From the onset of Thanksgiving, two major calendric shifts take place; the year begins to come to an end and the shopping season commences. It

In my conversations with clients and business professionals across the country, I am always amazed at their perspectives on the economy. Of course, it’s natural

We have often heard that “location, location, location” is a key component of buying a house. I would like to suggest that “vocation, vocation, vocation”

This week I spoke with two potential clients who were both looking to buy homes. Although each circumstance was significantly different, both were previous homeowners

In commerce, most things have a season and a cycle. An easy visual example of a season would be, when you walk into a store

In my previous article, I discussed the primary considerations when choosing between new construction home purchases versus doing construction yourself. Of course we merely scratched

Over the past few weeks, but certainly over the past few days, homes – and specifically backyards and driveways – have been busy with construction.

Earlier this week, I took two of our children to the pediatrician for a throat culture. While we were in the room waiting for the

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year has many stark contrasts to the start of the American New Year. One common similarity between the two however,

This Sunday was supposed to be a Sunday, like most others. A little work, a little relaxing, a little time at the community carnival, and

Over the holiday weekend, I was alerted by our automated mortgage monitoring system (which we like to call, “Approved-for-Life”), that a few of our past

I had a staff meeting in my office a few months ago, and I told everyone to bring in a pen and one piece of