Monthly Archives: April 2017

Moving Fast On Your Offers in This Market

In today’s housing market buyers need to move fast.   Sometimes buyers realize this, sometimes they don’t. But I had a buyer the other day comment, once she started looking at homes in her price range, that “I guess we … Continue reading

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Apple gets in the Self-Driving World

Apple along with the iPad and iPhone have decided to test out the self-driving car world. How will this affect car insurance? Will the price go up or go down? Apple’s using a Lexus RX450h SUV for its autonomous vehicle … Continue reading

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Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda…..

Eliminate “Should” From Your Vocabulary! Should has a connotation that is frought with negativity. A guilt-ridden word, if you will. Instead of should that has a tendency to make one hang one’s head in shame, try one of these words or phrases … Continue reading

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Is there a decline for life insurance?

Application activity for individually underwritten life insurance was off -6.0% in March—one the steepest monthly declines of recent record, according to the MIB Life Index. At the close of the first quarter, the MIB Life Index was off -4.5% YTD, … Continue reading

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Spending in the United States

Robert J Russell, LAS, LUTCF, IRES, ICREA, GMA, REALTOR and Insurance Broker has been helping people for over 32 years. Many people ask my opinion about politics, the economy etc. Here is some info on a local website: If we … Continue reading

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How NOT to be ripped off buying life insurance

Robert J Russell has been selling life insurance for over 32 years so this topic is not new to him at all and now here are ways NOT to get ripped off buying life insurance. For some people, under the … Continue reading

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Selling your own house – easy as Pi (ya think?)

For whatever reason, most of us are aware of “Pi”. Mostly we just think of it as that number that goes on and on forever, with no end or solution. And we just know it as 3.14. When and why … Continue reading

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6 Reasons to Leave Your Car Insurance Company

You might be familiar with a few scenarios that could make your auto insurance rates change: You bought a new car, moved, got in a car accident, or even got married or graduated from school. In all these cases, it’s … Continue reading

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The 10 Assumptions About Real Estate

Real estate is a prolific profession. Everyone either knows a real estate agent, or is connected to one through six (probably less) degrees of separation. Between friends and relatives, and the stereotypical representation of real estate agents on television and … Continue reading

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Is today a good day to buy life insurance?

Robert has been selling life insurance for over 32 years and today the question is: Is today a good day to buy life insurance? Almost everyone understands the value of life insurance. Simply put, a life insurance policy is a … Continue reading

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