John March's Real Estate Blog

*(Definition: Amicus Briefs: Latin term meaning "friend of the court".  The name for a brief filed with the court by someone who is not a party to the case.) Supreme Court: Their job is to protect us from laws which are unconstitutional--What happens when a judge or two gets appointed who thinks ...

The Boston Marathon's The infamous Heartbreak Hill: "Heartbreak Hill is an ascent over 0.4 mile (600 m) of the Boston Marathon course, between the 20 and 21 mile marks, in the vicinity of Boston College. It is the last of four "Newton hills", which begin at the 16 mile mark. It is positioned at a...

...so that we may grow in wisdom." (Psalm 90:12)   Yesterday, I found out about a successful Realtor here who died suddenly. He was OK 4 weeks ago!-- and now he is gone. This morning I read that the husband of a friend died--he was struggling with an illness, but seemed to be making progress. I k...

As a volunteer prison chaplain, I met many a young man who was a prisoner in prison. That is, they were bound by all of the attitudes and behaviors that got them into prison in the first place--and they we're without a spiritual anchor. All of the talking at them in the world about their sinful l...

To succeed at running a marathon takes a plan, the same is true for the real estate business--without a plan you're planning to fail.  I still have the training plan that got me my personal best in the Boston Marathon. It contains each days workout for a 9 month training cycle. It contains speed ...

Sunday, I went for not one run, but TWO! I am psyched! You see it's been quite awhile since I've been motivated (and without injury) to do a "2-a-day". 30 pounds ago, I was in the best shape of my life. It was also 30 years ago and I have completed 15 marathons and many other races of shorter dis...

November 10th marks the 233rd year of service to this country by the United States Marine Corps I just want to say Happy Birthday and thanks all my fellow Marines for their service to our country. Thank you to those who are in harms way for their courage and dedication and sacrifice and also tha...

I would love to say yes. However, I can't wholeheartedly put all the blame on the election result. I do believe that smaller investors are throwing in the towel--just because of the fear that the market will go lower still. And, I do believe investors are also rethinking whether or not they want ...

Golfers from 15 Harris Teeter Senior Amateur Tours, will compete on Hilton Head Island. A field of 140 Senior Golf competitors is expected to tee it up on the Oyster Reef and the Barony course at Port Royal during the 36-hole stroke-play championship, on the 11th and 12th of Novemeber. The annual...

As President-Elect Obama will now have to make good on all his campaign promises, including this one -- to get his daughters a dog. Obama repeated this promise in his acceptance speech, "you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House," He said/ Well he's getting a little h...