Yesterday, it was August. Earlier today, it was Labor Day. Tonight, it’ll be October, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Sure I…

Yesterday, it was August. Earlier today, it was Labor Day. Tonight, it’ll be October, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Sure I…
I suppose there’s something sweet about a summer buyer. Something innocent. On any sunny day it would be natural and normal for a subu…
The license plate said that. ENDLESS SUMMER. If you capitalize it, then it seems like some sort of horror film. It screams at you and demand…
There you have it, someone said it. Someone in the real estate industry dared say it. More than likely, this will be it for me. This will b…
On a day last week, in the afternoon of that day, there was a choice to be made. The sky opened after a period of rain and a period of warmt…
I used to wish for things. Lots of things. In the third grade, I wished that a girl I liked wouldn’t move away. She did. Later, I wish…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an offer on a property on behalf of a buyer. This is no feat. There is no trick to this. It’s just a form wri…
Somewhere, sometime, there was a decision made. It was a decision based on indecision, really. This would be it. A lifetime here, in this pl…
This week wasn’t like the other weeks. It wasn’t like the one before it, or the two before that one. It’s been a week unli…
I kill animals every year. Or at least one animal every year. It’s a right of passage, a tradition, something I do, annually. I’…
It was January. Maybe February. The snow had piled up and the lake had frozen. It was winter, but not like last winter, it was real winter. …
I already know the sort of fall you like. I know the sort of fall everyone likes. It’s the fall we had last Saturday. Sunshine, 70 deg…
I have several different sets of rules pertaining to several different disciplines. My real estate rules are well known. Don’t buy a h…
It was windy. It hadn’t rained yet, but the clouds had overtaken the moon and everyone knew the rain was near. It wasn’t warm an…
The streets are quiet now. The excited conversations of summer are now just a murmur, fading like the green in all of these leaves. There wa…
Both of my grandmothers are now dead. They’ve both been dead for a while. My Grandma May didn’t complain about much, or if she d…
Anxiety is a common affliction in the real estate world. Those not living in this world cannot fathom what might be so difficult about makin…
The Saab 900 was gunmetal gray. The roads were straight, the path clear. North. That’s all I needed to do, bearing East when possible,…
I think we know each other well enough that we can cut through all the nuance. It’s time we had an honest discussion about me, about y…
It’s getting late. The greens are no longer bright. The grass is beginning to fade. The corn is drying as it should, first at the bott…
I’ve seen things no one should ever have to see. I live like you, just wishing to make it through my day without conflict and strife, …
We all engage in it. A very common mistake. It’s not a mistake like it would be to pay someone to tattoo barbed wire around our biceps…
How I love the summer. The distinct scenery that is uniquely this place, the bright blues and deep greens, the white topped waves falling in…
I do not believe in putting off until tomorrow what you can do today. Unless tomorrow is pretty open, and today is pretty busy. Then I whole…
I own many coats. I don’t tell you this by way of bragging. I’m not especially proud that I own so many coats, it’s just t…
Yesterday while you were working, the lake did what it does in October. It went quiet. Sure, the lake goes quiet during the days that came f…
Without the weather, what would we talk about? When I meet someone new, what would I open the conversation with? If I couldn’t say, wh…