Jim Hirschhorn's (jhirschhorn) Blog

When I worked at The Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia, the hotel business was a great place to be. For Luxury Hotels, the Hotel side and Rooms Division was looking for a 70% profitability while the Food and beverage was profitable at about 18 or 19%. The food and beverage was necessary to bring the p...

I know I have blogged about Customer Service before but everytime you turn around, you are having either a great or not so great experience! I recently had the pleasure (?) of driving a rental truck from Philadelphia to Orlando with my girlfriend of 9 years. We thought it would be a good test of ...

Immediate Possession!                    Limited Time Offer!                             Best Deal in Town! Wow. Powerful, huh? We see these and more all over town. Marketing tag lines that have been used and overused for many years. Ron Popeil became a millionaire touting everything from the Gin...

I recently saw another mother with her child on a leash. A leash. How out of control are we as a society that we now have our kids on leashes?Ok, time for a confession, my mom, had my brothers on leashes..ok, the proper term is anti runaway harnesses, but to you and me, leashes! Where do we go fr...

I had the pleasure of flying to Philadelphia to assist in cleaning up 60 years of junk from my mother's house. She is moving and we all know that we and everyone we know have the tendancy to be pack rats. But this is not the subject of this blog. I usually fly on Southwest Airlines. Their company...

As seen on a rental property listing! What if Warner Brothers gave you a better deal?  

My morning started out very well. After having few effects from a tropical storm and spending quality time with family, it started to get gloomier. I got a call from an old co-worker who told the tale of her having her house go on the market as a short sale. I got to the office and a man was wait...

I can't say my mom's age but she is two years shy of 80. She has always been energetic and a go getter. She has lived in Philadelphia all of her life and has now decided to pack up and move to Austin, Texas. She knows noone there but after a 3 1/2 day trip has decided that this is the place she w...

Every course I have taken since being a Realtor, whether it be for an accreditation or for fun has involved math to some degree. Every instructor has told us that when we say we can't do the math, ask an agent what their commission will be (and we get it to the penny). I bring this up because man...

Here in Central Florida, we have mostly subdivisions. Many people love to say they live in this one or that one. Many of the subdivisions are gated. The most expensive subdivisions are manned 24 hours a day while others have a key card and code box. The manned communities vary in their level of s...