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WHAT DOES FOOTBALL SEASON HAVE TO DO WITH REAL ESTATE?

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Sport_Football_Ball_Fire_Water_001(0).jpgIt’s not an age old question, but hopefully your interest is peaked.

Once LABOR Day weekend has come in gone you can count on three things:

1) All the schools have started back

2) Football games will be on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at least through Thanksgiving

3) People BELEIVE that real estate comes to a screeching halt.

The first two are true, but the last, well it….that is up to you.

 

One of great things about football is that no matter if you are the spectator or the participant, you understand the goal of the game.  Down to it’s most basic points (pun intended) SCORE MORE POINTS THAN THE OTHER GUYS.  To reach this  goal in football you have to reset the goal every time you take possession of the ball.  “We have the ball now, WE need to score a goal and we have four chances to do it in.”   Each time the team takes possession of the football they have a fresh set of four chances…..four chances to move the ball into the end zone….to score a goal……to earn more points than the other guys.  It is fun to see this come together on the football field.  Their are many different things that could get in your way, the biggest of which is that pesky other team.  The real work of the football game comes way before the pads are strapped on or the field is painted or the scoreboard turned on.  The real work comes from the commitment to work for the better of the team.  This is where the team sets it’s long term and short term goals

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This is where we break for a moment into real estate.  You goals in real estate are not to score more points, but are to have a home in a community that you feel safe in….to have a home that meets your needs, but how do you get to this point?  Just like in football it starts with a COMMITMENT to work for the better of the team, which in Real Estate we also call your family.  Following your Real Estate Dreams start with a dream and understanding how to get to that dream.  The football players, may be talented and very skilled, but it is the coach that harnesses their ability and streamlines it into a working machine.  The same true with your REALTOR….he is part of your team, but he’s more like a player coach, remember those….back in the day.  These player coaches brought the experience of the game to life by being an active participant IN the game.  This my friend is what you want in your REALTOR, someone that will help you with your game plan, your drills (home searches), your game day preparation (contract writing).  Your REALTOR is the person that we help keep you grounded when you try to stray from your long term goals.

Now on the Real Estate Listing side it’s the same, but more aspects are added.  You have a home that you want to sell for the most amount of money.  Your home is “ON DISPLAY” for the world to see.  Water the yard, stage the home…..you home needs to be show ready, period end of sentence.   That is what it takes to sell your home for top dollar.  So the coach lays out the game plan, the REALTOR lays out the marketing plan.  The team runs a plan the home gets a showing.  The more plays the team runs the more likely they are to score a goal.  The more times your home is shown the more likely it is to receive a contract.  

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. 

Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.” —John Ruskin

So does football season have anything to do with Real Estate?  Well I personally think the FALL is a great time to buy or sell Real Estate.  What a great feeling to have a house warming party during the HOLIDAYS.  I’ve experienced this first hand with my clients and WOW!!!…it really makes the Holidays come alive.  So what are your REAL ESTATE GOALS?  Long term—Super Bowl Champions, retirement, home on acreage?  Short term—win the game this week, buy a home in a solid neighborhood that has the potential to keep or increase it’s value.

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!

Oh contact me with your mailing address and I’ll mail you a 2011 Houston Texans Calendar, supplies are limited.  And let me know how I can help YOU to……….

Live Life to the Fullest,

S.C.

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Be Your Own Best Man/Woman and……LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST

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I ran across this poem and it rings true on so many levels.  No long narrative here, we hope this helps you on your journey to: LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!

The Face in the Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self

And the world makes you king for a day,

Just go to a mirror and look at yourself

And see what that face has to say

For it isn’t your father or mother or wife

Whose judgment upon you must pass,

The person whose verdict counts most in your life

Is the one staring back from the glass.

Some people might think you’re a straight-shootin’ chum

And call you a great gal or guy

But the face in the glass says you’re only a bum

If you can’t look it straight in the eye

That’s the one you must please, never mind all the rest,

That’s the one with you clear to the end,

And you know you have passed your most dangerous test

If the face in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years

And get pats on the back as you pass,

But your final reward will be heartache and tears

If you’ve cheated the face in the glass.

–Author Unknown

Hello World (2011)

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KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA  I think I read in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey that we should all take the time to write our on eulogy.  This practice is designed to help us establish how we want people to remember us.  I think this is a good practice, but today’s blog is not a eulogy, it’s a different type of birth announcement.

Today, I Scott Culberson have lived on this Earth for Forty Two years.  Don’t pity me or feel sorry for me that I have reached this mile stone.  Next year I hope to reach the next and the next year the next and so on and so on.  I choose to live for the present, respecting the past and looking forward to the future….which has now become the present.  Time marches on so I choose to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST every second of every day.  Join me in taking the time to say THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU or GOOD JOB.  Ok so I had a birthday, big deal……yes it is a big deal…..TO ME and my creator.  He put me here for more than one reason; to be a son to my parents, to be a brother to my sister, to be a husband to my wife and a father to my children and I believe he has placed me in your path to offer support to you on your journey of life.  I LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST by supporting my family, by volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America, by supporting my friends, my co-workers, and my clients.

Today I am NOT planting a seed. 

Today I will take the time to water the tree that is already grown. 

Tomorrow I will water that same tree again.

That tree is already here and it deserves to continue to provide shade and shelter for many years to come. 

If the tree becomes sick I will nurse it back to health. 

If the tree needs pruning I will do it with care.

This tree will be my tree and it will grow stronger than years past.

My purpose for this Happy New Year the Year of Forty Two is that I am able to help you to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.  With a smile and a positive word of encouragement.  I choose this to be a year to engage and enable those I meet through continue correspondence; both in person, and via note cards, phone, text, facebook, etc.  I have faith in the Lord that he will provide another year of opportunities to serve others, thus fulfilling my purpose and bringing me continued happiness in life and in work.

Thank you for being apart of my Forty Second Year I hope we can visit in person some day soon.  Personal or Professional I am here for you.   I am a REALTOR by profession so allow me to help you, your friend and family to……..

LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST,

S.C.

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