Pucker Up (Make it Good)
Monday, August 21
Recently, I saw an infographic either on Facebook or Instagram (which means it HAS TO BE TRUE) that read something like this: “80% of all plane crashes occur in either the first 3 minutes or the last 8 minutes of a flight.” Hmmmm. I guess that’s one way to look at the data – and I guess it’s en...
Credit's Costs, Part II
Monday, August 14
Right up front, I’m going to admit that this week’s edition is going to be HEAVILY borrowed – nay, copied word for word – from an article recently written by Ken Harney, a gentleman who covers housing issues on Capitol Hill for The Washington Post Writers Group. He does a great job of citing rul...
The Valuable Beauty of Ugly
Monday, August 07
There’s an old saying, “A face only a mother could love.” (I can assure you it was invented centuries before I was born.) That saying, though, does remind me of the actor Steve Buscemi. Most everyone knows he’s made a career for himself being the “weird looking guy” in movies, and I’m going to...
The Waiting (is the Hardest Part)
Monday, July 31
Full disclosure: this week’s missive is more for the consumer than for the realtor. I can promise, though, that for all the realtors who read this, you’ll most likely find yourself saying or thinking something along the lines of “preach on, brother”, “testify”, “amen”, or “you got that right”. ...
The Naked Truth About Home Buying
Monday, July 24
It’s highly likely I’ve already written about this, but I’ll try to make it entertaining at least. There’s a guy who works in our office who suffers from kidney stones – and from what he’s described, “suffers” might even be a little too tame a word for it. As an aside, though, when you ask him ...
The Power of the Word No
Monday, July 17
Amongst the ads and emails we receive each day ranging from “how to lose 75 lbs. in 12 days by eating just Three Musketeers candy bars and milkshakes” and “the lessons learned from a dyslexic 1980s pop musician turned auto mechanic”, there’s an occasional gem that stands out and helps you look at...