Words from Todd

Aug. 18, 2014

You only get one

If I could answer any real estate related question you have, any question at all, what would your question be?  Really, please send me a question that I can answer that would benefit you.

Have a killer week,

Todd Tramonte

P.S. Who do you know from work or …

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Aug. 11, 2014

Peppers in the Spaghetti

My dad's side of the family is a big, energetic Italian crew and we take our Suca (spaghetti sauce) very seriously.  My grandma made it a certain way, my dad made a few minor tweaks and I've done the same, but for the most part, our family has …

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Aug. 7, 2014

I'm a people watcher...at Schlitterbahn

This past weekend we took the kids to Galveston and jam packed a few days full of super fun "adventures."  We rode the Ferris wheel on the Pleasure Pier, hunted treasure on the beach, ate ice cream on The Strand and even bought lighted swords with Star Wars sounds …

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July 28, 2014

You may not care about $3.5 Billion...

You may not care, but in case you do...

"Zillow has agreed to acquire Trulia so two of the least reliable sources of real estate data can now attempt to recreate the world of real estate marketing and potentially real estate representation." I sent that with my thoughts to a …

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July 21, 2014

Bad News

Over the last four days, it seems like the bad news has outweighed the good news about 4-1. Nothing truly terrible has happened, but there have been some frustrating challenges. I'm telling you this because I'm virtually certain that you've had a stretch or two like this …

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June 27, 2014

It ain't all roses

I have another confession to make. 

My business is not perfect. I was having dinner with a friend last night and was sharing some challenges I've had with our real estate company. He was honest and told me that it was actually encouraging to hear me say that …

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June 9, 2014

Your Selfishness

From time to time I'm reminded how important it is to focus on myself a little.  Do you do this?  Health, discipline, goals and even education are areas that we need to think regularly about ourselves.

As you know, I have two small children, volunteer with high …

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May 19, 2014

Just Do It

I have about 1,292 ideas per day. It is a blessing and curse, but we'll talk about that another time. Because of all of the ideas churning in my head, there is a sort of natural selection that happens with my team. The good ideas get filtered out …

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April 29, 2014

Who's leading you?

Lately, it seems like wherever I go everyone is talking about leadership. Everyone wants to be a leader. I think this is great except for the fact that some people are not equipped or gifted to lead yet. I say yet because leadership can certainly be learned.

I've spent …

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April 21, 2014

Bunnies Don't Lay Eggs

I have to admit to you that until I was about 23, I never even thought twice about why the common symbols for Easter are bunnies and eggs. Bunnies definitely don't lay eggs. I was joking with my nephew about this over the weekend and he couldn't get …

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