{"id":1996,"date":"2007-10-02T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T17:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2007-10-02T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T18:05:56","slug":"the-weight-loss-process-and-the-real-estate-market-the-same-animal-in-a-different-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1996\/the-weight-loss-process-and-the-real-estate-market-the-same-animal-in-a-different-form\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weight Loss Process and the Real Estate Market: The Same Animal in a Different Form"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like the real estate market my life has taken on significant changes over the past two months. \u00a0Fortunately, unlike the real estate market, my life has been on the upswing. \u00a0A major focus for me has been weight loss, resulting in my dropping nearly 40 pounds in about two months. \u00a0As I am not one for long personal stories, the major reason for sharing this is to relate how weight loss and real estate seem to go hand and hand.<\/p>\n

The Realization<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am fat.\u00a0 Plain and simple, one day I realized I was fat. \u00a0There were plenty of signs, quite obvious to others, which I chose to ignore: tighter pants, lower energy, the mirror, etc. \u00a0Eventually the mountain of evidence reaches a tipping point; a point at which, despite my best efforts, I simply could not ignore the fact that I was no longer the chiseled college athlete of six years ago.\u00a0 For me, this point was when, on a whim that was clearly not thought out, I decided to weigh myself. \u00a0When the scale read 260 pounds and I officially weighed more than my father, it was a sad day. \u00a0The day became even sadder when my wife thoughtfully pointed out that the BMI for a person my height (6′ 2″)\u00a0suggested that I should weigh 190 (thanks, dear).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The real estate market reached this point about six months to a year ago. \u00a0Much like me, the market chose to ignore that fact that real estate prices were increasing much faster than wages. \u00a0Additionally, prices continued to increase at break neck speeds assuming the lowest interest rates in history would get even lower. \u00a0At the height of market gluttony, people were using homes as personal cash registers, spending as if the money created from nothing, would magically go on forever. \u00a0Then one day, the market hit a tipping point.\u00a0 For the real estate market, my guess would be the subprime market disaster acted as this point. \u00a0At this point people begin to wake up and come to their senses.<\/p>\n

The Action Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting back to the fundamentals of eating right and exercising brought me Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much like the real estate market my life has taken on significant changes over the past two months. \u00a0Fortunately, unlike the real estate market, my life has been on the upswing. \u00a0A major focus for me has been weight loss, resulting in my dropping nearly 40 pounds in about two months. \u00a0As I am not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,8,26,5,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-investment","category-lending","category-real-estate","category-retirement","no-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1114,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1114\/the-renet-waist-loss-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":1996,"position":0},"title":"The RE.net waist-loss challenge","author":"Greg Swann","date":"March 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When I met The Leggy Blonde, I had a 34-inch waist. 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