December 7, 2009

Gratitude:
I am grateful that my mom is home now from her knee surgery and doing better and better every day.
I am grateful that she is in good spirits after her surgery.
I am grateful for all the hot leads that I have been receiving since last week.
I am grateful for our RE business plan for 2010; it is looking brighter and brighter every day.
I am grateful to be able to make a difference for a lot of my friends and people in the community with RE in 2010.
I am grateful for the talk my wife Camie and I had about how to re-invent our RE business for the next 5 years.

Intention:
Feel good
BE the channel for the Universe to work through me for the highest good for all.

Delegation:
I am thankful for my Divine Team(Universe/God/Dad) for assisting me with…
Creating and writing my 2015 and 2010 Dream Letters and they get me inspired to Dream Big. My intention is for others to read the letters and get inspired to Dream Big also or something better.
Creating the vision for my RE business for the next five years so that it is serving 1000’s of families per year and it is scalable or something better.
Aligning me up with the “A” team that will be able to manage my RE business for the next 5 years and all my other businesses that I am involved in or something better.
Having all my vacant properties filled in the next 30 days with perfect tenants or something better.
Aligning me up with the perfect trainer, accountability partner and nutrition for me to be at 160 lbs with lean muscle and super healthy in the next 90 days or something better.

December 4, 2009

Gratitude:
I am grateful that my mom is recovering from her knee surgery better and better everyday.
I am grateful that all my family members have been pitching in every day and every night to stay with mom in the hospital.
I am grateful that I am going through contrast on what I don’t want in life right now and how I don’t want to feel right now.
I am grateful to see and feel that RE sales is something that I want to do more and more every day.
I am grateful to see everything I do want and don’t want my RE sales business to look like.

Intention:
I am intending today to…
Feel good
Hold the vision on what I want
Let go of any fear on HOW my vision is going to happen (accept the worst case)
Be happy and be a channel for the universe to work through me

Delegation:
I am thankful for my Divine Team(Universe/God/Dad) for assisting me with…
Having my loan on one of my commercial buildings be extending for at least 1 more year and with the terms we’re ask for or something better (s.b.)
Finding my inspiration to take my RE sales business to 20 deals per month or s.b.
Getting a commercial loan on my 10-plex in Issaquah or sell it by Jan 2010 for at least $1.4 or s.b.
Having a bank give us a construction loan on the 5 lots on 37th Ave S for $50k per lot or s.b.
Having WaFed give us the construction loan on our 7 lots on 21st Ave S right now and we begin building it out now or s.b.

November 10, 2009

Meditation:
Done

Gratitude:
I am grateful for a inspiring call yesterday with the Make it Happen Productions group and getting clarity on our project.
I am grateful for the call from Bill Smith yesterday.
I am grateful for my call yesterday with John R. and the conversation we had about how I feel about calling expired listings and FSBO listing.
I am grateful for Greg H and Jeff Q and I will be talking again this Friday about how to achieve our goals in Real Estate.
I am grateful that my wife and sons are healthy and perfect in every way.
I am grateful for the contradictions that I am going through right now because they are causing me to get super clear on my vision, goals and dreams.
I am grateful that my family is healthy, alive and living in Seattle so we can all see each other on a regular basis.

Intention:
I am intending today to…
Feel good
Be aware and conscious of all the positive things that are happening around me and in my life.
BEING and FEELING the essence of my goals and dreams right now vs when I receive them.

Delegation:
I am thankful for my Divine Team(Universe/Dad/God) for assisting me with…
Helping 6 to 10 sellers list and sell their homes this month quickly and with ease, or something better (s.b)
Helping 4 to 5 buyers find the perfect dream property for them this month and they are super excited or s.b
Coming up with the perfect vision for my reality show with the help of Janet L, Make it Happen Productions and Mark Dyce, who will help us find the perfect partners for the show and the DVD series or s.b
Having the funding to begin producing the pilot for this reality show by Jan 2010 and it will be on the TLC channel by sometime in 2010 or s.b

This week, your home inspector will have to be licensed

From seattlepi.com

This week, your home inspector will have to be licensed

By LARRY LANGE
SPECIAL TO SEATTLEPI.COM
AUGUST 31st, 2009

(Editor’s Note: Home inspectors who have practiced their trade since before mid-2008 can continue performing inspections until July 1, 2010, so long as they complete requirements for state licenses by that date. This story did not make that clear.)

Sharon Mann, a 30-year real estate agent, thinks the most important piece of a home-buying transaction may be the inspector who checks out the house for the buyer, looking for that bit of mold or rot that could cause a problem.

One who does the job well, she says, will go to maximum lengths to find out what might be wrong even with a new home: testing every electrical socket, turning on every faucet and slipping into the crawl space to make sure there aren’t any plumbing leaks when the bathtub is full of water.

