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<p>[QUOTE="jbyers23, post: 1570656, member: 36098"]What is my favorite series and why? This question gave me a lot of trouble at first, but the more I thought about it the more obvious the answered seemed to me. My favorite series is, by far, the 1909-1958 Lincoln “Wheat” Pennies. I know who couldn't love them! When I was no older than five I can remember being at a small local store with my mother and father. When we received our change back I remember my dad exclaiming as he held up a shiny penny. At the time I didn't have a clue about the significance, but when we got home he sat me down and let look at it. I still remember as he did he explained the coin to me. He told who the person was on the front, “The Lincoln Logs guy” is what I was told I called him, to why it was different that it was so shiny. It was a few years later that I started saving my pennies. At first I didn't keep track of what was what and I didn’t have coins books for several years, but I was held on to my “Lincoln Log Pennies”. The last time I checked, which was quite a while ago, I had a few wheat pennies, 137 lbs. not counting my folders. </p><p><br /></p><p> I also don’t just collect wheat pennies now I have one of every type of coin the US has ever made (with the exception of gold to expensive—maybe someday). If nothing else this contest really made me think back and remember a story that I had not thought about in sometime. It is especially nice to think about now because right now my dad is away deployed to New York and we have always been close. So like I said before when I stopped and thought about it this was an easy decision. The Lincoln “Log” Pennies (I can’t say that without laughing) hold the most value and meaning to me of any coins!</p><p> </p><p> So now to the second part of the contest: My “marketing/business idea that would help to generate business in the real estate world”. If only my sister lived closer, she is a business major and a wiz with things like this, but I will take a stab at it. Let me start by saying I am a full-on nerd, not one that knows everything, but the geeky kid that loves science—yep that’s me! I’m a biochemistry and molecular biologist no business experience at all. I’ll try think of something better that make more money though.</p><p> </p><p> Let’s see, if I was in the real estate world I would begin some research on younger persons. If memory serves me correctly, most persons 59+ are trying to stay a little bit tighter on budgets than younger persons. This could be for a bunch of reasons, but no matter what the reason the idea is the same, let’s focus on younger persons. That still leaves a lot of different demographics; recently graduated from college, recently married, first time owners to savvy buyers. So my idea needs to hit all or as many of these demographics as possible, sorry a little out loud thinking. </p><p> </p><p> The number one thing I would try to do is make contacts, get my names out there, especially if I was new. If I was not new to the game then I would try to make new contacts in areas I hadn't focused on before or at least that I had focused on in a longtime. The other important thing I would work on the whole time, and don’t laugh that I’m saying this because people forget this, I would be courteous! I don’t know how many apartment showings I've been to and I didn't go back because the person was rude. Especially in today’s fast paced world, people are so appreciative to see manners and gratitude. </p><p><br /></p><p> Another thing I would focus on that others might not is statistics. I would ask people at open houses, on the web, past clients, and new clients to fill out simple surveys. I would as for their opinions of what would make things better. I mean who would know better than the customers themselves. Even if everyone is saying something that seems impossible I would still try to address see what could be done. For example if everyone says that they would like to buy real estate, but just they don’t have money at the time I would think about making or find new literature on ways to purchase on a fixed or limited income safely without fear. Again, just that was just a random example they key thing would be to focus on what customers specifically in a given area are wanting. It would be far easier to focus on a small community or even city that to try to tackle the nation’s real estate market as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Well I think I have talked, okay typed, quite enough sorry if I rambled on a bit, but it’s what I do. Thanks for the great contest and I wish everyone the best of luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jbyers23, post: 1570656, member: 36098"]What is my favorite series and why? This question gave me a lot of trouble at first, but the more I thought about it the more obvious the answered seemed to me. My favorite series is, by far, the 1909-1958 Lincoln “Wheat” Pennies. I know who couldn't love them! When I was no older than five I can remember being at a small local store with my mother and father. When we received our change back I remember my dad exclaiming as he held up a shiny penny. At the time I didn't have a clue about the significance, but when we got home he sat me down and let look at it. I still remember as he did he explained the coin to me. He told who the person was on the front, “The Lincoln Logs guy” is what I was told I called him, to why it was different that it was so shiny. It was a few years later that I started saving my pennies. At first I didn't keep track of what was what and I didn’t have coins books for several years, but I was held on to my “Lincoln Log Pennies”. The last time I checked, which was quite a while ago, I had a few wheat pennies, 137 lbs. not counting my folders. I also don’t just collect wheat pennies now I have one of every type of coin the US has ever made (with the exception of gold to expensive—maybe someday). If nothing else this contest really made me think back and remember a story that I had not thought about in sometime. It is especially nice to think about now because right now my dad is away deployed to New York and we have always been close. So like I said before when I stopped and thought about it this was an easy decision. The Lincoln “Log” Pennies (I can’t say that without laughing) hold the most value and meaning to me of any coins! So now to the second part of the contest: My “marketing/business idea that would help to generate business in the real estate world”. If only my sister lived closer, she is a business major and a wiz with things like this, but I will take a stab at it. Let me start by saying I am a full-on nerd, not one that knows everything, but the geeky kid that loves science—yep that’s me! I’m a biochemistry and molecular biologist no business experience at all. I’ll try think of something better that make more money though. Let’s see, if I was in the real estate world I would begin some research on younger persons. If memory serves me correctly, most persons 59+ are trying to stay a little bit tighter on budgets than younger persons. This could be for a bunch of reasons, but no matter what the reason the idea is the same, let’s focus on younger persons. That still leaves a lot of different demographics; recently graduated from college, recently married, first time owners to savvy buyers. So my idea needs to hit all or as many of these demographics as possible, sorry a little out loud thinking. The number one thing I would try to do is make contacts, get my names out there, especially if I was new. If I was not new to the game then I would try to make new contacts in areas I hadn't focused on before or at least that I had focused on in a longtime. The other important thing I would work on the whole time, and don’t laugh that I’m saying this because people forget this, I would be courteous! I don’t know how many apartment showings I've been to and I didn't go back because the person was rude. Especially in today’s fast paced world, people are so appreciative to see manners and gratitude. Another thing I would focus on that others might not is statistics. I would ask people at open houses, on the web, past clients, and new clients to fill out simple surveys. I would as for their opinions of what would make things better. I mean who would know better than the customers themselves. Even if everyone is saying something that seems impossible I would still try to address see what could be done. For example if everyone says that they would like to buy real estate, but just they don’t have money at the time I would think about making or find new literature on ways to purchase on a fixed or limited income safely without fear. Again, just that was just a random example they key thing would be to focus on what customers specifically in a given area are wanting. It would be far easier to focus on a small community or even city that to try to tackle the nation’s real estate market as a whole. Well I think I have talked, okay typed, quite enough sorry if I rambled on a bit, but it’s what I do. Thanks for the great contest and I wish everyone the best of luck![/QUOTE]
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