Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Online Newsletter for the Week Ending September 2, 2011

QUOTE:  "It will make an immense difference with your faith and spirit whether you look upon civilization as a good thing which is becoming better or as a bad and evil thing which is decaying."  Wallace Wattles. Written in 1910!


FREE SOFTWARE SECURITY CHECK:  Check out www.Secunia.com.  It is a free download that can scan your software and check it against the most recent security updates.  Interesting program.

NEW FORM FOR OVERNIGHT COSTS ON HUD SALES.  There is a new form that a purchaser of HUD properties signs regarding the requirement to overnight HUD sale offers.  It is located on www.SlidellCalendar.com in the Document Section under Sales Forms and in the Sales Form Binder in the Resource Room.

VINCE LOMBARDI VIDEO CLIP – SAYS IT ALL!  http://www.lombardimovie.com/store

REALEMERGE:  For those who missed the lunch & learn regarding www.RealEmerge.com, you missed a good one.  The presentation by Frank Chimento was awesome and the rollout of the new real estate program using eMerge was fantastic.  You can check it on www.RealEmerge.com.  Most people go right to the pricing of products before they research exactly what it does.  If you check this out and I hope you do, remember this one thought; if this program could product just one closed sale from its use, it would pay for itself for the next 2 or 3 years.  The program is designed to almost run entirely on its own to keep in contact with those people for whom you have email addresses.

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD ATTRACT THE FBI BY COPYING MONEY ON A COPY MACHINE?  Here is what www.Answers.com says about this issue:

There is a special board to prevent counterfeiting. If you copy money in color at the exact size (no increase or decrease in size) this board will blow, then you have to call for a service tech to come out. When the tech tries to order this board, they have to notify the FBI. Then the FBI comes out to visit you with the tech. Only copy in Black and white and increase or decrease the size by at least 5 Percent!

FALL RETREAT:  There is a huge turnout for this event and seating may not be available if you don’t sign up soon.  Notify AMY if you plan to attend.  The first today is FREE and NOLA Lending will be providing a bus for the first day only.  It will return AFTER the evening reception so plan accordingly.  Signup sheet for the bus is in the Resource Room.

REALIST.  If you have not tried out REALIST on the MLS site, you are truly missing out on some really neat information.  You can find the link once you log onto the MLS.  Look under SMART LINKS on the right of the screen and click it.  You will the link to REALIST.  Be patient, it takes some time to load but once it loads and you agree to the terms, it provides you such information as neighborhood information, CMA data, flood maps, neighbors, etc.  You will not regret trying this out.  Enter your own address, you will be amazed at how much information is on this site about your home.

COMING SOON!  IGNITE YOUR BUSINESS; IGNITE YOUR CAREER; IGNITE YOUR PASSION.  Keller Williams has retired the 4-4-3 training program and will launch IGNITE in late September.  I have already listed the classes that will be taught in the Market Center during the Month of October.  Watch for details as they are made available by KW.  You know this will be good.  Note:  I have been in real estate for more than 32 years.  Today I attended Bill Deshotels class on the HUD Statement and Closing Procedures and learned something; imagine that.  You are never too old or too experienced to become better at what you do.  Consider spending October becoming better at what you do; sign up for the IGNITE Classes when they become available.  Better yet, consider teaching them.  Check out the schedule on www.SlidellCalendar.com for OCTOBER.

TODAY’S SMILE:  What would you?  http://www.youtube.com/embed/-icgySC4e2c  Caution, this may be a bit over the top!  J

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