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$12,500 raised in 24 hours for local missing girl’s search

By Teressa Francis | March 30th, 2012 0 Comments

Through the Intero agents and employees, Intero Real Estate Services was able to raise $12,500 in just 24 hours to go towards the search efforts for Sierra LaMar, the Morgan Hill teenager who went missing last week.

The 15 year old girl was abducted from her neighborhood on her way to catch the school bus.  Search parties have been out looking for her all week.

The contribution was presented to Mark Klass (Father of Polly Klaas) and The Klasskid Foundation on Thursday by Cathy Jackson, Intero Foundation President and Kathie Kingston, who headed up the campaign.  The Klaas Foundation is assisting the authorities in the search.  The money will go towards flying in professionals and experts, getting more search dogs, buying more walkie talkies and other need supplies as well as food for the search teams.

“The purpose of the Intero Foundations is to positively impact the well-being of the children in the communities we serve. I can’t think of anything more worthy and in line with our cause than this.” States Cathy Jackson.  “We’re just happy we could help.”

To help in the Search for Sierra LaMar, visit their facebook page

Review Marc Klass’ post on his blog, The Klaas Act, reviewing the moments yesterday both Cathy Jackson and Kathie Kingston came to donate the money collected.

For more information about the Intero Foundation, visit their website Interofoundation.org.

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Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | April 26th, 2009 0 Comments

Attack failure and breakdowns…because it is the last step just before the breakthrough to getting what you want.

Good Morning MOJO,

“I just can’t bare it anymore”.  ”It just won’t work”.  “I just keep running into the wall”.  “I am working so hard and things aren’t getting better…they are getting worse”  “I’m calling it quits”.  Perfect!!!!  This is exactly where you need to be.  You are at the point of having that radical breakthrough you’ve been waiting for.   It is at this specific moment when the magic happens for those few who can suck it up and grind through the pain, the failure, and the doubt.  When you are at the point of throwing in the towel and calling it quits is exactly when you need to turn up the heat and really go for it, because you are at the Tipping Point.  I know it sounds kind of nuts, but you have to experience the breakdown to have the breakthrough…it is just part of the process of getting better.  This is how it is with almost everything in life…personally, professionally, with your health…you name it.

When we are born, we naturally have this fight in us…it is how we learn to walk, talk and read.  But then over time most of us lose our ability to not give up.  Our job, now more than ever, is to get it back.  The tough part is when you are one of the few who embrace failure as part of the process of getting better, you are going against the tide.  Because most people look to go the path of least resistance…not fighting when the going gets tough…just giving up is the norm. Most people are looking for the short cut…the quick fix diet or pill…the home run investment…the easy way to the top.  That is why obesity is one of the biggest epidemics in society…why so many people file bankruptcy…why so many marriages end in divorce.  Rather than doing what it takes to get what they want, people give up when the going gets tough and try the quick fix solution instead.  We try and find the easy way to avoid the pain.  There is no easy way…you have to attack it head on.  You just have to eat less/healthier and workout regularly…invest consistently, wisely and be patient…talk it out when you and your spouse are fighting…  You have to embrace the path of resistance…the path only the lucky 5 to 10 percent of society have the discipline and commitment to travel.

So, attack failure and breakdowns…because it is the last step just before the breakthrough to getting what you want.  Don’t fear the breakdown…you actually need to embrace it as part of the process of getting better.  It is those people that when things become almost unbearable…when everyone else starts throwing in the towel and giving up…it is those that can keep on track just a little longer when most others quit who will experience the radical breakthrough to get what you want…taking it to that next level.

Make it a GREAT week!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | March 29th, 2009 0 Comments

The key to getting whatever it is yo u want in life

Good Morning MOJO,

Here is the ticket to get whatever it is you want in your life…

Help others who want what you’ve got get it.  When helping others get what you’ve got it holds you to a higher standard and level of accountability…you will sense a tremendous amount of responsibility to set the example and be the pace setter.  As they start to get what you’ve got, it will push you to take it to the next level so you can stay one step ahead…getting you closer to what you want.

This applies to all areas of your life…Physical / Health and Nutrition, Faith, Financial, Business, Family, etc.

You’ve got to give to get…it is the law of life.  It is so simple that it’s hard for most people to believe.

Make it a powerful week!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | March 22nd, 2009 0 Comments

Our goals are our destination and our schedule is our directions

Good Morning MOJO,

If we want to know how successful we are going to be at accomplishing our goals at anything in life, all we need to do is look at our schedule.  Often in my job I work with people on helping them accomplish their goals.  After discussing their dreams and what it is they want to accomplish, I always ask to see their schedule.  It is amazing how many times I am working with someone who has big sexy dreams, but has been struggling to accomplish them…then I look at their schedule and it’s blank.  It’s pretty obvious why it’s not happening!!!!  Bottom line is, if it is not in your schedule it is not going to happen, no matter how bad you want it.

