Gary Greene, a real estate wunderkind who started his own company two times in two cities, died Monday at Joh
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08/07/2015
A postcard from a fellow Dallas Realtor came in the mail a few days back to our house. I thought he did a good job with his writing. However, I found several statements that I know were considered ethics violations in prior years. I send him an email that suggested he check those items with
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07/31/2015
There is a cross-purpose covenant that has the National Association of Realtors and its local association and its members in a pickle. The NAR and the local associations naturally see as one of their primary goals, increasing membership. What drives that is somewhat hid
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07/27/2015
Life Thoughts Throughout most of my life, I've been one of those who keeps in contact with friends. Those I grew up with, those who moved away, those I went to college with, old girlfriends, clients...everyone. I suppose I'm sort of the Joel Osteen of real estate. My message to my f
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07/17/2015
This is not the home mentioned in this blog, but it is a fine example of good landscaping When Patty and I moved to Dallas about ten years ago, I had sold two residential agencies -- one in Galveston and the other in Houston. My real estate career, at that point spanned almost forty years. Whe
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07/14/2015
The Metrotex Association of Realtors serves the major part of what is known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The number of Realtor members is about 15,000. I'm a member of the Budget and Finance Committee, and we meet several times a year. You learn a lot working with all of the component
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07/08/2015
