An Open Letter To My Readers:

I started this blog to try and make real estate (re) more interesting. It’s my hope I can show people why they should want to involve themselves more in a world that has brought me and others so much anguish and joy.

Now, I’m not delusional, re is most often a topic that people HATE thinking about, let alone talking about. It’s expensive, confusing, and most people in this business are annoying and always in your face. I don’t want to post ads for apartments and I don’t want my face on a bus stop reminding you “Joseph Cizmar sells property”. These days it seems like traditional advertising is less and less effective, so I’ll save my breath.

It’s my opinion that people don’t know enough about the reality that is the business of re and that disjunction is the root of many misunderstandings and bad experiences. Re is always in a state of flux and most people, even professionals, realize what’s going on long enough to figure out that they have to do something new. There are a lot of emotions wrapped up in any re transaction. There is usually quite a bit of money involved, and FYI, if your deal goes smoothly, you’re probably getting ripped off!

So, in the spirit of discovery… Let’s see where this goes!

Many of the things I post may not seem directly related to re, but I hope to convey the reality that the RE world and your life, or your job, or pretty much everything may have more similarities than one might think… Please feel free to let me know what you think! So read, tell me when I’m wrong, when I’m right, or just think, and hopefully, if I’ve done my job, re won’t seem like such a foreign or scary thing when I’m done!