We can’t just have it in our heads…our minds are meant for creating ideas not storing them  We need to take the time to create our success plan, whatever it is…outline the things we need to do to accomplish it…then put those things in our schedule and stick with it day in day out forever.  Now, that is not to say we cannot make some adjustments along the way and modify our schedules to become more efficient, but we have to follow our directions/road map to success…and that road map is our schedule.  Way too many people spend the majority of their day thinking about what they need to do instead of doing what they need to do.  I know it sounds so simple and like common sense, but it is amazing how most people don’t have a detailed schedule with all of the things in it they need to do to accomplish their goals.

Look at your goals as your destination on trip half way around the world to a beautiful and remote place you have never been to before…and look at your schedule as your map/directions to get there.  Could you imagine traveling half way around the world to a place you have never been and doing it without detailed directions and a plan?  Of course not…we know we would get lost and never make it.  Well the same thing applies with our goals and our schedule.  We have never been where our goals are before…we better have a detailed plan /schedule how to get there and the discipline to follow it everyday or we will never make it.

Make it a POWERFUL week!!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | February 15th, 2009 0 Comments

Never underestimate the power of your actions…with one small gesture you can change a person’s life, for better or for worse.

Good Morning MOJO ,

Someone sent this to me and it hit me right in the heart.  I know it is a bit of a long MOJO , but it is definitely worth it…

One day , when I was a freshman in high school , I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school…his name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself , why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?  He must really be a nerd.

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon) , so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking , I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.  They ran at him , knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.  His glasses went flying , and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes.  My heart went out to him , so I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses , and I saw a tear in his eye.  As I handed him his glasses , I said , “Those guys are jerks.  They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said , “Hey thanks! ‘” There was a big smile on his face.  It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.  I helped him pick up his books , and asked him where he lived. As it turned out , he lived near me , so I asked him why I had never seen him before.  He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.

We talked all the way home , and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends.  He said yes.

We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle , the more I liked him , and my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came , and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said , “Boy , you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!” He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years , Kyle and I became best friends.  When we were seniors , we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke.  I knew that we would always be friends…that the miles would never be a problem.  He was going to be a doctor , and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn ‘t me having to get up there and speak.

Graduation day , I saw Kyle.  He looked great…he was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.  He filled out and actually looked cool in glasses. He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.  Boy , sometimes I was jealous.  Today was one of those days.

I could see that he was nervous about his speech.  So , I smacked him on the back and said , “Hey , big guy…you ‘ll be great!”  He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. “ ‘Thanks” he said.

As he started his speech , he cleared his throat , and began. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years…your parents , your teachers , your siblings , maybe a coach , but mostly your friends.  I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.”

“I am going to tell you a story”…

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.  He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn ‘t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.  He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.  “Thankfully , I was saved.  My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.”  I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome , popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.  I saw his Mom and Dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.  

Not until that moment did I realize its depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions…with one small gesture you can change a person ‘s life , for better or for worse.

God puts us all in each other ‘s lives to impact one another in some way.  Look for God in others.

Make it a POWERFUL week!!!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | February 8th, 2009 0 Comments

Make it a Powerful week and kick some Success Killer ass!!!!!!!

Good Morning MOJO,

Fear…Anxiety…Worry = Success Killer

Now days, those 3 feelings are what most of us are living with every day.  Unfortunately, many are totally consumed with them everyday.  Trust me…I know it is tough and can be exhausting, but if we let these 3 feelings control our life and our decisions, we will never get what we want…and worse yet, the more we focus on them the worse it gets.  Now more than ever, we all need to work on our mental toughness and that starts with taking care of ourselves…taking care of our health, our minds, our relationships, our spirituality, etc.  We need to take care of those things we actually have control over instead of obsessing about those things we have no control over, because if we are feeling good about those things we have control over it will carry over into the other areas of our life and help squash the Success Killer.   

Don’t let the Fear, Worry and Anxiety consume you or it will disable you…it will not only stop us from moving forward, but it will actually cause us to slip back.  So, focus on your mental toughness…focus on improving those areas of our lives we have control over and don’t let the Fear, Anxiety and Worry hold us back.  Because if we do, we will never get what we want and the success killer will win.

Make it a Powerful week and kick some Success Killer ass!!!!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | January 25th, 2009 0 Comments

Anything is possible…never stop dreaming…never stop trying…never stop going for it

Good Morning MOJO,

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4.  Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call.  As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful.  She was an older woman (maybe 26 and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name.  She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left.  He looked at her card, BRENDA.  He walked out only to see her start walking up the road.  Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home.  He looked harmless enough, and she accepted.  When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work.  She simply said it wasn’t possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn’t afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter.  Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday.  That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him.  The baby-sitter had called and canceled.  To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let’s take the kids with us."

