| November 2008 | Weekly Motivational
Ideas! Inspirations that I hope will help you make more $$!! |
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Dear
Sam, Set a weekly goal this
week!
The most successful people have written goals that they
continuously monitor to make sure that they are on track. But, only 2% of us
actually have written goals. Do you?
Here are some ideas for some weekly goals that you can start
today for your weekly goals:
Write down some weekly goals and see if it helps you stay focused on your
ultimate goal of increasing your business.
I hope you have a great week this
Thanksgiving Week and please let me know if I can help you with any of your
holiday home shoppers!
Thanks for your business.
 Senior Mortgage Advisor President's Club Member 2007 Mortgage Services
910-489-6918 or
843-230-7929
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Price versus Value! | |
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 Some deals are too good to pass up!
I heard a good comparison story that explains the concept of price vs. value pretty good and here it is... Part 1.
A bicycle salesman approaches a guy in his store and tells him about
the great sale going on. The pitch is very convincing with the super
lightweight titanium frame, with new tech super lightweight helium tires and a
built-in XM radio and GPS system. The salesman said that due to the slow
economy, they are cutting the price in half so he can get it for only
$500.
The prospect says that is an unbelievable great deal but said he is short
on cash and will have to pass up on it despite the super sales pitch.
Part 2.
As the guy with no money to buy the bike is leaving the store, he runs into
a friend on his 2000 customized FXR Harley motorcycle that approaches him and
says that his wife is going to leave him if he does not sell his motorcycle
fast. He said the Harley was worth $18K. To save the marriage, he was willing
to sell it for only $5000 but it had to go today.
The same guy said, I don't have the money right now but if you will hold it
for me for 1 hour, I'll get
it!
Moral of the story...
Even in a slow economy, people will find a way to buy a deal. Buys occur
when the value exceeds the price in the buyer's mind and the greater the
difference, the stronger the buy signal. This is why plenty of homes are
selling across the country in every town. The value exceeds the price and there
is usually a good realtor helping the buyers see this!
Moral of the story for a person thinking about selling in this
market: Find the best listing agent you can and price it right with the market
with a great marketing plan so it sells fast!
For homeowners and investors, it's good to
know the Cost vs. Value too and here's the Realtor.com
remodeling cost vs value report
link...
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Tip of the Week: Using the "7%-38%-55% Rule" | |
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 Your body
language is the key!
A study done at UCLA found that communication is mostly about your body
language when talking face-to-face with people. The study found that effective
communication is based on:
So, use this knowledge to communicate better and start off by making the
hardest sale that you can. Sell yourself first!
Sell yourself on your abilities and the market and then use this new
passion to sell others. Use your hands to show expression, show enthusiasm,
show interest in the person you are talking to and use their names too in your
conversation. People love hearing their names and this will help them get
excited about your conversation too.
Click here for: UCLA Study Link
Try some new enthusiasm
in your conversations this week and see if you get some new prospects
too.
 Go ahead, get excited and show it!
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Weekly Mortgage Commentary Snippet | |
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Rate Lock Advisory - Friday Nov
21st
 Friday's bond market has opened sharply lower, giving back much of its gains from the past two days. The stock markets are showing gains but no major rebound from yesterday's beating. The Dow is currently up 35 points after falling 444 points yesterday while the Nasdaq has gained 8 points. The bond market is not having a good day, currently down 39/32, as investors shift funds back out of bonds. This will likely push this morning's mortgage rates higher by approximately .375 of a discount point. |
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Thanksgiving Meal - An All American Tradition. | |
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 Thanksgiving USA The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. In 1620, a boat filled with more than one hundred people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World. This religious group had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England and they wanted to separate from it. The Pilgrims settled in what is now the state of Massachusetts. Their first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half the colony died from disease. The following spring the Iroquois Indians taught them how to grow corn (maize), a new food for the colonists. They showed them other crops to grow in the unfamiliar soil and how to hunt and fish. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, barley, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited the local Indian chief and 90 Indians. The Indians brought deer to roast with the turkeys and other wild game offered by the colonists. The colonists had learned how to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes from the Indians. To this first Thanksgiving, the Indians had even brought popcorn. In following years, many of the original colonists celebrated the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks. After the United States became an independent country, Congress recommended one yearly day of thanksgiving for the whole nation to celebrate. George Washington suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day. Then in 1863, at the end of a long and bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving. Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The President must proclaim that date as the official celebration. In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt set it one week earlier. He wanted to help business by lengthening the shopping period before christmas. Congress ruled that after 1941 the 4th Thursday in November would be a federal holiday proclaimed by the President each year. Symbols of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have. In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanksgiving have become traditional. Turkey, corn (or maize), pumpkins and cranberry sauce are symbols which represent the first Thanksgiving. Now all of these symbols are drawn on holiday decorations and greeting cards. The use of corn meant the survival of the colonies. "Indian corn" as a table or door decoration represents the harvest and the fall season. Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows in bogs, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections. They used the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries with sweetener and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi" which means "bitter berry." When the colonists saw it, they named it "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, and it resembled the long-necked bird called a crane. The berries are still grown in New England. Very few people know, however, that before the berries are put in bags to be sent to the rest of the country, each individual berry must bounce at least four inches high to make sure they are not too ripe! In 1988, a Thanksgiving ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. More than four thousand people gathered on Thanksgiving night. Among them were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of people whose ancestors had migrated to the New World. The ceremony was a public acknowledgment of the Indians' role in the first Thanksgiving 350 years ago. Until recently most schoolchildren believed that the Pilgrims cooked the entire Thanksgiving feast, and offered it to the Indians. In fact, the feast was planned to thank the Indians for teaching them how to cook those foods. Without the Indians, the first settlers would not have survived. |
