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"YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER TITLE"
September 2000
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Published by Jane Doe, CRS, GRI (your name here)
Sales Associate (your title here)
Real Estate Champions Realty (Your company name here)
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Table of content:
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1. Message from the Editor
2. September "Real Estate Update"
3. Back to School Again!
4. Questions People Ask
5. Creating Special Moments
6. Real Estate Dictionary -- "FHA"
7. Do you know of a possible buyer ...?
8. Food For Thoughts -- The Life We Choose
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Dear Readers,
Thanks for inviting me your e-mail box - I hope you will enjoy
this issue of "YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER TITLE".
Please contact me with any questions or comments -- hope to be
of service to you!
Cordially yours,
Your Name - CGR, GRI
your@address.com
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->> Back to School Again! - by Robin Nobles
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It's hard to believe that school is starting already, but it
sure is much to the dismay of kids and to the relief of parents!
So, let's get our kids off to a good start this school year by
hunting for Web sites that will help them with their class
projects, research papers, and offer general tutorials.
Here's a good place to begin our tour: Schoolwork.UGH. The site
is geared toward helping kids grade 7 and up with homework. Click
on a category such as Grammar, Math, Computers, and Law, and
you'll find related links in that area.
http://www.schoolwork.org
If your child is taking a foreign language this year, the
Vocabulary Trainer can really offer an excellent online language
tutorial. You simply pick a category, choose your mother language,
and then choose which language you wanted to be tested in: French,
Spanish, or German. The site will present a word to you, and you
will type in the answer, then hit Test. You're graded as you go
along. What a fun way for your child learn a foreign language!
http://www.vokabel.com/
StarTribune.com is a place where your kids can go and ask
questions, then receive help and answers from a real person.
They won't do homework for you, but they'll sure point you in
the right direction. Categories include Social Studies, Science,
Elementary School Topics, and Study Tips. The site even offers
educational games by age groupings.
http://www.startribune.com/education/homework.shtml
High school students who need help with projects can visit Cool
and Useful Student Resources and find links to actual information,
rather than to another listing of links. Many of the sites are
ranked, which is quite helpful, and each of the categories is
broken down into specific areas. Under Literature, for example,
you'll find links to Cultural Literature, Author Specific Sites,
Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Plays.
http://www.teleport.com/~burrell/
Young readers will want to test out their new skills by visiting
Mrs. ABC's Spelling and Phonics Curriculum. The site offers a free
interactive online program with activities in spelling, phonics,
alphabet sequence, and more. The site is designed for ages 7-9.
http://www.mrsabc.com/
If you can get your kids interested in an online game, and just
"forget" to tell them that the game happens to be educational,
they'll end up having loads of fun and accidentally learn at the
same time. About.com offers an impressive listing of online games
beginning with early learning games and continuing through
language arts games, math games, puzzles, memory games, and more.
http://homeschooling.about.com/education/homeschooling/msubmenu2.htm
Finally, NASA sponsors a superb listing of Online Educational
Resources. Categories include Internet Educational Resources, Online
Libraries, Museums and Expositions Online, and Search Pages and
Resource Discovery Engines http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/
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Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at
robin@robinsnest.com. View past articles at
http://www.robinsnest.com.
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->> In September Issue Of the "Real Estate Update"
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Here are just some of the new articles you can read online:
-> After the Move: Acclimating to Your New Neighborhood
-> Enhance Your Home's Drive-Up Appeal
-> How to Buy a Home in a Sellers' Market
-> Sellers: Proceed with Caution to Instigate a Bidding War
-> Can I Relax Now That My Loan Is Pre-Approved?
-> An Equity Line of Credit Could Make Sense When Remodeling
Your Home
-> All Homes Need A Professional Once Over - Even Yours
-> Four Questions Help Determine "Improve vs. Move"
Go to http://homeownernews.com/25/YourName
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->> Questions People Often Ask Me ...
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Q: When buying a house, how many homes should I consider before
making a final selection?
A: On average, homebuyers see 15 houses before choosing one but
there isn't a set number of houses *you* should see before you
decide. Visit as many as it takes to find the one you want.
Just be sure to communicate often with your real estate agent
about everything you're looking for. Good agent will listen to
your needs and will be able to help you identify your want and
needs very well -- and that will help avoid wasting your time.
