I got my RE license because my clients encouraged me to pursue it.

Thanks a lot Cody, reading your reply encourages memore to start buying here in Houston.

These guys have been putting out some great information and I would definitely encourage you to check that one out.

You'll need to enforce late fees to encourage on time payments though and not allow them to fall so far behind like the previous owner. 

I’m 24 years old and when I started was consistently encouraged to buy a home as quickly as possible for specific reasons.

If rejected, we encourage all buyers to bid once the Auction begins."

Thanks everyone for your input - those who have encouraged and those who has discouraged alike.

If she's on a month-to-month agreement, raise it to that amount and let her know that in X number of months it will be going up to X amount (whatever the market rate is) to encourage her to find another place in that time. 

I've been procrastinating on doing this post, despite spending many hours reading through the site and listening to podcasts 1 through 45 as of today, constantly given the constant encouragement from Josh and Brandon that is essential to jump right in..

Minimal encouragers - yes, OK, Uh Huh, I see Mirroring - listen and repeat back what the other person has said Labeling - give the other persons feelings a name and identify with how they feel It/you seems/sounds/looks like Paraphrase - repeat back to them what they said in their own words Summarize- combination of rearticulating the meaning of what is said plus the acknowledgement of emotions underlying that meaning = paraphrasing+labeling Applying deferenceGeneral Negotiation is about letting the other side get what you want Yes is nothing without how How am I supposed to do that?