The bank was very eager to foreclose on my house, and seek a deficiency judgement in spite of the fact that I had been paying PMI (Spare me the "PMI isn't for you" speech. 

I don't mean to call anyone greedy or afraid....its more of a figure of speech.  

†Here are five methods that you can do today to get the prospects you want.Five Ideas for Building Referrals.1.Learn you elevator speech and be prepared to say it to at every opportunity.a.Always state your name b.What it is that you do. ( I am a real estate Investor)c.Who you can help. ( I help people who need to sell a house because of foreclosure, divorce, probate, unwanted houses, bad tenants, houses with a lot of repairs needed.

I've got that nervous feeling of excitement similar to just before a public speech.  

If they speak quickly, adjust your speech pattern accordingly.

Learn your elevator speech inside and out and how do deliver his scripts when on the phone talking with sellers.  

And if you want to limit free speech on a blogpost about a topic..

This reminds me of when Obama made this speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?