2 AM Epiphany……..Part 1

OK, this is why I KNOW I’m a damn good Realtor!!!!!! How many of you have: Visited empty homes at 2 am? “Made up” customer problems? SOLVED “Made Up” customer problems? Oh, and taught a spin class…………………..All at 2AM, while asleep!!!!! HA, I have. True Stories:Visited homes at 2am;I had a listing and we had …

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SWINE FLU ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now I have seen all sorts of stuff in my professional career (goes back a ton of years) but this past week brought in a new one……..God I love this gig. So I’m doing my Realtor thing; showing property to one of my favorite customers and we are looking at kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, gardens…..in …

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IN HONOR OF MY FATHER…Part 3

Someone asked (and I know who you are) “what the heck is Bombea Chico Y Agunata”.Well after consulting with Google China………………..NADA, those @#$%^& Rich Commies. I am proud to say that this term is my Dad’s and my Dad’s only. If you survived “Mantando el Crocodilo” then you automatically got promoted to “Bombea y Agunata” …

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IN HONOR OF MY FATHER…Part 2

Ok, so in keeping with my Dads “Matando el Crocodilo” mandate; when I did my “inheritance addition” I installed an electric water heater and felt that I had finally vanquished the “Crocodilo”. HAHAHAHA…… Those Crocodilos are hard to kill and for years I had my own hot water issues. They went something like this; “JAV……… …

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IN HONOR OF MY FATHER, Part 1……….

So for years in my childhood home we would ” Matar el Crocodilo” translation (Kill the Crocodile) every once in a while and please note that this should not be confused with another Gonzalez trait of “Bombea Chico y aguanta” Now this ritual would happen usually on the coldest days of the year and went …

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Kissing a Gecko……..

and not in a good way….. Ok, Its technically not a Gecko (Mr. Corns) it is known as a “Cuban Knight Anole” and yes I was performing CPR on one yesterday afternoon. After a cold spell, I found one “stiff” (and not in a good way) in my pool and having been raised a caring …

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