Well it's mid August and on schedule the tropical storms are heading west off of Cape Verde and things are as usual down here in South Florida. Yes it's hot as hell down here and luckily football season is merely a couple of weeks away.

So what does this have to do with real estate? Well this post is about familiarity. It seems that familiarity is resounding here in South Florida and throughout the real estate industry.

When you stop in on Active Rain or peruse stories about the state of real estate it's like you're in the twilight zone. Nothing ever changes. Sure, Broker Bryant is now doing everything that he argued against when we spoke to him a year ago...(welcome to the dark side BB). If innovation wasn't the stimulus it seems as though survival was the key eh?

But besides BB making some changes, most of what I see in the RE industry is the same old thing. Same people, same stories, same results. It reminds me of that commercial about the Maytag repairman. It's amazing how many tired and broken veterans find it more comforting to talk about the good old days instead of working to create more.

Well...not going to say much more as now my self-imposed monthly post quota on AR is now fulfilled.

I'll check back in another month or so and maybe there will be something unique on AR...but I doubt it. Aahh the air of familiarity is just too comforting for true change to break through it seems.