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10/31/2018

Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

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Blaine Feyen-Real Value Podcast for appraisers

Today we’re going to talk about some important differences and distinctions between what it means to be an entrepreneur and what it means to simply being a proprietor or owner of a business. I said something in a prior episode that triggered a few people and generated a few comments regarding whether or not you, as an appraiser, are actually considered by some as anything more than an independent service provider or sales person. I said that real businesses don’t consider outside salespeople, independent sales people, or independent service businesses to really be legitimate businesses because an appraisal business, as we’re fond of referring to ourselves, is nothing more than our license number and name, a little goodwill we’ve built in the business, a spot on an amc or bank list, and of course, our experience. Yes, some of us have multiple appraisers working with or for us, we may have staff, virtual or otherwise, and we may actually have a brick and mortar location with equipment and computers and what not.

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10/24/2018

Have Gun...Will Value! Should Real Estate Professionals Carry Guns?

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Having been in the real estate and lending side of business many years ago, this is not a new topic of discussion for real estate professionals since there have been news stories or real estate agents being attached, raped, and even murdered while holding an open house or being called to show a house. We’ve had situations here in my area where alerts go out from the local real estate board about suspicious activity surrounding certain listings and to be very careful. Strange phone calls to show certain rural homes, windows having been propped open by people walking through an open house, or just all around strange behavior by people casing a particular home. We’ve held self defense classes for realtors and special courses for identifying suspicious activity.

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10/13/2018

You're Just Not That Good!

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Appraiser and appraisal podcast by Blaine feyen-Home value expert in Grand rapids, MI, Kent County

The title of today’s show…You’re not that good! What does it mean? Well, to explain what I mean by that statement I have to take you back 25 years to Chicago, Illinois when I was taking part in an intense leadership and personal development program I’ve talked about in other episodes whereby I lived in a martial arts and zen academy and studied Aikido and zen meditation full time for several years. I was just a 21 year old kid learning about life in a big city and how to manage an 18-20 hour a day schedule filled with lots of physical training, meditation training, traveling all over the city and suburbs teaching classes, and simply learning how to be a good student. It was a grueling schedule physically, but even more so emotionally.

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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

Have Gun...Will Value! Should Real Estate Professionals Carry Guns?

You're Just Not That Good!

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