As teachers part of our philosophy of education is that while we are the teacher to our students we always take our place as students first learning from our students and anyone willing to share new knowledge — we don’t know what we don’t know so we remain curious, hungry as life long learners.

The idea is to form lifelong bonds and watch our for each others kids as we grow old. 

And yet…this crazy business has brought our family closer, we have a trusted group of employees who are proud to work for us (and we pay them benefits) and we keep on reminding ourselves that our guests are making lifelong memories when they stay in our homes.

There are many unfinished projects (promises made by MGM) around the casino, that are now gaining traction as MGM President Bill Hornbuckle and Mayor Sarno had a recent meeting to review the host community agreement -- the Sarno administration was vocal about MGM not fulfilling its promises to the City. 

If the buyer did not close or fulfill the obligation then seller could potentially sue for damages - see this more often in wholesale deals.

If it were me, I would make the argument that the agent has not fulfilled their obligation to bring a buyer for the property and is therefore not entitled to a commission.

It was all verbal agreement and she did not fulfill her end of the deal, getting receipts and invoices.

They typically build life-long seller-lead businesses in their market and if you work with a few of the top-agents in multiple locales, you can likely get a good stream of leads going (constant new-business with various owners who might be interested).

I am a lifelong resident of California - grew up in the SF Bay, went to school in the O.C. lived in LA for over a decade and relocated to the central coast during COVID. 

All complimented with Amazon fulfillment centers, google, and more tech manufacturing jobs.The bad reputation of “Detroit” comes from OOS investors wanting sub $40,000, D class properties in poor condition, because they pencil out to 2-3% deals on paper.