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I am Thankful for Family, Friends and College Station!

The Thanksgiving holiday is coming to an end. The turkey leftovers are gone, the family has all gone home, the kids are in bed and we are looking toward another week of selling real estate in College Station and our next big event - Christmas.

Are you ready for Christmas yet? I'm not. Hasten Family Not yet -

I want to hold on to Thanksgiving just a little longer. Thanksgiving is virtually a non commercial holiday and it just feels nice. It feels nice to stop and think about how wonderful our lives are even with the stock market decline, the real estate decline, wars, terrorists.... How wonderful is YOUR life? Even if you have less money, even if your real estate has declined or been foreclosed, even if.... aren't our lives really great? Mine is!

I live in a country where I can work for what I want, worship the way I want and live the way I want. I live a great house, have a great family, live in the great town of College Station, have a great job in real estate and live in the greatest country in the world! Maybe we should all stop and think about how blessed we really are.

Susan Hilton

Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal

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Raylene Lewis is a Published Author!!!!

Raylene Lewis is a top agent at Century 21 Beal in College Station Texas. A few months ago she was contacted about publishing her "interesting real estate experiences" in a book. Below are the 2 stories (TRUE STORIES) they chose.

Real estate is an interesting business. We deal with people at their bests and at their worsts! We see clean houses and houses no one should live in. We work with people who are understanding and those who are demanding. We find pets left in houses, appliances and sinks removed, wires cut, houses flooded, carpet removed, clients that lie but more often than not, we get to meet WONDERFUL people. Most of our clients are kind people who enjoy working with us to achieve their goals of either buying or selling real estate. Most of the time we not only have a real estate transaction together but we also build long term relationships and friendships.

Enjoy Raylene's stories. They are only 2 of hundreds of experiences we have on a regular basis.

Smashing Success

A story like this will probably have some considering the need for a real estate driving course and designation. Raylene was having an open house for agents on her very first listing. New to the business, she was doing her best to make the right impression both with fellow agents and her sellers

She had provided a nice lunch for the agents and was collecting business cards to hold drawings. Apparently the pull of these caravan drawings was just too much for one busy agent who, although she didn't' have time to stay for lunch or tour the property, stopped by to drop off her business card.

The agent was in an obvious hurry. She quickly parked, grabbed a business card, and hurried into the house. Depositing her card with the many other agent cards, the woman quickly retraced her steps to her car.

A few moments later, however, she came back inside. Raylene asked her what she thought of the house.

"It's great, but I think it needs a new garage door."

"Really, why?"

"Because I just drove through it!"

Experience #2

If you ever have clients get in your car with children carrying buckets, you might want to bail - literally. Texas agent Raylene Lewis had no idea why three or the four small children in this large family would be carrying small, pink plastic buckets.

She soon found out. As they began driving the day's showings, two of the kids threw up into their buckets. "The clients said they just had to have a house that day. I dropped them off at a new home community."

Susan Hilton

Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal

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SNOPES PROOFED - Send a Soldier a REAL Christmas Card!

Updated 11/28/08 - It appears that this is NOT correct! I just found out through SNOPES that as good intentioned as the post below is, they will not accept the cards we are sending.

SNOPES says it is false!

Another option is Holiday Mail for Heroes checked out as TRUE by SNOPES. There are some rules that must be followed - cards received by Dec 10th, no pictures, gift cards...

Another option is to send it to Congressman Ted Poe from Texas

I encourage you to join me in sending a Christmas message to our troops. You
can help support our troops by encouraging student groups, community clubs,
and others to collect and send a holiday greeting to our military overseas.
If you would like to send our military a holiday message you may do so by
dropping off or mailing your letter or card, addressed to "Dear Service
Member" to one of my District Offices located in Humble or Beaumont. We do
have the best military in the world. Let us show them our support by giving
them a Holiday greeting.

All cards must be received by December 8, 2008.

Humble District Office
20202 US Highway 59 North Suite 105
Humble, TX 77338
281-446-0242

Beaumont District Office
505 Orleans Street Suite 10
Beaumont, TX 77701
409-212-1997

Sorry to have mislead you! But the offer to pay for the cards being sent still stands!

Susan

11/22/08

Was reading posts by Jim Frimmer this morning (we do not always agree on things but we enjoy the debate!) and he had a post about sending a card to a soldier. I LOVED it!

As many of you know, I send a LOT of cards. I send cards to clients, prospects, people who have had success, people who struggle, kids who have success in school, and MANY AR too! I think it is a great way to touch people's lives and also build a GREAT real estate business.

So.... Thanks to Jim, I'd like to extend the card sending to a soldier to all of you and I'll pay!

Send a REAL PAPER card to a soldier at my expense. No strings - just send them a card and I'll happily pay when you use the link above! How much easier can we make it? You can just type it in and I'll pay!!! Or if you'd rather send one from your own stash send it to:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001

Susan Hilton

CENTURY 21 Beal, Inc - Bryan College Station Real Estate Information Source!

To Vote or Not To Vote - That is the Question!

Should you really take the time and vote?

NO - Not if you don't know anything about the person, the policies, the beliefs, the reputation, the plans, the platform... you should NOT vote! An uninformed voter is worse than not someone not voting since they are voting at the whim of someone else. If you cannot make an informed decision don't let someone else decide for you. Stay home!

Should someone vote if the race is already decided for their state?

If you know enough to make an informed decision yet your state is already "decided", should you vote? Someone told me last week that they weren't going to vote in this year's election because their vote really won't count. Does it really matter?

Texans will vote (or have already voted in early voting) by majority for John McCain. Since it is given that McCain will win, should we take the time to vote? We all know that registering to vote is what causes us to be on the list for jury duty - or at least we believe that. We know that voting will require a significant amount of time standing in line, proving our identity and completing the voting process. This doesn't take into consideration the travel time, parking situation or the people you will have to stop and talk with at the polls. I always run into people there no matter when I go!

So - is it worth it? Does it really matter?

YES!!! But remember only informed voters are needed. Whoever wins will hopefully not only win the electoral college but will also win the popular vote. We want this county united behind our President - whoever he is. We want to move past this 2 year election advertising spectacle and stabilize the economy so we can get back to our lives and our work and our car commercials. We are all tired of the political commercials and signs littering yards and corners. We are tired of the "process" that has taken significantly longer than any of us wated.

So - if you are an informed voter and you haven't voted yet - VOTE NOW!!! Our country needs you.

Susan Hilton

Susan Hilton - Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal

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So Skype Me - Sounds Like Something Kids Would Say!

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So Did You Call Me Yet?

DO YOU SKYPE? My status

Today I made and received my first Skype calls and found the clarity SO much better than my traditional land land. So what is Skype? Best I can tell you is that it is a FREE internet to internet "phone" connection. Yes, you can pay if you want to make calls to land lines and many other things but right now - Just Skype me and see what happens.

My statusIf you want to call.... my Skype is Susan.Hilton01

If you don't "Skype" yet.... join us and get started. Your clients may be Skyping with me instead if you aren't careful... Join in and connect!

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