5 Things You Should Consider Before You List Your Property For Sale.

The media is awash with reports of hot auction success stories.
Tales abound of the run-down two-bedroom cottage that sailed $100,000 above the reserve, or the inner city apartment that attracted more than 100 people and at least six bidders.
Then there are the reports of the ever-increasing median prices of homes in our capital cities, with Sydney topping $1 million and Melbourne hitting $755,000.
With all of these champagne-popping property stories, the average punter could be forgiven for thinking that selling your home for a huge sum of money is as simple as knocking up a “for sale” sign on the front lawn.
But here is the thing: you must apply the same scrupulous logic and undertake the same detailed research whether you are selling in a hot market, a cooling market or a downturn.
You may think your home is wonderful — and I am sure it is — but if you wish to stand out in a crowd and present a polished façade you need to tick some boxes along the way.
By this I mean spending a bit of money (where appropriate, I will come to that later), sprucing up the house and researching the right professionals to work with.

20 Life Changing Lesons to Start Your Week.

Here’s a selection of great inspirational quotes to start off your week – many from some great thought leaders.

Some would even call these life changing lessons:

1. People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” -ANONYMOUS
2. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” -NIDO QUBEIN
3.  “Do one thing every day that SCARES you.” -ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
4.  “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” JIM ROHN
5. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” -APPLE INC
6. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” -GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
7.  Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as success.” -DR JOYCE BROTHERS

Investing like Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is arguably the greatest investor of all time.

He has a great track record of creating and maintaining his wealth through share investments, but many of his principles also apply to property investors.

So let’s look at some of Buffett’s investment principles and see how we can apply them to our property investing.

1. Adhere to a proven strategy                                                                                                        

Buffett’s success has often been put down to his extraordinary patience and discipline, never deviating from his proven investment strategy even when faced with short term changes in the market.

This is a great lesson for property investors, as most don’t have a plan or adhere to a proven strategy.

If you don’t have an investment strategy to keep you focused, how can you hope to develop financial independence?

It’s too easy to get distracted by all the “opportunities” that keep cropping up. Unfortunately many of these supposed opportunities don’t work out as expected.

Look at many of the investors who bought off the plan or in the next “mining town hot spot”, only to see the value of their properties underperform.

Over the last few years as our property markets have turned the corner there’s a whole new

Shooting Ducks in a Bathtub

Unsuccessful people do not read or educate themselves, preferring to spend time on Facebook, YouTube or watching TV. 
They have very little self-control.
Self-control is a muscle.
When exercised it gets stronger.
Daily self-improvement reading exercises that muscle. Daily exercise increases self-control.
Daily meditation increases self-control.
Pursuing a dream and the goals around a dream increases self-control.

20 Quotes for Epic Achievement

Looking to achieve something special?  
Robin Sharman a Canadian writer, speaker and leadership expert shares these 20 most popular one-line insights on defeating your fears, breaking free of procrastination and achieving giant results…

1. Dream Big. Start small. Act now.        
2. Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.
3. Clarity breeds mastery.
4. Education is inoculation against disruption.
5. A problem is only a problem when viewed as a problem.
6. All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.
7.  If you’re not scared a lot you’re not doing very much.
8. Where victims see adversity, extreme achievers see opportunity.
9. The project you are most resisting carries your greatest growth.
10. Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

50 life lessons learned in 50 years of life

These life lessons have gone viral over that past decade.

Written by Regina Brett on her 50th birthday these universal lessons are relatable to anyone who needs a little reminder of what’s important in life.

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good. 

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

Land Buying Etiquette In Nigeria

Some land buyers try to outsmart their real estate agent by reneging on the real estate commission they are suppose to pay to the agent after the transaction is completed.

Do not be like them.

Yes, the transaction may have been concluded and you have secured your land purchase. But don't forget to remunerate those estate agents who worked hard to help you get the best deal.

As the Lord Jesus said, "the worker is deserving of his wages".

Therefore pay the real estate agents involved in the transaction the full amount of the estate agent commission.

Another thing to remember is this . . . do not try to save money by writing the purchase agreement yourself or using a quack to do so.

How to Sleep Yourself to Success

Sleep is underrated. 

It may not feel like that when you’re trying to climb out of bed in the morning – that’s when you really understand the value of sleep.

Yet so many people wake up tired every morning and never change their routine.

That’s not you though.

You’re smarter than that.

You read trendy articles about sleeping yourself to success.

We’re talking about actual sleep here.

Not the other kind of “sleeping” your way to success.

Get your mind out of the gutter!

