Quotes of the Day

Do not embed graphics into your actual e-mail blast. Instead, place your graphics on a Web server and call the graphics by a URL embedded into your e-mail. When designing your HTML e-mail, use absolute URL's for all of your graphics or hyperlinks. Where possible, minimize the use of graphics to improve download speed. Use HTML coding, tables, background colors, etc to design your e-mail without graphics when possible. [2007] - Bruce C. Brown

Women aren't persuaded as easily by direct images and talk. They respond better to metaphor and suggestion. [2005] - Neil Strauss

If the math doesn't' seem to work on a certain type of investment in your area, perhaps it's time to consider what is working. Would wholesaling commercial properties be a better use of your time? What about multifamily properties? How about condo conversions? What about fast food triple-net leases? Have you considered subsidized low-income housing? To find what is working in your town, simply connect with investors who are actively engaged in your market. What are they investing in? How are they making a profit? Discover the secret to their success, and you'll find the path to yours. [2015] - Brandon Turner

Running a credit check on prospective tenants through Equifax (www.equifax.ca) or TransUnion Canada (www.transunion.ca) can reveal shortcomings in a person's financial history worth knowing. Whatever the outcome, it will confirm the applicant's trustworthiness or highlight an area of concern. Because credit checks will cost you, it's worthwhile to reserve a credit check for a short list of applicants. [2020] - Douglas Gray

Sometimes we try too hard to sleep. Once we look too hard for it, it eludes us. For some people, this anxiety is lifted when they actually reverse what they're trying to do. Rather than trying to sleep, they try to stay awake. This is called "paradoxical intention." If you feel you "must sleep or "have to get to sleep" or you are "trying" hard to sleep, then give paradoxical intention a try, and see how long you can stay awake. [2021] - Judith R. Davidson