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I Love my Niches to Pieces

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My real estate career has been all about niches. When I entered real estate in 1989 it was foreclosures that segued to buyers agency that segued to listings, that shifted to investment real estate, that had to move to short sales, and then back to investment real estate. As The Grateful Dead sang...

07/28/2018

Dawn of a New Day

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This morning we got up early due to heat and humidity in Jupiter Florida and with no wind. Walking the beach is still a Zen moment for me but today I was headed back to Oklahoma City for business and leaving my wife behind. The sun over the ocean made me think that this is not all sadness and giv...

07/20/2018

Last thoughts on my Israel business trip

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I got back in from Israel last Friday and immediately took a well deserved nap. It was again a very successful time spent even though the World Cup match was the evening of the meeting so we had about half the normal attendees. The good news is I had meetings individually for three days before wi...

07/16/2018

My Unfair Advantage in Real Estate

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This morning I read a short post by Debe Maxwell on aging and do you feel old or are you just aging. When I turned 70 I thought about the Jimmy Buffett song called A Pirate looks at 40 and how my birthday made me look in the rear view mirror and how did i get here so fast? So to all the young and...

07/10/2018

Dinner at The Manta Ray in Tel Aviv

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The Manta Ray is Tel Aviv is right in the Mediterranean Sea, and I had the pleasure of meeting my old investor in Israel and his two partners for a sunset dinner as we watch the sun go down. The restaurant is just a short walk from the hotel and this was out second annual meal there as they like ...

07/09/2018

My definition of laid back

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I will be doing my post later about food adventures in Tel Aviv but in sending pictures back to Charlene in Florida she decided to send back one to me of our child, Henri. There are times that life justs bites you in the ass, or people upset you, or you watch politics on TV and starting yelling a...

07/08/2018

The Baha'i Gardens in Haifa Israel

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Yesterday I had the time to do a little exploring and I signed up for a tour of Caesarea, Akko, and Haifa. We had a excellent tour guide with 12 people, many from different countries. Caesarea is the old Middle East headquarters for the Roman Empire and we saw the remains of the palace of King He...

07/08/2018

Lead Gen is Back to the Future

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I started in this business in 1989 doing HUD open houses since the foreclosure business was the key to making commissions but later the market flipped to traditional real estate again so lead generation changes according to market demands and we need to read the tea leaves carefully because chang...

06/28/2018

Our sick poodle in Florida

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Okay, this is somewhat a frivolous post but when you baby is sick you take it very seriously. It must be obvious that Charlene and I have no human kids so excuse us for being nervous parents. Charlene is still at our home in Jupiter and told me that Henri was feeling sickly. Since my life depends...

06/12/2018

My real estate chicken or the egg question

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I am finishing up my 28th year of real estate and it has been a great career. I have done a lot of volunteer work with all three levels of associations but now my focus on my free time is real estate teaching elective courses on building, sustaining, and exiting the business in financially great ...

06/06/2018