SDR: One of the coaches in our league owns a Southland Title office. I offhandedly asked how business was (not thinking about his line of work, and just making conversation), and you would’ve thought I smacked his kid in the head.
I belatedly realized my faux pas, but the stricken look on his face said it all. Quite a few folks in town are in FIRE and, as of late, don’t seem very inclined to talk about business, or the RE markets, or anything related to them. Bear in mind, these same folks 2+ yrs ago would NOT shut up. I got very used to being the stick in the mud when I would bring up boom and bust cycles, or when I asked how their clients were qualifying for loans. At the time, it was just understood that I didn’t “get it”.
