Amen to that! I speak from my heart and if it occassionally offends someone it’s just the heat of the battle. I’d bet dollars to donuts PS and I would enjoy each others company if we sat down to chat about family and community as we both share alot of the values.
I won’t stop posting because I beleive I add value that you cant get anywhere else. While PS is very well studied and strongly opinionated the information she brings is someone elses. If you want to hear other opinions all you need to do is Google something like “housing bubble”, “Real estates values” “Home Prices” and you can find all you want to read. I try to bring what is going on in the trenches. Beleive me when I say it, I do not have a fun job.

I have spent the last few nights at clients dinner tables reviewing market data and getting price reductions. My client s are all fine upstanding people that anyone would love to have as a neighbor, truly sincere people with good values. They have tons of equity and are committed to selling at whatever the market is. Now imagine that you have to sit across the table from your best friend and pour over market data. They listen intently, think deeply about what they have heard and then ask the ultimate question…..”What should we do?” Then you look them in the eye and say…”I think we need to lower the price $50,000 and hopefully that will be enough”….They look at you with the disappointment in their eyes of someone who just gave up the hope of an additional $50,000 in their pockets but trust and belief in you. They follow your advice and after some brief conversation you get in your car and drive home hoping it will be enough. On the way you think of the conversation they are having and personally feel their pain. You walk in your door, kiss your wife and then go to your computer to check email and the MLS. One more house just came on the market around the corner and another reduced their price $30,000. You say a little prayer for your friends and go to bed……………