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Is it OK to work for an idiot?

On April 19, 2012 By

Normally, I would say, “Hello, no.”

Normally, I would say, “Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, get out!”

However, caution is in order.

You work for an idiot but that idiot is a nice person.

You work for an idiot but that idiot likes you.

You work for an [...]

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The “NO” Path To Wealth

On April 14, 2012 By

Many average people are weak, little wimps who cringe at any negative feedback.

I teach Action Principle(R) Champions who are tough, thoughtful men and women of action.  Become an Action Principles(R) Champion, read this blog, subscribe to my tweets [TeachingKarate] and subscribe to my YouTube videos [Action Principles Channel].You will NOT act [...]

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Who will be rich in 20 years?

On April 13, 2012 By

For ALL time in ALL countries, it is the RICH people who own real estate.

Who is buying the real estate?

I work in the Boston real estate market.

The people who are buying the real estate in the Boston area,  especially the investment, income, multi-family properties are the Chinese [sorry, ALL Asians] and the [...]

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No, not ALL, only most of them.

Most real estate agents are dabbling part-timers.

Most real estate agents make less than $40,000 a year.  

They do NOT live in nice houses and do NOT drive nice cars.

Most real estate agents own ZERO investment properties.

Yet, most real estate agents will [...]

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Why you should love old people?

On March 12, 2012 By

Because they are old.

Because they are old, they are going away soon.

When these old people leave, you can take their place.

If you are young, you should smile when you see old people.

Today, I was looking at the annual review issue of the New England Real Estate Journal.  Everybody looked old to [...]

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Love Thy Family Connections

On December 31, 2011 By

Your family owns a dry cleaner.

Your brother works for General Motors.

Your neighbor owns a liquor store.

Your college buddy works for Microsoft.

Your cousin installs swimming pools.

Guess what?  Whomever you are, you have lots of connections.

Think.  Make a list.  Make a long list.

This is your career.  This [...]

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How to live in a box

On December 12, 2011 By

Have you noticed the latest trend in furniture?

It is downsized, small, called “apartment” functional furniture.

Now, what’s behind the trend? Can you guess?  It’s not about apartment living.

It is about, shall we be kind, multi-generational living.  It is about the majority of twenty something “youngsters” who can’t afford their [...]

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There are BIG differences between ordinary and extraordinary real estate agents.

Here is what the extraordinary are doing:

1.  They work hard.  Serious real estate agents are available 24/7.  Without complaint, they work nights and weekends when clients have time to look at houses.  Working is not having lunch with your colleagues [...]

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Steve Wynn and Donald Trump are great real estate investors.

Believe me wherever you live, after you take the Master Real Estate Course, you will know the great real estate investors in your area.  They are there.

The  great real estate investors know one another.  They network.  Networking is a first characteristic of great [...]

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Some people make $20,000 a year and some $200,000.

Some people make $50,000 a year and some $500,000.

There is a style and an attitude to being successful, to counting yourself among the elite.

If you want to make 10 times the income of average workers in your profession, think BIG.

At McDonald’s, you want [...]

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