BDF Realty’s Blog

  “Champagne tastes with beer budgets.” Common real estate agent lament   I drive an old car.  And it has lots of miles (almost 300K!).  I’m reminded of this from time to time:   “Dude, seriously?  You’re driving that?  Don’t you want to step things up a little?” An old friend   “You thinking about buying a new car soon?  I only ask because I’m looking to buy a car for my...

“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” (Bruce Barton)   “Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.” (Song of Solomon 2:15)   A while ago, I was talking to a family member I don’t get the opportunity to converse with very often.  It...

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere, It’s up to you, New York, New York…” “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra   I remember living in New York City (NYC) when I was first out of college.  All of the big buildings, happening things going on, the energy, the lights, so many people… it was amazing to behold.  It seemed like everything that was going on in the news was happening...

“You took an oath, if you recall, when you first came to work for me. And I don’t mean to the National Security Advisor of the United States, I mean to his boss… and I don’t mean the President. You gave your word to his boss: you gave your word to the people of the United States.” (Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) in Clear And Present Danger)   “But Jesus would not...

“…what we do in life… echoes in eternity.” (Maximus (Russell Crowe) in Gladiator)   It’s been an unsettling time to be in the rental home game for the past year and a half.   Many people (including tenants) lost their jobs or had their incomes affected negatively.  This made many tenants late on rent and on the verge of eviction.  To stop this, politicians signed the CARES Act (which...

“Never mistake activity for achievement.” John Wooden (legendary UCLA basketball coach)   A popular maxim says that if you want to be wealthy, keep things old:   Old Car Old House Old Wife   When you get things right the first time, it saves a lot of money!  I’d also add “Old Tenant” to the list…   It’s also been said that “practice makes perfect.”  Athletic gurus...

“Buy straw hats in the winter because summer will surely come.” Bernard Baruch   The competition for Charlotte-area homes is relentless from the buy-side.  One local statistic really drives home the point: there is currently an 18-day supply of homes for sale (and 120-days worth is considered a healthy market)!  That’s badly seller-skewed.   And I saw a Linked-In post last week from...

Noah’s ark is a crazy story.  God tells Noah, some ordinary guy, that He is heartbroken with how sinful mankind has become and is going to flood the Earth and start again.  He tells Noah that he is going to spare him, his family, and all the animals if he builds an ark.  Noah takes God at His word and builds the ark, gathers the animals and provisions, and loads the ark up.   Everyone...

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and I was in my car with my kids to get some exercise in.  I wanted to shoot some hoops, so I convinced my kids they did too.  It was on.   We parked behind a local school and walked over to where the basketball court was on the other side of it; there was also a small playground 50 yards behind the court.  My son and I wanted to play basketball.  My...

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” Oscar Wilde   “…The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.” Ecclesiastes 7:18   Let me start off by saying I’m not a big clothes shopper.   I was minding my own business the other day at home and my phone buzzed.  I looked down at an alert from Amazon Photos with the “From 10 Years Ago” tag; it was a photo of my beautiful...