Happy New Year! As many of my long term readers remember, I put out the annual Gold Report each year with our forecast of the year ahead. As with many businesses, the internet with big data and instant access has
“The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.” — Billy Graham Something that I have often observed throughout my 30 years in commercial real estate, is that top producers don’t spend much time complaining about
Some of you already know this but late in October, in my quest to run a marathon on all 7 continents, I knocked off South America by running in the Galapagos marathon. Sure 541,000 people a year cross the finish
As we approach Halloween and the political season moves into full swing, I have determined that Halloween is a holiday created by politicians because they want to teach children to knock on other people’s doors and ask for a handout!
“There are those in life that make it happen. There are those that let it happen. and there are those that wonder – what the hell happened!” As school goes back into session, I am reminded that our economy is
“Health is the slowest possible rate at which one can die.” I try to keep these kinds of thought in mind as my 53d birthday approaches this week and I pound out my morning runs and drink my green smoothies.
The number one issue affecting commercial real estate in the near and long term? America’s growing energy independence – this according to Chicago based Counselors of Real Estate. Energy’s implications are twofold. Rising energy costs act like rising interest rates
Once again our County and our real estate was tested by fire this month. I hope and pray that each of you and your family and your homes and properties were safe. One hundred years ago, the world suffered an
“Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.” – Charles Sykes As I have preached many times, employment is the key component to real estate values (more people
Did you ever notice that when you put together the two words “The” and “IRS” it spells “Theirs…”? In February, mother nature shut down Washington’s government offices for a day, but the extreme weather was no match for federal regulators.