From the May 6, 2008 Wall Street Journal, in an article by Cyril Moulle-Berteaux.
The dire headlines coming fast and furious in the financial and popular press suggest that the housing crisis is intensifying. Yet it is very likely that April 2008 will mark the bottom of the U.S. housing market. Yes, the housing market is bottoming right now.
The boom made housing unaffordable for many American families, especially Read more »
During the Lakers/Mavericks game this afternoon, the skinny Van Gundy brother dumped on Memphis again. Talking about the Gasol trade, he said just getting out of Memphis was the good part of the trade for him. Being on a championship contending team was just a bonus. I don’t have the exact quote, because I don’t have this “Tivo” you speak of. If someone has the exact wording, or a link to the video, PLEASE let me know.
Later in the game, just before halftime he listed his candidates for MVP. Among Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant was the entire Memphis Organization for “adjusting the balance of power in the Western Conference”. He’s actually right about that. The Gasol trade is what started the arms race in the West.
Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks made his endorsement for President of the U.S. of America today.
The only reason this has any relevance for us in Memphis is…Michael Heisley. I grew up in the shadow of the awfulness that was (and still is) the Los Angeles Clippers. Donald Sterling, the owner of the Clippers is widely acknowledged as a great member of the community in L.A. for his charity work. He’s made a lot of money through his real estate investments, but his claim to “fame” is as the worst owner in professional sports history. Read more »
There is nothing more frustrating than the hundreds of “experts” on real estate investing. Search YouTube for “real estate” or “real estate investing” and you will find thousands (seriously, THOUSANDS) of people trying to hawk their products for free on YouTube and then convince people to sign up for their wonder program.
Check out this guy… Read more »
From The Memphis Flyer:
You read that right. Our very own Mayor Willie Herenton is among 50 finalists in the 2008 “World Mayor Award,” given annually to the planet Earth’s best mayor.
From the press release: Read more »
After some boring domain name forwarding issues, entering www.willhicks.com into your address will once again connect you with “Commercial Real Estate in Memphis and our Galaxy”. Try it. It’s fun. All the cool kids are doing it.
From the McKinney Courier-Gazette:
The jury in the Sarah Anne Walker capital murder trial unanimously determined Wednesday after more than three-and-a-half hours of deliberation that the state proved Chanthakoummane, 27, is a future danger to society and should be sentenced to death. Each juror confirmed their vote for 380th District Court Judge Charles Sandoval with a simple “yes it is” or “yes, sir.”
From the McKinney Star Courier-Gazette:
The final day of the punishment phase of Kosoul Chanthakoummane’s capital murder trial came to a somber close as members of Sarah Anne Walker’s family testified how her brutal murder left a mark on their families.
The jury heard from two members of Walker’s family before both sides closed their cases. Jackie Mull, Walker’s younger sister, described the phone call she received from a McKinney Police Department official when she learned her sister had been killed. She said she received a call from McKinney PD Capt. Randy Roland, who advised her to pull over if she was driving. She wondered if something happened to her parents, but she eventually realized her sister, Walker, worked in McKinney.
Mull also said Walker loved spending time with her then-4-year-old son, Josh.“Sarah liked to play with Josh,” Mull said. “He liked to play cars with her. She was also very adventurous. She liked to do fun things like take Josh to Six Flags or the water park.”
Dawn Tate, Randy Tate’s mother and Walker’s mother-in-law, said she feels Josh simply “misses his mom.” Read more »
The Dallas Morning News has a commentary piece on the Sarah Walker case and trial.
“A bizarre murder mystery in Texas!” trumpeted Fox News after Ms. Walker’s body was discovered in a model home at the pricey, squeaky-clean McKinney subdivision where she worked. “Who targeted Sarah Anne Walker, and why? Police are searching for clues and a motive!”…
…Sarah Walker didn’t harbor a dark secret. She had no hidden enemies, no spiteful ex-boyfriend, no stalker nut she had chatted up online. She was just unlucky, about as unlucky as a human being can be.
Her killing was as pointless and petty as any convenience-store stickup and shooting. It’s a less salacious news story than some of us anticipated, but it does not lessen the grief of those who loved her.
I got an email advertising the website “RealEstateNewsDesk.com”. It takes news feeds from several different sites like Google News, NYTimes.com, and MSNBC.com and puts them all on one screen for you.
Most of the articles are residential themed, but there may be some use for you.
Will Hicks is an affiliate real estate broker licensed in the State of Tennessee. Prior to his career transition into real estate, Hicks was a SCUBA Instructor with the International ALERT Academy of Big Sandy, Texas and the National Academy of Police Diving, based in Miami, Florida.
Hicks says he’s been asked many times about the odd transition from SCUBA Instructor to Real Estate Agent. “Teaching people how to SCUBA dive was the most fun 10 years of my life. But you can’t eat fun.” You can’t pay the rent with it either.
You can reach Will Hicks in Memphis at (901) 758-5670 or (901) 828-9200.
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