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"Can You Afford That House?" By: Chuck RobertsPrudential Shimmering Sands Realty  Before you start searching for your dream home, you first need to determine a price range you can afford. According to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), depending on the consumer's current debt ratio, most p...

When Insults Had ClassThese glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison," and he sa...

For those of you who haven't heard the story of Colonel Sanders...it can be very motivating. Here I offer it, as told by Tony Robbins in his book "Letters to a Friend".  Enjoy!***** The key to success is to decide what's most important to you and then take massive action each day to make it bette...

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" All too often we are subjected to opinions of the former category, rather than the later. The above quote, by Sir Winston Churchill, points out the perspective we all need to adapt. If not...

You want to get the best price for your home, plus sell it in the least amount of time. In a buyers' market such as the one emerging now, homes will take longer to sell. Therefore, it's important that you make the right moves at the very beginning of your homeselling process to remain competitive...

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." This quote by South African statesman and 1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nelson Mandela reminds us that unless we are willing to fall, we will never walk, never run, and never do anything of greatness. The...

Yesterday Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed SB 2534, which will provide affordable health insurance options to the millions of uninsured Floridians, many of which are Realtors® and their families. The Cover Florida plan will allow the state to negotiate with health insurers to develop afforda...

Moving is an exciting time full of commotion that can be tough on everyone, including the children. The impact the move will have on kids usually is age-related. Babies, toddlers and young children tend to deal well with moving, while adolescents may resent and resist the move. Here are a few tim...

I just started my first group called The Driven Few. It's a place to post motivational stories, of people who have triumphed over failure, because they wouldn't quit when everyone else would have. We have all heard these stories of average Joes, just like you and me, that the world beat down and ...

Thanks for all the great response that I have received....it's obvious that Active Rain is filled with people with the right "attitude". At times it can be tough to stay positive in this market, but if surround yourself with enough positive people you will drown out the voices of the naysayers. L...