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My wife, Pam, and I spent a couple of hours fishing tonight off the marina in the Colonnades on our beloved Hutchinson Island, Florida. Even though we do not have a condo on the water in the Colonnades, we have equal privileges to use all of the marina facilities. Therefore, we decided to go ca...
10/26/2013
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I am sure that all of us Realtors that post on Craigslist have spent a lot of time chewing on pencils and wracking our brains for new ways to post our listings so that we are not......(halloween music in the background please)....."ghosted"! I agree with Craigslist philosophy to "keep it fresh a...
10/24/2013
Recently, I was showing a client some of our waterfront condo listings in the Colonnades on our beloved Hutchinson Island, Florida. They were all value priced because so many of the permanent and seasonal 55+ buyers have yet to discover one of Florida's best kept secrets. Every time that I look...
10/15/2013
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Growing up in rural coastal Maine, a spring ritual was to go up into the "back field" as apposed to the "front field", which was on the Blue Hill Bay, to look for frog eggs. After forcing our way through the alder growth to our winter skating rink, which was now open water, we could find little...
10/10/2013
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I am sure that we have all been through or may be going through the "Fake it until you make it" or "Dress to impress" stage in any endeavor. I know I have. Or, maybe I still am! So when it comes to being a realtor, I seriously ask... how do I dress? It is a real dilemma for me. Since my days ...
10/07/2013
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Back in the day, when I was a partner in an advertising and marketing agency, we were challenged by a motel chain to come up with a catchy slogan. Hence, "You're gonna love it here!". As the presenter in our firm, I was excited about this campaign. It had all of the earmarks of a monster hit! ...
10/06/2013
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I have discovered that it is relatively easy to respond to a "you can't" or "no way" or "that's not possible" or to "not now" with a "Why not?" when it comes from other people. It only is an affront to my personal liberties. The answer to this question gives me the information that I need to e...
10/05/2013
Maybe not so Dumb or Dumber. This morning we played tennis with some great friends who have relocated to the Colonnades on Hutchinson Island on a full time basis. My partner and I lost the first two sets badly. She kept telling me, we still have a chance, reciting the famous Dumb and Dumber qu...
10/03/2013
I just started a new book called Mega Creativity by Andrei Aleinikov, Ph.D. The book was written to help us think out of the box or "Five Steps to Thinking like a Genius." So far after the first three exercises, I am: 1) either daring or stupid (maybe both), 2) normal, and 3) limiting myself b...
10/02/2013
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CHANGE! Yuck! I hate it! Windows 8! New contract revisions! New Listing/Buyer reporting software! New everything! When is it going to stop? NEVER! My wife, Pam, wrote a new country and western song. The hook was: "Change is sooooo complicaaaaated! Oooooooh how I hate it!" Okay, eno...
10/01/2013