I’m going to explain the importance of sleep, and mostly, how to do it well.

How to Get Better Sleep

You’ve likely heard that you should avoid blue light before bed.

And obviously you shouldn’t be ingesting caffeine in the evening.

Ways to Make Yourself Smarter

Have you ever taken an IQ test?

Actually I never have, but I understand it’s meant to give you a number that is said to portray some inborn capacity.

This gives you the impression that your level of intelligence, no matter how high or low it might be, is a fixed quantity.

You can learn, sure, but basically you’re only as smart as you were born to be, right?

But that’s not what the latest science actually says, according to Inc.com  who quote  author Annie Murphy Paul who lays out eight ways intelligence is affected by context in which we put it to use and suggests ways that we can rethink intelligence to get the best out of the brain we were born with.

So here are 8 ways they suggest you can make yourself smarter…

Situations can make us smarter

They can be the physical conditions that learners experience by way of how much stress they’re under and how much sleep and exercise they get, and the

15 Poverty Habits Parents Teach Their Children

When I travel the country speaking to high school and college students about exactly what they need to do to become financially successful in life I always begin my presentation by asking three questions:

“How many want to be financially successful in life?”

“How many think they will be financially successful in life?” 

Almost every time I ask the first two questions every hand rises in the air.

Then I ask the magic third question:

“How many have taken a course in school on how to be financially successful in life?”

Not one hand rises in the air, ever.

Clearly every student wants to be successful and thinks they will be successful but none have been taught by their parents or their school system how to be financially successful in life.

Not only are there no courses on basic financial success principles but there are no structured courses teaching basic financial literacy.

Giving Glory is all it takes.

**READ**
My mates are getting married.
My mates are getting good jobs.
My mates are succeeding.
My mates are living overseas.
My mates are buying cars.
My mates are building houses.
My mates are this... my mates are that...

Being a Realtor

Quotes on Investment

There's no age limit to Investment. Think big and Start small

Made in Nigeria

Mr David Ahmed Okoro started the day early, having set his
alarm clock (MADE IN FINLAND) for 6am. While his teapot
(MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his clipper
(MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on his shirt (MADE IN THE
UK), and designer jeans (MADE IN ITALY) and shoes (MADE
IN THE USA).
After cooking his breakfast in his new electric cooker (MADE
IN INDIA) he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN
MEXICO) to see how much he could spend today. After
setting his wristwatch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to his radio
(MADE IN VIETNAM) he got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY)
filled with petrol imported from (SAUDI ARABIA) and
continued his search for a good paying

The Major Key to Your Better Future is You | Jim Rohn

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

We can talk about sales growth, profit growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.

It’s really the open door to it all. In fact I’d like to have you memorize a most important phrase.

Here it is, “The major key to your better future is YOU.”

Let me repeat that. “The major key to your better future is YOU.”

Put that someplace you can see it everyday, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, at the office, anywhere where you can see it everyday. 

The major key to your better future is YOU.

Try to remember that every day you live and think about it. The major key is YOU.

53 Great Lessons For Personal Success

Robin Sharma, a bestselling author, motivator and personal development guru recently listed 53 lessons he thought would provide some great things to think about…

Here are some of the one’s that struck a chord with me…

1. Success has less to do with hard work and more to do with massive focus on your few best opportunities.
2. Why resist change when it’s the main source of your growth?
3. The more you invest in growing and developing your mindset and way of seeing the world, the more everything you touch transforms in a breathtakingly positive way.
4. Pursuing perfection really does matter (in a world highly accepting of mediocrity)
5. Doing something super-nice for at least one stranger a day gives them a gift and an even larger one to yourself.                
6. Adore your parents. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.
7. The smartest thing you can do to grow a great company is to first sweat getting A-players only onto your team and then sweat training and developing them so they play their A-game.
8. Have the discipline to clean out all the energy-draining people in your life. You really do rise or fall to the level of your associations.

Properties Available For Sale In Lagos Island

1.   82 Acres of land at Mamukonu Village along Elerangbe Ibeju Lekki (Airport road). 600k/plot (Excision/File number
2.    152 Acres of land at Araromi Village Ibeju Lekki. 7.5M/acre (Gazetted)
3.    150 Acres of land at Araromi Village Ibeju Lekki, via ibeju agbe. 7.5M/acre.(Gazetted)
4.   154 Acres of land at Araromi Village Ibeju Lekki. 600k/plot. (Excision/File number) 
5.  200 Acres of land at Oko Aruna Village ibeju agbe, Ibeju Lekki. 600k/plot. (Excision/File number)