Gregg's Blog

REO STRESS  Friday was already busy. For me I always run out of week before I run out of things I need to accomplish.  I get to the office every morning at around 7:30, Friday I  cleared my emails and got ready for a conference call at 9 with buyers coming in to look for bulk purchases of stresse...

Being First or Best?   In Real Estate or life, getting advantages for being first is just a human thing.   I have a lot to talk to you about today:  some new reports from our agents, the situation at Oasis condominiums on the river in Fort Myers, the upcoming Real Estate Showcase next weekend at ...

Why do they print money?   I'm a pretty simple guy.  Thinking too deeply about a subject such as the economic crisis gives me a headache. Really. Fortunately I have taken to keeping Ibuprofen at my desk at work.  I have a question for you:  How many of you have been mesmerized by the videos of th...

"What's the Price?"   "What's the price?" is a straight forward question has many answers. The answer may be as simple as stating a dollar figure and as involved as a discussion on interest rates, square footage, cap rates, and opportunity cost. I tell my sales people that they need to be careful...

Some People are Running in While others Run Out   Last time I was in Chicago Gail and I were walking down Michigan Avenue and there seemed to be hundreds more walking up the avenue than down.   "Where are we going?"  Gail asks.   "II don't know honey, but where ever it is, we are late. All these ...

Property Scouter Report Here is a list of 12 condos that were in either foreclosure (bank owned) or short sales - probably on their way to foreclosures, but with bank approved prices for most of them.  This week we took a look at properties in CC12 in Cape Coral, either on a canal with Gulf Acces...

When bad news is good.   I remember kernels of wisdom from my mother when I was a kid: "When you take an aspirin, drink the whole glass of water; or    Don't worry, bleeding is good on a cut, it will clean in out,"  or    " If all your friends jumped off of a bridge, would you do it too?"     But...

Ok, let's talk more virtual. This is for all you licensed real estate agents out there.  Tatiana, Carlos, and I sat down one night last week in our conference room with a pizza and a few drinks.   I have been losing sleep over a concept I have been working on for a while in my head and I wanted t...

I love playing with my grandkids - especially games that open up their minds.  I remember when I was a kid; I saw a painting of a knife that was so good it looked like a photograph.  The title of the painting was "This is not a knife". Reading the title of the painting, I then looked carefully at...

Southwest Florida is Clearing its Throat   When I was a kid in Harrington Park, New Jersey, I got about one or two nasty colds a year. Here in Florida I get them about once every two years. I have no idea if this is a direct result the tropical location or my compulsion as I got older to constant...