Tue, June 15
by Alfonso Munoz 06.15.10
in Articles and Investing Wisdom.
By Alfonso Munoz, Mentor in the Houston Office
In preparing this article, I asked that question to five different real estate investors, and as fully expected I got five different answers. Ironically enough none of those five answers had anything to do with real estate. On the surface, that may seem peculiar to the new investor, but it makes good sense. What if, for example, if you asked a successful baseball player what it takes to be a great baseball player; what do you think he would say? Would he give you an answer that has to do with baseball, or would he give you an answer that has to do with work ethic? Would he tell you to find the best bat made of the best ash wood, and a glove made of the highest quality leather? Or would he tell you to practice every day? I honestly don’t know what he would say because I didn’t talk to any baseball players, but more than likely he would say very similar things that a successful business man would say, or a successful model, or a successful real estate investor. We all know the secrets to success, and we all know that they aren’t secret.
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Mon, May 17
by Jeff Smith 05.17.10
in Articles and Investing Wisdom.
By Jeff Smith, Realtor with Lifestyles Realty
The Fire Alarm
As I write this it is 8:30 on Saturday night. The kids are tucked in bed and there is finally enough stillness in the house to reflect on the day. Today started out like most other Saturdays. As the regular host of the Saturday edition of the Lifestyles Unlimited Real Estate Radio Hour at 4pm, Saturday is a workday for me. And once a month that workday coincides with part one of Del Walmsley’s Financial Freedom Seminar, and today was that day. I mention this in part because it means that there were a hundred or so more people at the office today than on the other three Saturdays in the month.
The radio studio is inside the Lifestyles office near where the seminar occurs. We are on the tenth floor of a ten story building. The studio itself is situated about 8 feet from the entrance to the conference room where the class is conducted. There is a window looking out into the passageway so from the console I can see passersby. Just outside the studio door is a red light that reads “On Air” because while the radio room isn’t meant to be inconspicuous, it isn’t obvious either.
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