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Generation X is a term first made popular by Douglas Coupland and used to describe generations in many countries around the world born during the 1960s and 1970s. Although the exact demographic boundaries of Generation X are not well defined, Coupland used it in 1989-1991, when he wrote his book "Generation X," to describe young people like him. Coupland was born in 1961. The term became used in demography, the social sciences, and marketing, though it is most often used in popular culture. Some of the defining factors used in descripting Generation X stem from social transitions resulting from the decline of colonial imperialism to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War[citation needed]. Another more prevalent factor is a bell curve bottoming out in American births from 1960 through 1980[1], after the American baby boom from 1946 to 1964. A small, often "invisible generation" in the wake of the socially-reconstructing baby boomers, those born in the U.S. between 1964 (often cited as 1961: see Coupland and Strauss and Howe, below) and 1980 received the "X" tag for lack of a defining social identity.[citation needed] As young adults, Generation X drew media attention in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gaining a stereotypical reputation as apathetic, cynical, disaffected, streetwise loners and slackers,[citation needed] though this reputation only describes a portion of the generation itself. In addition, Generation X is noted as one of the most entrepreneurial and tech-friendly generations in American history[citation needed], as they've driven a majority of the Internet's growth and ingenuity from day one. Google, Yahoo!, MySpace, Dell, YouTube, and other billion-dollar tech companies were founded by people in the Generation X demographic.

The term Generation Y first appeared in an August 1993 magazine AD Age editorial to describe those children born between 19801995.[1] The scope of the term has changed greatly since then, to include, in many cases, anyone born as early as 1976 and late as 2000. Use of the term Generation Y to describe any cohort of individuals is controversial for a variety of reasons. "Generation Y" alludes to a succession from "Generation X", a term which was originally coined as a pejorative label. While Generation Y alludes to that cohort's successive relationship to Generation X, the term Echo Boomers is used to allude to the generation's close tie to the primary childbearing years of Baby Boomers; the term Second Baby Boom is also used in this way and to denote the population expansion that Generation Y represents. The terms Millennials and Internet generation ("iGen") are attempts to give the Gen Y cohort more independent names that are tied with key events and cultural trends that are strongly associated with the generation. No single term is the "correct" term to describe members of this generation. Generation Y are primarily children of the Baby boomers and Generation Jones, though some are children of older Gen X adults. Because of this, there is a perceived tendency to share social views with the Boomers and culture with Gen X, who serve chiefly as their 'older cousins' or even older siblings.

Create a Positive Self Image and Create Positive Sales

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We have all heard the new age, self help rhetoric about thinking positive and taking control of your destiny. "You are the architect of your own reality," "what you think is what you create" and "thoughts become things." These are some of the sayings weve heard lately about taking control of not only our lives, but taking control over ourselves. How does this relate to business or real estate you might ask? Mike Brooks, from Broker Agent Social thinks it has a lot to do with real estate and sales.

Mr. Brooks says that how you talk to yourself can have drastic effects on how you view yourself and how you perform. You may say to yourself that you dont talk to yourself, but what did you just say and who did you say it to? You may or may not believe in self motivation and creating your own reality, but if you take a steep back for a moment, and remember how your parents taught you and how you teach your children you might think twice about this positive thinking stuff.

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Every mother and father inherently knows positive thinking works, and can form and shape our lifes. Think about teaching your children how to catch a ball in the back yard or teaching them to tie their shoe laces. What do they say time and time again? I cant do it! And what do you say in return? Yes you can, dont say you cant do it, if you say you cant you wont be able to do it. Say you can do it, I know you can. At what age did this rule stop applying to us? What we say to ourselves and how we think does affect our lives.

If you say youre not good enough to close the deal, then youre not good enough to close the deal, just like catching the ball in the back yard as children, the same rules still apply to us, only now we juggle many balls in the air, and our families depend on us, our financial future depends on learning how to catch that preverbal ball. You can do it, I know you can!

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Posted on August 26, 2010 11:13:54 by Blog Author

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New Technology Has Never Been More Fun

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Every once in a while technology jumps forward and we all get to look on with chagrined amazement. Back in the 80s Star Wars gave us a glimpse into the future and we were all simply amazed. Dumb struck, we all looked at the screen with hopes of our own space ship in the near future, at least I did anyway. Apple Corporation has certainly given us a technological jump or two in the last decade. Looking at the iPhone and iPad, and even the iMac, it really feels as though we are in the new millennium, but our cars still have wheels. No floating around for us yet.

