Monthly Letter

February 2019 Monthly Letter

In 1929 in Chicago, gun men in the suspected employment of organized crime boss Al Capone murdered seven members of George “Bugs” Morin’s North Siders gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentines Day Massacre stirred

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January 2019 Monthly Letter

Wow! What a year? Hang on to your hat because 2019 is going to continue the wild ride! People ask me all the time, “what about the interest rate increase?” For the most part, I tell them commercial real estate

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November 2018 Monthly Letter

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” – Ben Franklin I think it’s funny that we live in a time where our President has never had a beer and our newest Justice “loves beer”

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October 2018 Monthly Letter

At the end of the year, my youngest son will be completing his MBA. Of course, I was quick to remind him what B.S. stands for (you know…bull stuff) and that an M.S. is more of the same and of

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September 2018 Monthly Letter

Well, my birthday came and went again, and I still can’t figure out how I got over the hill without getting to the top! But I have found a way to increase my fitness quotient without working any harder yet

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August 2018 Monthly Letter

Two years ago, I celebrated my 55th birthday, had a heart attack from an injury caused blood clot followed by complete cardiac arrest 10 days later while trying to recover (a one in a thousand event). I guess it wasn’t my

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July 2018 Monthly Letter

“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picasso Happy 4th of July to all! Boy when our founders signed the constitution do you think they could have imagined where we are at now? Of course, life

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June 2018 Monthly Letter

Well I am going to keep this month’s letter short since I am writing it from my balcony over-looking the blue green waters of the Pacific Ocean and Maui coastline. First it never ceases to amaze me how technology allows

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May 2018 Monthly Letter

“Brokers, who having no stock of their own, set up and trade with that of other men , buying here, and selling there, and commonly abusing both sides to make out a little paltry gain.” ~From Samuel Johnson’s “a Dictionary of

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