I have finally reached my 100th blog and it has been so much fun! I have enjoyed posting and reading blogs on Active Rain. However, I hope they get their site problems worked out. Sometimes I can post a blog and other times it won't post. I get the points, but it does not post.
I have learned a lot from other bloggers about all subjects, real estate, banking, life in general and soooo much more. It is certainly addictive but fun!
WHAT A CONTRAST BETWEEN JE'ROD AND DICK FULD! Yesterday I blogged about Dick Fuld and his receiving millions for bankrupting Lehman Brothers. Today, I want to honor Je'Rod Cherry, former New England Patriots safety, for his unselfish act of humanity! What a great guy!
In case you haven't watched the news, Je'Rod is raffling off his Super Bowl ring from Super Bowl XXXVI. The proceeds are not going into his pockets. He is giving the proceeds to help exploited children in Asia and Africa. Isn't that great? This wonderful man knows the difference between material things and human lives. Dick Fuld doesn't have a clue!
Can you imagine the lives that will be affected by his act of kindness? A ring on his finger or touching the lives of children. Je'Rod has his heart in the right place. HATS OFF TO YOU JE'ROD, YOU ARE A GREAT GUY!!
I have been trying to get this blog posted for a week, something is wrong with Active Rain!
WHY IS THIS? He receives millions as a "bonus" for failing an investment bank, one that is over 160 years old. The largest bankruptcy filed in American history, under the leadership of this man. There is something not right with this picture. He receives a "bonus" and the stockholders and 25,000 workers are left holding the bag. Thank God I don't have Lehman Brothers stock! But I do feel sorry for those who do.
The right thing to do would be for his bonus to be distributed among the workers and stockholders. Also, he and all those involved, including the auditors, should be held accountable. We should NOT reward those who do wrong.
America is still struggling through the mortgage crisis and now this! I don't think the government needs to do a bail out. Fuld and his cronies need to sell their assets and help with the problem. Taxpayers can absorb just so much, and we have done too much already.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THEM? AFRAID THEY WILL "KILL THE DEAL"? I offer all my buyers a home inspection. I don't care if it is an FHA loan, cash, VA, Conventional or whatever. NO ONE leaves my office unless they sign off on a home inspection.
I encourage buyers to get one. This will tell them things about the home that is not visible during the showing. I don't worry about the deal going sour. If the home has major problems, I don't want my buyers to buy it! I give my buyers a list of inspectors and they choose the one they want. I NEVER suggest a particular inspector. This takes the "monkey" off my back.
When we get the report, if there are no major problems, I remind the buyers that we have a repair limit. Then I suggest they make a list and prioritize the repairs that are most important to them up to the repair limit.
I don't ever remember losing a deal because of an inspection. My advice to all Realtors, offer the home inspection to your buyers. It is their choice whether to hire an inspector, but, you have reduced your liability by offering it.
I KNOW ALL OF US CAN REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE DOING ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. I can! I was on my way to Little Rock, with a Realtor friend of mine. We were going to spend the day shopping. My husband called to tell me what happened. I could not believe it! I immediately started praying for the families of the victims. My husband was frantic because we had to pass the Jacksonville Air Force Base to get home. He was afraid there could be more terrorist attacks.
The cowardly terrorist attacks have changed our nation. No longer can we feel safe and secure! We stand in long lines in the airport to pass security. This is for our own protection, we should all be happy to wait!!
The memory of the towers and Pentagon falling should be forever etched in our minds. The brave people who overpowered the terrorist and crashed landed should never be forgotten. Each year the media should replay this, so that no one, not us, or future generations could forget.
Today, I ask you to say a prayer for all the families who lost their loved ones on that terrible day.
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