Wednesday Market Matters Helping You Understand What the Numbers Mean. “Sometimes the most important part of the market is what hasn’t closed yet.” One of the questions I’m asked most often is: “Dorie…how’s the market?” And my answer is usually the same: “It depends on which numbers you’re looking at.” That is certainly true this […]
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September 30th marks seven years since I lost my wonderful husband, Geno. Seven years. Sometimes that seems impossible. When I look through old photographs like this one of us in Venice, I’m reminded not simply of the places we traveled, but of the life we shared along the way. Geno and I were partners in […]
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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”……. Dalai Lama XIV I’ve always enjoyed quotes from the Dalai Lama XIV because so many of them make me stop and think about the way we live our lives. When I read this one recently, I immediately thought of my oldest granddaughter, Hailey, […]
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Here’s something I didn’t have on my Austin bingo card! The Ayn Rand Institute is moving its operations from California to Austin, and it isn’t just renting an office. The Institute has announced plans for a $30 million permanent Ayn Rand Center near the University of Texas, with an anticipated opening in 2028. And they’re […]
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This past weekend, so much was going on. We paused to remember and honor the heroes whose lives were taken on September 11, 2001. I still remember that morning so clearly. I was on my way to the office when Geno called and told me to turn around and come home. Like so many of […]
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I overheard a nurse talking to an intern the other day, at a coffee shop while I waiting for my appointment, and something she said really stuck with me. She told him, “You have no credits in the bank.” He looked at her, completely puzzled. What are you talking about? She reminded him that he […]
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Roy Kelley is always recommending books, but I have to give a special shout-out to my son-in-law for recommending one to me last spring, Allen Levi’s, “Theo of Golden.” I loved it! ❤️ And when I recently stumbled across this wonderful YouTube video about the author, I knew I had to share it with all […]
Continue reading >A Home That Grows With YouOne of the things I’ve learned after helping families buy and sell homes for more than 30 years is this:The best homes don’t just meet your needs today…They continue to meet your needs as life changes.Families grow. Childre…
Continue reading >Helping You Understand What the Numbers Mean.Looking Beyond the Numbers ~ “The headline tells one story. The numbers tell another.”One of the questions I’m asked most often is:”How’s the market?”The truth is…The answer is rarely found in headlines.I…
Continue reading >Begin with Today”Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”— Mother TeresaThis quote stayed with me after an unusual Fourth of July weekend.Instead of spending the holiday with family and friends, I found myself o…
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