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Raised on a farm on the Mississippi River.began in Real Estate in 1976,Was Vice President land acquisition for Flag Development. Work as consultant for Acquisition and marketing of real estate ; implementing Internet marketing strategies and programs.

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Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Childhood: 2 of 5

You see our family was a very close family where my aunts and uncles, cousins, and grandparents would all get together on a regular basis. In the summertime these get together if at my uncle Russ's involve homemade ice cream, and if at our house you could count on watermelon. My Dads side of the family consisted of Grandpa a...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Remembering: 16 of 36

A Late Night Ride To The Cemetery When I was fourteen years old, my cousin Allen was seventeen. Because of the fact we only lived a mile and a half from each other, and the fact that we were only sons, surrounded by sisters, we grew up with the bond of brothers. I was included in a lot of things with Allen's friends, that no...
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Best road-trip tales: 19 of 42

Just a little Colombian side trip Bernarda had called the night before to make the accommodations and arrangements. I had checked the long range weather forecast and it called for rain all week in Medellin. We were going to a place called ECO PARQUE EL GAITERO ,in Santa Fe de Antioquia. About fifty miles from downtown Medell...
Business > Entrepreneurship Real Estate career revival tips: 2 of 4

I suppose the greatest influence on my Real Estate career in the beginning was the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It was that book that gave me the seed for change. Through my reading I developed the concept that anything the mind of man can conceive and believe, coupled with burning desire, he can achieve. This ...
Personal Finance > Real Estate Understanding capital markets effect on commercial real estate: 1 of 1

When I was at Heidelberg college I took economics. My professor at the time seemed like he was one hundred years old, but for an eighteen year old, anyone over thirty seemed ancient, so I am guessing he was in his sixties. I am also guessing that he was in the early stages of dementia as for the entire semester, he gave the ...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Consequences: 11 of 19

Growing up on a farm ,I didn't really get into the ball and stick games the kids in town played ;other than football and track the only sports I really cared about involved the internal combustion engine .When other kids my age were reading Inside Baseball I was devouring Hot Rod, Motor Trend, and Motors manuals, Learning wh...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: An international romance: 3 of 5

As I stepped off the plane I looked at the glass windows of the terminal hoping to catch a glimpse of her. I had boarded the plane in Fort Lauderdale Florida for the two hour fifty five minute flight to Medellin Colombia. The reason for my trip was somewhere in that terminal I hoped. We had met online; we had been chatting a...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Small-town living: 22 of 33

In a fit of total insanity I left the Real Estate business in 1998,Sold my 15 acres of paradise took all my equity, and with the help of a $60000.00 Commission check, went up to the Ozarks in Southern Mo right on the Arkansas line, and bought a Dairy Farm. I had been raising cattle in Florida since the early eighties, and ha...
Business > Sales How to be successful at cold-calling: 4 of 5

I believe my Dad was the one who I can give the credit for this little bit of insight. If there is a portion of a job that you really do not like to do, That you are afraid of , and you become extremely proficient at that particular aspect, of the job you will excel .When I was starting out, in Real Estate, I had a real prob...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Family stories and memories: 160 of 191

When I was about seven years old my cousin Allen was 10.Being much older than myself he of course was allowed to do a lot more than me; and one of the things he got to do, was go to the movies with his friends. This worked out pretty well, as the next week at some point ,I would get a complete rundown and vivid description o...