Hey, I have to earn a living too.

If you ever need your spirits lifted around Christmas and have seen It’s a Wonderful Life about ten too many times, pretend like you’re twelve again and watch a dog story. The evening I was first planning to write this article I started flipping around the channels and came across Firehouse Dog already in progress [...]

Are buyers looking for a forest or a tree? As a veteran marketer who had worked in many industries I was initially surprised when I began my real estate career by how superficial the marketing plans were that we were taught to prepare for listing presentations to potential sellers. What I had failed to take [...]

Dear Alberta, I’m so disappointed. We found our dream home, brand new, in a beautiful new neighborhood. About two weeks ago I started decorating for Halloween. Ira and I carved jack-o-lanterns for the front porch and I have a jangly plastic skeleton that I hang on the door and phony spider webs. On Saturday night [...]

Blogging and “social media” have been hot topics in the real estate industry but most agents don’t blog or even have a website.  So, why me? There are a couple of reasons.  The first is that I can. I enjoy writing and the challenge of mastering the technology. Love it or hate it, I’ve written [...]