1. Buy 3 great website names from Godaddy. They are $9 each. One for private money; one for selling homes; one for Short Sale leads.

2. Invest in an incredibly good mini-website. It should be about selling your future homes. It is your name in front of the world. Be proud of it. Make sure it is a not a crappy looking site.

3. Buy and read 2 good books from Amazon.com

4. Take your significant other to an incredible dinner date. Don’t be cheap. Don’t go to restuarants you regularly go. If you live in metro Detroit area – here is a list of some classy joints:

a. Whitney’s in Downtown Detroit
b. Rattlesnake Club in Downtown Detroit
c. Andiamo Italiana in St.Clair Shores / Novi / Bloomfield Hills.
d. Café Cortina’s in Farmington Hills
e. The Common Grill in Chelsea
f. Forte in Birmingham
g. Zingermans Roadhous in Ann Arbor
h. Bacco in Southfield.

5. Order a bottle of really good red wine. Beer gives you a buzz. Vodka and Cognac gives you a hangover. Wine gives you happiness. For true bliss try Chateau St. Jean 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon. It is one of Napa Valley’s finest.

6. Take your loan officer, appraiser, title company rep, realtor, property inspector, general contractor if you used one, private investor – whoever was involved in this deal to get you the check – to a very good dinner. Think of these people as your team that will deposit a million dollars in your bank account in the coming years.

7. Write a thank you note to everybody who made that check possible. People forget everybody except the ones who thank them. Email me also. It will make my day for weeks and makes writing this blog ever more fun.

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