My Friend Zion

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The new office of Chris Wilson, Realtor is in downtown Laurel.  What began in downtown, now has returned. Opening a small commercial real estate business in Laurel, Mississippi long ago involved some social networking, even back in 1974.  (There’s hardly anything really new under the sun.)  One way was starting a Civic Club not represented [...]

A Really Big Game

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Working in the Commercial Real Estate world is so fun. Guess what else is fun? 
 
GOLF. 
 
Here is why:
Let’s start with the part that everyone thinks about first:
 
1. Technique  (Putting)
 
“The distance measured from the center of the ball at the point of rest to a point set at the end of the follow through should exceed the [...]

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably will lead nowhere.”

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Another way to look at it is, “If you find a path in which there are no forks, you will get where you planned to go too quickly and miss something.”

Last week an opportunity to serve a client’s interests working with his commercial real property led me to Waynesboro, then Leakesville, Mississippi. There is [...]

A “Community” Day

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

 Saturday in downtown Laurel was a warm, friendly early Fall day that felt like “Community”.  There was an event called the Loblolly Festival billed as a fun day for family and friends to come downtown and enjoy our town.  There were a good many people milling around the streets in the warm sun.  All our [...]