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I Was Recently Hacked & Spammed On my MacBook Air I thought Impossible Yesterday, in what I thought was an innocent Adobe Flash update turned out to be some pretty pesky malware that wreaked havoc with my MacBook Air until I took it to the Genius Bar at a local Apple Store. Just a word to the wis...

Are You Going To Vote? You may question whether this has anything to do with Real Estate and I will answer by saying ABSOLUTELY!  There's no doubt the pulse beat of America is largely driven by real estate. The things we do and say play a large role in our economy be it buying, selling, lending, ...

Do You Think The Media Over Hyped  Hurricane Matthew? I know many folks think that the media really over hyped the mass evacuation of millions of folks from the Hurricane's sphere of influence. But did they really? Sure it wasn't the hugely destructive and devastating disaster the weather forecas...

Hurricanes Are Nothing To Mess With!Get Out Now! It Could Kill You! This is a message to all my Florida friends and associates. I implore you, having been a disaster response contractor who spent over a year cleaning up most of Florida after Hurricane Charley and his 3 buddies ravaged much of Flo...

Wow!! We Were Bombed On Our First Night In New York I know it's not unusual to go out and get bombed in New York after a long flight from the Cali. But this type of BOMB was a little more than we bargained for.    This was the scene that greeted us literally steps from our hotel entrance. Indeed ...

What's Your Idea of ThePerfect Executive Office? What's your idea of the perfect EXECUTIVE OFFICE? Well, as a Father of 5 and a Grandfather of 14 I must admit that Chad's a chip off the ole block.   Yesterday Janis and I were taking our daily walk on one of North San Diego County's most beautiful...

Remember Where You Were & What You Were Doing 15 Yrs Ago Today? I know we'll be getting a lot of questions like this throughout the day on various media platforms and especially right here on AR. and with good cause. There are certain things that happen in our life that stop us dead in our tracks...

Do We Have A Failure To Communicate? This is a hoot and was my Thursday morning wake up call as I awoke to a very irate so called REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL who blasted me with one of the most UN PROFESSIONAL yelling fests I have ever received from a colleague.   She started out the conversation by...

$Buying A Manufactured Home & Paying Rent vs Renting An Apartment-Home.$ There has no doubt been lots of controversy over the years about investing in a $Manufactured Home in a Rent/Lease Park Community$ vs. buying or renting an apartmentcondo, townhome or Single Family home (SFH).  There is also...

Great post Sam and I sorta agree because my youngest brother, 16 years my jr and a couple of my kids are direct recipients of this situation.My youngest brother just purchased his first home at 56. While some of my children are investing in coastal manufactured home purchases for the quality of l...