Tip Tuesday

Hi, Mitchell Jones with Coldwell Banker and Mitchell Home Sales. Today's tip is about curb appeal. Oftentimes when I meet with folks who are considering listing their home, curb appeal is at the top of the list that we talk about because oftentimes the very first impression that your buyer is gonna make is all about what that home looks like upon stepping out of that car and taking your first steps up the driveway. What I can offer up would be three things. Take a look at your paint. at your front door and your shutters. Is it faded? Maybe a fresh coat of paint will help increase buyer's perception of value. Also take a look at that front mat. Is that front door mat worn, ragged? Maybe a brand new welcome mat would look great and feel very welcoming to your prospective buyer. One more suggestion is take a look at those front shrubs. Are the shrubs in need of some pruning? Are they covering the windows? Are they too tall? They need to be really concise and precise and look really good to give that best first impression, which helps lead to yielding top dollar for your home. For more tips, feel free to reach out to me at Mitc Hope to hear from you soon. #shorts #homesforsalenearme

Hi, Mitchell Jones, Coldwell, banker, residential home sales. Hey, I get calls oftentimes to go on a consult to talk to folks who are considering selling their home. They're kicking the tires. They're not really sure if they're ready, but they want to talk about what to do in case they do decide to sell their home. And what I can tell you, is the recipe for success, is condition of the home, location of the home, the price point the agent and the agent's marketing plan. I would love to have that conversation with you. If you're even kicking the tires thinking about selling truly, it's important to make sure your home shows that it's best to get top dollar in today's market. So I hope you'll give me a call. 951-805-1451, #shorts #homesforsalenearme

Paint the Walls by Mitchell Jones.

Hi, Mitchell Jones, Coldwell Banker. Well, I have a tip to offer up today. If you're considering

selling, if you're kicking the tires, the greatest advice I can offer up today is paint your walls

inside. If you have a lot of different colors going on, a lot of heavy colors going on. The

reason why I say that is so many times a buyer struggles to identify with your home becoming theirs

if the walls are all different colors and it's not a blank canvas. So my suggestion is paint the

walls to a neutral color if and when you can. It will help yield greater results in the sale of

your home. Thanks so much. Give me a call if you'd like to consult. My number is 951-805-1451. Thank you.

What is my Home Worth During Covid-19?

Hi, everyone. Well, I hope for you you can say this is thriving Thursday. I wanted to share some information with you today, you might be asking yourself, what is my home worth during COVID-19 pandemic? It's a great question. I'd like to share some compelling statistics with you. Today in Temecula and Murrieta markets combined, we have 532 active listings on the market. Today in that same market, we have 531 homes in escrow looking to close in the next several days and weeks ahead. Here's a really strong number 451 homes have successfully closed escrow in the last 45 days in the same market. So what that's telling us is homes are selling buyers are out there, and the interest rates are still really strong. So is it a good time? to list your home Well, if you're comfortable, absolutely. Here's a strongest figure I want to share with you that just came out from the California Association of Realtors. In April of 2019. The median time or days on market was 37 days today, April of 2020. Results report 24 days, that tells us we don't have enough inventory to satisfy the buyers market at least today under current market conditions. So how do you sell your home during COVID-19 pandemic and conditions? Well, first of all, you make sure your home is in good condition. It's in a good location. It's priced appropriately, and you hire the right agent who has the right marketing plan. Most importantly, you want to be comfortable with an agent who is going to make sure that they are taking all the precautions necessary to protect you and protect the folks who would tour your home. We have new agreements in place. And as listing agents, we are actually taking extra steps to make sure only qualified buyers come into that home, they have to have a pre approval letter before they can even enter the home from their lender. So, if you have any questions about the market, please keep them coming. I love hearing from you. As market conditions change. I hope that we can find you reporting that you're healthy, you're happy and you're thriving, so be safe, be Well, bye for now.

What is my Home Worth During Covid-19?

