According to a recent NAR survey Realtor income fell again in 2007. "Overall median Realtor income was $42,600 in 2007, down 10.7 percent from $47,700 in 2006, according to the member survey data. Realtors' median income had also fallen 3.2 percent in 2006 compared to 2004, and fell 5.6 per
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05/20/2008
This is yet another motivational topic that I found in my motivational topic folder, so I hope it will help someone today. The author is unknown. These two photos were taken at the same time this morning, the cloudy sky was out of the north and I turned around to the south and took the blue sky
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05/20/2008
In reading a recent edition of RisMedia I came across this article. Some of the items that they talk about I have read and thought "Wow, That is really cool". Come to find out, according to them, some of them do not work. So, to be fair and balanced, I'll give you the article and you decide.
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05/20/2008
Mike Jones in Tucson, who has been a mentor to me, even though he may not know it, always carries his camera with him and has some very unique photos on his blog. He says that he is a loan officer but I think that he is more of photographer. He has done some really good blogs and if you have n
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05/19/2008
As I was reading through my motivational file, once again, I found this article that I had completely forgot about. We all have the same amount of it, complain that there is not enough of it and wonder where it went at the end of the day. So I am sure there are some of you that have read this i
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05/18/2008
Have you ever felt that way? Whether you are busy with clients or working to get those clients we've all been there! Racing to meet that bulk mail deadline, running from one end of the county to the other to show properties or take a listing. It doesn't matter if you are busy or working to
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05/17/2008
"Inman News" reported today that Fannie Mae is scrapping a "declining markets" policy that required loan underwriters to boost minimum down-payment requirements by 5 percent in areas where home prices are falling or difficult to determine. It appears that all borrowers will now need 3% down payme
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05/16/2008
And boy did I need it. The weather has been just short of miserable for about the last month. So today was a mental health day for me and three others in out foursome. All of whom are fellow Rainers. Say hello to Kim McClintock who introduced me to AR. We were so-o-o-o ready for some time
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05/16/2008
I would like to give a big standing ‘O' to all of those that are attending the NAR Mid Year meetings in Washington, DC this week. The work that is being done during these meeting and the time spent in front of our congressmen and women is tremendous. I am sure that there are a lot of AR members
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05/15/2008
Why would I want to volunteer? I might be asked to do something that won't like or something like that. Volunteering is for somebody else and when I volunteer I don't even get paid for my time. And, you know how those places are you give them an hour and they will want me to give them more tim
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05/14/2008
