This is a little old now, but I just found it on http://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2010/12/21/video-peterborough-year-in-review.html and had to share. Jay was 'arrested' for charity and at about the 2 minute mark he asks for his lawyer and, remarkably(?), his REALTOR! Give me a call anytime you need some real estate help Jay :)
Found via bloodhoundblog.com. Also check out: econstories.tv - the creators of the video.
It's the economy, stupid ;)
Via TrafficCourt on RetailTraffic blog.
Thanks to Future of Real Estate Marketing for finding this gem and sharing with the world!
The guys over at I Love Local Commercials are really on to something with this plan to market small businesses with creative online ads. Great job and really funny!
Enjoy!
Thought I'd do something different today and interview myself! Seems I'm not quite famous enough (yet) to be interviewed by one of the big guys, so I thought this might be fun. You'll get to know me a little better and I get to share a little about myself outside of commercial real estate.
Q: Most valuable gift you’ve ever received?
A: The ability to think for myself without feeling that I should 'go with the flow'. The desire to 'know' without compromise or giving up on knowing the truth. (Thanks Mom and Dad!)
Q: Favourite way to chill out?
A: Depends on my mood. Reading a good novel or just flaking in front of the tube are two of my favourites. A good video game session with friends is always fun too!
Q: If you were a Star Trek® character, which one would it be?
A: I have to go with the cliche answer of James T. Kirk. He's the captain, and who doesn't like to call the shots? He gets to go on all of the really fun missions, and he always gets the girl! I share one common belief with the character above all others: neither of us believe in a no-win situation; there's always another option.
Q: What is the last book you read?
A: The Dark Tower III - The Wastelands, by Stephen King. Incredibly, I hadn't read any of the books in the Dark Tower series before - I'm more of a sci-fi or fantasy adventure reader than a King fan - but this series has me hooked now! Action, romance, magic, gunslingers...what more could you want?!
Q: What was the last movie you went to see?
A: JJ Abrams' Star Trek. Not surprisingly. I was skeptical at first, but I have to admit, this is right up there with The Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home in my Star Trek movie favourites. Seeing the movie sitting alongside real fans was a blast - laughing at some of the inside Trek themes and historical canon was a riot!
Q: How would you explain your business in one sentence to your eight-year-old nephew?
A: I help people earn money by teaching them how to buy buildings and trading some space in them for money.
Q: If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?
A: "On The Way to My Life, I Met the Oddest People."
Q: What kind of people do you dislike?
A: Rude and disrespectful people really get my juices boiling. Seriously, does it take a lot of effort to say thank you for holding a door or to give a little courtesy wave when I let you into traffic? Sheesh!
Q: How would you describe yourself in three words?
A: Trustworthy. Dependable. Lifelong learner. (Okay, that's really four words, but lifelong learner is a compound word...right?)
Ever notice that your perception of the perfect property depends on who you are and your motives at the time?
You didn't just sign that did you?!
Just a quick post today about the history of the word mortgage. I remember when I learned the origin of the word 'mortgage' back in real estate class in the mid '90s, and I couldn't help laughing out loud at it. Literally, the instructor told us, it was a 'death (mort) pledge (gage)'. Pay up or 'Vinny' will come and take your money or your hide!
mort·gage n.The modern usage of the word has become muddied, most people talk of paying off their mortgage rather than the loan secured by it, and very few people give any thought to the origin of 'mortgage'. In a time when it's become more difficult to obtain real estate loans secured by mortgages, I thought it was fitting to take a look at how easy we really have it today. It often feels like the bank owns your property, even though title is no longer held by the lender as it was in the past, but no one asks you to actually give a death pledge today...well not often ;) Read more...
1. A temporary, conditional pledge of property to a creditor as security for performance of an obligation or repayment of a debt.
2. A contract or deed specifying the terms of a mortgage.
3. The claim of a mortgagee upon mortgaged property.
tr.v. mort·gaged, mort·gag·ing, mort·gag·es
1. To pledge or convey (property) by means of a mortgage.
2. To make subject to a claim or risk; pledge against a doubtful outcome: mortgaged their political careers by taking an unpopular stand.
[Middle English morgage, from Old French : mort, dead (from Vulgar Latin *mortus, from Latin mortuus, past participle of mor, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots) + gage, pledge (of Germanic origin).]
Word History: The great jurist Sir Edward Coke, who lived from 1552 to 1634, has explained why the term mortgage comes from the Old French words mort, "dead," and gage, "pledge." It seemed to him that it had to do with the doubtfulness of whether or not the mortgagor will pay the debt. If the mortgagor does not, then the land pledged to the mortgagee as security for the debt "is taken from him for ever, and so dead to him upon condition, &c. And if he doth pay the money, then the pledge is dead as to the [mortgagee]." This etymology, as understood by 17th-century attorneys, of the Old French term morgage, which we adopted, may well be correct. The term has been in English much longer than the 17th century, being first recorded in Middle English with the form morgage and the figurative sense "pledge" in a work written before 1393. Source
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