Real estate consumers tell it like it is

Panel of buyers, sellers, renters share 'war stories' read more
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Real estate sales end 2011 on positive note (CHART)

National median sales price falls 2.5% in December

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New IRS regulations impact owners of rental, investment properties

Real Estate Tax Talk

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University of Houston Homecoming with my Wife

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Didn’t go to U of H but having a great time celebrating with my wife’s Alma Mater. That’s Madison, her friend Nora and my wife Cher. Love family outings.

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Get In Your Lane!

Have you ever been at a point in your life where you find everything extremely difficult? No matter what you try, you run into obstacle after obstacle. You have set your goal to get a certain job or to loose weight or make more money BUT at every turn you are presented with difficulty and strife.

Do you know why this happens? The answer is You are not in your Lane! What I mean is that if you are constantly running into problems trying to accomplish something at some point in time you have to ask if what you are trying to achieve is what GOD intends for you. What I am talking about is finding your calling, finding your lane.

Have you noticed when you are driving somewhere on a long trip that once you find the correct lane on the highway your trip becomes more pleasant. Instead of having to weave in and out of traffic or wait for that person thats driving 10 mph in a 65 mph zone, you find the lane that allows you to cruise to your destination. Recently, I drove 4 hours to get to an event. At the beginning of the drive as I was leaving my city, I was so frustrated. Cars were in the way, people were driving crazy, the pavement beneath my car was rough and loud. It was ridiculous. About an hour into the trip I happened upon a lane on the highway that had very few cars, the pavement was smooth, and the other cars in that lane were moving along at an excellent pace. It suddenly occurred to me that I had finally found the right lane! Immediately my frustration went away, my anxiety level disappeared and my stress about the trip was gone. In fact it became an enjoyable ride!

Isn’t life the same way? When we are not in our lane, when we are not in alignment with what God intends for our life, our road is unsteady, we are susceptible to the whims of the things around us. However, when we have found our true calling, when we are in the correct lane, things become easy, our load becomes lite. Every successful and happy person has found their lane. Happiness and Success are found in finding your true calling. The peace that passes all understanding is found in getting in your lane.

As you reflect on this, evaluate where you are in your life. As you reach toward your goals, are things easy (if when you run into obstacles do you feel anchored in what you are trying to accomplish?) or are presented with difficulties at every turn (and those difficulties sway you on your commitment to your goal?). Depending on how you answer this question, you may not be in your lane. Remember to have true fulfillment in life you have to GET IN YOUR LANE!

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My Daughter Opens her first bank Account

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Teaching financial well being today. Madison opens her first bank account today. This is a picture endorsing her first check. Fyi…she signed her name in cursive and was very proud of that. (-:

I love being a Dad!

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Kevin Riles on ABC Channel 13 Today @ 5pm and 6pm – Check Me Out!

If you are home today, check me out on ABC Channel 13 today talking about the new Obama Administration and HUD Program that helps home owners pay their mortgage for up to for two years and a maximum of $50,000. For more information on the program, click here.

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Time…

Time is extremely important. Why do we seem to abuse it so? If time was a person, it would constantly feel like people were disrespecting it. As I constantly look for ways to improve my life, I find that time is the one area where, if I were more diligent, I would be more effective. Every successful person I know and studied has excellent time management skills.

I think we all feel like there will be more Time. I did something recently. I wanted to know what the definition of time is. In all the years that I can remember, I had never looked up the word time. I have always understood it as a concept like, “What time is it?” or “How much time has passed?”. But what’s the definition of time. After much research I found this definition:

“the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past ”

From the future through the present to the past! WOW!! If you knew that definition, would you treat time the way you do. There are so many things to say about how Time is defined. However, the most important is that don’t take it for granted. You never know when your future will cease to exist and your present will be over.

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Make a Decision and Live With it

My Mothers favorite saying to me, once I became a young adult, was, “Just Make a decision and Live with it.” I used to hate when she said that because if she said it she really meant, “I am not going to make this decision for you.. You have to grow up and make your own decisions”. That saying has come to mind recently as I go about making some life altering decisions. I realized that there is a lot of anxiety making the next “biggest decision” of your life. That’s right. All a decision is IS the the next “biggest decision”. Look back on your life and think about about how many BIG decisions you have had to make: The SCHOOL Decision; The Marriage Decision; The Job Decision; The Child Decision, etc.

If you think about the anxiety that surrounded these decisions and how you thought that the earth would end whether you decided TO or NOT TO, you probably will find yourself laughing on how amazing it is that you have survived your last BIG DECISION. I like to look at decisions more as choices or options. If you break down your choices, it takes some of the “bigness” away from the decision. I also like to think about the consequences that surround my choices. If I know what’s the Worst that can happen and am OK with it, then it takes the anxiety away from the decision.

Next time you have to make your NEXT BIG DECISION, remember what my mother has always told me, “Make a Decision and Live With It!”

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Are Conferences Necessary or A Waste of $$ and Time

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I am at a REO (foreclosure) conference for agents and brokers who sell foreclosed properties. Thus far I feel I paid a $895 registration fee plus hotel for nothing. Yes I have met a couple of people and.as you can see from the picture caught a couple of presentations but everything that’s being presented could have been done via webinar.

Are conference obsolete? There are over 2000 people hear that paid at least $795 to register. That’s A LOT OF MONEY for the company that’s puts the conference on but there doesn’t seem to be the same value.

When is the last time you went to a conference and feel you got good value for your registration $$$?

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