A personal story about employee theft including 4 ways to protect yourself from loss.
Continue reading...25. June 2010
I’m about to turn 40 and I can still remember this commercial on TV when I was in high school: Time to make the doughnuts! One of the most challenging parts of our business is that we have to constantly sell more homes to get paid. I’ve often felt like the doughnut guy in this commercial. I’m [...]
Continue reading...22. April 2010
Recently I’ve been asking other business owners and friends a very specific question. The question is: Can money buy happiness? Every person over 30 years old has realized money doesn’t buy happiness. When they started their businesses, they had dreamt of massive wealth, beautiful homes, high-end cars and lots of toys. As they grew older, they began [...]
Continue reading...28. January 2010
Thomas Stanley, Ph. D. is back at it again with his newly released book “Stop Acting Rich.” His name should be familiar to you because he is the author of “The Millionaire Next Door” and “The Millionaire Mind.” I loved his first two books and when I saw his new book, I couldn’t resist buying it. [...]
Continue reading...2. January 2010
In the midst of writing my new report titled “How Real Estate Agents Can Eliminate Negative Cash Flow in Their Businesses”, which will be released on Wednesday (January 6), I received a Men’s Journal magazine in the mail. The feature article titled “What I learned from My Father, the Grifter – A lifetime of lessons [...]
Continue reading...10. November 2009
Do I have to work for a large real estate company to be successful? This is a question I'm asked a lot by real estate agents. Here's my two cents… No! I'm sure others may disagree with my answer, and that's to be expected. I never worked for a large real estate company and seemed to do [...]
Continue reading...4. November 2009
I’m often asked whom to hire first – a buyer’s agent or an administrative assistant? My suggestion typically is to hire a buyer’s agent first because you don’t have to pay them a salary. They are free to your business and may help bring in additional commission income. The price you have to pay for a [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2009
Too many real estate agents work 50 to 60 hours a week, week-after-week, without anything to show for it. People can say what they want about us and our profession, but one thing is for sure … We work our asses off. Let's face it, most of us work seven days a week. We work evenings, weekends, holidays [...]
Continue reading...12. August 2009
Photo by Tim Riley For those of you who have been in business for anytime at all, you realize that cash flow is the life-blood of our businesses. It's the Holy Grail. Today, many real estate agents are struggling to manage their cash flow because of fewer home sales, lower home values and commission pressure [...]
Continue reading...9. July 2009
Post Written by Rob Minton Follow Me on Twitter For this article, I read David Nasaw’s biography titled “Andrew Carnegie.” It is a fascinating book, and I highly recommend it. Anything in quotes was excerpted from this book. Andrew was what everyone would consider a “rags to riches” story. His family immigrated to the United States from [...]
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22. July 2010
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