Online Newsletter for the Week Ending February 3

QUOTE:  "Time is the coin of your life.  It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent.  Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."  Carl Sandburg  Also consider this from Eric Hoffer:  "In times of change, the learners will inherit the Earth."  Gymbeaux note:  “Times” are changing faster than ever before, therefore the question is, Are you a learner?

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM MICHAEL DUNN:  Ever wonder why things you think should be happening in your life aren't.  The man in this video is totally lost as to why he can't do a simple thing like lift a chair that a small child can.  What is really holding us back?  Go here to see this funny video.  www.michaelpdunn.org

NEW CPR METHOD:  This brief video could save someone’s life including your own.  Recommend you show this video to your family and friends:  http://medicine.arizona.edu/spotlight/learn-sarver-heart-centers-continuous-chest-compression-cpr

HUD RE-REGISTRATION.  If you have registered to work HUD sales, your Louisiana license has expired at December 31, 2011 and if you want to continue to work HUD sales, you MUST go on line to www.hudstore.com and updated your personal profile to indicate your license will expire on December 31, 2012; otherwise you will be unable to work the HUD sales.

FREE WEBINAR:  VOICE MAIL STRATEGIES.  The key word here is FREE.  And the subject says it all, Do you have one?  Do you know what you are going to say when the VOICE MAIL STRATEGIES.  person you called does not answer the phone and you get their voice mail?  You should and this FREE webinar should help you develop a strategy:  http://www.salesbuzz.com/free-demo/voicemail-strategies.aspx

OBJECTIONS ARE NOT THE ISSUE; YOU ARE!  If you read nothing else in regards to sales, read Jeffrey Gitomer.  Here is another example of how he thinks and would like for you to think.  If you are happy with your sales results, keep doing what you have always done and you will continue to get what you have always gotten.  Change the way you think and the results are endless.  http://www.gitomer.com/articles/ViewPublicArticle.html?key=ajcdMibak3MuGpV5JKGYFg%3D%3D

SCAM ALERT/ILLEGAL ACTIVITY - Reported by a Member sent by NOMAR:

I personally came in contact with this in two areas, one is Slidell and the other is the West bank. Individuals are placing signs on poles and staked into the ground that state something like "House for $55,000 and a phone number".  These individuals go to vacant houses and strip the house of anything that would indicate the property is listed.  REALTOR signs are removed, if it is a HUD home the Property Managers sticker that is in the window is removed, the sign sheet in the house is removed.  How they gain access is not confirmed however in two cases they represented themselves as agents and called for lockbox codes.

The consumers who call from the posted signs are taken to these houses and are told by the individual who answers those phones that they own the house. That they have two offers but if the consumer brings a cash down payment right away they can buy the house and they request $2000.00.

The HUD attorney's are aware of this and I have personally reported two incidents to the Sheriff in Jefferson Parish.  I understand from the LREC that one individual was brazen enough to remove the yard sign of a Broker and replace it with his own.  In this instance a consumer gave them cash and then reported them and I understand the Attorney General is handling this.

It is unknown if these individuals are licensees or not.  I have handed over the names and phone numbers that I received from consumers to the Sheriff and to HUD.  It is my thought that the real estate community needs to be aware of what is going on so they can be extra vigilant.

GYMBEAUX NOTE:  My wife and I saw a similar sign at the I-12 Exit at Airport Road.  $55,000 and a phone number, yellow background.

PROFIT SHARING 1099.  Remember you have to go to www.kw.com to retrieve your 1099 for profit sharing.  Go to www.KW.com, click on the Resource Tab and then scroll down until you see 1099.  When you click on the 1099 link it will tell you to highlight above, you need to highly the MISC 1099 in the line with your name on it.