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		<title>Memory</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitumisite.com/2008/04/02/memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agents get so much information added to their knowledge base on a constant basis that we often lose parts if not all of the information within weeks.   Based on the chart below I suggest that you have a X folders.  Mark them Today, Friday, Wednesday, 15th and 30th.



Time From First Learning
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agents get so much information added to their knowledge base on a constant basis that we often lose parts if not all of the information within weeks.   Based on the chart below I suggest that you have a X folders.  Mark them Today, Friday, Wednesday, 15th and 30th.</p>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Time From First Learning</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Percentage of Material Remembered</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Percentage of Material Forgotten</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 1 day</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">54%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">46%</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 7 days</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">35%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">65%</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 14 days</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">21%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">79%</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 21 days</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">18%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">82%</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 28 days</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">19%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">81%</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After 63 days</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">17%</span></td>
<td><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">83%</span></td>
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<p>Let&#8217;s say it is Monday April, 1st.   You find out about some new rule, law or idea and read it.  Then put it in the folder &#8220;Today.&#8221;  The first thing you do the next morning is read whatever is in the &#8220;Today file.</p>
<p>Because it would now be Tuesday, slip this paper into the &#8220;Friday&#8221; folder. If it was Wednesday or Thursaday you would put it in the Wednesday Folder.  I think you are getting the point here.  On Friday you review everything in the &#8220;Friday&#8221; file and then place it in the &#8220;15th&#8221; file.  Then would finish everything in there and put it back in with a paperclip.  When the 15th comes back around anything in the &#8220;15th&#8221; with a staple would be reviewed and you should be done with it.</p>
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<li>Review new infomation the next day.</li>
<li>Review information from the week.</li>
<li>Review it again in 2-3 weeks.</li>
<li>Review in a month and it should be very strong.</li>
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<p>Completely understanding information is very important in our industry.  We don&#8217;t want to be giving half-truths accidentally.  Also an even stronger memory retention device is to teach others what you have learned.</p>
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		<title>Help Your Landlords</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitumisite.com/2008/02/12/help-your-landlords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apartments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hard parts of purchasing a property for a landlord is figuring the rental price.  Unless you are intimately familiar with a neighborhood you would be relegated to the newspaper and possibly craigslist.
Zilby.com will show you an area and you can sort by duplexes, apartments and single family rentals.  Just another tool for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the hard parts of purchasing a property for a landlord is figuring the rental price.  Unless you are intimately familiar with a neighborhood you would be relegated to the newspaper and possibly craigslist.</p>
<p><a href="http://zilby.com" target="_blank">Zilby.com</a> will show you an area and you can sort by duplexes, apartments and single family rentals.  Just another tool for when you need it.</p>
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		<title>Time Flies When You Are Working</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitumisite.com/2008/02/05/time-flies-when-you-are-working/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been busy as finally my listings are picking up. My plan was to scribble my thought on this blog while things were slow.
Every agent needs to answer their phone.  I have seen plenty of agents ignore their phone because they were telling a great story.  Do your job. You don&#8217;t know how long [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been busy as finally my listings are picking up. My plan was to scribble my thought on this blog while things were slow.</p>
<p>Every agent needs to answer their phone.  I have seen plenty of agents ignore their phone because they were telling a great story.  Do your job. You don&#8217;t know how long you will have it if you keep skipping calls.</p>
<p>I know there is school of thought that says you should only return calls twice a day.  You set up your voicemail to say when those times are.  Maybe it works but if you aren&#8217;t working there is no reason to make that rule.  You have extra time, make extra money!</p>
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