How to open clamshell packaging

I ran across this after buying some products with the !#*%@$#$ hard plastic clamshell packaging. Oh, to have learned this earlier! It's a yahoo article with a YouTube video.

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/88/how-to-open-clamshell-packaging.html

Current status of HR 1728

HR 1728 has been referred to the Senate Banking committee headed by Chris Dodd. Senator Dodd has indicated on a couple of occasions that this bill is not high on his priority list. He's not against it, but rather there are other, more important legislation ahead of it. There is a good chance that this bill will die in this legislative session. But be prepared for it to resurface later.

Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform

I really like Congressman Mike Rogers' opening statement on Health Care reform. What a description of the controversial health care plan now being debated in Congress...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc&feature=player_embedded

Recently, Helen Withers swapped stories with Michael Tracy (Brian Tracy's son) about the socialized medicine practiced in Great Britain and Canada. The Tracys sent Michael's grandmother to the U.S. for treatment because she was put on a six month waiting list! Helen's friend went back to England to get treatment for free and ended up dying BEFORE she was ever treated! Ouch!

What we have currently is the best health care possible in the world. It's not perfect however it's much better than anything the government would attempt to manage. And will those members of Congress that are championing health care reform have to use this socialized health plan themselves? No.

We have a congress in order, among others, to promote the general welfare. How come we keep electing representatives that vote unlimited benefits to themselves (especially life-long pensions & health care) while screwing everyone else in the nation a little bit (taxation) at a time? This is eerily like giving up your freedoms a little bit at a time until they're all gone. I am reminded of how to eat an elephant (when dealing with challenges)... one bite at a time. And we're the elephant.

8 Things Experts Do

8 Things Experts Do


1. Choose Mastery
2. Study their subject and interview other experts, intensely looking for patterns and best-practices
3. Create arguments on what to pay attention to, what things mean, how things work and how things might turn out
4. Simplify complex ideas by building frameworks
5. Write, speak, record and package their knowledge
6. Campaign (not promote) their expertise
7. Charge expert fees
8. Focus on distinction, excellence and service

__ from the “Millionaire Training Intensive for Experts, Authors, Speakers and Coaches” by Brendon Burchard

If you wnat to listen to the entire webinar go to: http://www.expertsacademy.com/webinar

I got a lot out of it.

The 10 most stable markets in the USA

Here are the 10 most stable markets in the country (according to a PMI company):

Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Columbus, Ohio
San Antonio
Houston
Fort Worth
St Louis
Charlotte
Nashville

Stable means not going up or down much. I prefer our volatile California market.

The 10 Riskiest Real Estate Markets In USA

Here are the Riskiest Real Estate Markets In The Country According to a Mortgage Insurance Company:

Riverside
Miami
Los Angeles
Ft. Lauderdale
Las Vegas
West Palm Beach
Orlando
Tampa
Santa Ana
Phoenix


Hmmmm... three of them are in SoCal. Now's the time to be a contratian & make money; when everyone else is afraid!

Proposed Mastectomy Law Change

I've friends & family that had mastectomies. B

This was passed to me by Marsha Norris & was written by a surgeon;

I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied by the insurance companies..

So there I sat with my patient giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank you' they muttered.

A mastectomy is when a woman's breast is removed in order to remove cancerous breast cells/tissue. If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know that there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards. Insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure. Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.

This Mastectomy Bill is in Congress now. It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Please take the time and do it really quick! The Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill is important legislation for all women.

There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the 'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support.. Last year over half the House signed on. PLEASE! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number.

http://www.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/breast-cancer/petition/breast-cancer-petition

SDCIA member on Reggie Lal workshop

Yesterday I was at Reggie Lal's one-day workshop. It was the best of its kind that I have EVER attended! Here's a note from an SDCIA member:

Reggie,

Awesome presentation Saturday in LA!  That was the best Seminar I have ever taken!  You are a natural educator!  I hope to meet you for lunch or coffee when you are in the San Diego area.  It is going to be great to have you here in the area once in a while.  I am sure your seminars are only going to get better and better!  I have a month of sundays of work digesting it all and following up with your recommended tasks, reading, references, and building my business.  It is days with individuals like you that makes being in this business worthwhile.

I have tons of questions, but I will save them all for later.  A lot of my questions will answer themselves when I dig into your material.  The motivation you provided us is priceless. Thank you again.

Mike H

It was that GOOD! Too bad he's not teaching again this year...

Why Banks won't discount the price of their REO

I was just given the best explanation of why banks won't discount the price to market of their REO by my friend Victor.

If the banks sell their REO inventory at today's market price, which is far less than the loan the banks made, the banks would have to post the loss on their books and become insolvent. What a Catch-22!

I also learned that many of these banks' employees literally work from week-to-week. Officials only come in on Friday afternoon to close a bank down!

So why don't banks discount the price of their REO inventory to sell? So that the employees can keep their jobs as long as possible. And they hope: for the government to bail them out, take them over and keep them on as employees or that the economy improves fast enough to improve the value of their bank's "toxic assets" and the bank won't get taken over & closed.

Hard to blame them. However it seems that politicians want to keep pushing the problem to the future rather than addressing it. Well that's politics.

