Category Archives: The Real Story

Current Birmingham Metro Real Estate Market and the likely future trends… When making a decision to buy or sell in the current environment, it is essential that each person be aware of not only the current market and what is … Continue reading →

… Hope dies last, You can’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you lose everything. – Jessie de la Cruz So here we are in that period at the end of the year between the celebrations of Christmas and the … Continue reading →

It was easily more than fifty years ago that I first heard the questions: What, Where, When, Who, How, Why… presented as the questions to be asked when trying to understand the truth of a situation… the questions to get … Continue reading →

I do want to make it clear from the outset that I not only understand but very much appreciate the difficulty in finding the right home. At the same time, I know that no home is perfect. There are so … Continue reading →

Summer… a time for resting, relaxing and rejuvenation. And so I find myself today at the beach in a place called Panacea… a small village on “the forgotten coast.” The weather

Summer has arrived and that great American Holiday… July 4th is upon us… a time to celebrate! Despite the rhetoric of this highly political season, there is much to celebrate. To be sure there are troubles in this land of … Continue reading →

Rarely a day goes by without my hearing the question: “How’s the market?” Those of you who have been reading The Real Story since 2008 or even for just the last year or two or have personally asked me that … Continue reading →

When I was child, I’d go to work downtown with my father on Saturday mornings probably once or twice a month… He worked in the John Hand Building on what was billed as the heaviest corner on the earth. It … Continue reading →

Here we are the week before Christmas, like me you may be nowhere near what you deem ready for a day full of anticipation and expectation. As that clock ticks frantically down, I invite you take a moment away from … Continue reading →

One of my favorite toys as kid was the magic eight ball… the high tech version of pulling petals of a daisy. It was fun to think someone or something could reveal the magic of the universe to me with … Continue reading →