Does Your Dog Bite? (And Other Pertinent Questions)
Monday, March 20
In the final act of the movie The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Inspector Clouseau visits a quaint country inn located in the Bavarian Alps where he and the innkeeper use English as their common language – the accents are cheesy, to say the least. At any rate, as Clouseau has picked up his room ke...
Inventory is Low, Opportunity is High
Monday, March 06
When a real estate agent hears the term “low inventory” these days, 9 times out of 10 you’ll see them make a face like they’ve just been told they’re about to receive a mandatory colonic. (Quite often, that tenth person really enjoys colonics, so it’s sort of hard to gauge how they feel about . ....
Rates are Overrated, You'll See
Monday, February 27
Buckle up and get ready to have your mind blown! Okay, it’s not THAT mind blowing – some of you might even say, “well, duh” – but it’s still interesting. The economists (that’s a fancy term for “the smart folks”) at the New York Federal Reserve published the results of a study, which reveal that ...
On Life's Journey, Did You Over Pack?
Monday, February 13
If you’ve never heard of the comedian Brian Regan, go to YouTube and look him up. I’d say I’ll wait, but you might be a while – he’s got a lot of great stuff that’s absolutely hilarious. As a stand-up comedian, he travels a lot, so it was inevitable that the airline would lose his bags at some ...
An Intergalactic Lack of Knowledge
Monday, January 30
This past week, word had reached my ears that the federal money available for homebuyers in a certain grant program would run out by April 1st of this year – despite the date, I’m fairly certain it’s not intended as some cosmic April Fool’s Day joke. At any rate, a real estate agent that I’ve wo...
Everybody Calm Down, Take a Deep Breath
Tuesday, January 17
At the end of last year, the Federal Reserve did something ghastly! They raised rates by a whole .25%. Egad! (I believe that’s an Olde English word meaning, “what the heck!”) Before we get our English riding pants in a twist, let me put something in perspective: this rate increase is only the...