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Old 04-04-2009, 10:06 AM
 
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Yes, people are still selling houses, and other people are still buying houses.

I went to your blog. Do you quote Henry Ford when you discuss real estate with your customers? Do they like ambiguity from people?
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Old 04-04-2009, 10:14 AM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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I went to your blog. Do you quote Henry Ford when you discuss real estate with your customers? Do they like ambiguity from people?
Well, if a Ford quote is appropriate to a discussion I am having with a real estate client, then yes, I would. Or a Ben Franklin quote, or an Adam Smith quote, or a Billy Joel quote or a quote from anyone who had something appropriate to say.
I would suggest very few people like ambiguity from others, which is why I didn't offer any. The quote is very clear and appropriate to this discussion. All those who say that you cannot make it from scratch, and offer up a thousand excuses for that viewpoint, are correct, and would never succeed. Just as those who insist it IS possible, and show how it could be done, WOULD succeed. No ambiguity at all.

Last, what does my blog, or my career, or my clients, have to do with this discussion?
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Old 04-04-2009, 10:44 AM
 
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Well, if a Ford quote is appropriate to a discussion I am having with a real estate client, then yes, I would. Or a Ben Franklin quote, or an Adam Smith quote, or a Billy Joel quote or a quote from anyone who had something appropriate to say.
I would suggest very few people like ambiguity from others, which is why I didn't offer any. The quote is very clear and appropriate to this discussion. All those who say that you cannot make it from scratch, and offer up a thousand excuses for that viewpoint, are correct, and would never succeed. Just as those who insist it IS possible, and show how it could be done, WOULD succeed. No ambiguity at all.

Last, what does my blog, or my career, or my clients, have to do with this discussion?
It is ambiguous. You created no new information, much like I could do and do do.
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Old 04-04-2009, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Martinsville, NJ
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It is ambiguous. You created no new information, much like I could do and do do.
I was posting an opinion, not trying to create new information.
Further, creating new information has nothing to do with ambiguity. If a statement is ambiguous, it's meaning is doubtful or unclearr. While I don't think my post was ambiguous, I clarified it anyway, for those who weren't able to grasp the meaning the first time.

Is your issue that you disagree with me somehow? Or do you just want to pick a fight?
Wow. Talk about ambiguous.
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Old 04-06-2009, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Castle Hills
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ttt for 500 posts!
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Read "War On the Middle Class" by Lou Dobbs
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Old 04-07-2009, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Under a bridge.
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Read "War On the Middle Class" by Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs is an unbiased journalist???
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Old 04-07-2009, 12:47 PM
 
Location: Castle Hills
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Read "War On the Middle Class" by Lou Dobbs
lol@ that. No thanks.
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Read "War On the Middle Class" by Lou Dobbs
Why not read something by Ann Coulter while you are at it? She's about as unbiased.
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Castle Hills
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Why not read something by Ann Coulter while you are at it? She's about as unbiased.
I don't like either one of them. Got any others you would recommend who are not complete wack jobs?
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