Things are on the up swing boys and girls.
People are getting jobs again, yes survey jobs.
The architects are calling again.
So far this year I have done more topo's than I did the entire first half of last year.
I am in close contact with some experts in the real estate field and they say that Arizona is still at a 11-12 month inventory but it is dropping. Slowly but dropping. Once we are at a 9 month inventory housing will start to pop again. The ideal is a 6 month. Look for that in 2013.
I am fortunate to have a diversified practice and good business skills which has enabled me to survive.
I have always been unafraid to make the hard decisions.
Congratulations to everyone that is still around. You have made it and that is a huge deal. It speaks volumes for who you are and how you conduct yourself.
Onward and upward from here everyone.
The last 2 years have actually been the best thing that has ever happened to me as a business man. I am much better for it, I am stronger, leaner and know exactly what to do when the sky is falling.
Peace.
I wouldn’t say these last 2 years have been the best thing that has ever happened to me – as I can only put it as “my ass is chapped”!
ReplyDeleteI have, however, learned that in very difficult times, there is indeed a way to survive. You just have to be willing to pull yourself up by the boot straps and definitely think “outside the box”. I can’t even begin to explain what I have personally done over the last year and a half (+/-) to get through – mainly with the help and support of my wife – but we seem to be “getting by”.
In the good ‘ol days, I’ve always said, if I wanted another job, it would take me about 5 minutes and 1 phone call – 2 on the outside. Boy’s, those days are over – but like John said – they maybe be on their way back.
“Unemployed”
I think it is going to dip again. I have read that real estate is going to have a major dip because banks still have very large inventories of homes and if they put them all on the market there would be a 2 year inventory. Also, wait til Diesel hits 5.00 a gallon.... It is only 0.90 away - I paid 4.10 in Wickenburg this weekend. I think this is the calm before the storm and we have not sen the worst yet.
ReplyDeleteWorking and trying to collect....