In 2009, when our commercial real estate brokerage business resembled a post war apocalypse, my wife and I made a fateful decision. She went back to school to earn an advanced degree in apparel manufacturing at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, better known as…
“Don’t forget about the trades.” The reminder came from our neighbor, Rudy, a lifelong tradesman. If you’ve read this column for any length of time, you’ve heard me mention him before. He’s one of my biggest supporters, an avid reader, and every so often he’ll stop me to…
Our nation’s great experiment celebrated its 250th birthday this weekend. Spending the holiday in America’s heartland, Omaha, Nebraska, made the occasion even more meaningful. Carla and I have now visited 47 of our 50 states. Only Kansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota remain.…