real estate and baseball: Real Estate and Baseball and Moneyball and ActiveRain, Part II - 09/29/11 06:26 AM
I know that I tend to share my excitement about what I've seen and done with everybody I meet - I've always been that way. I think at least some of my success in real estate has been because I've shared my genuine excitement about living at the foot of the mountains in western NC  - I wasn't born here, but got here as soon as I could - with those considering relocating here.
Well, I talked so much about lessons to be learned from seeing the movie Moneyball that my office here in Morganton (NC) has decided to close early today … (2 comments)

real estate and baseball: Real Estate and Baseball and Moneyball and ActiveRain - 09/25/11 08:49 PM
I was inspired by Katerina Gasset's post, Moneyball- What's Not To Like About Baseball and Brad Pitt? , so I couldn't wait to go see the movie this afternoon. That and the fact that my husband would've killed me if I hadn't gone. He was a real jock "in the day," and played pro ball briefly in the early 60s.
Now Brad Pitt is quite "easy on the eyes" as they say, but the person he portrayed, Billy Beane, must've been quite a character. He turned down a scholarship to Stanford to go pro at age 18, and hopes were high … (8 comments)