8.20.2012 Monday NEWS you can USE (are you using it?)

A Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.
Vince Lombardi

Wondering how to use an iPad in your business?  Here are some ideas

Got Super Rich clients?  Check this out!

Got first time buyers? You might want to send this to them (easy ways to repair the home.) The video is harmless!

FSBO gets lots of attention but no sale! Read all about it... (and USE this to help others figure out why THEY aren't selling)

Downpayment hard to save for first time Canadian buyers!

From the coaches not afraid to work hard with you!

YourCoachingMatters.com
678-232-0927
mike.stott@mac.com

8.13.2012 Monday News you can USE

All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.
Sebastian Vettel (Formula One Race Car Driver Champion)

Fannie and Freddie won't forgive Principal - if you have sellers waiting for this - let them know it may be unlikely.

Got any buyers? Low interest rates and costs to buy are lower too! Great one to send to buyers waiting...

Hard to argue against buying a house now as an investment!

House Flipping - Reality TV is the best bet?

Help your past clients (a good reason to CALL THEM TODAY) - ask them if they should refinance!

Canadian Market at a tipping point?

From The Coaches who don't just say "you're great";  we teach you to believe in yourself!
YourCoachingMatters.com

7.16.2012 Monday News you can USE

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller

What adventures are you going on this week?

How can you use this in your business? Flipboard  - Talk about innovation - and look at what they think about banner ads, tiny ads etc.

Mortgage Rates - all time lows.  In Atlanta - rates were at 3.375% for a 30 year fixed!  For someone currently at 5% and with a $200,000 balance a refinance would save them $190 a month on a refi!  We recommend you call all your past clients and centers of influence!

Sign of the recovery - stocks for homebuilders going up!

44 out of 47 Economists agree - Housing market bust is over - the real estate market is "far from healthy yet" and "plenty could go wrong."  But we've turned a corner.  Also read the Huffington Post Article

Increased Safety for your Sellers - read this article. This will show them that you "know more than they do." Might be a great article to give to FSBO's too!

The Real Estate Safari Guides @
YourCoachingMatters.com
678-232-0927
mike.stott@mac.com

Just a little Thought....

Where is there an opportunity to make some $$ and develop a relationship out of this interaction...?

Can I help you sell?

Can I help you buy?

Can I refer you to someone (even if you "arlready have an agent") for a listing or sale (or 2nd opinion)?

Can I help you rent/lease (or refer you to someone that does that)?

Can I provide a service-for-a-fee that you need?

Can I EARN your business and referrals?

7.9.2012 Monday NEWS you can USE!

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin Powell

Rates still at all-time lows!

FHA Mortgages being Foreclosed on at high rates...

Think you've heard all the horror-stories out there in Real Estate? Here's a new one!

TOP TEN recovering markets!

Brace Yourself - Bloomburg says the market is recovering- WOW

Canada's Largest Home?

From the Dream Achieving Coaching Gang @
YourCoachingMatters.com
mike.stott@mac.com

Just a few pieces of Good News...

• Gas prices continue to drop, just in time for car vacations this summer

• Mortgage interest rates are at all time lows since they started tracking in the 1950's...

• Prices have bottomed in most areas and have started re-bounding in others.  It's cheaper to buy a house compared to ANY time in the past in terms of average income to average cost ratio (hovering around 15% right now) and compared to renting (about 77% of what it costs to rent overall).

• Stock market has rebounded again up 700 points since January;  up 200 points from a year ago; an over DOUBLE of 3 years ago...

• The Happy Movie has 8 Winners in various categories... its' a good thing.  http://www.thehappymovie.com/

• The author of the Happiness Project is releasing a new book (by the way, July is Money Month if you're reading the book)...

7.2.2012 Monday News You can Use

“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let other people spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

How are you spending your time this month?

What's a REIT?

Had a client who was foreclosed upon? They may be due some money!

Homes sales slow slightly but STILL UP!

Read about the worst deal in the history of American Finance!

Canada's market still going strong!