This past week I have been inudated to give interviews for local, and national media.  One interview would be a live national webinar for a major national news media company, and the other was for a local news complete with a TV camera interview.  Now I have given many radio, television, and newspaper interviews in the past, but the prospect of these interviews did not sit well with me.  The topics included short sales, and the other was for my take on specific subdivisions that have failed in my area and the collateral damage that those failures have caused in my community.  The failures and collateral damage in my opinion were already self evident in the economy.  So in both cases I declined the interview.  I decided to check my ego at the door and said "No" to one, and did not return the calls of the other.  I did not see the point in doing either one.  Life is too short.

First of all I have always listened to my instincts, and I have always made the right choices by the Grace of God.  Short sales is a very painful process for all involved, I personally feel I would not be able to shed light on anything new in that arena.  I empathize with those that are losing their homes, and do not feel like throwing salt into the wounds.  On the other potential interview...I did not want to be the person talking about a failing or failed subdivision.  I beleive there was liability in an interview like that, and bad press for residents that were unfortunate enough to be the first ones to buy a home in that community.  There are so many failed communities that by no means would it make any sense to single out one developement or builder.  It's just a sign of the times, and should have been stopped before it occured.  My own feeling on this second interview was that it would not be beneficial to my business.  Residents would despise my insights, the developers would want to sue me for telling the truth and damaging their non existant sales.  It was the classic "Lose, lose" scenario.