{"id":2754,"date":"2008-03-12T21:44:52","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T04:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2008-03-12T21:44:52","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T04:44:52","slug":"what-really-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2754\/what-really-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"What REALLY matters…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s posts have made me quite introspective…<\/p>\n

I have had a few health issues (nothing big, I’m fine now) that have slowed my efforts and posting. After viewing Greg’s great post this morning<\/a>, I visited a place I had never gone before <\/a>(seriously…for some reason, I had never read the ABOUT US page!!). If you haven’t, then now is the perfect time to check this out. With each post from now on, I intend to write in my posts the takes that you would NEVER read in the REALTOR magazine, but wish were there–and beyond.<\/p>\n

Pithy, yes, Greg…more importantly –spot on. <\/p>\n

Like Doug’s post in which he used the Circular Firing Squad analogy<\/a>, I totally think that playing the blame game with the Housing issues we faces is a waste of time. You would not get a magazine that is bent on protecting NAR individually (different IMO from agents collectively) to say publicly that when it comes to the blame game…it doesn’t matter. We are where we are and the people affected are PEOPLE. They have FAMILIES. They have DREAMS. And Greg, as you so eloquently pointed out, they have kids…I’d add that they have kids who think an ARM is actually an appendage to the body and who want to stay kids as long as possible. We sell the American dream and it only makes sense to me that it hurts us and we FEEL it when those we have sold the dream to wake up with a nightmare…even if it is partially their fault.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite balladeers is Gordon Lightfoot. And while the “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” seems applicable at times as we watch this stuff unfold, I think the excerpts below from “The House You Live In” apply more correctly. (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

\tThe House You Live In<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When you\u2019re out on the road and feelin\u2019 quite lost
\nConsider the burden of fame
\nAnd he who is wise will not criticize
\nWhen other men fail at the game<\/strong>
\nBeware of strange faces and dark dingy places
\nBe careful while bending the law
\nAnd the house you live in will never fall down
\nIf you pity the stranger Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s posts have made me quite introspective… I have had a few health issues (nothing big, I’m fine now) that have slowed my efforts and posting. After viewing Greg’s great post this morning, I visited a place I had never gone before (seriously…for some reason, I had never read the ABOUT US page!!). 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