Morning Mojo: A Jolt of Inspiration
Get Comfortable With Change
By: Tom Tognoli
Chief Operating Officer
Does any of this sound familiar?
“…sounds like a great idea, I will get started tomorrow.” Yeah right…like that is really going to happen…just like the last thousand times he said “I will start tomorrow.”
“Wow, I can see how that will have a hugely positive impact on my life, but I just don’t have time to deal with making the necessary changes right now…I will try and implement that next month when things settle down.” We all know things never “settle down.” Read More
Intero Insider: Candid Insight from Intero CEO
Housing Is At Its Most Affordable in 20 Years - Except Here
By: Gino Blefari
President and CEO
As far as real estate statistics go, one of the most useful and interesting is the housing affordability index. What good are sales numbers and prices if not put into context? The affordability index provides that context, telling us the percentage of homes in a given location that a family earning an average income can afford – by traditional standards. Read More
Wellness Tips: Healthy Body, Healthy Business
The Three Day "Rule"
By: Tammy Parkinson
Personal Trainer/Nutritionist
Have you ever heard “it takes 21 days to create a habit?” Many of you might have. The caveat here is it takes 3 days to break it! 3 days!
Let’s say you have spent a good part of the month eating healthy, exercising hard and you slid into Thanksgiving at a svelte weight feeling terrific. Then the stuffing hit…cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, pie, cake (is this sounding vaguely familiar!?) and it wasn’t just for one day, but for the 2 days following Thanksgiving. I mean, what’s better than leftover turkey and stuffing?
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Thoughts on Leadership: Empowering the Leader in You
To Lead is to Serve
By: Gino Blefari
President and CEO
As we enter into the heart of the holiday season and we are surrounded by reminders of the spirit of giving, we should not forget what that implies; namely, that there are so many in need.
At Intero, we have always strived to create a different kind of real estate company – a company that focused on more than corporate profits and selling houses, one that endeavors to create an atmosphere that allows its people to continuously grow personally and professionally.
A center point of that philosophy is the Intero Foundation. We understand the universal law that you “must give in order to receive.” And by that we mean contributing to our communities. One of our core values is commitment, and we therefore take great pride in belonging to a company in which everyone is encouraged to donate to the Intero Foundation. We earn our living by serving our community and this gives us an opportunity to give back to them. Read More
Cool Apps: New Real Estate Tech Tools
Organize Business Receipts From Your iPhone With Shoeboxed
By: John Thompson
Executive Vice President
For most people, the end of the year means holiday shopping, decorating, parties and eating. But for real estate agents who are independent contractors, the end of the year also means there are some scary bookkeeping chores coming up quickly.
One of the oldest tips in the book is to track your expenses and receipts throughout the year for easier end-of-year reconciliation and tax time drama avoidance. But it’s one of those things we all know is easier said than done. When the going gets tough throughout the year, business gets busy and we have to let things go – all this record-keeping can easily get assigned to a shoebox (as in, we simply shove it in a shoebox and figure we’ll deal with it later). Read More
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The Japan-China Parallel: Is The Hot Money Already Running From China?
Most everyone thinks they know where China is headed — that is, toward world domination thanks to having the most-vibrant large economy in the world. 
There are many obstacles along the way before China rules the economic world, and one of them is what we have dubbed “The Japanese Parallel.” During the 1980s, it appeared Japan — as the “Creditor Superpower” — was going to gobble up the world with its powerful export machine and massive current account surpluses rolling in. Then a little thing called the U.S. stock market crash in 1987 changed the game.
7 Reasons Why the China Story Might Not Have a Happy Ending. Instead of the U.S. stock market crash being the triggering event, we have the credit crunch in its place — arguably a much-bigger and more-powerful global event. Secondly, global leverage — i.e., debt in the system — was massively larger in 2007 than it was in 1987. (In other words, the world was hooked on massive dollar-based credit spewed out by the trillions of dollars in derivatives production.) Mr. U.S. consumer has pulled in his horns much more quickly and to a greater degree than he did back in 1987. This takes much more global demand for goods out of the market — demand that China was and still is so highly addicted to. Read More
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