Temecula Valley Buyer or Seller Market

Hi everyone, Michel Jones with Coldwell Banker. I'm coming to you today from my office at home with my incompetent office assistant ginger Jones. Ginger is oftentimes the feature of my weenie Wednesday segment on Facebook. Hey, I wanted to in all seriousness, share some information with you. I am so grateful for the calls the text that emails from friends, past clients, neighbors, current clients, future clients, asking about what the market is doing. And the questions are wonderful. Please keep them coming. I love to talk about real estate. But what I'm going to start doing is on a weekly basis, share with you some type of statistic or market information so that we're all best informed during these challenging times. Late last week, the National Association of Realtors released a statistic that stated 76% of all agents are reporting that sellers are not reducing their prices. They don't have to They have equity in their homes. But most importantly, it is a great time to list your home. And the reason for that is we don't have enough inventory. So we have less inventory than we've had in a long time. We have low interest rates. And most importantly, we have some sellers who have been a little hesitant to list because they're concerned about their safety absolutely understandable. But what we know is our buyers are more serious right now, under current conditions. We know that the buyers are required to sign what's called a paid form a property entry advisory form, indicating that they will take all precautions necessary to make sure that they're protecting everyone's safety when they're in that home on a home tour. Also, not all agents are doing this but I am doing this to protect myself. I am requiring a lenders pre approval letter upfront before that buyer's agent can show that property that ensure ensures everyone that we also have qualified Serious buyers. Case in point I was able to put two homes rather quickly into escrow just this week alone. So is it a good time to sell? I would say absolutely yes. If you're comfortable having showings, and if you're comfortable selling your home right now, if your home is vacant, and it's a rental property or investment property, it's even easier to show under current conditions. And while unemployment rates have soared, we did find through this most recent statistic statistic report from the National Association of Realtors, we did find that actually four out of five Americans are still employed. So we have buyers in our current market. Please stay well. Please stay safe. Please feel free to reach out to me anytime if you'd like to talk about the market. And I hope you continue to take good care of yourself. Have a wonderful week ahead. Bye for now.

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Temecula Valley Divorce Financial Analyst

Hi, everyone. Well, you know what we're past the holiday season. But that doesn't mean that the new year is bringing joy for everyone. Sadly, there's a very, very high divorce rate in America right now. And I'm pleased to have the expertise and support here today from a dear friend of mine, Kimberly Surber she serves as a divorce financial planner. And Kim has helped a number of my friends out during these tough times and can offer up some great advice. First of all, Kim, tell me what, what you do as a divorce financial planner.

So a divorce financial planner. Again, we're kind of looking You know, your entire financial life, but we're looking at it through the lens of the whole divorce process. So what are your assets and debts? What are up for division? You know, what are your income expenses? You know, how is the support going to be calculated Child Support spousal support in the different settlement options? How does that look for somebody? Is it successful for one year, but in three years, you're in trouble? Because if that's the case, then you know, I'm going to send them back and go, this is not a good settlement for you. Is it you know, what are the tax ramifications of the different things that are happening in the divorce process? So these are all things that I'm going to be looking at for people.

I can't even imagine the line of work, you're in it. It's got to be tough. I do know that you've been doing some workshops to help people tell us a A little bit about these workshops.

So it's called the second Saturday divorce workshop. And the one I run is for women only. There are a number of others in the community that are for men and women. So there are definitely these workshops around for everyone. But we have, it's just great to provide information and for women to come and learn. There's an attorney who speaks a mediator, because if your divorce can be mediated, it's, it's a nicer process, and it's cost a lot less money. So, Nikki Baker is our mediator. She's great. And then there's a grief counselor, and there's me as the financial planner, and we even have a real estate agent and a mortgage lender, there to answer questions because frequently people have to buy and sell homes in the divorce process, right? So you know, just being able to come And ask any question, you know, of the of these people who are the core people you're probably going to be using in your divorce.

Right, right. But that's what I said there's a whole team there with multiple resources that someone would need. What's, how's this different from a regular financial advisor? Who would say, Well, you know, I can help with your divorce what, what differentiates you with what you provide,

number one, a regular financial advisor of which I am, but what when I am working as a divorce financial planner, it really is different. I'm not looking at it as a regular financial planning process. I actually have legal software that I use. And so it really is all from the angle of the divorce process. You know, I have completely different reports that I'm doing for people when I'm doing divorce, financial planning. We're doing division of community property reports. There's a budget report showing support payments and, you know, what are all your expenses? Maybe now and after the divorce, you know, we're looking both because frequently, things will change. And, you know, mid process in the settlements, what's it look like, you know, with your income and your support and what have you, less all your expenses, less taxes, what's your bottom line? Are you going to be okay? I mean, because we need to know that, you know, there are lots of different ways to to come to a settlement. And we just need to figure out a way that works for both parties.

