Our blog is about keeping builders with growing inventories that are being beaten on by the banks from stepping in it.The sole purpose is to have a place to tell your story and to read those of others. We do not want to bash, but to make a place to see there are others out there. Share the stories and methods that worked and ones that brought on more headaches….the ones that did not. We have lived through some pretty tough scrapes by holding strong. Not wasting precious resources by fighting the institution or defending the act of not paying our obligations, but by showing the aggressors that this is not a market that any one builder or person caused. Showing them that we did not cause this and that we share the problem with the banks. It is up to them to notice that we are not going to just roll over because they beat on us. Stand tall, help your brothers stand tall, and for Petes sake, when they take swings at you, don’t just take it. Push Back.Post your story under one of the topics and share your story, you can remain anonymous but please, take the survey, share some of the tools that worked for you to keep alive.


Friday, August 22, 2008

The Burning Building

Here is the short and sweet version of our business as it was in February.
We called it the Burning Building.
You cant get all of your precious items out of a business that has been set afire.
Picture the burning building.
Me standing in front with my partner in business (and the wives are safe too!)
There are faint screams coming from inside. The kids…shit, the kids.
Also a dog, damn it the dog too? FIDO, sorry boy….
Family photos.
Favorite shoes.
And a few personal effects we cant live without.
I am running back in.
Gonna grab the kids.
Get the dog!!! Get Fido!!
Forget the things.
LIFE AND FAMILY, the rest does not matter.
The kids in this example, back then were projects.
Of 28 projects we chose 6.
Of the 6 to date, we will end up with none of them.
In the end, we risked our lives saving crap.
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"Lets face it, times were good, and we all made hay. Now we are creating our own versions of our 80's stories, you know the ones the silver haired guys told us about 5yrs ago"