QUOTE #1: “Each individual must build the kind of
career strength that makes him (her) marketable.” Says Intel’s Andrew Grove, “No matter where you work, you are not an
employee. You are in a business with one
employer – yourself – in competition with millions of similar businesses
worldwide….Nobody owes you a career-you own it as a sole proprietor. And the key to survival is to learn to add
more value every day.”From Sun Tzu’s The Art of War for Managers.
QUOTE #2:
"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there you
have been, and there you will always
long to return." ―
Leonardo da Vinci (Gymbeaux question: So....how
did Leonardo know how you would feel unless he had experienced flight? For you-know-who, Leonardo was born in 1452,
died 1519. The Wright Brothers first
flew Dec 17, 1903. Hmmmmmmmmm
WE ARE NOW A MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA COMMERCIAL DATABASE
(LACDB): The Market Center is NOW a member. Any member
desiring to work commercial real estate should give extra serious consideration
to becoming a member in order to have access to the metro-New Orleans area
Commercial Property Database at LACDB. There
is a $100 application fee required upon joining and then the monthly fee is
$35.00 a month UNLESS you also join the CID (Commercial Investment Division) of
NOMAR; cost is $50.00 a year. LACDB is
reduced to $30.00 a month IF you are also a member of CID. You can access the application process at www.NOMAR.org.
YOUR ST˜R POWER, SCRIPTS FOR YOUR SUCCESS FROM HOWARD
BRINTON: www.StarPower.com.
Prospecting – Expireds: “Hi, this is Ima Agent from Keller Williams
Realty Professionals. I saw that your
home just expired from the multiple listing service and we specialize in homes
just like yours that I feel should have sold but did not. Tell me are you still interested in getting
the property sold?”
WISDOM FROM MICHAEL DUNN, author of What’s
The BIG Secret, http://michaelpdunn.org/Success.html The hits keep coming, this from page
115. I’ve
noticed that all the people I know who are well off in relationships, finances,
and life overall are calm and never in a hurry.
Yes, you know the people I’m talking about. Don’t you just hate them? Well, we call it envy. Envy is not always a bad thing. It’s when we see something in someone else
that we desire. When I feel envy in my
heart, I look at the person and try to figure out what I’m missing in my life
that is making me envious of theirs. I
then add it to my goals list and let my left brain get to work (the good
seed).
Envy simply wakes up hidden dreams.
How we handle envy is up to us. If we take the path to self-pity and start to
feel sorry for ourselves, we will
eventually reap the harvest of the seed (the bad seed) that we planted, watered, cultivated, and worshipped. (Gymbeaux
Note: Michael Dunn has given me
copies of the book. If you would like to
read it,which I highly recommend, you will not regret it. Ask me for a copy. There are limited supplies.)
THE WORLD OF STEVEN WRIGHT: Hermits
have no peer pressure.
SPEAKING OF AMBIGUITY: Why
do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are
they afraid someone will clean them?
NABOR FREE TECH DAY CONDUCTED BY OUR OWN TERRI THOMAS: Thursday August
16th 2012.10am – 1.00pm. SMH Founders Medical Building (First Floor
Conference Room) 1150 Robert Boulevard, Slidell. To register: http://app.systememerge.com/emaill-757517-68053-314712.html Seating IS limited.
INTERNET LEADS: When was the last time you logged
onto your eEdge Account to check how many leads you may have received via the
web site.
