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18Feb 2014 by Rita

Plus One

If you work just for money, you’ll never get rich but if you love what you are doing and you are consistently looking for new business, while remembering the customer is always first, success and personal satisfaction will be yours. This phrase said in so many different ways is factual. The problem is we all need the money in order to pay our obligations and that brings on the pressure which brings on stress. How you and I handle stress is the key to success and personal satisfaction. Culture tells us about our success. The more you do the more you are worth. People who are more productive are worth more. Perhaps this is why teachers, maintenance persons are not paid more as they are perceived to be not as…

03Jan 2014 by Will Harris

Appraisers: 12:01am, January 1st. NOT your renewal date!

Business, Champions

Appraisers go happily along, doing their best to exemplify the high standards that promote the public trust. Unfortunately, almost all (myself included) wait until the last minute to do our license/certification renewal courses. Some are frantically waiting to snatch the completion certificate out of the instructor’s hand, and speed to over-night or drive it to the state appraisal board. I understand the need to stagger the renewal licensing of thousands of appraisers, to a few each month, to prevent over-whelming the licensing agency. However, let us not forget that the licensing process is set-up for the convenience of the licensing agency, not the licensee. January 1st of every even numbered year, an updated/tweaked/changed USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) becomes effective. If your license renewal is due in the…

27Dec 2013 by Byron Underwood

Evernote: A Tool for Mobile Agents

Business, General, Real Estate, Technology

Remember the good ol' days? The ones before cell phones and even way back... before computers? I remember as a kid going for the first time to Walt Disney World in Florida. I couldn't wait to ride Space Mountain. Wow! I believe we made a bee-line to it from the front gate. Even though we endured an hour-plus long wait to get on this futuristic space journey, it was all it was advertised. I loved Space Mountain! What has stuck with me all these years were some of the predictions, or what I thought really... promises, about the coming computer age. "Computers," the voice said as we clicked towards the top of the ride, "will make all of our lives easier." Remember? Oh boy! Remember the prediction of the four…

06Dec 2013 by Rita

Now is the Time!

Business, Career, Motivation, Real Estate

If you are considering changing to a career in real estate, NOW is the time. Based on the companies moving to Texas, The Research Center at Texas A&M University predicts our economy will continue to grow over the next 10+ years with a boom year possible in 2017.Texas is seeing the most active inflow of population from California, Florida and Louisiana. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to launch your career in this economy! Champions School of Real Estate offers classes for many fields within the real estate industry. Maybe you want to become a residential or commercial real estate agent; perhaps your interest is in the mortgage side of the business and you want to learn how to find money and originate loans for homebuyers. Champions offers the courses…

16Aug 2013 by Rita

Every Employee is the Key to Your Company’s Reputation and Success

Business, General, Motivation

In the words of General Norman Schwarzkopf: “I think that there is one really fundamental military truth: And that’s that you can add up the correlation of forces, you can look at the number of tanks, you can look at the number of airplanes, you can look at these factors of military might and put them together. But, unless the soldier on the ground or the airman in the air has the will to win, has the strength of character to go into battle…All the rest is irrelevant.” It is each of our employees or associates in the company who, together, make our business continue to grow. Our website can be the most up to date, google SEO awesome, our brochures filled with colorful graphics and our ads so inspiring…