Our primary focus was to make the shopping center focused on active living. to that extent, we had a gym, physical therapy and physician, a great sports grill & bar, and other companies who's business dealt with active living.

Soap Box ONOver time, most activities (e.g. businesses, sports, personal relationships, etc.) where judgement is involved, develop 'rules of thumb', 'short cuts', 'approximations', etc. which allow you to make 'quicker' decisions at the expense of less certainty; they will be wrong some of the time.

@Kalid Alogbi@Jake StenzianoThe only advice I can give is to try and build rapport with the person you are dealing with, whether it is sports, family, type of investing, hobby, etc.  

For the sports fans out there:"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -- Wayne Gretzky

All 4 major sports, highest per capita Off Broadway plays/theaters in the nation.But I don't want to plug my own city.  

You don't want a sports car or a monster truck to show houses, you want a Buick, Camry, reasonable SUV, etc.

I am an adrenaline junky who cant stay away from action sports.

@Scott Garner You might try talking to Grant Pille at Pinnacle Bank in Gretna.  

I personally think that real estate is a team sport, and growing our local network can only help us all.

That is my specialty, I work in the sports flooring industry and 99% of gymnasiums wood floors are maple.