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->> Creating Special Moments - by W. Bradford Swift
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One of the greatest gifts provided to us by the Universe is the
gift of creation. Unfortunately, for too many it is a gift that
is often left unopen. We are creatures of habits and routines,
and while I'll be the first to admit routines and habits do serve
a worthwhile purpose in life they can, if overdone, stifle our
creativity.
How many people create their day? If the question itself
sounds strange, then it's likely you've not opened your gift
of creativity lately. If your morning 'routine' has you on
auto-pilot from the moment you rise until you arrive at work,
at which time your work routine takes over, then it's time to
break out of the rut of those routines.
A simple and fun way to do this is to create special moments
throughout your day that interrupt the 'rut routines' we all
fall into from time to time. For example, one of my routines
is to sit at my desk for hours at the time on the phone with
my coaching clients. While I love my work, even coaching people
in their life purpose can take on the mood of a routine.
So, I've started creating special moments throughout the day.
Here are some of the actions I've taken to keep my work fresh,
alive and engaging:
1) Since I love candles, I keep 2-3 of them on my desk. Prior
to a coaching call I often light one to remind me to shine
my light of purpose into my clients life.
2) I also keep 2-3 of my favorite music CDs on my desk and
play one in the background either prior to a coaching call
or during the call. It helps to sooth me and keep me in
a space of spiritual serenity.
3) I've created a new office outdoors. When my wife bought me
a hammock for my 50th birthday, I put it up out side my
office windows and turned it into a "peaceful place on
purpose." I often take coaching calls from there, as well
as using it for pure relaxation.
What actions could you take this week to create special moments
to interrupt your regular routine? Whatever you come up with
that's how to turn this thought provoker into action.
ACTION
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This week, identify at least 3 places where you're stuck in
a 'routine rut,' then come up with at least 3 different actions
your could take in each area to break out. See if you can
incorporate those 9 actions into your life before the end of
the week.
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W. Bradford Swift is director of Life On Purpose Institute
-- an organization dedicated to people clarifying their
life purpose and living true to it. Visit his website at
http://www.lifeonpurpose.com. For a FREE subscription to
his FREE Purposeful Pondering Ezine, send an email to
PurposefulPondering-subscribe@one-list.com.
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->> Real Estate Dictionary -- "FHA"
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FHA stands for the Federal Housing Administration, now an agency
within HUD . It was established in 1934 to advance opportunities
for Americans to own homes.
By providing private lenders with mortgage insurance, the FHA gives
them the security they need to lend to first-time buyers who might
not be able to qualify for conventional loans. The FHA has helped
more than 26 million Americans buy a home.
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-> Perhaps you know a possible buyer ...
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If you know of someone who might be interested in buying a house
now or the near future.... please forward them this newsletter.
(suggestion: highlight here some of your listings!)
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->> Food For Thoughts -- The Life We Choose
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Here's the premise:
We are all, right now, living the life we choose.
This choice, of course, is not a single, monumental choice. No
one decides, for example, "I'm going to move to L.A., and in five
years I will be a waiter in a so-so restaurant, planning to get
my 8-by-10's done real soon so that I can find an agent and become
a star," or "I'm going to marry a dreadful person and we'll live
together in a loveless marriage, staying together only for the
kids, who I don't much like, either."
No. The choices I'm talking about here are made daily, hourly,
moment by moment.
Do we try something new, or stick to the tried-and-true? Do we
take a risk, or eat what's already on our dish? Do we ponder
a thrilling adventure, or contemplate what's on TV? Do we walk
over and meet that interesting stranger, or do we play it safe?
Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?
The bottom-line question: Do we pursue what we want, or do we do
what's comfortable?
For the most part, most people most often choose comfort -- the
familiar, the time-honored, the well-worn but well-known. After
a lifetime of choosing between comfort and risk, we are left with
the life we currently have.
And it was all of our own choosing.
Peter McWilliams
"Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts" (Prelude Press)
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And that's all for this time. Thanks for reading.
Wishing you all my best,
Your Name - YOUR Title
your@address.com
Your Own Marketing Slogan Here!
Company Name here
phone XXX-XXX-XX-XX
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