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Here is a Sample of the monthly newsletter full of tips for you!
Greetings, Buyers and Investors
Family Finances – Sunk Costs & Bad Movies Part 1 of 2
10 Fastest-Growing Cities
Quote of the Month
Wacky Website of the Month
Home Improvement Tip of the Month
Testimonials Of The Month!
I thank God for helping me and my kids to get a home. We went from a 2 bedroom apartment to a 4 bedroom home not a house. God is good all the time. Keasha Johnson
Mr Mark Neighbor was a good person to work with. He made the process of buying the house very easy. He was always informative and let me know all there was for me to know. Harold Tate
Special Message Of The Month!
This is the best time in years to buy a home. We can help. We have new homes coming weekly all at great prices. You can find great houses at www.sellorbuyhouses.com and www.idealgeorgiahomes.com. If you need to sell a home no one does it better than www.granddadbuyhouses.com. You can also check out www.sellmyhouseinga.com. Take action today and call Mark 770-480-0209
Family Finances – Sunk Costs & Bad Movies Part 1 of 2
You’re about to get an Economics lesson that will change the way you manage your family finances (don’t worry, this isn’t boring college stuff)
You see in economics there’s a concept known as “sunk costs”. Real simply this just means any amount of money or time you’ve already invested that you can’t get back.
The point is when you make financial decisions, or any decisions for that matter, you can avoid poor decisions by treating “sunk costs” as exactly that – a lost expense you can never get back. Never weigh sunk costs in making a decision. After all, they’re already sunk!!
Okay – enough economics – let’s go to the movies!
What was the last bad movie you saw in the theater?
I’m talking really bad – just thoroughly un-enjoyable???
So halfway through – you know, the point where you realized, “This movie is just getting worse”, did you get up and walk out OR just sit there?
If you’re like most folks, you probably sat there.
Why?
Even though the movie was giving them a migraine, most folks will say, “Well, I already paid $8 so I stayed.”
That’s sunk costs in action!!
Stop and think about it. Does wasting more of your time watching another hour of an irritating movie make sense just because you already paid for it?
(Stay tuned next month for Part 2 of Family Finances – Sunk Costs & Bad Movies)
Quote of the Month
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde: Was an Irish writer and poet
Wacky Website of the Month
Crazy Fads – Have some fun!
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane or find out what was popular before your time.
Mark and Pam Neighbor Helping people Buy and Sell Houses
10 Fastest -Growing Cities
According to CNN Money.com which was posted on March 23, 2011 – the Census Bureau put out the fastest-growing cities over the last 10 years. Below are the 10 US cities, population at year 2000 and at 2010, and the percentage of growth. Since we all are in the Real Estate field, we think it is interesting to see these statistics and thought we would share them.
1 – Palm Coast, FL
2000: 49,832
2010: 95,696
Growth: 92%
2 – St. George, UT
2000: 90350
2010: 138,115
Growth: 52.9%
3 – Las Vegas, NV
2000: 1,375,765
2010: 1,951,269
Growth: 41.8%
4 – Raleigh, NC
2000: 797,071
2010: 1,130,490
Growth: 41.8%
5 – Coral, FL
2000: 440,888
2010: 618,754
Growth: 40.3%
6 – Provo, UT
2000: 376,774
2010: 526,810
Growth: 39.8%
7 – Greeley, CO
2000: 180,826
2010: 252,825
Growth: 39.7%
8 – Austin, TX
2000: 1,249,763
2010: 1,716,289
Growth: 37.3%
9 – Myrtle Beach, SC
2000: 196,629
2010: 269,291
Growth: 37%
10 – Bend, OR
2000: 115,367
2010: 157,733
Growth: 36.7%
Home Improvement Tip of the Month
Does My House Sound Like a Good House?
When it comes to increasing the value of your house, you usually think it terms of “looks”.
Does it “look” nice and new?
What “looks” like it needs to be replaced?
How can I make my house “look” it’s very best?
While “looks” certainly matter, there is more to it…
Consider this:
“Looks” may be the first thing a person notices – but you were created with five different senses.
For this tip of the month – let’s take “hearing”.
Have you ever asked yourself, “Does my house sound like a good house?”
You might not realize it but an unusual or unpleasant sound can turn off a potential buyer or appraiser just as quickly as a broken window.
Buyers are naturally skeptical – if they “hear” something unusual, like a metal whirring in the boiler room, they will assume the worst!
A clanking exhaust fan in the bathroom…
A squeaky door or floor board…
Even a harmless drip inside of your septic tank can send buyers running scared!� The solution?
Shut off all the TVs and radios in the house. Then walk from room to room and just listen.
(Do this preferably during the day since not all the same utilities run at night and folks will be visiting your property during daytime hours).
Hear anything unusual or strange?
Do not just see if you can GUESS what it is. Knowing that a weird rattling sound is just the loose bolt on your furnace does not make it better. Fix it!
The neat part is – most repairs to get rid of these wacky noises in your house cost little to nothing. It is the method of addition by subtraction (of those unhealthy little noises) and can certainly value to your house.
Other useful links
Sellers 24 hour house offer
Buyers Rent To Own Buyers
Investors Real Estate Investor Dollars
Be an Investor Without Owning Property
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