Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

I was raised in an orphanage (Mills Home, Thomasville, N.C.)With almost 400 kids on campus sports was a big thing for most of us and wehad our own baseball teams, football teams, and basketball teams. Kids swamin the summer at least an hour a day and many were acrobatic from the hi-dive.Kids also...

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The City of San Jose opened The Fay, a 23-story luxury apartment building in downtown San Jose, which features 336 apartments. https://www.roomvu.com/agent-news/douglas-m-jones-387298/369791-New-High-End-Apartments-May-Enhance-Downtown-San-Jose?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1_2Fu6BEhp8Jw5Szvs9cU3A4t...

​Every Realtor and Loan Officer that I know has at least one other passion in their life. Could be Scuba Diving, Pickle Ball, or Cooking...anything. One interest that has stayed with me over my adult years is magic. Sometimes I do a lot of shows and sometimes I take a few weeks off from the shows...

A day, an action, a thought, and a word cannot be recaptured.  It is lost forever.  There were no Daily affirmations sent on April  6th.  It can’t be recaptured.  It is gone April 6th? My grandson’s 4th birthday and my wife’s mother; my mother-in-law, passed into the mystery of death.____________...

The Calvary is not coming.  When I was a little kid, I watched Cowboy and Indiana movies.  The wagon trains were always in trouble and the Calvary rushed in to save the day.  Many of us live waiting for Calvary to come and take care of the situation.  Calvary is not coming.______________________ ...

The last instructions a referee gives boxers is “defend yourself at all times” …We purchase insurance to protect ourselves from loss… We lock our doors and wear seat belts.  It is wise to always defend ourselves at all times.  A famous saying is, Pray to God but tie your horses” …________________...

Several years ago I made a video marketing a loan that required no money down for the home purchase. A gentleman called me and made an appointment to visit and talk about the loan. At the end of the conversation he commented that he also wanted me to work as his Realtor. I never mentioned being h...

The book of JOB in the Bible is fascinating…Everything went wrong in Job’s life.  I am sure that you have had everything go wrong no matter what you did…Right now I am facing uphill battles in business.  Job persisted and o will persist, and you will persist.____________________________I will win...

Recently two guiding principles seem to be influencing me.  The first is Winston Churchill’s famous speech.  “Never give up.  Never.  Never.  Never.  Never.  Never.  Never.” and a telegram sent by William Booth the founder of the Salvation Army to Army workers all over the word:  “Others”If I nev...