Gary Carmell
The world lost a force of nature in the passing of Bill Williams last week. Bill co-founded CWS in 1969 with Jim Clayton after the two of them met at an Indian Guides outing, and both came to learn that they had read the same book about how to create wealth in real estate.
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Gary Carmell
I recently completed my 37th year at CWS. It’s been quite a journey. So many life changes have taken place during my tenure here as well as gaining invaluable business experience, forming wonderful relationships, saying goodbye to people who have sadly passed,
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Gary Carmell
When I wrote my book, the target audience was deep pockets and deep thinkers. My choice of blog subject tends to oscillate between the two. This week caters more to the latter than the former.
The Gift of You
When one has gained clarity about what gifts one can offer the world and then designs one’s life to utilize them in ways that benefit others,
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Gary Carmell
In The Lion King there comes a pivotal moment when Simba has to claim his rightful place on the throne and confront Scar. His mentor/guardian Rafiki reacts to this crossing of the threshold by Simba with the line “It is time!”. This is how I feel about Jay Powell and the Fed in terms of cutting interest rates.
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Gary Carmell
I am a firm believer that perception is reality for most people. It’s for this reason that I don’t like to wade into politics because, in the words of Paul Simon, “A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest”. Another way of saying this is that people make up their minds first and then look for reasons to confirm their beliefs and ignore those that contradict them.
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Gary Carmell
For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.
—Chapter 1, Down the Rabbit Hole
The impact of higher mortgage rates has definitely thrown a wrench into the typical cause-and-effect relationship between rates and home prices.
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Gary Carmell
Now, I go down to Speaker’s Corner, I’m thunderstruck
They got free speech tourists, police in trucks
Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong
Industrial Disease by Dire Straits
Interest rates came down quite a bit and then shot up after the non-farm payroll report was released on Friday,
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Gary Carmell
The world lost a giant of a man and personality with the passing of Bill Walton last week. He was 71 and his death caught so many people by surprise as he kept his battle with cancer very quiet.
I have written in the past about Walton.
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Gary Carmell
Nine-mile skid on a ten mile ride, hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothin’ left to do but smile,
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Gary Carmell
Harmony and me
We’re pretty good company
-Elton John and Bernie Taupen
One of the greatest investors of all time and brilliant minds passed away last week.
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