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Well I know this party has been going on for some time but as my Dad always said (at least someone’s Dad I’m sure) “it’s better late then never”! I need to thank…..(here he goes now the Academy Awards speech…) Mark Burrell of the Burrell Group for getting me off my rusty dusty and getting me going with this thing. Now I’m not a journalist or anything close, just a PE Major so if you’re expecting Shakespeare or George Will you’ll be very disappointed. Also I only type about 64 words per hour so I don’t imagine my blogs will be very long……Okay I heard that sigh of relief.

What I will be doing here is mostly talking about stuff I know and understand and have the ability to pontificate on. Stuff like real estate, sales tips and strategies, marketing, lending and economic stuff. I may get off on tangents so for the most part bear with me. I’m open to comments and suggestions as well as questions, the hard truth is I’ve been in the real estate industry for over 22 years and in sales for over 26 so I suppose I know what I’m doing…oh and I’ve made a ton of money doing this and my beautiful wife (no exaggeration in my humble opinion) has not had to hold a job for over 20 years (outside of our home and raising our two great kids…..I’ll get into that I’m sure later on) .

My company TETConsulting is new but alas I’m not. I don’t profess to have all the answers and I’m hoping by doing this I will be able to learn as much as I teach. But I do know I have stuff to offer. Many times after I have done a sales training or a coaching session I get asked if I have any tapes or videos, I don’t. I do have lots of little sayings I spread around and the fact is I believe in them. My favorite one is by Henry Ford, “Believe you can, Believe you can’t either way your right” Yoda from Stars Wars said it best though when he said “Try? Do or do not”. So that should give you an idea of what my mind set is.

I know life isn’t simple and everyone has a story to tell. I’ll be doing a little of that as well. I’m a dedicated USC fan so in the football season I’ll surely have some opinions to post. Now if you’re a UCLA fan please don’t take offense, I’m sure God as a place in heaven for all you gutty little Bruins! My son & daughter are my life and I’m so proud of both that I may end up having to tell everyone about my son’s football and my daughter (scooter) who is my Admin Assistant and Marketing Director for TETConsulting.

This economy, the war, immigration, and all this global warming has gotten people a little on edge. I believe the worst that has happened is we have lost our sense of humor, with ourselves manly but with others as well. We tend to take everything so serious. So because of that I won’t be discussing religion or politics, to that I just say NO! Not that I’m afraid of tough issues but I’m not doing this to end up on someone’s hit list, however at the same time my Christmas list is as big as I want it to be.

I’ll be updating this at least once a week so check back if you want. I may find something that jumps out at me in between that I have to address but more then likely not. Now if you’re an English major or someone that is picky about grammar then this could be too painful for you; Move on (I don’t have an editor it’s just me!). That said, I’ll compare bank accounts with just about anyone.

Thanks and I hope to hear from ya!