Nike has gotten many things right. Perhaps the best advice ever given came from this company in the form of a universal slogan, “Just Do It.” I have a friend. For the sake of anonymity, let’s call her “Tammy.” Tammy doesn’t like doing anything unless she can do it perfectly. She studies, […]
Do you drive for deals? The easier it is to find a good deal, the less likely the deal is going to be good. Why? Because everyone who is doing what you want to do is looking where the fruit is low-hanging; Craigslist, the MSL, auction.com. That isn’t to say that these methods of […]
You can’t improve what you can’t measure. When you’re not making any cash, it’s hard to fine-tune, tweak, and test your results. Of course it is, you don’t have any results to test! You need to get started making money before you can improve how you make it. Yet, I see this regularly in those […]
Do you have an elevator pitch? Imagine this, you’re a private money broker at a real estate event, waiting for the appetizer plate to make the rounds when the person beside you turns with a smile, and introduction of their name, and this question: “So, what do you do?” You have 8 seconds to […]
Running a business without a marketing plan is like relying on a wishbone to keep you standing instead of a backbone. When was the last time you thought about your marketing plan? Perhaps without knowing it, you thought about your marketing plan very recently, or lack-thereof. If you’ve had a thought lately that went something […]
“We’ve all watched the TV shows where a house with a sagging roof, backed-up plumbing, broken windows and a pool full of alligators is purchased for nothing, and then magically turned into a beautiful rancher that’s bought for a lot by an equally beautiful family – in an hour. It’s called ‘flipping,’ and it rarely […]
