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...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Apr 29, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
I’m a big fan of Greg McKeown’s book, Essentialism. McKeown makes the point that when you say “yes” to one thing, you will automatically say “no” to a number of other things. That’s true as far as it goes. It’s also true that when you say “yes” to that one thing, you...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Apr 22, 2022 | Living a Life Worth Imitating
Years ago, my wife and I decided to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. We visited REI, our physicians, and physical therapists. We got coached on how to prepare. One of us benefited from balance training. We learned that hiking down was harder than...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Apr 15, 2022 | Apartment Investing
Whether we like it or not, banks are prudent, and they must comply with federal lending laws. It does not matter whether you agree with their policies. Your only choice is whether to borrow or not. Most investors buy apartments with a loan. Most of them want to obtain...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Apr 8, 2022 | Apartment Investing
For 40 years my wife and I have owned rental property. For 35 years I have been a San Diego apartment broker. I learned a lot, too much the hard way. Some of what I learned is summarized below. In an earlier post, I described how “Outstanding results are more likely...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Apr 1, 2022 | Building Wealth
This morning I had a heart-to-heart conversation with a precious friend who is relentlessly seeking to be a fabulous patient. There are several uncomfortable and humbling aspects of being a great patient. Most people with heart disease are not willing to change their...
by Terry Moore, CCIM | Mar 25, 2022 | Apartment Investing
For 40 years my wife and I have owned rental property. For 35 years I have been a San Diego apartment broker. I learned a lot, too much the hard way. Some of what I learned is summarized below. Building legacy wealth is about building equity. If you want to build...
