Dear Shithead – I hope you’re happy. That iPhone you ripped out of my hands on the streets of downtown Barcelona was full of photographs that meant a lot to me. Yes, I realize you couldn’t care less about that. I suspect you don’t care about anything but yourself. Let’s face it, you’re a miserable […]
17 Days in Italy, 1 pair of underwear
It’s not as gross as it sounds Around 35 years ago, I checked my bag onto a flight to somewhere. I don’t remember exactly where I was going, but am pretty sure it was for a three-day training class, so with travel time, I was packing for five days or so. I suspect I checked […]
This Was Not Our Finest Hour
This article was originally published on Inman News on May 22, 2019 under, “We’re better than this: Stop trolling other Realtors.” Links may send you to articles behind Inman’s paywall. It was back in 2004 when I got my real estate sales license. From the very day I raised my hand and pledged to uphold […]
Getting Old Does Not Suck
When my friend, and photographer extraordinaire, Jeff Turner took this shot at the Arizona Association of Realtors Conference, I’m not sure what I was thinking. My first reaction when I saw this image was to say, “That’s my “WTF?” look.” I suspect someone on stage said something that made me think…. “WTF?” Or, perhaps a […]
On the Zillow CEO Change
So the news breaks that Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff is stepping aside and Zillow co-founder (and former CEO) Rich Barton is coming in as CEO. And suddenly the real estate world tilts off-axis and could be on the edge of just spinning off wildly into space. Or, Zillow stock could take a pounding (“SEE!” […]
It’s not a job, it’s an adventure!
A couple of weeks ago, I did a thing. Shortly after launching, Jay.Life, LLC — my speaking/consulting/writing “firm” — I landed a consulting gig. Nice, as that was pretty much the point in the launch. My intended practice is to never mention my consulting clients, what I do for them, what they do for me, NOTHING. […]
