Operator. Consultant. Speaker. Helping real estate leaders find what’s holding the business back. Founder, RE Luxe Leaders.

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Joined February 2008
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The Housing Market Has Never Been This Unaffordable
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The second article I ever wrote for Housingwire in 2020 argued that a booming economy isn’t actually good for housing if it pushes rates above a normal range. Here we are again, with rates near 7.25% for the fourth calendar year. under 6.64%, heading toward six, You can grow, but above seven we have no data that shows any growth
if a wise oracle told you in September 2021 that pending home sales in the US would fall to an all-time low in September 2026, you'd be like 'man, that must be a a really rough recession...' but somehow, nope:
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New home sales haven't fallen below 2022 lows yet, and remodeling workers are still in demand; plus, the AI boom has changed this cycle. In reality, new home sales haven't gone anywhere in 10 years
Housing is 18.5% of GDP, but it’s NOT the business cycle this time around, with almost every component of this chart still getting hammered.
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It strikes again 🫡
BREAKING 🚨: Housing Market Home Sellers now outnumber Home Buyers by the largest margin ever recorded 🤯 👀
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Panamá asombra. Un terremoto de 7.5, no hay desaparecidos ni muertos y los rascacielos en estado integral. Gran país.
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Keep voting for the "lesser of two evils." Act shocked when it wins. Repeat. 🇺🇸 America on loop.
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Want to have your mind blown? The median U.S. family income in 1971 was 252.2 oz of gold. That would be $1,053,623/yr today.
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What if instead of voting for either party we destroyed both of them?
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How about earning my vote instead of saying the alternative is worse than you?
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Capitalism is just another name for freedom. Socialism is just another name for slavery.
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I want a government so small it doesn’t matter who wins elections.
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The best way to pace the frontier is to hold the labs fully liable for the behavior of their models.
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you can't afford to not understand this
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"El Estado no crea riqueza, el Estado la destruye, la creación de riqueza viene del sector privado. El Estado no puede dar nada porque no produce nada y, cuando lo quiere hacer, además lo hace mal". - Javier Milei -
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More people died in France this year from not having air conditioning (7,300) than American deaths from mass shootings in all of recorded U.S. history (1,741).😬
France has recorded over 7,300 excess deaths during heatwaves this year, with a record 52 days of hot spells since mid-June, according to AFP. Separately, nearly 10,000 people across Germany have died so far this year due to heat-related causes, according to a German institute.
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Longer decision cycles do not kill premium businesses. Needing the deal to close this month does. If your pipeline collapses when affluent clients deliberate, you built a revenue habit, not trust. Read:
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Your best clients are not slowing down. They are testing whether you still deserve access. When buyers take longer, weak operators panic and discount. Architects sharpen proof, patience, and positioning. Desperation is expensive. Affluent people can smell it through the screen.
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More revenue will not fix a founder addicted to excess. More hires, more tools, more meetings, more nonsense with a dashboard. Abundance is having enough margin to choose. Excess is needing more because silence might reveal the machine has no discipline.
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Your network is not weak because you lack contacts. It is weak because every relationship can smell the invoice hiding behind your handshake. Real reciprocity is not keeping score. It is becoming so useful that serious people remember your name when the room gets expensive.
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The best introductions arrive after people watch you make hard calls. Not after your polished pitch. After they see your judgment under pressure. Build a reputation for seeing the expensive truth early. Then point readers here:
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