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Eugene Half: Passing Grade with Needs Improvement add-on

After a nice two weeks of training in the lovely State of Idaho, I was ready to face the always challenging prospect of “racing” the Eugene Half Marathon. What  follows is my evaluation of that race…I rolled in to Portland early Friday morning after a late flight from Boise Thursday night netted me about 4 1/2 hours of sleep. Undaunted, I decided to have a little fun prior to race… Read More »Eugene Half: Passing Grade with Needs Improvement add-on

On the Road Again

Even the river has traffic signs Seven short days until the Eugene Half Marathon. Excited? Well, no, not really and with pretty good reason…..there’s no time to be excited.For just over a week now, I have been on the Tour de Teaching Idaho. It’s a twelve day journey in one of my favorite states doing what I love a bunch, teaching me some real estate agents. I figured the Tour,… Read More »On the Road Again

Houses: Product or Commodity?

For decades the real estate industry has treated houses as if they were products. They are given a price by the Seller, placed into the market, and the marketing begins. That marketing becomes the catalyst for drawing potential buyers to the property. The idea is that the better the marketing, the faster and at a higher price, the house will sell. Unfortunately, this technique doesn’t work the same way with… Read More »Houses: Product or Commodity?

Mostly Boring, But One Cool Thing…

There are a couple of things I’ve rarely enjoyed: Uphill and into the wind. Today there was too much of both. My 16 mile run was on the usual rolling terrain but had the added attraction of wind. Not just a little wind. 20-25 MPH of headwind for the first 9 miles. By the time I had the tailwind, I felt as though I had been beaten into submission. BUT, it’s… Read More »Mostly Boring, But One Cool Thing…

Ouch! And where was Jenny?

After an amazingly good running week, I thought I would save the best for the end. I thought, somewhere in my twisted mind, that it would be a good idea to run Magnolia Road today. And to make things worse, I decided to run from the West end. I say worse because West to East means UPhill on the way back. Maybe not my best decision. Nonetheless, the decision was… Read More »Ouch! And where was Jenny?

Effective Sales: from Fats Waller

When Fats Waller wrote the words, “Find out what they like and how they like it and let them have it just that way,” I’m sure he was composing within the context of the song written for the musical Ain’t Misbehavin.’ What he may not have known, at the time, was he was also creating the pathway for effective sales. This great lyric pretty much says it all, everything from buyer/seller counseling… Read More »Effective Sales: from Fats Waller

Holding Back?

It’s been two weeks since I last wrote about this running thing. All in all, I won’t complain (notice I said won’t, not can’t). After 50 miles two weeks in a row, I logged 55 this week. That was equal to my best week in all of 2017 and it was pretty much uneventful. My knee sits consistently at a 2 on the 10 scale of pain. That would come… Read More »Holding Back?

Inventory Continues to be a Challenge

In any given market, inventories fluctuate based on supply and demand considering area and price range. The National Association of REALTORS considers a balanced market to be a five/six-month supply of homes. If it takes longer than five or six months to sell, it is thought to be a buyer’s market and less than five or six months, a seller’s market. Lately, most buyers and sellers probably feel a balanced… Read More »Inventory Continues to be a Challenge

Turning the Corner?

So maybe, just maybe, we turned the corner last week. First off, it was a 50 mile week. I haven’t had one of those since October of last year and actually only had 6 weeks in all of last year at 50+. Next, a 13 mile run on Saturday. 13 isn’t 18 or 20 or more, but it’s a long run for now and since the word “long” is relative… Read More »Turning the Corner?

Wind, Woods, Emerson

Well, long story short, I ran 45 miles this week. It’s not the 50 I was planning on but frankly, I’m pretty okay wth it. It was a week of 5 and 6 mile runs mostly with a 10 thrown in yesterday. It was the ten, that defined the week.I did the usual thing I do in the morning looking out the window at a nearby flag to see how… Read More »Wind, Woods, Emerson