SERVICE THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE:
This is
worth writing about. About two years ago
I purchased an LED battery light to put over my front door that would
automatically turn itself on when motion was detected. It has been a great buy. When we come home at night with the lights
off, the light would go off lighting up the entry way and the door lock. The light fell off the door (we won’t discuss
why) and the battery cap broke and I could not fix it. I was on the verge of throwing it out when I
decided to email the company just to ask if I could get a replacement cap. I was shocked. Within 8 hours I had a response that the cap
was in the mail. Not that is
service. I repeat this because the
question ought to be, how would YOUR customers rate YOUR service? Ask them. Pose the question. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being horrible
and 10 being truly outstanding, how would you rate my service as your Real
Estate Advisor? If you get negative
reports, what are you going to do to make absolutely certain you will not get
any more? By the way. The automatic LED would be a great gift to
your buyers. Every time the light would go on they would remember you whether
they want to (great service) or not (poor service). Here is the contact info for the light which
costs $29.00. Karen
Walker, Wireless
Environment, LLC, karen@mrbeams.com. www.mrbeams.com. 877-298-9082; also MrBeams on Facebook;
MrBeamsLED on Twitter; and Mr Beams on Pinterest
THREE WAYS TO IDENTIFY A STROKE: This link has lots of great information that
everyone of us should know about strokes and how to identify them: http://tinyurl.com/cbpwak3 ALSO, there is a great site where you
can enter a long URL (domain name) and it converts it to a “tiny” url, it is
called www.tinyurl.com. To demonstrate the result, the
following domain name on the stroke info is the same as the domain name
above. Very simple to use and is great
for social media sites where you are limited in the number of characters you
can use. http://info.newportnaturalhealth.com/egl40/wmws/EGPB/1343855386837_955/w375005.php?custcode=EGPB&bid=255904591&porefererid_=255904591&pbid_=255904591&preflname_=&pemail=jimbrown%40gymbeaux%2Ecom&preffname_=JAMES
QUADRENNIAL ETHICS TRAINING:
Time is
running out. You are required by the
National Association of REALTORS (NAR) to complete 4 hours of continuing
education on specific ethics training.
This quadrennial term ends December 31, 2012. You MUST complete the required CE by this
date or you will be unable to renew your membership with NAR and that means you
would be ineligible to be a member of a local Board and MLS. You can complete the training online at www.Realtor.org using the education links. This is free and requires a test at the end
of the training. Unless the rules have
changed, you will NOT be given CE credit by the State if you complete this
training online through NAR so be advised.
FLOOD INSURANCE LAW EXTENDED: At last
Congress and the President did something right.
The Flood Insurance Bill HAS
BEEN EXTENDED through September 30, 2017. Why this was not made more public I have no
idea. May have to rethink my Facebook
comment about the “clowns in Washington”…..Nah!
Read the entire article at: http://www.realtor.org/news-releases/2012/07/realtors-applaud-long-term-reauthorization-of-flood-insurance-program
WHOLE HOUSE SURGE PROTECTOR: I recently
had several electrical appliances fail due to an apparent electrical
surge. One was part of the sound system
and since it was wireless, I could not replace just the part that failed; I had
to replace the entire system. I had an
electrician install a whole house surge protection unit between the main
circuit breaker panel and the incoming power line. However, the electrician explained that a great
many of the surges that hit homes do NOT come through the power grid but rather
are a result of lightning strikes nearby that transit the ground and enter the
home through telephone and cable television connections. He highly recommended purchasing surge
protectors that have connections for incoming telephone lines AND cable lines. The electrician referred to the Joules rating
of the surge protector, the higher the Joules rating the better the protector. For everyone’s information, Sam’s Club have
them for about $25.00. Small price to
pay instead of replacing an entire sound system.
CUSTOMERS FROM HELL; 5 DO’S AND DON’TS FOR CALMING CRANKY
CUSTOMERS by Jeff Mowatt presented in www.SalesDog.com. Good
article that everyone should read. Who
hasn’t had a cranky customer?
THIS REAL ESTATE LINK TO A GREAT NICHE WON’T MAKE YOU A VULTURE
BUT MAY MAKE YOU A HERO
from Marte Cliff. Highly recommend you sign up for the
newsletter. Rarely can you get such
great advice and at no cost to you: http://ymlp.com/z2abE3
ARE YOU SMARTER
THAN YOUR DOG? Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good
and get the fewest rewards. -Diogenes
Micheal Dalton Johnston has written Rules of the Hunt that might be
just what you are looking for and now you can get the book with a ton of
valuable rewards from people like Jeffrey
Gitomer, Wendy Weiss, Jim Meisenheimer, Zig Ziglar, Art Sobzcak and
others. Check it out at: http://www.rulesofthehunt.com/gitomer.htm
INSIDE SALES BUZZ NEWSLETTER. Came across
a newsletter that appears to center on using the telephone to enhance your
business; that can’t be a bad thing.
