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Coach’s Corner: Are You Feeling Stuck? Don’t Settle For Safe!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 4, 2020 /

Mark Johnson Chief Executive Officer, JP and Associates Realtors Over my career, I’ve coached many real estate professionals and entrepreneurs who just feel uninspired or flat. There is one common theme: Settling for safe! When they were new to the business, they pushed their comfort zones, tried new and innovative things to launch a new real estate…

Finding a Balance Between Home and Home School

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 3, 2020 /

By Sarah ZubiateFounder and Farmer, ZUBI’S Hi, it’s Sarah Zubiate again! I hope you all enjoyed my first post (and in case you missed it, check it out here). I am so thankful for all the positive comments and wanted to elaborate more in order to answer some of your questions.  It seems like we…

Weird Finds That Can Stump Any Home Inspector

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 29, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in  for “Upon Closer Inspection.” As home inspectors, we are considered “generalists” meaning we know a lot about a wide range of home systems, and we can point you in…

Coach’s Corner: Need to Stay Positive? Here’s How To Kill Your ANTs

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 27, 2020 /

Mark Johnson Chief Executive Officer, JP and Associates Realtors My acquaintance Dr. Danial Amen wrote about his experience with ants. After a hard day at the office, he arrived home and found thousands of ants in his kitchen, and as he started to clean them up, an acronym developed in his mind – ANTs.  Just like…

You’ve Got a Friend in Texas: Briggs Freeman Joins Forces With Lone Star Sotheby’s Brokerages

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 22, 2020 /

You’ve heard of the friendly Texan? We can confirm that that stereotype is true. Texans — both original ones and adopted ones — are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. The same goes for Texas real estate brokerages. Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is part of the Sotheby’s International Realty network of…