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed.  Finally Brenda brought him inside to meet her children.  She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, and then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don’t understand why the kids can’t come with us?" Brenda was amazed.  Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities – just like her first husband and father of her children had done.  Kurtis was not ordinary – - – he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies.  When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him.  When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back.  The kids loved Kurtis.  At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children.  Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr.  & Mrs.  Kurt Warner now lives in Arizona, where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl.  Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.

Hmmm…stock boy to Super Bowl.  Don’t doubt what you are capable of…make sure you are doing the things necessary to give yourself a shot when the opportunity presents itself…and make sure you are always being the kind of person great things like this happen too.  If someone can go from stock boy to the Super Bowl there is no reason our dreams can’t too…just never every give up and always do the right things!!!!!

Make it a powerful week!!!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | January 18th, 2009 0 Comments

Don’t Let Fear Stop You

Good Morning MOJO,

“When I grow up, I am going to be the President of the United States”…“I am going to be a professional football player”…”I am going to be a professional golfer”…”I am going to be a movie star”…”I am going to run my own company”. 

Remember when we where kids and anything was possible and nobody told us “no you can’t”?  So, what happened to our dreams?  Somewhere along the way we stop dreaming and start doing…and that is when it all stops…that is when our lives start to lose purpose….that is when we stop growing.  Those dreams we had as kids where like a magnet which pulled us to what we wanted in life…they made us excited to go for it everyday.  When is the last time you truly thought about what you want to be “when you grow up”?  I am not talking about growing in height, weight and age, but growing in who you are going to become.  It does not have to stop…we can breakaway and get off the hamster wheel anytime…start moving forward again like when we where kids.  We just have to take time to dream, believe….breakaway from the pack and go for it…don’t blend in…be different.

It is uncomfortable at first when you step outside of your comfort zone and get off the hamster wheel where it is safe, but if you have the courage there is still a lot more you can accomplish in this life. 

If you need a little inspiration to break free from your hamster wheel and go for it, check out this video…don’t let fear stop you: Wing Suit Base Jumping

Go for it and make it a GREAT week!!!!


Monday Monring MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | January 4th, 2009 0 Comments

New Year Resolutions realized!!!

Good Morning MOJO,

Do you know the definition of insanity?  Doing the same activity over and over again, but expecting a different outcome.

As we start another new year, I know we all have these exciting, life changing, sexy goals for 2009.  Unfortunately, as I have mentioned before, for most of us they are the same goals we had last year, and the year before that, and the year before that, and…  Today is only the 5th day of the New Year and I know many of us have already given up on some of those New Years resolutions/goals to have a better life, which we just committed to Friday of last week.  It all sounded great and exciting on New Years Eve, but then we had to wake up on January 1st and implement that incredibly nasty, terrifying, and ugly 6 letter word…we had to “change”.  So what happens to most of us and the reason we continue to have the same goals/resolutions year after year, is we want things to change in our life, but we are not willing or are unable to change or behavior.  For some amazing reason, so many of us actually think we are going to finally get what we want while continuing to do what we have always done.  Think about it…is that insane or what?!?!?! 

Here is an idea on how to change our habits, which will change our outcome, which will change our life.  Have you ever run in a marathon?  About 5 years ago I was training to do the San Diego Marathon when I had some foot issues on a 13 mile run building up to it, so I had to stop training.  However, when I was getting prepared for the marathon, I was doing it with Team in Training, like I am sure many of you have in the past.  You know what?  They don’t start you out with running 26.5 miles on the first day.  They start small…very small.  I can’t remember exactly what it was, but for many it was something like walking 1 to 3 miles a few times a week.  And after many months of training and adding a little bit every week, those same people who could only walk a few miles where able to run a 26.5 mile marathon.  

The key is to start small, with something that pushes you, but does not crush you.  The other key is don’t try and do it by yourself.  The reason Team in Training is so successful at getting people to run marathons and doing triathlons is they get people to start small, building confidence along the way…and they understand people are pack animals.  So they get thousands of people to do it together.  

So, if you are like me and have some exciting, life changing, sexy goals for 2009, lets commit to start small with something we know we can stick with and build up to it…and lets do it together.  Start small and find some friends, family, and/or associates we can share our goals with and do it together.  With some small consistent steps that we build on a little at time, we will be amazed at how fast we will accomplish our goals.  Just think how fast 2008 went by.  It seems like just yesterday it was January 2008.  Imagine if we had taken these small steps a year ago where we would be today. 

Happy New Year!!!!!  


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