Truth is Loud, Silence is Deafening
Friday, February 02
Once, many years ago, a very wise person shared with me a small but very powerful insight that has helped me in practically every aspect of my life – it’s easy to remember, too: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.Whenever I rush headlong into any situation with the goal to be underst...
Bubbles: History or Hysteria?
Friday, January 26
Whether you’re a flipper of TV channels or a die-hard fan of one particular news source (television, radio, internet, or some weird thing called a newspaper), you can’t help but come across a story or twelve on a semi-regular basis about the housing market and whether we’re on a “bubble”.There ar...
Your Money: In Your Walls of In Your Pocket?
Friday, January 19
Despite the fact we’ve seen the likes of Magnum P.I. and The Fonz as spokesmen for Reverse Mortgages, there’s still a degree of mistrust out there that needs to be addressed.(Fortunately, when Tom Selleck and Henry Winkler are up there telling us about this loan product, they’re not dressed in a ...
Contracts Can Be Fragile
Friday, January 12
The following is an experience taken from my own life – I’ve changed some of the names, but there really aren’t any innocents to protect here, unless we’re talking about me.Mrs. Slaughter was both my Spanish teacher my freshman year in high school and my English teacher my senior year.First day o...
Feeling Flushed With Success
Friday, January 05
For anyone who is squeamish, you might not want to read this week’s edition of our award-winning, cutting-edge newsletter that some have come to believe may be part of the cure for childhood obesity – I’m just putting it out there, so march on, intrepid reader!Recently, in one of the bathrooms in...
It's a New Year, Just Breathe
Friday, December 29
By all accounts, 2018 should be very interesting with news that home values continue to rise with demand for homes showing absolutely no slowing.So, with this new year upon us, I wanted to write something that would be useful – something that would act as a good jumpstart for what lies ahead of u...