When our plane finally left Newark, I sank into my seat and took a deep breath. Getting to Palermo had already felt like a marathon with delays, short staffing, and shuttle buses. We'd decided to upgrade to premium economy, and it was worth every penny. Wide seats, footrests, and actual room to move and stretch out. Gil sat beside me, Greg across the aisle. We were on our way to Sicily. I’d been to Italy before, but this trip was different. I was about to visit the place wher

I've been thinking a lot about overcoming. We've overcome so much in the last three years, right? The COVID pandemic catalyzed many of us to reevaluate our life and career choices. It did for me. I left a secure, steady-paying job to co-create Post & Beam. The idea of being an entrepreneur has been simmering in me for many years. The combination of COVID and cancer were a real wake-up call for me to stop letting fear control my life. I wish I had a dime for every time I tol

This week brought me more perspective. A former colleague of mine lost her battle with cancer. She was a mom of two young girls, a PR exec, a free spirit, and someone who radiated heart and positivity. Her passing triggered feelings of survivor guilt for me. Anger, shame, fear, worry, anxiety, and so on have been playing like a broken record in my mind all week. It's shocking to hear you have cancer. It's something you never think will happen to you, and in an instant, you se

I attended 1000Watt's TurnOn event this week in Portland, OR. Since this was my first TurnOn conference, I came into it with zero expectations. Marc Davison and Brian Boero, together with their team, vision cast an event that was essentially the "un" real estate conference which meant it would be stacked with speakers outside the industry and topics that were less about the mechanics of real estate and more about perspective, approach and leadership overall. Here are the less