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COVID, cabinets and courthouses The effects of COVID-19 have reached many facets of our lives in 2020. On the real estate business level, they have has affected our purchasing capabilities — specifically how we’ve been able to purchase materials on our rehabs. It started out with 5/4 boards not being available for building decks. Then the shortage moved into other lumber areas before the...
2020: the year of clarity As folks were doing their planning for the beginning of this year, a common theme was that 2020 was going to be “the year of clear vision.” I even have a really cool t-shirt printed with the saying that I got from a business mastermind meeting. Now that we are almost to the end of the year, things look a little different than expected. Somewhere between...
Missing my friends I’m missing my friends a lot lately. I didn’t even realize how much until this past week when I got to see friendly faces I haven’t seen all year. The first one was a total surprise. I came home for lunch and as I rounded the corner to my house, I saw a gold SUV sitting in my driveway. That SUV belonged to nonother than the lady I lovingly refer to as my “Rich...
What will your legacy be? I went to a good funeral yesterday. I can’t believe I just wrote the words “good” and “funeral” in the same sentence, but it really was. It was for Ashley’s great aunt on her mom’s side whose name was Carrie Holcomb. She and her husband of over 60 years, named John, lived in Chatsworth. During the service, the preacher did a fantastic job. He related...
Dealing in benefits, the story continues Last week we talked about a seller I encountered who was in a precarious position. ( You can read that blog here) She was thousands of dollars behind on her mortgage and in active foreclosure. She was older and couldn’t afford to take care of the house physically or financially. When we left off last week, we were sitting outside with the...