Bill McAfee, President of Empire Title, authored an article entitled, “Be afraid, be very afraid!!!” The point he was making is that it’s okay to be afraid of things out of our control, such as world events and various acts of nature.  On the other hand, when it comes to Colorado Springs Real Estate, there [...]

Earlier this year, I had telephone conversations with a couple (Ron & Alexandra Seigel), who are members on Active Rain, and also, who I consider among the cream of the crop when it comes to the importance of branding – how to effectively communicate the abstract regarding who you are and what you do into [...]

Proposed legislation, titled “Prompt Decision for Qualification for Short Sale Act of 2011,” was recently brought to Congress by Representatives Tom Rooney (R-FL) and Robert Andrews (D-NJ). According to an article written in The Colorado Springs Real Estate Journal, this new bill would improve the process for approving short sales. Also backed by the National [...]

When you think of having resiliency about real estate, what mental picture comes to mind?  For me this morning (feeling fortunate to watch the sunrise after a 5K), I thought of oranges instead of lemons – probably because I grew up in Florida. Like squeezing oranges for the tastiest juice, it’s a great idea to [...]

Part of the beauty about what I do as Colorado Springs CO Realtor, as well as any other Realtor® in this profession, is that I get to develop my business model as I see fit. That’s right.  I set the rules, if rules are important to me.  I create the definitions regarding core values and [...]