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With the kids back in school our Ninja Moms group got back together for the first time in a few months last week. It was a great meeting with all sorts of fantastic ideas. (Note, if you are in the Seattle area and would like to attend it is open to all, just sent me…
This is an article that I wrote for a newsletter that was recently sent out. I thought I would post it here for you as well. Feel free to use it in your next mailing, but let me know that you did, because I love to know that the things I post here are…
I was reading the recent edition of The Residential Specialist, which is the magazine that the CRS group sends out and they have a fantastic interview with Marcia Kies who is an agent in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Marcia had a lot of great insights on the market and how she runs her business, but there…
Focus F = find O = orders C = cuz U = unemployment S = sucks Something to keep you going and make you smile
Alex, our oldest started kindergarten today. It is such a big and exciting day. He was so darn cute this morning with his back pack on and ready to start his new adventure. I must admit, though, that I think it had a bigger impact on me than it did him. He was excited, but…
I was chatting with another agent last week who had an idea that is so incredibly simple and relevant that I was simultaneously impressed and felt like a complete bone head for not thinking of it as well!! The first time buyer tax credit of $8,000 expires on November 30th of this year. Yes, people…
Tiger Woods has said that his recovery shot is probably the most important shot in his game. Meaning that not all of his shots go exactly where he wants them to and his next shot (the recovery shot) is critical to getting him back on track and moving forward. Today was one of those days…
Maybe it was more of a jog than a run and probably more of a bouncy walk than a jog in some places, but I got out there and I did it. I LOVE to run, but after having Ryan and then a foot surgery I have been nervous about overdoing it on my foot.…
Coco, an agent in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and I had a chance to chat recently about her success as an agent, using the Ninja systems and making it all work as a single working mom. Coco is so amazingly positive. Just the way she says hello when she picks up the phone is enough to…
I was chatting with a girlfriend the other day who is in the process of dissolving a business partnership that just hasn’t worked out. She was frustrated with having to spend additional money on attorneys fees and not getting anywhere with tying up all of the loose ends with her partner. So I started thinking, maybe the…