What the heck am I doing here?

Today's post is a simple copy-and-paste of an essay I just heard from a South African radio personality named Gareth Cliff, regarding the ongoing current Israeli / Palestinian tragedy.It's clearly not real estate related, and I don't post it for points, or commentary, merely because it overwhelme...

Okay, I admit it.  I watched the Golden Bachelor.  There, I said it.I was not a fan of the original bachelor, or the bachelorette.  Personally I would have preferred to have watched paint dry, I would have found it more interesting.  My ex-wife had me watch some of the first few seasons, and I fo...

I had a recent transaction that went very smoothly.  I was the listing agent, and it was a beautiful home, lovely sellers, we had a long weekend full of showings... I was exhausted.  Feedback was excellent, and by Monday we had a handful of offers to choose from.The sellers were happy, although n...

I ran across this, accidentally, while cruising through some 'reels' on Facebook.For those of you youngsters, it's an oldie, but a goodie... a Jackson Browne song from the golden ages of the 70's... Experience the magic of collaboration as Playing For Change brings together the legendary Jackson ...

I'm a huge Joni Mitchell fan, and was today-years-old when I discovered that one of my personal favourite Joni Mitchell tunes, 'Twisted', (from her 1974 album titled Court and Spark) was a cover of a song written and performed by Annie Ross in 1952, accompanied by Count Basie on the piano (yes, t...

Today, I was sent by a colleague to meet a vendor who was delivering a refrigerator at one of our listings at a condo during the wee hours of the morning.  My colleague told me that she had notified John, the maintenance man, that we had permission to use the freight elevator.The truck arrived, t...

Before we get our collective Realtor underwear in a bundle, we have all seen much worse things occur whilst in our duties as  Realtors.This is a case of a Realtor, showing a property to his buyer.  While he was waiting for his buyer to show up, he was waiting in the property, he went to the refri...

It's not uncommon, in our marketplace, when a new property comes on, to have it staged, to show it at their best.  They bring in furnishings, carpeting, sometimes even artwork, and it helps make the photos look better, and buyers, who admittedly have zero imagination, can then see how a room migh...

My mother was born in Israel and immigrated to the U.S. as a young girl.  She kept much of her culture as a young woman, and I remember her speaking Hebrew and singing songs to us.  One of those that stuck in my memory was a sad lament about a place across the Israeli/Jordanian border, where it w...

In a time when we have lots of more important things to think about, the powers that be have decided to put something shiny in front of usNASCARHere in the city of Big Shoulders we now have noisy racecars on our city streets.  We've been moaning and bitching for weeks about the upcoming street cl...