There’s something very special about this video. Something about the ambition of kids and the drive to create what they love. And the thoughtfulness to support Caine and his dreams is a lesson to all.
Thanks Nirvan Mullick for taking the time to tell this story.
Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
Nirvan Mullick
I just read an interesting article on Inc.com regarding the six things “adaptive strategic leaders” do well. As I pondered these qualities in reference to Managing Broker/Owner core competencies, I quickly broadened my point of reference to include Real Estate Agents. Why? Because we all run our own businesses and need to lead ourselves in the right direction, which in the perfect world, would free up the Managing Broker/Owner to lead the office/brand/franchise/company in the right direction…a win-win for all stake-holders including our all important clients. If we’re managing ourselves well, and leading ourselves to success, then it would follow that our clients will benefit too.
We all have immediate, short term fires to fight and follow-ups to do, but by also focusing on the following six areas we might just see opportunities that may have gone unnoticed, or be able to put on the brakes if the direction we’ve been speeding down all of sudden begins to look a little suspect.
Steamboat Springs’ St. Patrick’s Day celebration begins early with a St. Patrick’s themed concert featuring The Tartan Terrors, billed as “Riverdance meets Saturday Night Live” in its advertising. The Thursday, March 15th show starts at 7pm and is part of the Steamboat Springs’ Strings Music Festival Series.
The Tartan Terrors - Steamboat Springs Strings' Event March 15th
Steamboat Springs’ authentic Irish pub, the new McKnight’s in Wildhorse Plaza, is having a 3 day countdown to St. Patrick’s Day that began this morning with breakfast specials including a free pancake breakfast from 7am-8am. With morning, afternoon and evening specials through St. Patrick’s Day weekend, McKnight’s will be the place to wear your green and join the festivities while watching March Madness. It’s close to the Steamboat Ski Mountain - perfect for an après ski stop.
See-I Concert - Steamboat Springs Bud Light Rocks the Boat March 17th
Pictures mean a lot in selling real estate. But the words used to describe real estate matters too.
This has nothing to do with real estate. It’s just a powerful video about words.
Veteran’s Day is a Day We Should All Honor
We live in a country of great pride and privilege, and that’s in large part due to the military men and women who have fought and continue to fight for our right to live in a free country with opportunity for all. The Steamboat Springs community does a great job of honoring the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces. There’s a Memorial Day ceremony every year in May and every Veteran’s Day stores and restaurants around Steamboat Springs offer special discounts to those who have served in the military. Our local schools welcome veterans by hosting assemblies where they honor the veterans with patriotic songs as well as listen to the veterans describe what it meant to them to serve their country.
Veteran's Day
I use an Apple computer for much of my work. All my creative is done on a Mac. I edit my real estate photographs and create all my real estate video on a 24 inch iMac. I could not imagine using anything else.
So it does not surprise me that Apple.com had an endearing picture of Steve Jobs on the home page of their site for two weeks. I found it a wonderful tribute to the legacy that Steve Jobs left.
For two weeks, Apple used the premiere real estate, being the home page of Apple.com to honor Steve. Not for selling iPhone 4s, or selling the iPad 2, it was about honoring the man that lead Apple down many roads to success.
Every day I would visit the site just to see how long the home page would remain. And each day that the tribute remained made me appreciate Apple even more.
Steve Jobs and apple.com
Foreclosures Jump 39% in the Boat – This is Good for Real Estate?
The Associated Press reported that nationally third quarter first time default notices increased 14% over second quarter, and Routt County is trending upward as well with 86 new foreclosures documented from July-September which nets a 39% jump from 62 foreclosures in the second quarter. The Steamboat Springs’ real estate market saw 104 default notices in the first quarter of 2011.
As long as there is Shadow Inventory clouding the housing inventory outlook, sellers hesitate to put homes on the market and buyers wait to see what “hot deals” are yet to come on the market. A pick-up in foreclosures, with Shadow Inventory coming out of the shadows and into the market, puts the cards on the table, moves the inventory through the selling process and as such could be the start of a true turnaround for the US housing market and the Steamboat Springs real estate market as well. While no one likes to see their neighbor lose their home, having a home stuck in bank backlog limbo knowing it will in all likelihood end up in foreclosure, means roadblocks are thrown up on many fronts. Buyers and sellers “wait and see” what’s going to happen and the multiplier effect of that happening from Steamboat Springs to Phoenix, to Orlando combines to stall the housing market nation wide.
Photos of Trail Ridge Road in the Rocky Mountain National Park. These photographs were taken on September 23, 2011. This is one of the most spectacular passes in Colorado. It stretches from Granby to Estes Park. The altitude ranges from 7,500 to 14,259 feet slices through montane, sub-alpine and alpine zones. A drive up Trail Ridge Road takes you to the Arctic Circle ecologically. The Continental Divide splits the Park into east and west sides.
Rocky Mountain National Park -photo by Charlie Dresen
Rocky Mountain National Park by Charlie Dresen
Trail Ridge Road in the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain National Park by SteamboatsMyHome.com
Rocky Mountain Park by SteamboatsMyHome.com
Trail Ridge Road Colorado
Don’t Buy Real Estate Prices, Buy Monthly Payments.
Hill St. For Sale in Steamboat Springs
It’s often said that, “now is a great time to buy real estate in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.” Home prices are down from 30-50%, interests rates are at an all-time low around 4%, sellers are motivated, on and on. There might be more reasons to buy real estate than ever before. But just because these motivating facts about the aspects of real estate are true, this doesn’t mean that buying a home, town home or condo is right for everyone.
If you are thinking about buying real estate in Steamboat and you’re crunching numbers to see if it makes sense this graph below might help. All too often buyers get a number in their head of what they can afford. “I’m looking up to $200,000” or “We can afford a home between $400,000 and $500,000.” Now these might be real numbers because you met with a lender yesterday. But these numbers can change on a daily basis depending on a few things – your income, your debt, and the interest rates.
Local Steamboat company Smartwool, owned by Timberland, get acquired by VFC.
Real estate sales is closely tied to the job market. One of the major employers in Steamboat Springs in a wonderful wool apparels company Smartwool. Their roots and firmly planted in Steamboat and are an important part of the community and job source employing upwards of 65 people in Steamboat Spring. A few years ago Smartwool was acquired by The Timberland company. A seamless transition to local Steamboat residences, Smartwool continues to grow and become one of the industry leader in wool blended active clothing.
This morning, VFC acquired The Timberland Company and Smartwool. VFC is a $7 billion-plus apparel powerhouse with such brands like, The NorthFace, Wrangler, Lee, Jansport, Vans, to name a few. Here’s some specifics on the deal:
‘• Transformative Acquisition Will Create $10B Global Apparel & Footwear Powerhouse
• Addition of Timberland(R) and Smartwool(R) Brands Will Boost VF’s Outdoor & Action Sports Business to 50% of Total Revenues
• Will Provide Significant EPS Accretion in 2011 and 2012
• Acquisition was for $43 dollars per share ‘
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