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The boom, the bust and the flip houses of 2005-2012. Real estate sales were once again booming due to lower interest rates and the demographics of the baby-boomer generation buying homes. What fasted-paced activity!  Interest rates were a lot lower and prices were skyrocketing. Some economists warned of a crash but few listened or prepared. […]

My branch manager days. By now I gained a lot of practical knowledge and thought I knew enough to teach other Realtors, so I interviewed for a well-known bank’s recent acquisition of a real estate company. I was hired. The president of the company said my responsibilities are to recruit, recruit, recruit. In between, I […]

Here’s my first podcast. Let me know what you think of this: In just a tad more than 10 years, every single baby boomer will be older than 65. One in every 5 U.S. residents will be of retirement age. By 2035, seniors will outnumber people under 18. More and more are considering senior-friendly housing options other […]

The fast-pasted 1980s The 1984 election the Country experienced good changes. The Iran hostages were released before the new president was inaugurated. Soon afterwards gas was once again plentiful; interest rates plummeted, and housing prices began to increase. The combination of low-interest rates and higher prices experienced a boom in real estate not experienced since […]

The late 1970s was very good for real estate sales. Then the real estate depression of the early 1980s hit. Some may remember long lines at gas stations to fill your car or even get a few gallons. Many times, gas stations posted signs “NO GAS TODAY”. The President at the time said Americans had […]

How or why I become a Realtor some 40+ years ago. There are probably as many stories about getting into real estate as there are Realtors. Like others, my dream job wasn’t real estate. Oh, there were a few whose family was in the business and continued the family legacy, but most have a variety […]