Thursday, July 28, 2005

The day before Friday...


Pic of the day... I can only aspire... But I will be trying on Saturday at 18th and PCH at 6am sharp if you want to join our motley troupe. I will be the one doing my best imitation of clothes in the wash-cycle.

Mulhearn wants to give me his schpiel on Sat at 10am. I hope to squeeze a recommendation to the commercial R/E side. Or something other than grinding out residential sales.

I have calculated that in residential sales I would have to close two half million houses a month to make my salary. That's a tall order. I can probably do it; but it would be hard to do it surfing. It would mean losing my weekends too. But I could sleep in... Income property is a clear sideline... I need to learn how to do RoA for income property...

I am going to see what kind of educational materials I can get while finishing my salesperson's requirements. I will not list a broker until I talk to Gil.

Key word is "value." What is my value to Mulhearn? What is his value to me? Maybe I'll be surprised. I won't know until I go down and talk to the guy. It is a great networking opportunity as he is well respected and very successful.

Work is good. But the tactical plan calls for some serious change in the organization and I am not sure that it can handle it. In addition, the assumptions to the plan were primarily monetary. Having the money isn't the issue. Where and how to spend it is. I think the assumptions should have been less monetary related and more strategically related. Instead of saying," We have $25M for IT and where are we going to spend it?" We should have asked,"We need to accomplish this strategic organizational goal, how are we going to achieve it? And what is it going to cost us?"

That's my two cents from the cheap seats.

Monday, July 25, 2005

Tick off the days....


Armstrong is my hero...

www.letour.fr

Ok. So Floppy Joe intro'd me to this guy... http://travinator.blogspot.com ... Travis. He reminds me of my old army roommate, Greg Crouch - Same type of surf mentality. I think am going to have to get up earlier...and go to work later. And find a job in HB.

"...my Costco wetsuit..." awesome line.

I got worked on Saturday in the HB surf. It is a bit quicker than lake doheny. I'll work it out though. I think that I have to stand up earlier and practice my pop.

So, I found an old transcipt for RE Appraisal and Finance. This is good b/c it takes care of two requirements for my broker's license. Now all I need is Practice and R/E Law. Sweet. Saved some money there.

Sweden trip looms on the horizon. We have a shopping list para me cunada. Breakfast cereal and material to make fitted sheets." You know you're in the country for the long haul if you take your sewing machine with you.

My 3 yr old quote of the weekend - "Look at that big-action construction site!!!"

Armstrong is my hero...

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