http://truthandservice.com It's all about you and real estate. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:47:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can't just sit in one of Billy's ethics classes at MCE-Providers of North Texas.  You are challenged, you are prodded, you ask questions and have questions asked of you.  It is full real estate contact.  When the class is over Billy's goal is for you to have useful and ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=1027 I have always loved September. It is a month of beginnings. All those years we started out all bright and shiny, through all those schools moving through the beginning days of that academic year  with hope and trepidation. As a professional, September is a time when actively marketing and promoting ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=1017 The time from the first day of school to the Christmas break seemed like an eternity to me when I was young. We had 2 semesters to go through, Thanksgiving and both football and then basketball season. Now it all seems a blur of reaching yearly goals and closing lingering ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=999 As social beings, even you who aren't so social, we run into people along the way.  Some are helpful, some are not, some will take advantage and some will lend a hand, some are friends and some just say they are, that is life.  What you want, to be successful, ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=989 How important is the brand your office represents to your career? How important is your personal brand within that office brand? Since all real estate is personal when it really gets down to it, how important is this brand you represent?  I am just asking here for discussions sake. ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=973 Mario Jannatpour, who I met on Active Rain recently, has written a talking book entitled, Must See Inside. This is his up close and personal approach to selling real estate based on his years of success in sales. Mario has been successful for many years in both up economies ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=963 The word service has lost meaning in a jumble of false promises.  A simple promise of service needs to be further defined to be understod.  For instance if I want information every day and you send it to me once a week, I am not feeling serviced.  Key point. Ask ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=953 I guess a better title is, "why I really work."  I work for my family, I work for my community, I work to maintain standards (granted these standards fluxuate in a seasonal and year over year basis), I work because I like to work.  Studs Terkel a prize-winning author and ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=941 Billy Parker, Loan Officer, Jet Pilot and Real Estate instructor met Paul Peebles of Old Capital Residential Lending many years ago. Integrity and Service are characteristics that define Paul, as well as Old Capital Residential Lending. Paul was one of the original residential licensee's in the State of Texas. ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=919 From all that I have read about the real estate industry over the years, we are experiencing some very unique circumstances right now.  Record interest rates, record government programs with the tax credit being a highlight, the foreclosure and modification jumble, dipping prices all have had an impact and continue ... http://truthandservice.com/?p=911