Quotes of the Day

Regardless of where you begin, the real estate cycle always progresses in the same way. That is, a slump always follows a boom, a boom always follows a recovery, and a recovery is always sandwiched between the slump that comes before it and the boom that follows. Each of these phases include a beginning, middle and end stage. [2011] - Don R. Campbell

The cost of an inspection depends largely on the size of the property, but for easy reference, a typical single-family home will cost between $350 and $500 for an inspection. Your home inspector may suggest the following separate inspections after he completes his walk-through of the property: plumbing, asbestos, lead-based paint, pets/wood destroying organisms. The items you discover in your inspection can be used to negotiate a better price on the property. If you find things that you didn't know about, you can ask the seller to either fix those issues, credit you the cost of those repairs at closing, or simply lower the price of the property. [2015] - Brandon Turner

On day trades I like to find trades with a minimum of a 2:1 or 3:1 potential payoff, the higher the better. On long-term trades I look for at least a 5:1 reward/risk ratio. [2003] - Marcel Link

From a seller's perspective, eBay's biggest weakness is that its audience is primarily bargain hunters. [2006] - Scott Fox

In every sale, there is a key benefit that the prospect is seeking. This is the one thing that the prospect must be convinced of before he can buy. Your job is to uncover this key benefit and then to convince the customer that he will enjoy this benefit if he buys your product or service. At the same time, there is a key objection to every sale, the major reason that the customer will hesitate or decide not to buy. It is absolutely essential that you uncover this key objection and find a way to answer it to the customer's satisfaction. [2004] - Brian Tracy