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Paul David Walker—business advisor to mid-sized and Fortune 500 CEOs; founder of Genius Stone Partners, a company that partners with the C-suite to build business performance; and author of Unleashing Genius: Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations—has guided business leaders to reaching their goals, unleashing genius and inspiring teams for more than 20 years. Based on his vast experience, Walker has compiled four key tips to keeping teams in sync, highly focused and working as a cohesive and inspired team toward a collective goal.
RISMEDIA, July 28, 2011—A new book, written by Stacey Alcorn, highlights ways in which anyone can turn their business around with the right attitude. The fictional story is about Barney, a 19-year real estate veteran stuck in a down market, who has been feeding off
RISMEDIA, July 27, 2011—Mortgage applications increased 15.5 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 15, 2011.
RISMEDIA, July 26, 2011— This week, the House of Representatives plans to vote on the Interior Environment FY 2012 Appropriations bill, H.R. 2584, which is chock full of more than 40 provisions that would prolong pollution of the air, water, oceans, and lands of your favorite vacation destinations enumerated in the slideshow,
"Wet, Hot, Dirty American Summer," released by the Center for American Progress. The sum effect of these and other pollution provisions in the House Interior and Environment Appropriations bill threaten clean air and clean water throughout the nation, exposing our children to sewage, dirty drinking water, mercury, smog, pesticides, and other pollutants.
RISMEDIA, July 26, 2011--Recently the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and NeighborWorks® America announced that the deadline for the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program has been extended to Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in order to give homeowners at risk of foreclosure in the participating 27 states and Puerto Rico ...
RISMEDIA, July 26, 2011–Greg Rand (
@gsrand), CEO of
OwnAmerica, hosts “Rand on Real Estate" on 770 WABC, where this week he offers his expertise to a live Closter, N.J. caller on removing a tenant from one of his current investments and selling his other two
RISMEDIA, July 25, 2011—The “Gang of Six” compromise on the federal deficit that has been endorsed by President Obama mandates the most significant reductions in the mortgage interest deduction in the 98 years it has been in effect.
RISMEDIA, July 25, 2011—This is the market of a lifetime, with more opportunities—and challenges—than most of us have ever seen. Now imagine that you’re a renter thinking about buying a first home. You know mortgage rates are at generational lows. You know home prices are as attractive as they’ve been in decades. But, you don’t know what to do next. That’s where real estate professionals like you come in. You can teach first-time buyers how to take advantage of today’s market and showcase the value of hiring a real estate agent like you to guide them every step of the way.
RISMEDIA, July 23, 2011—Investors bearing cash and traditional home buyers confident about their jobs took advantage of some of the most favorable home prices in years during the second quarter of 2011, sparking double-digit increases in the number of homes
RISMEDIA, July 23, 2011— ATTENTION STUDENTS! Apply for our credit card and get free food, pizza, t-shirts, water bottles and backpacks. Sound familiar? Not anymore. A recent Sallie Mae survey found 84% of undergraduates own at least one credit card
RISMEDIA, July 22, 2011—Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) recently released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for July showing the housing market, buffeted by a recovering rental sector, is unlikely to experience a "double dip," and will likely follow the performance of the overall economy for the remainder of 2011. Additionally, home sales are still projected to be up over 2010's pace by 3 to 5 percent.
RISMEDIA, July 21, 2011—"This business is a people business and I don't know many people who would want to meet with and sell their house to someone working in their pajamas," states Danny Johnson, a full-time house flipper in San Antonio, Texas. Danny and his wife, Melissa, are now making their house-flipping business transparent and sharing everything they do to flip houses on their new blog,
FlippingJunkie.com.
RISMEDIA, July 20, 2011—(EMC)—There is no doubt that you see QR codes everywhere these days—in ads, magazines, posters, etc. They offer exciting opportunities for delivering information quickly to people that are mobile. They also provide a quick and easy way to do more with a single marketing channel.
But before jumping in, it’s important to consider this: QR codes are no different than other direct marketing tools in that you must build a strategy, tactics and plan for testing, tracking and measuring results. Start with a strategy that answers the question, “What do I want to accomplish and how do I get there?”
RISMEDIA, July 19, 2011--Greg Rand (
@gsrand), CEO of
OwnAmerica hosts “Rand on Real Estate” on 770 WABC, where this week, he offers some realistic optimism on the real estate market, as opposed to what the media provides to the public.
RISMEDIA, July 19, 2011— Pre-planning a video involves lots of factors, but one that’s often overlooked is the lighting. And that’s especially important, as many camcorders struggle to produce a good picture under low light. A few common sense tips can help
