Learn Twice as Much in Half the Time
At the age of 60, I decided to do something my friends thought was insane: take the Arizona bar exam. I graduated from law school way back in 1974, but my father developed emphysema, so I decided to help him manage his real estate firm instead of practicing law. I later founded several real estate […]
Put Enough Paint on the Brush
My grandfather was a house painter. In his lifetime he must have painted hundreds of houses inside and out. He was a happy, outgoing man who made friends easily. It wasn’t hard to tell that he loved his work as well as his life. He was also an excellent painter. No one could paint a […]
FEAR
When I was 12 years old, I lived next door to the most beautiful girl in the world. Ok, maybe not the entire world, but my world, for sure. I had a massive crush on Pam Diekman, the proverbial girl next door. A Heavenly Four Minutes Every school morning, I would stand poised at our […]
Special Skin
I didn’t have a dad growing up. Mom raised me, for the most part. I did have an uncle who was like my father. His name is Greg Hague. Uncle Greg taught me something special about me. It was 1981, another bleak, freezing Cincinnati winter. My name is Jason. I was five at the time. […]
The Word that Earned Me Millions
The year was 1960. I was 12 and obsessed with having a Red Ryder BB Gun. I had grand visions of hunting with my dad, Chubby. The problem? It was July. Christmas was six months away. I pleaded with my dad for the gun. “Well,” Dad said, “Aaron could use some help at the office. […]
Read The Frickin’ Manuals
I am a fan of Shark Tank, particularly outspoken, maverick entrepreneur and billionaire, Mark Cuban. We all know that Mark Cuban is a wildly successful businessman, investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He went from a zero net worth to Forbes list of The World’s Billionaires when he sold his second company in 1998. When asked what he […]
Better, Faster, Cheaper
When my son Brian was seven, he asked Santa for a pair of basketball shoes. These weren’t just any basketball shoes. They were the latest, coolest, most-talked-about shoes on the planet. And they were at the top of his Christmas list. The year was 1985. Nike had just released the “Air Jordan,” named for the Chicago […]
A Tale of Two Young Men
There’s an iconic story of two young men. Picture a beautiful, spring afternoon 25 years ago. Two young men stand next to each other, graduating from a small, midwestern college. These two graduates are very much alike. Better than average students. Personable. Lots of friends. Big hopes and dreams for the future. And coincidentally, both have […]
The Great American Road Trip
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” What happened in the summer of 1919 forever changed the way we travel in America. A 28-year-old U.S. Army lieutenant volunteered for a “genuine adventure.” It was a cross-country road trip to determine the travel time should the Army need to move […]
The Dark Side of Zillow
Every Realtor knows that Zillow’s Zestimates are often inaccurate. What many homeowners don’t know is that Zestimates can often prevent the sale of their home or cause buyers to pay a below market price. When Zillow’s Zestimate value is lower than your asking price (they appear together on Zillow), buyers presume that your home is […]