It's Superbowl Sunday in Trenton, Ontario, and I was surprised to learn that it happens to be Superbowl Sunday all over North America as well. What a happy coincidence.

I have never watched an entire football game, the sport never quite caught my fancy. In my opinion the games seem so long, and there's always a thousand other things I could be doing on a Sunday afternoon. I know I'm not alone, the stores seem to be busy and there are a good number of people out and about doing things such as washing their cars, doing their laundry, or eating out at restaurants. I even heard that some real estate agents were conducting open houses today. I hope they had a good turn out.

I'm sure some people will tune into the game just to watch the advertisements. I have learned that Century 21 will be airing an ad during the game, which interests me a little, but that's not enticing enough to get me to watch the game. If the ad is good, I'm sure I'll catch it one of the plethora of shows that highlight the best of the Superbowl ads. If it isn't any good, then I'm sure I will run across it on Youtube at some point in the future.

The sport itself just seems so complicated, almost as if it were designed with television in mind, with the time outs, stoppages, referees with microphones, large numbers of players milling around, and almost imcomprehensible rules. I think I'm going to stick with the more simple English sports like the one in the following video. Now that's excitement.

Here are the statistics for Single Family Residential Unit sales for Trenton Ontario for the month of January 2012.

34 houses were listed in January and 14 houses sold.

These numbers are not radically different from 2011.

The average selling price in January 2012 was$147, 371 .

This figure is down slightly from January 2011 when it was$148,846.

I guess I'm not a brand new real estate agent any more, I've moved up into the category of being a fairly new agent, I've been doing this for over three years now. I suppose that's quite a bit longer than most people who get their license. A lot of people give up. It is an intimidating prospect to be entirely dependant upon oneself to create enough business on your own to earn a paycheque.

Another intimidating prospect is learning all the paperwork so that deals are done properly and we don't screw something up. We are talking about large amounts of money changing hands with each transaction. It's very easy for real estate agents to find themselves in court these days. This shouldn't scare anyone from trying though, we all just have to be really vigilant. Each transaction can be fraught with peril, and each deal seems to have unique characteristics that require me to learn something new. I actually enjoy that very much.

Some of the best advice on accomplishing anything (including becoming a succesful working real estate agent) that I have ever heard can be found in the nugget of wisdom in the following video. This kids seems to have grasped the secret of success at an early age. I think if you watch this video, it might inspire you to go out there and give it your best shot.

A friend of mine just posted this video on my facebook page, so I thought I would share it. I'm not a big fan of teasing dogs, but this is rather funny and clever. I bet it gets a laugh out of you.

Can I get an awwwwwwwwww?