Perrysburg Blog

My one plus week hiatus occurred as I was attending a series of real estate mastermind meetings in Denver Colorado.

Now, being from table-flat Northwest Ohio, ANY trip to Denver is fun.  And I get to go there at least once a year since RE/MAX International has their HQ there in the “DTC” – the Denver Tech Center.

I took the Dear Wife with me.   We had a day or two to go to Pikes Peak, Ft. Collins, Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park, the Broadmoor, and some other tourist things.  (Tip: Do the 13 mile, one-way, dirt road trail in RMNP – lots of fun in a rental car!)

But – and in all seriousness – I do not know where they get their oxygen from.   At 10,000 or 11,000 feet . . . that is thin, rare air.

So there are pros and cons of living at the bottom of the Black Swamp in Wood County.

Cons:  No vistas.  No mountains.  No way to see far away.

Pros:  Oxygen to breathe.  Humidity to lubricate your lungs, etc.

One of the most memorable exchanges was on the last day of the big mastermind meeting that I was attending.

Four panelists:  CEO of Prudential.  CEO of Coldwell Banker.  CEO of Keller Williams. (All large national franchises – think billions of dollars of solds).

Fourth panelist:  A producing Realtor from Philly – Allan Domb. (Sells A LOT of condos every year – think $100millions plus).

CEO’s all wanted more government help.  More tax credits.  Ban the banks from competing with us.  More stimulus.

One CEO told a funny story mocking Congressman Barney Frank.

I might want to “recalibrate” that strategy if I was him  . . .

The lone Realtor?  Told them off.  Market it not coming back.  Adapt of die.  Change or get gone.

Sellers are hurt.

Buyers are hunting.

The idea that a government program will “fix” things is foolish.

I found myself agreeing with my fellow Realtor.

One more thing . . . spent some time on Larimer Square.  In downtown Denver.  Great restaurants.  Great shops.  People strolling.  People enjoying the town.

Reminded me of downtown Perrysburg . . . but note the lights:

Now Perrysburg is not downtown Denver and we will never have pedicabs, and horse-drawn carriages, and Dianna Krall playing a gig.

But – note the lights!  What a great, simple idea.  The whole street was lit that way on Larimer Square.

Perrysburg ought to copy that.