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Atlanta seems to love its Bruisers…

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Just something I’ve noticed…

In hockey there are players tasked with protecting their teammates.  They are referred to as enforcers…  I’ve had the opporunity to meet three of them.

Jeff is well known to Atlanta hockey fans, and VERY well liked.  In 2002 he won the Gilner-Reeves Community Service Award for his efforts off the ice in the community.  This past season, the award was split between Eric and Garnet Exelby (“X” is another of the Thrasher’s enforcers).

Dan is also a big supporter of the community.  He is a partner in the Come and Get It hockey camp.  Their goal is to help kids play better hockey… and they offer scholarships to help make sure that money isn’t an obstacle.

It is kind of ironic that the guys that make their living fighting ON the ice are often the ones that give the most of themselves off the ice… or maybe it isn’t so surprising.  On the ice, their role of enforcer is also that of “protector of their teammates”.  One could say that off the ice they want to help protect their communities.

And Atlanta seems to respond with open arms to the guys that protect their teammates!

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Cheap Sex and Real Estate…

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I don’t know why, but I was reminded this morning about two very different people, one quote from both, and how cheap sex is like real estate success… for some.

Back when I first got into real erstate, a local “power agent” told me that the goal was to list as many properties as possible.  She said that I needed systems in place to spend as little time as practical for each listing, and to avoid spending money like the plague.  Seriously. She was all in favor of spending money, but not on marketing property.  Her quote was, “It is a numbers game, the more you list, the more you sell.”  She didn’t care if the houses were over-priced, in bad condition… whatever.  It was just a numbers game.

And then there is a ‘friend’ of mine from my early college days.  He had a pattern… and it worked on occasion.  At a party or a bar or a gathering, he would casually ask girls if the wanted a one night stand.  And every once in a while… he would find one that said, “yes.”  He told me that it worked out to about one in 50 or 75…  It is a numbers game, don’t waste time getting to know people… ask and move on,” he said.  I think it goes without saying that the girls that responded with a “yes” weren’t the girls that the rest of us were looking for…

In both case, these very different people weren’t looking out for the needs of their ‘target’.  They didn’t care about the other person.  An agent that takes an over-priced listing without reservations and then refuses to market it isn’t helping anyone… and someone that will have a fling with anyone that agrees to it obviously isn’t exactly responsible.

But their attitude was the same.  It’s a numbers game. The goals, needs and desires of the client/target aren’t important.  Don’t invest in the relationship.  Meet your personal and selfish needs and/or move on.

I lost touch with the ‘friend’ decades ago.  The agent is still listing property in the area…

Sorry, but I don’t think that is a way to effectively conduct business or personal life.

Is this a bit racy?  Absolutely, but I bet you get the point…

from GwinnettGarageGuy.com

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I don’t want to be ‘Sold’… do you?

I was wandering around the web the other day looking at real estate agent web sites… and much like real estate agent ads, there is a theme… a theme I can’t really get on board with.

Skipper Sells Scooterville!

Really?

Did he sell it all at once…

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Frankly Fun! Part II

So I started the story yesterday…  And I want to pay it off.

Let me start by saying that the blogger that shook them up is

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Frankly Fun! Part I

A few months ago (last March) I made a comment on Redfin’s corporate blog about what I saw as seriously incomplete “science” in their findings about how much

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