"No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else."- P.T. BarnumDo you occasionally run across people who seem a bit odd or unusual? It just happened to me. Actually,…

"Don't blow it - good planets are hard to find."- Quoted in TimeTwo weeks ago I wrote an article about the detrimental effect of short term rentals on quiet residential neighborhoods.…

Did you see the first NFL game of the season? It was a classic NFC North division matchup… Chicago v Green Bay. This week I’d like to share a story about…

Marilyn  is upset… kind of scared too. She just learned there’s a motel going in next to her home. Marilyn knows I’m a lawyer and real estate guy so she called me for help.…

Today’s story is about my friend Phil, a fifty-dollar dad. He shared this story with me, and said I could share it with you. It's about his 8 year old son,…

You’ve seen the ads. “Hi, we’re OfferPad, and we want to buy your home.” Oops. They forgot to continue. “Hi, we’re OfferPad, and we want to buy your home for 15% less…

If you’ve been reading my articles over the years, you know my dad (Chubby) was a huge influence on my life. Most every Saturday morning he took me to breakfast at Perkins…

A friend told me his kids start school this week. Seriously? August? My summer breaks weren’t over until Labor Day. Seems like that was 100 years ago. When I mentioned this…

CONFLICTING SIGNALS Do you ever sense that someone is thinking differently from what they’re saying? They smile. They say nice things. But you feel like they are not being sincere.…

LEARNING FROM MISTAKES Studies show that as we get older we tend to take fewer risks. One reason is because we are more thoughtful. We scrutinize risks more thoroughly. We've…