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Real Estate Agent - Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage - GREC #208281

My honest opinion on things that I find interesting about the real estate industry. I'm here to help you save money and avoid making mistakes.

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Emotions Choke Out My Words

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Emotions Choke Out My WordsKey Points Funerals can paralze you with grief Have your words written down or they might never get said I watched Jeb Bush give a beautiful eulogy for his mom. I envied his skill and composure to be able to hold it all together at such an emotional time. It brought ...

04/22/2018

Laws of Physics Trump Pedestrian Laws

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Laws of Physics Trump Pedestrian LawsKey Points Pedestrians oblivious to their surroundings Bicyclists trusting drivers not to hit them When you're dead it doesn't matter that you had the right of way I'm sure you've seen them. Someone taking their good old time crossing the street, oblivious ...

04/19/2018

Getting Your Spouse On Board

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Getting Your Spouse on BoardKey Points Having a supportive spouse makes all the difference But do what you do because it feels like it's your purpose in life There's a reason for everything I saw this posted the other day on Ryan Fletcher's Facebook. It is so true. I couldn't have said it bett...

04/18/2018

CrossFit for Storytelling

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Key Points Storytelling is the key to success in business and life A new system to Give you a place to practice Change the world by impacting others who then impact others and so on... This is day one of my new storytelling boot camp program. It's a first step in improving my storytelling skill...

04/17/2018

The Relief of Revealing Your Secrets

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"Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage" Brene BrownKey Points When we share secrets we get relief Sharing secrets is the fastest way to find acceptance My secret is that I shop at Goodwill Have you heard of the site, www.PostSecret.com? It's a site that displays postcards tha...

02/01/2018

Bill Clinton's Bipartisan Standing Ovation for His Immigration Plan

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Bipartisan standing ovation on immigration planKey Points Bill Clinton's 1995 state of the union speech clip about immigration What has changed? I'll let this video clip speak for itself.It's from Bill Clinton's 1995 state of the union speech.Both sides of the aisle gave him a standing ovation ...

01/27/2018

The One-Sentence Persuasion Course. Book Review

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This 27-word sentence is all you need to know about persuasionKey Points Five insights into human nature Used by marketers, salesmen, cult leaders and madmen Free pdf from 2005 now updated in a new ebook The One Sentence Persuasion Course by Blair Warren I'm not going to wreck the impact of th...

01/25/2018

Self Leveling Cross-line Laser Easily Shows How Uneven the Floors Are

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Quickly lets you see if homes are level and plumbKey Points It shoots visible laser beams as far as 50 feet No walking back and forth trying to feel the slope of the floor A nice, small tool about the size of a good tape measure The Bosch GLL 55 Self-Leveling Cross-Line Laser is pretty neat I'm...

01/24/2018

"Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents" Book Review

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Six things to include in your morning ritualKey Points Not enough time? Wake up earlier Meditation, exercise, reading and writing Change yourself, change your success I had coffee with a loan officer, Pete Brown, a couple of weeks ago. He gave me a book "The Miracle Morning for Real Estate Age...

01/23/2018

A Shout Out to Debe Maxwell, Give Her a Call

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I'm so glad she called to chatKey Points The Activerain challenge to call another member Debe called me and we had a great conversation If you are afraid to call someone, start by calling Debe Yesterday on my way out the door my cell phone rang. I looked at the phone number and saw that it was...

01/21/2018