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5 Things to Never Say When Selling a Home

Home sellers need to watch what they say to home buyers and their real estate agents. These five phrases should be off-limits. 

9 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Home's Value

Real estate experts offer insight on how to maximize the value of your house and make it more attractive to potential buyers.

Besides broker tours, how can agents introduce others to their listings?

In real estate, a Realtors "sells" first to other Realtors in the community, also to buyers, and finally, to the mortgage providers. For the maximum exposure for a new listing to the brokerage community, use of print, mail, email and social media is keyThe traditional way to present a new listing is to host a broker open house at the property. In the case of high-end homes, a listing agent might leverage print and send brochures to local Realtors, especially those known…

Why Are You Waiting to Launch your Career until After you’re Licensed?

Why are you waiting to launch your career until after you're licensed?It's estimated that 50-80+% of new agents fail in their first year in the business. I'll bet no one has told you in the interview! But, it doesn't have to be that way.I know you're studying for your licensing exam. You're probably waiting until

9 Age-Old Real Estate Tips to Ignore Completely

Not all advice is good advice. When it comes to the real estate market, friends and family may offer their unsolicited opinions based on common beliefs, but it’s always best to consult with a professional. However, even the experts have their agendas. So before you trust what was once “tried and true,” get the inside scoop, on what’s “here and now” when it comes to buying and selling your home.

5 lessons from my $650,000 lunch with Warren Buffett

In 2008, hedge fund manager Guy Spier had a ‘power lunch’ with famed investor Warren Buffett. Here’s what he learned.

IRS Tax Tip: Ten Tax Tips For Individuals Selling Their Home

The Internal Revenue Service has some important information for those who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude all or part of that gain from your income.Read more →

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What I’ve Learned: André De Shields

"From my very first conscious thought as a young man, I knew I wanted to be an entertainer."

VERVE: Living the Creative Life

It all started with KUED wanting to explore what drives people to create. “I want people to know what it is to live a life based on having these creative moments, where people turn for inspiration and creative fuel, “So, he began cutting short pieces together to explore artistic expression, and ignited the idea for a larger exploration about innovation and imagination. VERVE was born out of the need to find out where artistic inspiration comes from. We all have a desire to…

Management Of Esophagitis May Be Eased By Simple Test

A simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks...

Why Everyone Needs a Small Group (Even You…)

All month long, we have been focusing on the function and significance of small groups for the development of your students and as a way to track their engagement within your ministry. But it…

The focus group will never die

Barrett taught me meaning of originalism — it’s not what you think

As her former student and law clerk, I am thrilled by Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination. In the time I have known her, I have been impressed by her scholarship, integrity and human…

10 Ways to Shrink Your Group

Most groups and group leaders want their groups to reach new people for Bible study. My wife and I have been visiting a local church, and we have found their groups to be very inviting and open to …