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A little over a year ago, I went on a vacation with my family to Glacier National Park. While we were there, we took everyone on a hike to St. Mary’s Falls. St Mary’s is a gorgeous waterfall in Glacier, formed by glacial runoff. About halfway into the hike, there’s a bridge that...
A couple years ago, I went out and bought a new camping trailer. This trailer, like many other recreational 5th wheels, has a battery that powers it. But this battery isn’t like the battery that you would find in a car, motorcycle, snowmobile, or even a flashlight. This battery is called a...
I love podcasts! In fact, I started recording podcasts because of how much I loved listening to them. Recently, I was listening to a podcast about car salesmen, and one man in particular said something that really stood out to me and made me think, “What if I applied this to my work and...
In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the State of Idaho shut down, my company and I took a remote appraisal assignment. Because of the local stay-at-home order, we ended up having the borrower take the interior photographs of this property. He grumbled and complained, but eventually...
I’m not the biggest dessert person in the world, but I have a weakness for Arnold Palmers. For those of you unfamiliar with what an Arnold Palmer is, it’s a drink that is half iced tea and half lemonade. I love it because the sweetness of the lemonade is cut by the iced tea, while the...
When it comes to getting business, a lot of us like to go for the “low-hanging fruit.” AMCs are a wonderful source of that “easy to get” business. They’ve been the “bread and butter” of my appraisal business for years. But, as the saying goes, it can be...