I keep thinking Resolution Trust Corp.; why won't our Congress?

Reggie Lal workshop Saturday August 15th

Tony Alvarez & I will be attending Reggie Lal's class this Saturday 8/15/09.

Do not miss this great opportunity to learn what Reggie is doing today in this Real Estate Market!

Click here for more info to the Reggie Lal Workshop on Aug. 15 in LA:
http://www.ccwealthbuilders.com/CCWB/UpcomingEvents/index.cfm?semID=149&view=1&requestTimeOut=100

This is from Tony Alvarez about Reggie:

So, last week I was attending Reggie Lal's free talk at Steve and Robyn Love's IRCA meeting and somebody asked me what I was doing there.

With all my success, why would I need to go hear Reggie Lal speak? The question struck me as odd and honestly caught me by surprise!

Besides the fact that Reggie is an old friend (he and I attended Bruce Norris Boot Camp years ago when they only held 3 to 5 people), a straight shooter and one of the nicest people you will ever meet, it's a no brainer. Whenever I get a chance to hear someone who is making money working actively in today's market and I get to do it for FREE? You figure it out. Let's see... stay at home and watch TV while walking on the treadmill or go hear an experienced investor who came from zero to doing over 50 PROFITABLE deals last year in the worst real estate market (Sacramento, California.) Tough decision, right?

So, then the guy says, "Yeah, but he's up there in Sacramento not here in LA." Okay. That's a fair statement.

But if you had a chance to spend a few hours up close and personal with Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki (guys who have probably NEVER done a real personally negotiated deal in your backyard) and they did it FOR FREE, would you pass?

Anyway, you get my point. Sometimes if you just pay attention, the best things in life just pop up right in front of you and they are actually FREE!

So, why am I writing to you today?

Reggie is doing a one day class and it's on August 15th ALL DAY and I am treating the winners of the mentoring raffle we had at my last Seminar to attend his class.

We will all be there for the event. Why? I just answered that question.

IT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR MY MONEY ON THAT DAY!!!

Okay, so it's not free this time, but it's the next best thing, and it's a FULL DAY EVENT $197 bucks?

Give me a break. I spent more than that on gasoline last month and got a whole lot less for my money than I will from spending the day listening to a self-made Millionaire tell me all the things he's doing in this wild ride of a market we are experiencing.

Unless you figure you've got all the money and knowledge you need to acquire all that you want;

I wanted you guys to know that I think it is patently ridiculous for any of you to miss this class.

Not only should YOU attend, but you should forward this email to everyone you know and invite them ALL: friends, family, business associates (as in real estate agents), loan brokers, EVERYONE you work with or care about. You will be doing them a great service. You guys know I don't mince words and I don't BS you about anything - don't have to, have too much dough already. You will be extremely happy you attended this class, it may turn out to be the best decision you have made this year.

I have been in this business all of my adult working life. I'm blessed and fortunate to have made millions of dollars from investing successfully in this business. I know it like the back of my own hand and still,

I would not miss this class for anything (not even my own mentoring classes.)

Why? Because I know I will learn something on that day that Reggie has perfected that I presently do not do as well. How do I know this?

Because that is the nature of this business and all things in this life, if not, the cooking channel would never have been such a hit.

Ok, so for me it all gets down to food...

You never see anybody on the cooking channel make pasta or salads or a steak the same way twice. Each cook has his or her own secret recipe; all good, but very different none-the-less. Cooking television shows, movies, music, sports - it's all that way. No two guys swing the bat in the same way - same bat, same ball, same stadium, but all with very different results. (Did I mention the price for the all day event is only $197?)

FREE Deal Analyzing Software!

Reggie even demonstrated a special Deal Analyzing Software he developed and will be giving away to all attendees for FREE.

Give me a break. I'm getting my copy or I'm not leaving! Heck, I do all my deal analyzing on a paper napkin from Pollo Loco and this guy who came from a corporate background developed the software according to his specs and is giving it away? HELLO?

Call anybody you like and ask how much it would cost you to get that done. It will be a heck of a lot more than the cost of this class.

It's a no brainer, guys. Be there or miss out!

Somebody bring some chocolate chip cookies from the Double Tree Hotel.

I'm bringing the diet Pepsi (Gotta balance out those calories.)

Let's all go with our best helpful attitudes and make it a great day for each other!

Here is a link to the event:
 
http://www.ccwealthbuilders.com/CCWB/UpcomingEvents/index.cfm?semID=149&view=1&requestTimeOut=100
 
Thank you for your time.


Your friend always,

Tony

I'LL SEE YA THERE!

Enjoy this video of Tony Alvarez endorsing Reggie (for IRCA-Los Angeles REIA meeting in LA):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hocp3jgyMHQ

Tony has some excellent insights and is always funny.

Reggie is usually too busy to do much speaking so we’re very lucky to have him come share his secrets with us on just exactly how he buys so many houses. By the way, Reggie takes advantage of many different niches and uses many different systems to buy.


Reggie has been persuaded to do an all day “soup to nuts” training event on Saturday August 15th. This will be the only such event Reggie will do anywhere this year so come Tuesday nite and be sure to set aside Saturday August 15th to come & learn from one of California’s best!