To my future trumpeter swans

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"I understand the temptation is strong.  After a string of bad relationships the next available beauty surely seems like Phoebe Cates."

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Here's a preview of what goes on in my head before I wrote this post:

'are you just trying to be controversial (ouch)?

who are you to say that?

you think you're so smart huh?

what makes you think your better than the experts in the newspapers- in your industry?

how old are you again?

I have no bones to pick with anyone.  I'm really happy with what's going on in my business.  I have two deals in escrow and hopefully three more on the way. 

After a luke-warm January,February and March; April feels too good to be true.

I understand the temptation is strong.  After a string of bad relationships the next available beauty surely seems like Phoebe Cates. 

Let's not fall in love blindly my friends. It's too early in the ballgame. We can't relate the sudden pick up in the market with the overall health of our real estate market.  Especially in this time of the year (I'm going to show you why).

Let's not unreasonably blunt the painful edge of truth:  the market is not better than last year.

Quite frankly, I really don't think we are going through anything special aside from the fact that the weather is getting warmer and buyers are going out, business as usual, winter they hibernate; Summer they play.

No more no less.

Arrggggh! I hate it when I say that, I sound like one of those people.  I really don't enjoy giving you bad news.  This is my livelihood you know, I have no other job.  And just like you,  I yearn for the market to bounce back. 

But hold on to the truth we must.

This graphs gives me a bit of a relief:

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To my future trumpeter swans: 'Never tire to question until the point of genuine understanding.'

Comments

[Mark]

But what do you think is the possibility that we might be heading for a bottom this july?

[Ian Mariano]

Mark,

Nope. The stats don't show us anything that point us to a July market bottom. Sorry man