Well, one of those technology jumps forward is here. Its not ready for the public as of yet, but wow, its cool looking. I think it has a little ways to go, but it looks like well be floating around before you know it. This is almost better than one of those futurist sci-fi movies. The movements are what make this thing so cool. It looks like magic.

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Posted on August 19, 2010 12:24:20 by Blog Author

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The Problem with Free Money

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The problem with free money is that when it's given away, people come to expect it, and often become indignant about it, as if it's owed to them, and they keep coming back for more. Such is the case with our big idea of bailouts; now Freddie needs more cash, imagine that! Remember, we are a free market economy; capitalist, if you fail, you fail. The claims are that we cant let them fail, the economy will collapse, no it wont! It may need a little time to adjust, but we won't have to wait too long for another company to come in and pick up the slack, and they will! That's they way it works! At least that's the way it is supposed to work.

No one knows why a Republican, George Bush, thought it was a good idea to give away free money to help fix a capitalist economy, it sounds a bit counterintuitive. Now the current administration, Democrats, loves the idea and, of course, gives away free money at the behest of some sorrowful story, please Mr. President, I need more money, or the poor little children will go hungry. They are hitting the gas peddle on something that a rouge Republication President started, giving away free money, it never should have happened in a Capitalist society. You cant use software upgrades to fix a persons broken arm. Much like the software example, you cant use a socialist societys solutions to fix a free market economy's problem.

Freddie is asking for another, are you sitting down, $1.8 Billion, thats billion with a B, bringing their outstanding balance to a mind boggling $64.1 Billion. When, in American history, have we let a failure of this magnitude continue? Funded by our own Government! By the way, we are paying for this failure. Bailouts have happened before, but the idea is that they fix the problem, but here they are again. Tell me, is it a failure of a corporation or is it a failure of a Government? I wonder if Freddie and Fannie understand that what their doing just isn't working, but I guess it has, they keep getting free money. Not a bad deal if you dont want to run a business properly.

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Posted on August 17, 2010 04:54:34 by Blog Author

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Bankruptcy Foreclosure or Death

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Did you ever think you would ask the question which is better for my house value, bankruptcy, foreclosure, or death? When did we start thinking in terms like these? This economy really has done a number on most of us. I think most of us have been, or at least try to be, the glass is half full type of people, but all of a sudden we are lucky to have a glass at all, let alone have some water in it, so who cares how you describe it.

So, we get forced out of our house, and of course it would be helpful to sell before it's taken from us. So what devalues a property? Of course bankruptcies, foreclosures and even deaths cause a property to loose value, but which one has the least harmful effect? Harvard University, along with MIT studied what effects these three events have on a property.

Its a funny thing to study, but I suppose its good information to have. These days you never know whats going to happen so its good to be prepared for anything. The forced sale of a house is never a good thing to begin with, but which way would be most favorable, or less harmful, which ever way you want to look at it. Foreclosures are most harmful in neighborhoods that are low-priced to begin with, but foreclosures are actually the worst case scenario in any forced sale.

Posted on July 27, 2010 15:07:20 by Blog Author

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Avoiding Scams

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We have all been preyed on by scam artist. Sometimes we see it coming and sometimes we dont. I like to think I have an eye for this kind of thing, but the truth is that were all at risk. Unfortunately, there are people out there in the world who scam other people for a living, its their way of life, and if we happen to cross their path, we may just get the loosing end of a great deal we just couldnt live without.

There are ways to avoid scams, however. The one big piece of advice is be aware of your surroundings. Pay attention to whats going on. Know what you are doing, and know who you are doing it with.

There are websites such as ConsumerFraudReporting.org and Scambusters.org that help people stay informed about what the latest scams are, both online and offline. The real estate industry is not exempt from scams either. There are emails claiming to eliminate your second mortgage or to reduce your payments.

This may be true, but it may not. Follow the links in the email and see where they go. Look at the quality of the email itself. Many times scammers copy an email from a legitimate company and paste into and email and send it to you.

Many times a lender will in fact be willing to negotiate a reduced payment with a homeowner, its better than the alternative of loosing everything. Sometimes these offers are legit, but you really need to investigate it to make sure you know who youre dealing with. Listen to your instincts and research the companies you want to work with.

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