You’re Gonna Need a Shovel

When I was young,my father taught me a very simple story:

A man walks by a big room and sees that it’s chest high in manure. “Quick,”he says “someone get me a shovel. There must be one helluva horse in here somewhere!”

Now the message was always clear:don’t be afraid of hard [...]

How Do You Move Buyers AND Sellers Off the Fence?

The key to marketing is not so much the how as it is the how often. The problem though is content:what are you bringing of value each time you touch your client? We currently have a tremendous opportunity. The recent rate drops by the Fed have been severe and there are a number of [...]

Read about the Fed in the Shower

The Fed went ahead and lowered the overnight rate another half point today. Hard to imagine this being a good move in the long run. I commented last week about the possible inflationary pressures of this decision and I was going to comment again today regarding their decision. But there is no need when you [...]

The Good,The Bad and The Fed

The Fed has done it again. Known for over reacting to economic stimuli,the Fed announced today a surprise,3/4% cut to the overnight rate as well as the discount rate. Cause for celebration,right? Maybe not. Here are three of the possible ways that this plays out:

The Good:people take advantage of cheap [...]