Well, I think in the role you're in, someone has to have a heart to serve. And definitely, you know, I've picked up on that as we've become friends and our friendship has evolved over the years. How else can can you help people find? You know, what else can they do to to help themselves during this period?

Learn as much as you can about the process. I encourage people to come to the workshop, and they there are support groups in our community. It's called divorce care. Okay? frequently, they're in the churches and things, but they're very inexpensive. And it's a great way to just get support. You can Google divorce care, and there's probably four or five of them in our community that will come up, but people just need to know they're not alone. Yeah, you know, there are people going through the same thing that they are, they have the same feelings and the same questions and it's like, just come be part of a community, you know, so that, you know, you're not alone. You can have friends that are, you know, going through the same thing and I think that's really helpful. This is not a time to go into It's a really tough time. Temecula Valley Divorce Financial Analyst

Yeah, I can't even imagine. Is there anything else any final piece of advice or any final words you'd like to share with our audience today?

Divorce is really, really hard. And in the divorce process, ignorance is not bliss. I mean, you can really get yourself into trouble simply by not knowing what you should know. And people just don't know. So seek out help. You know, I'm, I offer a free one hour consultation for people so that, you know, they can get to know me, I can get to know them, and I can tell them how I can help them. And if I'm not the person for them, I will tell them who they need to this so that you know their money is going in the most efficient place.

Yeah. You had said something one day that really resonated, it was something about growing, what was that?

You can go through a divorce or you can go 34 Oh my gosh,

that that is wonderful. And the beautiful thing is, as I've seen you blossom. I've seen clients of mine where unfortunately, I've been asked to sell their home when they're going through it. And then when I've been able to witness them on the other end, and both have survived, and both have grown from it, and both are really good people. I just I love that saying from you, thank you.

You're welcome. It's like I grew and I want to help others do the same. Yeah, yeah. There is a life there's a my friend always says there's to life. 2.0 on the other side. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, you certainly are a tremendous asset to our community. And it's a pleasure having this opportunity to interview you today. And thank you and we're going to flash on your information at the end of this so that people know how to reach out to you. If they need your resources and your kind support.

That would be awesome. Thank you.

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Temecula Valley Financial Planner

As your neighborhood real estate professional, I've had the opportunity to work with amazing professionals. Today I will introduce you to another local expert to provide meaningful information. I'm Mitchell Jones, and this is The Low Down on Temecula Valley. Hi, everyone. I'm here today with Kim Serber. Kim is the president and partner with Leeward Wealth Management. It's a mouthful. She's a financial planner, a fixture in our community. I have leaned on Kim for financial advice before but before we go any further Kim, I would like to really understand what exactly is a financial planner.

So a financial planner is someone who is not going to just look at you know a section of your financial life but your whole entire life like comprehensively, you know your your investments and your insurance and your retirement planning and Tax strategies and we're looking at the whole thing to how can we efficiently help you to achieve your goal?

Okay. So let's say I have a number in mind that I need to retire with. And I call you and I say, Hey, Kim, I need this amount of money. Where, what do we do? Where do we go from here? Okay. Do you want it to be about a number? No, I want a lifestyle. That's a great question. Yeah. Yes.

So that's kind of how I I'm a little different. It's not about a number. It's about your vision. What are you trying to create? So I would ask you, what do you want? What do you envision your entire your retirement to look like? So is it I want a mountain retreat in Colorado? Do I want a home here Do I want to travel so I can see my grandbabies and my family and friends and and wherever you know, just you know, General Traveling, I mean, whatever whatever it is you want, then will, you know create that vision and then backtrack, you know, what does it cost and figure out then what you need to save every month to create that vision for yourself. Okay,

I love that. Now, what about so you're a financial planner? My goodness, we get approached by financial planners all the time in this community. There are a lot of them. Yeah, there are a couple without said, what, what sets you apart what distinguishes you from other financial planners?

So, I would say number one, it's not about a number. It's about a vision. I think that's a little bit different approach than many people take. I am a Certified Financial Planner. I think that's a big distinction. Not everybody has that designation. I've been in the industry since 1998. And I work as a fiduciary. So I am always going to put my clients interest first.

