Listing Agent to Homeowner: “What Do You Like Best About Living Here?” What overlap could there possibly be between what a Realtor does before listing a home, and what a Rabbi (or other clergy) does before giving a eulogy? Each one interviews family members to elicit the subject’s best qualities. Of course, in the rabbi’s...Read More
Slightly Eerie Life Parallels I’m quite sure that Jerry Seinfeld has no idea I exist, let alone that our personal lives share several uncanny similarities. Nor have we ever met (though my then-single wife DID stand next to him in line at a coffee shop on the Upper West side in the 1990’s). But, consider...Read More
Finding “The One” “If you’re looking for a high-rise condo, we won’t show you a house in the suburbs.” –Radio ad, “It’s Just Lunch” dating service For years, my clients have heard me compare house-hunting to dating. Example: if you are still ambivalent about a home after viewing it three (or more) times . ....Read More
