Pensacola, FL, Niceville, FL

Before the time of technology, real estate was practiced out of thick MLS books, photocopying listings to mail prospects and physically visiting the recording office to track down potential clouds on a certain title.  Lifting huge plat books onto a table to get a good look at a parcel of land was...

I’ve noticed recently that time is moving quickly.  Maybe as I get older, it appears to move faster, but nevertheless it seems as if we go through a year without even blinking.  Just yesterday it seems as if we were celebrating a new year, and now we are looking toward yet another one. Time is mo...

Have you noticed it getting darker earlier?  That’s because in a couple days we’ll be changing seasons.  Goodbye summer, hello autumn.  If you live in Florida, you may not notice it so much during the day as we continue to enjoy warm weather.  We recently visited Illinois, and although the days w...

We do what we do because we want to do what we do.  There are many miserable people in today’s workforce.  Every time I go into a department store, some cashiers are less than friendly, they appear to be beaten down by life, and there is no joy in their demeanor.  Grocery store employees are some...

Most professionals operate under a set of goals.  This holiday season is well known for giving, and as I was thinking of year-end goals, it occurred to me that there is a gift that keeps on giving.A gift that keeps on giving would be the completion of one of your goals.  Many people tell me they ...

We’ve come to realize that all students learn differently.  Depending on their age and where they received their education, TEAM Hughes attempts to adjust its teaching techniques to meet each student’s needs. Because students learn differently, it is important to us to reach each student on the l...

How do you take time off in the real estate industry?  I remember the days of practicing real estate, and sellers and buyers were always in my life.  Transactions were always pending, and I had two small children who needed some quality time with their single mother.  I managed to block time when...

With the weather so precarious this week, I was thinking about the effects of it all, and I realized real estate reminds me of a hurricane.  We’ve been watching Hurricane Matthew do its devastation, and we’ve reminisced about other storms we’ve weathered, such as Hugo, Katrina, Floyd, etc.  The t...

When I first entered the practice of real estate, interest rates were double-digit, the City of Houston had more vacant commercial real estate than it had ever experienced, and buyers were under the assumption that agents working with them “represented” them.  We’ve certainly come a long way, Bab...

There are real estate agents barely eking out an existence in their chosen profession, and there are agents who are actually making a living in the practice of real estate.  Then there are the few who are not only making a living in the practice of real estate, but who are living much more comfor...