Yesterday, I rode around with my broker trying to drum up some new business and what we saw in some places was terribly sad! There were houses all over Rankin County that were only half finished, "STOP WORK ORDERS" posted on unfinished houses, signs in front of finished houses that had been there so long that they were falling apart, and "FOR RENT" signs in front of finished houses that builders were just trying to rent out to avoid handing them over to the bank. It truly saddened me to see what has happened to so many builders in our area. My family has been in the home building and developing industry for many years and yesterday I saw names of alot of guys that I have known for a long time, successful people, losing everything.
I know these hard times are very discouraging for everyone in the industry. There are alot of great, hard working people losing everything, but a new time is coming. We have to have faith. We have to trust that things are turning around! So all of us in the real estate business, let's hold our heads up high and stay confident!
"Sometimes it seems like such a hard life
But there's good times around the bend
The roller coaster's gotta roll down to the bottom
Before it can climb to the top again...."
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