In game of life there is a constant battle raging within and all around you for your attention. It’s like two opposing teams wanting to occupy same spot on playing field. That playing field being you. Each team is wanting to control where you go, what you do, who you do it with, etc. It is ultimately unspoken goal of each of these teams to determine what you accomplish in your lifetime. This battle is definitely a detractor from your inner peace.

The only hope you have of gaining upper hand in this struggle is to develop and establish your own agenda. To get it clearly defined and engraved in your own mind where you’re going, and what you’re going to accomplish. If you don’t you’ll no doubt be easily pulled off course or otherwise distracted as those warriors, both internal and external push and pull you to their idea of where you should be. Those who have an agenda are very clearly more efficient in their actions. They know what their mission is from day to day, month to month because it does not change with coming of any new season. They are not easily distracted.

Skyrocketing housing prices in California are prompting nearly a quarter of residents to seriously consider moving to areas with more affordable housing.

California had nation's third fastest rate of home price appreciation last year, behind Nevada and Hawaii.

Prices climbed more than 18 percent compared to previous year, 84% in past five years and a whopping 338 percent since 1980.

Less than one in five... 19%... of state's households can afford median priced single-family detached home, which was $465,540 in September.

Guess what? Lots of these Californians are selling their homes for big dollars and moving to other states where they can buy a similar home for a fraction of price.

Arizona and Nevada are prime target areas.

In those states number of sales of homes to San Francisco Bay Area residents has risen by as much as (gulp!) 6,000% percent. That huge demand forces prices up!

Here in Phoenix area we are smack dab in middle of a home buying frenzy. In last three months we have put four of our rental homes on market. Each of them sold in ONE DAY! Offers above asking price are common.