Gregg's Blog

RISK vs. RISKY BEHAVIOR     I was in a real estate chat room the other day and read a statement by one of the contributors about all real estate investments being risky.  Somebody replied with "no risk = no gain".  This got me to thinking about the investments that I have and how much risk is inv...

      The first time I heard this expression I was working as a consultant for the Corporate New Ventures Group at Proctor and Gamble. Greg Ames, one of my main contacts and a good friend in the group, was fond of saying, once presented with some data, "Let's peel back the onion". What he really ...

IT TAKES COURAGE TO BE RICH       There is a chapter in the book, "The Millionaire Mind" (Thomas J. Stanley, Phd; Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000) about the relationship between courage and wealth in this country. He makes a very strong case that wealthy people possess courage.   Courage is the a...

NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM   I seem to remember being taught this simple concept in high school science class.  The concept has been reverberating in my head now for the last few months. Nature Abhors a Vacuum.  If there is a vacuum, nature will try to fill it.  If there is an empty space, it will no...

                I have been touring many new homes lately and thought it was time to dust off and update one of my old columns about buying homes by the square foot.  The price per square foot is a good rule of thumb to compare several homes you may be previewing.  Once you see a difference in th...

Fort Myers and her brief fling with Fay   It's now 9 AM. I have been up since 4:30, a normal waking time for me.  This morning was a bit different.  Fay was coming.  Jackson and I padded to the back door for a peak out.  The back pool deck looked rather bleak. I had cleared off all the porch furn...

LESSONS FROM A DINOSAUR EGG    Lessons come from many places and at any time.  I would like to share with you a few that I learned yesterday.  Yesterday the weather was fit for a postcard.  I left the office at lunch time to go to The Bell Tower to pick up some tailoring I was having done on a ne...

PICK YOUR PROFESSIONAL      Success in real estate today can depend a great deal on your support from professionals. The team of advisors that I have developed over the years is critical to the success of each and every deal I get involved in. It took a great deal of time and effort to cultivate...

Whisper When You Want to be Heard  Many years ago when I was living in Ross, Ohio, my next door neighbor was the sales manager for the largest Nissan dealership in Cincinnati. He was a very successful sales manager and had become that sales manager after being Nissan's number one salesman for man...

Two boaters from Pennsylvania named Mike and David were visiting Fort Myers Beach three years ago. The weather was superb, the fish plentiful, the sun warm, and the fun endless. They thought Fort Myers beach was pretty cool. After three weeks here on the beach they wound up with an idea.  They bo...