by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jul 8, 2022 | Apartment Investing
Years ago, I played tournament chess. Chess has its own jargon. A blunder is a mistake. A brilliancy is a masterstroke, far beyond most players’ capacity. Many players aspire to brilliancies, but few make even one. Even at the tournament level, more games were lost by...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jul 1, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
The story you are about to read is true, just like the old Dragnet shows. But it’s not historically true. It’s a business fable about a sharp young man named Chuck. Chuck Charm was a rising star, a bright young Turk, funded by an older money partner. He was one of the...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jun 24, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
This blog is about legacy and living a life worth imitating. I’m inspired by the lives of people who went before me. William Wilberforce is one of them. You may already know that he was a driving force when England eliminated the slave trade. But there’s much more to...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jun 17, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
How did they find me? Could it have been the book? Surely none of them ever read this blog. Whatever. The education committee for an LA Realtor© group approached me and asked for a presentation, a battle-tested veteran’s perspective. They hoped their professional...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jun 10, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
Al was a titan and founder of a universally respected local wealth-building enterprise when I was just getting into the craft. So, eight years ago, when Al had stopped by unannounced and thanked me for things I had done for our craft. I was flabbergasted. Al has done...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Jun 3, 2022 | Apartment Investing
Enjoy a business fable, based on truth. This post aims to explain the most common reason why most millionaires who hope to buy San Diego County apartments fail to capture their desired investments. Sam Special understands “buy low and sell high.” Sam’s problem is that...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | May 27, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
Have you ever taken a silent retreat? My first silent retreat was less than a year ago. For years wise people have claimed that silent retreats can be profound. Many people with various spiritual bents have made amazing assertions about being alone to hear what many...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | May 20, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
Everyone has a different, unique vision. Our visions drive the choices we make. Those choices determine our legacy. Legacy is what people think, say, and do because of your actions and influence. This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our visions affect our...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | May 13, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
You would have liked him. He will be greatly missed. His name meant, “Truth,” so that’s how I’ll refer to him here. Truth was a brave romantic. He smuggled his fiancé back into the US and married her. He was a winning athlete in his 50s, a cancer researcher who was...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | May 6, 2022 | Building Wealth
Most people pick easy over hard, even when hard is a better choice. That’s the background for a classic WeightWatchers speech. The theme of the speech is, “Pick your hard.” Sure, losing weight and keeping it off is hard, but so is being obese and dealing with the...
