I HAD TO STOP IN MY BOOTS WHEN I READ THIS TODAY FROM A LOCAL BLOGGER: "Our current economic times have many folks thinking back to simplicity, core, value, importance."

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Have you found yourself on those moments when you read something that's written straight from the heart and you just say to yourself, "wow thanks for putting on paper what I can't explain inside."

That was me thirty minutes ago when I accidentally stumbled upon this article, and from all places, a blogger in Reno. 

I'm telling you, Reno is much more than topless women and blackjacks.

I'm aware that letters like these invoke some kind of "weird-guilt".  But that's not my purpose--to make you feel bad.  Actually, it's more of an "weird-encouragement", that if you can relate, we are not alone.  And it's not too late to do something about it. 

One baby step at a time.

Well here it is.  From a successful local businessman in Reno: Full story

"So much excess and nothing that matters. As a for instance, u could fit 4 of my childhood homes inside the home my son and I live in now. I have a commercial kitchen in my home that rarely ever cook in. One of my cars cost 5 times what my dad paid for 309 K in 1970. I am not bragging. I work my ass off. You want it, go get it. But, there's a trade..."

*Joe Salcedo is author of a Reno Real Estate Blog:  

"A Reno Real Estate Agent Who Lost $50,000 in the Reno-Sparks Real Estate Market is on a mission To Understand the Market just a little bit better "