The Grinch that stole Christmas

by | Dec 12, 2014 | Brokerage, Commercial Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Property Acquisition, Property Development, Property Maintenance, Property Management, Real Estate Consulting, Recommended Vendors, Residential Real Estate

The underbelly of any society is filled with individuals who have no desire to contribute to the better good of the people in that society and think only of themselves as they put their efforts into criminal activity.  It is apparent in our daily lives through reading...

The lucky rabbit’s foot wasn’t lucky for the rabbit

by | Nov 28, 2014 | Brokerage, Joint Ventures, Property Acquisition, Property Development, Property Maintenance, Property Management, Real Estate Consulting, Recommended Vendors, Residential Real Estate

One of the memories that I have of my dad was the sayings he would use to get his point across.  My favorite was that the lucky rabbit’s foot wasn’t lucky for the rabbit.  He would use that saying on me when I was depending upon luck more than my own initiative to...

Success won’t be handed to you on a silver platter.

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Brokerage, Commercial Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Property Acquisition, Property Development, Property Maintenance, Property Management, Real Estate Consulting, Recommended Vendors, Residential Real Estate

I’m not really sure where the idiom “handed to you on a silver platter” came from and looking it up on the Internet proved less than fruitful in finding the origin; however, the meaning is very clear … getting something without having to work for it.  I’m only too...

Setting the performance bar

by | Nov 7, 2014 | Brokerage, Commercial Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Property Acquisition, Property Development, Property Maintenance, Property Management, Real Estate Consulting, Recommended Vendors, Residential Real Estate

I’ve written a blog about setting the performance bar high in the past but feel that the start of the school year is a great time to readdress the issue. After all, the students of today will be the leaders and workers of tomorrow.  Yours and my retirements will be...

How much is one life worth?

by | Oct 29, 2014 | Brokerage, Commercial Real Estate, Joint Ventures, Property Acquisition, Property Development, Property Maintenance, Property Management, Real Estate Consulting, Recommended Vendors, Residential Real Estate

Events of the last week have forced me to think about how much one life is worth. A very good friend of mine, who had been having a lot of problems over the last couple of years, took their own life last week.  This person was so full of happiness and showed such love...