Meet Buddy This is Buddy on his first airline flight. Going to Upper Michigan for a vacation. Hope O’Hare is friendly today.
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My Brag of the Day
Yelp Review Yelp noted that I had asked a question about Reverse Mortgages researching an article. They sent me an alert that I might be interested in a couple posts. They sent a photo and the two recommendations. They were right. I know that man. Met him in 1958 in a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany. […]
Favorite Sayings
Favorite Sayings Saw an old favorite saying of mine in some newspaper column this weekend. Still pertinent today. The SIX most important words: I admit I made a mistake.The FIVE most important words: You did a good job.The FOUR most important words: What is your opinion?The THREE most important words: If you please.The TWO most […]
Customer Service Is Important; Recent Column In Realty Times Agrees ($6K Dollar Egg)
Realty Times The late Bob Hunt was a San Clemente Broker, Owner, Author, Bon Vivant, Ethicist, Producer, CAR Committee Chair, and friend. Every week he wrote an outstanding column for national distribution by Realty Times. A few years he discussed my friends Debra and Todd Duncan’s book on Customer Service. It was worth a read then […]
Test Your Knowledge of Real Estate
Questions Can a person without a real estate license sign on a broker’s trust fund?According to DRE which is a more serious violation in a trust fund? Conversion or Commingling?Many people have paid off their California houses. What percentage do you think have mortgages on their homes now?A person leases a furnished apartment for one […]
Dating In Today’s Marketplace
Dating and Real Estate Terms A student reader asked me to please send a copy of my shtick used in class about dating and real estate terms. Hadn’t done it in a long time, but it came back. Caravanning: Checking sources of possible dates, including online, friends, bars, etc.Open Listing: You are dating someone, but […]
Brokered Convention; Can It Happen Now? Wrote This In 2016. Could It Happen Again?
Delegate Requirements A brokered convention is one where no one has the 1,237 delegates (Republican Party) to get the nomination on the first ballot. The nomination does not go to the person with the most delegates; you must have 50% plus one. There has not been one since the 1952 Democratic Convention. There were 16 men who […]
Job Interviews
Interview Performance Your life will many times change up or down from your performance in a job interview. Being involved in this process for years I do have one conclusion. The graduates of today have not been taught how to handle interviews. Not before, not during, and not after. This is a problem that should […]
Time to Check Unclaimed Money Again
Every Year, I Post a Link Concerning the Vast Amounts of Unclaimed Money with the State of California. Every year, I get an email from someone who took less than a minute to enter their name or name of relatives, friends, etc. They will tell me that they found some money for someone dear to […]
50 Year Reunion
Years Ago… …in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Years ago in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Let’s […]