Heard a good comeback from a Senior to a Millennial. The young was mocking the older in saying “You know nothing about games, apps, or browsers.” The older said, “Yes, but I can read cursive, tell time on a clock with hands, know how to change a tire and how to write a check.” Want […]
In class recently, someone asked me how I started my own company in Real Estate as if my ideas would be helpful. I can tell you what I did but with no guarantees. I was Director of Property Management for the Forest E. Olson Co. in Van Nuys, when I decided to change to selling […]
1. Google yourself and check what people are saying about you. 2 Get a signature file in your email. Sending out business emails without a signature file giving contact information is like giving out a business card with only your name. Don’t know how to do it? Find a 10 year old kid. 3. Go […]
I attended a meeting of the California Association of Mortgage Professionals and heard a useful marketing tool mentioned again by Nelson Otero, President of the Southern Los Angeles County Chapter. I say again because Professional Real Estate Broker Terry Yapp of Mission Viejo has followed this technique with me many times. Just after the first […]
A parent has owned a home for a long time, and their purchase price plus improvements is much less than a current sales price. A broker called me to tell me that they had a problem. “To avoid probate, the mother had put the daughter on title as a joint tenant. Upon death the daughter […]
The Commissioner of the California Department of Real Estate, Doug McCauley, was very generous with his time and allowed me to interview him on his two year anniversary. I asked him the questions that I thought licensees would ask if they had this opportunity. His candid and open answers should help us better understand the […]
Each month the MSU features three interrelated charts, presented in a dynamic video as well as a PDF.Collectively analyzed, these charts provide you and your students with insight and practical expectations about the future. The status of the real estate market is critical to inform your curriculum and marketing strategy — as well as give […]
Do you remember the movie “League of Their Own” with Tom Hanks (“There Is No Crying In Baseball”)? This was a story of a Women’s Baseball League during and just after World War II. Recently, one of the super-stars, Sophie Kurys, passed away. She was an unbelievable base stealer for the Racine Belles, which was […]
Number One Is By Jason Oliva Published In the Reverse Mortgage Daily Some items that he mentioned from a study by the Funding Longevity Task Force are: 1. Using the Line of Credit rather than using a HECM Reverse Loan as a last resort significantly increases the likelihood of a retirement portfolio’s success 2. The […]
Be Careful Out There: Best story: A speaker was projecting a live example of a real estate agent rating site, “Incredible Agents.” He pulled up the listings of agents in the city in which he was speaking and started to read. A rating said, “This agent was the worst agent in the history of mankind. The only thing […]
