Welcome

By:
Gary Short, Director of Real Estate Sales

“The windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror, because where we are going is more important than where we have been.” – Unknown

HELLO 2025!

In my Welcome Letter from this time last year, I noted that 2024 looked like it could turn out to be an “interesting” year. Boy, was that an understatement. I’m sure we can all look back and come up with at least 10 things that happened during the last 12 months that absolutely none of us had on our 2024 BINGO cards. That’s the nature of this time of year I suppose — looking back and reflecting on the way we thought the year would go versus the way it turned out. While there are certainly lessons to be learned from the prior year’s history, it’s a good time to move on and look forward to what’s ahead. 

A new year always seems to present promise for a fresh start. We make plans for goals, and resolutions for self-improvement. And while we do our best to follow those plans and stick to our resolutions, sometimes you just have to play the hand that’s been dealt, which may mean following new paths and detours that we didn’t necessarily plan to take. And that’s okay. Enjoy the journey and keep looking out the windshield because you can’t see where you’re going if you’re looking back.

With that, I’m looking forward to you, 2025. Let’s see what you’ve got!

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