Rob's Blog

Proactive or Reactive? It's up to You Everyone makes choices. Their outlook on life, whether at home, at work, behind the wheel or at the theater, directly correlates to the decision to be either positive or negative. In essence, it's as simple as whether you see the glass half full or half empty...

Tribute to Our Fallen Children Anyone who knows me will know that I avoid conflict when it comes to discussions of religion, politics and anything else that makes me squirm because my beliefs may be different than most.With the news of yet another fallen soldier from the Tampa Bay Region, I feel ...

I was talking to a client over the weekend at an open house being held by one of my Realtor-partners. I guess there was a surge of shoppers due to the weather or maybe a bus from the local senior center was nearby and taking a detour. I was on the lanai of this very nice home near the water miste...

Tips for Improving Memory Have you ever been introduced to someone and, about two seconds after shaking his hand, forgotten his name? Don't worry. This is not evidence that you're losing your mind or that you're on the fast track to senility. Turns out, this is actually an extremely common occurr...

Credit Crisis Cripples MarketsSafeguard Your Clients TodayJust last week, American Home Mortgage and its wholesale counterpart, American Brokers Conduit, became the latest casualties of the credit crisis. Last year, this company closed over $58 billion in home loans. Despite being, by all account...

I belong to a bulletin board very similar to this venue and one of the spin offs that popped up there is a club wherein the members trade cigars one amongst the other. Obviously there are all types of cigars available in some parts of the country that are not available in the other. I happen to b...

Just my humble opinion and what I do locally (this is one of those flyers that Realtors delete before reading):Provide Prospects with Finance OptionsMany Real Estate professionals feel that open houses are too time−consuming. Frankly, they are time−consuming. But I can provide assistance as a mor...

The FSBO Assistant Giving to Receive One nice thing about For Sale By Owner (FSBO) homes is that the owners advertise to the general populace, which makes them easy to find! You have their address in any ad they put out, which means you can do some extremely targeted marketing. Another important ...

Seems like I think about the "old times" (being a ripe old 40-ish man myself) but they are more for my older brothers than I. I am still the baby of the family right? Incrementally speaking perhaps, but when I really think about it, my best friend has been that for dare I say it- 30 years. Too ma...

In response to an earlier post on the Comedy Club Blog regarding being from WV, I figured I might as well post my list for  Floridians. So without further ado, you might be Floridian if:"Down South" means Key West"Panhandling" means going to Pensacola . You think no-one over 70 should be allowed ...