{"id":5469,"date":"2008-11-10T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2008-11-09T08:49:29","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T15:49:29","slug":"51-days-till-2009-what-are-you-doing-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5469\/51-days-till-2009-what-are-you-doing-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"51 Days till 2009: What Are You Doing About it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year is racing to a close.\u00a0\u00a0 But we are still needing to eat, and we’re trying to survive what (in many ways, statistically) is the worst year in a while.\u00a0\u00a0 But, let’s figure out this year and suck every drop of marrow out of it:<\/p>\n

There are 51 days left, as of this post.\u00a0 Let’s say we have 30 of them as ‘Business’ days, to account for the holidays…<\/p>\n

What are you doing to maximize what we still have this year, and have momentum for ’09?\u00a0 What if ’09’s the comeback year?\u00a0 Are you ready mentally?<\/p>\n

Can you grind out 3-4 extra transactions to make sure that your Christmas is the best ever?<\/p>\n

How?\u00a0\u00a0 We need then to get deals in the hopper by what day?\u00a0 I’ll say that with a decent lender, we’d need to have everything in shape by December 10th to the 12th.\u00a0 Probably the 5th would be a better bet (but if you’re using\u00a0 Brian, <\/a> Tom <\/a> or Dan, <\/a> you’ve likely got till the 12th).<\/p>\n

How many extra people can you contact between now and then?\u00a0\u00a0 Betcha if you contacted 10-12 extra people a day you’d get some deals in the hopper.\u00a0\u00a0 How many people are now hopeful that the Country will be going in a new, different and better direction?\u00a0 Why not use that Hope?<\/p>\n

How many sellable listings can you get?\u00a0 (Someone is going to list a house in your market that closes between now and the end of the year.\u00a0 Why not have it be you?\u00a0\u00a0 Someone’s going to take an ap or sign up a client that pays…why not have it be you)?<\/p>\n

How much money do you need to cover all of your personal and business expenses?\u00a0 Do you even know what your burn rate is?\u00a0 Break it down into a daily number, include savings & taxes, and know that number is what you have to earn, each day.\u00a0 (Being from the Midwest, mine is $218)<\/p>\n

What are the days that you’re going to be working between now and the holidays?\u00a0 Are you going to work, or are you going to sit in the Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year is racing to a close.\u00a0\u00a0 But we are still needing to eat, and we’re trying to survive what (in many ways, statistically) is the worst year in a while.\u00a0\u00a0 But, let’s figure out this year and suck every drop of marrow out of it: There are 51 days left, as of this post.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,7,212],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-enduring-interest","8":"category-flourishing","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1469,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1469\/retirement-a-new-class-being-created\/","url_meta":{"origin":5469,"position":0},"title":"Retirement — A New Class Being Created","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"May 25, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"In the seminars we've been conducting in San Diego and out of state, we've been noticing a common denominator that is becoming more and more troublesome to us. 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