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We All Have a Little Jay-Z in Our Brand

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By Lincoln  Crum One of the people I admire so much these days is the hip hop star, music executive, and social entrepreneur Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter.  Jay-Z has worked tirelessly in building a brand of “him.”  The elements that stand out to me is his ability to build a brand around his artistic talents, which equate into business deals and …

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Out With the Old and In With the New…

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  By Lincoln Crum We’ve all heard this statement enough over the past month as we’ve entered a new year and a brand new decade.  There’s a ton of talk, within our industry about new trends, technology, updates, Web2.0 and now 3.0. Lots of “new” speak these days. Being a 20-year veteran of the industry, starting when I was a …

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Lead the Way With Positivity and Appreciation Will Soon Follow

Blog Contributor Business Challenges, Transaction Procedures & Fees, Working with Clients Leave a Comment

By Lincoln Crum I recently closed a transaction that I had listed for 10 months.  There were all kinds of difficulties with the transaction but we worked through them, one by one.  My seller was out of state and was really good to work with, but towards the end was growing impatient. To say the least… as was I. Once …