“It’s like insurance for the buyer, the last stop where they can have more information about the property than they’ll ever have,” said Mann, who works at Re/Max Realty.

But not all inspectors are that thorough, Mann says, and starting Tuesday all of them in the state must have a license to do their work and show they know how to do it.

Inspectors don’t always catch potential problems and can leave home buyers stuck with big unplanned expenses once the problems are discovered even after inspectors were paid hundreds of dollars for their work. Consumers began complaining to state lawmakers, who last year approved the law that requires the licenses.

Before the licensing law passed “basically anybody could declare themselves a home inspector,” said state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, chairwoman of a Senate committee that approved the law.

The hope is that the new license requirements — written tests and two years of experience and 100 inspections or 160 hours of classroom and supervised field training — will give consumers more assurances that inspectors are reliable.

“It doesn’t guarantee the client’s going to get a good job, but it makes it highly probable that they’ll get somebody that does know…how to do the inspection,” said Walter Crow, an inspector and owner of Amerispec in North Seattle.

There’s no requirement that homes be inspected before they’re sold, but the number of inspections has grown since the early 1980s. Real estate agents say now they’re used in 90 percent of home sales.
Inspectors can’t tear out walls or remove furniture to get clearer views of things. But they can check and test accessible things such as plumbing, electrical and drainage systems and look for signs of trouble such as rot or structural damage.

The state Department of Licensing estimates there were about 1,500 working inspectors statewide before the economic downtown put a dent in property sales and reduced the amount of work.
Inspectors, often working with real estate agents, charge fees that can range from $350 to $450 to examine a home, depending on its size.

Inspectors submit reports to prospective buyers investigating a property or to an owner preparing to sell.

Most come up with things needing some kind of repair or that can be used to negotiate a price downward. Because of what the inspections can reveal “we for the most part we always recommend a buyer get a home inspection,” said broker Jim Conlan at Century 21 North Homes Realty.

Occasionally some aren’t as thorough as they should be. Mann said she’s sometimes surprised how fast some inspections are done, by inspectors who won’t go so far as to examine a crawl space.

“There’s no way an inspector should be off your site in two hours, and if there’s a crawl space it’s three hours,” Mann said.

Owner Scott Mallard of Madison Properties in Issaquah said his company had to repeat the inspection of an apartment because one inspector “was not very thorough.” The second inspector “found material defects to the extent that the purchase and sale was not executed. Relying on the information of the first inspector would have been a very expensive mistake.”

“I have been wanting (inspector) licensure for some time,” Mallard said.

Under the new law all working inspectors will have to be licensed effective Tuesday, and all of them must take an examination before being licensed. Inspectors with at least two years’ experience, who’ve performed at least 100 inspections before the law took effect, can get a licenses after passing the test without further training.

But less experienced people must complete the written exam and complete 120 hours of approved classroom instruction and 40 hours of field training supervised by a licensed inspector.

The law requires inspectors to provide written reports of each inspection, and all inspectors must complete at least 24 hours of updated instruction before renewing their licenses every two years.

The inspection licenses, administered by the state Department of Licensing, don’t sanction inspectors’ checking houses for destructive insects such as termites or carpenter ants unless they hold separate state pest-inspection licenses; otherwise the can mention pests and leave confirmation to other experts.

The state Department of Licensing has been processing home-inspection license applications since July 1. Program manager Rhonda Myers said “close to 400″ have applied and most of those were experienced and will be licensed by Tuesday.
The department will maintain a list of licensed inspectors and a record of complaints and violations by each one. The department can revoke a license and fine an errant inspector for violating the law, or for a complaint. The number and type of complaints that would draw a fine aren’t yet clear.

The state also has standards of practice for inspectors.

Inspectors say the new requirements may eliminate some from the business, though “we’ve already lost a few because of the economy,” said Jeff Williams of WIN Home Inspections. Losing inspectors could mean less competition in the business “but I don’t think there’s going to be a shortage,” said David Pioli, an inspector based in Bothell.
“I think there are still enough competent people in the field, and once the market rebounds some I think people will still get service,” Pioli said.

Crow, the Seattle inspector, said the licensing creates “a lot of hoops you have to jump through” but he thinks it’s a good idea “even though I have to pay to get a license.”

He said there were “a lot of people running around that called themselves inspectors who had little prior knowledge of construction or anything to do with housing or construction in general. There’s no guarantee but (licensing) will do a whole lot more to getting people that do good job and know how to do it.”

Thach Speaks At The Summer Youth Leadership Program

Every year Thach is a guest speaker at the Summer Youth Leadership Program sponsored by NW Asian Weekly.

Thach spoke on the topic of Dreaming Big and Being Focused.