Here is the link to www.SalesBuzz.com latest newsletter: http://www.salesbuzz.com/newsletter/archives/20120731.html
TIRED OF THE 90+ DEGREE HEAT AND HUMITY; coll off with this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=xkk7DX0l95A&Lid=12
5 WAYS TO THINK LIKE A CHAMPION by Jon Gordon. http://www.jongordon.com/
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Top 10 Things You Need to
Know About the 3.8% Tax
(within the Health Care
Reform Bill)
Learn the most important takeaways for REALTORS® when it comes to the 3.8% tax that's part of health care reform:
1. When
you add up all of your income from every possible source, and that total is
less than $200,000 ($250,000 on a joint tax return), you will not be subject to this tax.
2. The
3.8% tax will never be
collected as a transfer tax on real estate of any type, so you’ll never pay this tax at the time
that you purchase a home or other investment property.
3. You’ll
never pay this tax at settlement when you sell your home or investment
property. Any capital gain you realize at settlement is just one component of
that year’s gross income.
4. If
you sell your principal residence, you will still receive the full benefit of
the $250,000 (single tax return)/$500,000 (married filing joint tax return)
exclusion on the sale of that home. If your capital gain is greater than these amounts,
then you will include any gain above these amounts as income on your Form 1040
tax return. Even then, if your total income (including this taxable portion of
gain on your residence) is less than the $200,000/$250,000 amounts, you will not
pay this tax. If your total income is
more than these amounts, a formula will protect some portion of your
investment.
5. The
tax applies to other types of investment income, not just real estate. If your
income is more than the $200,000/$250,000 amount, then the tax formula will be
applied to capital gains, interest income, dividend income and net rents (i.e.,
rents after expenses).
6. The
tax goes into effect in 2013. If you have investment income in 2013, you won’t
pay the 3.8% tax until you file your 2013 Form 1040 tax return in 2014. The
3.8% tax for any later year will be paid in the following calendar year when
the tax returns are filed.
7. In
any particular year, if you have no income from capital gains, rents,
interest or dividends, you’ll never pay this tax, even if you have
millions of dollars of other types of income.
8. The
formula that determines the amount of 3.8% tax due will always protect
$200,000 ($250,000 on a joint return) of your income from any burden of the
3.8% tax. For example, if you are single and have a total of $201,000 income,
the 3.8% tax would never be imposed on more than $1,000.
9. It’s
true that investment income from rents on an investment property could be
subject to the 3.8% tax. But: The only rental income that would be included in
your gross income and therefore possibly subject to the tax is net rental
income: gross rents minus expenses like depreciation, interest, property tax,
maintenance and utilities.
10. The
tax was enacted along with the health care legislation in 2010. It was added to
the package just hours before the final vote and without review. NAR strongly
opposed the tax at the time, and remains hopeful that it will not go into
effect. The tax will no doubt be debated during the upcoming tax reform debates
in 2013.
GRATITUDE – THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT WORDS
By Wes Hopper
"Since the
Creative Principle is universal, there is no reason why we should postpone its application
until we find ourselves in 'the right place', and the best place and time to
begin are Here and Now."
Thomas
Troward
One of the most
common mistakes that we humans make with our mental creative work has to do
with timing. We're prone to put
things off until it's the right place and the right time to start.
That's why almost
every piece of spiritual or personal development literature contains, in one
form or another, the same teaching.
Today is the day! Or, as Troward wrote, the best time and place
are Here and Now.
When you think about
it, you'll quickly realize that the only time we can start is Here and Now. Our
delaying tactics are just fear and uncertainty showing up to do their dirty
work.
Now here's the good
news. What Troward is telling us is that the Creative principle within us is
always ready. It will work at any time and in any place. It simply awaits our
call.
Get the clearest
vision you can of what you want, and then take action toward it. As you go,
update your vision based on your progress.
Remember, you are
creative. You are not at the mercy of a Universe that either is inflexible or
opposes you. Your biggest challenge
is to keep your intention focused and keep moving.
That is, after you
start! Nothing happens until you
start.
What are you putting
off? What do you need to start?
Now would be a good
time.
All the best, Wes
Do you know what you
care deeply about? Helping you figure that out is one of the exercises in this
program. And you have 4 months to ask me questions if you need help. http://HowToCreateSuccess.com
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@DailyGratitude_ on Twitter
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