I love it. When you say fiduciary that was actually a key question on the real estate exam about we have a fiduciary responsibility for the clients we serve. And with that said, Sometimes there are people out there just for the sake of chasing a paycheck, they may not necessarily make the right decisions or give the best advice. But when you step back, and your gut tells you, this needs to be about them, not about us and our paycheck, the business just comes it really does. And that's why you're very successful in this business.

And it just makes your job so much more enjoyable. Because you're really helping your clients. Yeah.

And I it's, it's so evident, you love what you're doing. So let me ask you this just personally, when you're not at work, which you work a lot of long hours, which I know firsthand. What else do you enjoy? What do you do?

So I play oboe and English horn with the corona Symphony. I have a lot of fun with that. I like to read I like to wine taste with friends. Not that we've never done that. And I like spending time with my awesome daughter Christy, who just became a lifeguard. We're so proud of her.

Well, this truly has been a pleasure. And I hope you don't mind at the end of this. We're going to flash on your contact information, so that anyone who might be interested in meeting with a financial planner, they could give you a call or send you an email or text you set up a meeting at your office and get the ball rolling and thank you for your advice and your contribution in this community. You are greatly appreciated. We love your talents and your expertise.

Temecula Valley Financial Planner

Thank you

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Temecula Valley Professional Photography

I am pleased today I have Tom Barnett with Thomas Barnett photography. He's a professional photographer serving our community and we have done a lot of photo shoots together for real estate. Truly a joy to work with. Drama free he gets the job done. And it truly is my honor to interview you today. I'd love to hear your story. Tom, I know you haven't been a photographer all your life. Like me, we reinvented ourselves and a new career. Tell us your why. Thank you for having me. I love doing this and I love that you asked me. So my why I worked in manufacturing For almost all my life until about four or five years ago when I got into this, and I hated every moment of my job working for corporations, you know, I was a printer for 25 years and, and worked in medical devices, here in Temecula locally. And so I discovered that I love photography and even so when I was back in printing, I was I used to work in the darkroom. And I thought it would be great to take wonderful photos like this. And I started going out and photographing various things. We live in a wonderful area where we're close to the mountains to the ocean to the desert, and I would go every I would look forward to every weekend, and then you know, with digital coming in, you know, so that meant Photoshop and Lightroom and I went online and I took classes online. Learning how to edit my photos, so that they weren't just flat photos and, and, and, you know, I never planned on using it I just did it for myself. And then the company I talked about in in Temecula laid me off, and I had to find something quickly. But I thought, Well, what I have to do something and what do I know how to do his photography? By then I was decent. And so I thought, well, I can do portraits, and who needs portraits? I thought realtors, and they're all their information is public. So I started going online and I got I started sending out emails to realtors following up with a phone call in a couple of days. And eventually Somebody said, Well, I don't need my portrait done, but can you shoot a house for me? And I said, I'd never done this before, but I just I need I studied all I could about you know, shooting houses and, and I was horrible, but I got better and I kept improving and I, I have some wonderful realtors in those early days who stuck with me, you know, and, you know, and I would I used to bend over backwards for, for the people I work with my realtors and I, I I still do. And I think, you know, my my goal was to just keep improving, and I still have that goal today. So a lot of people say they're going to sell their home at some point. We know 95% of all home searches begin on the internet. With that said, What can our home sellers do to make sure their home photographs at its best. I send out a list to everybody, all my realtors have before I work with them. And hopefully they retain that list and they and they're passing it on to their sellers. But it has all kinds of details that that will help each seller you know, get their house ready, it's a call to photo ready list. But the the main thing, less is more means go through and if you have any questions about this item, yeah, it probably needs to go go hide it in a closet or in your garage or something like that. You know, and that is the key thing that I think I would like to pass on to your sellers. After I get done editing all the photos professionally, I upload them to a platform called HD photo hub calm, and I love this, this group there they always help me with that. With issues that, you know, I hadn't thought of that might come up while I don't do video, I they take all my my photos, my still photos, and they put them into a slideshow with music and you can replace the music to your tastes and, and you can. It also offers ready made brochures which you can drag and drop your favorite photos into. And then your branding is really important as you know. If someone was considering a career in photography, what advice would you give them? Don't do it unless you have a passion for it. I hope it comes out in this but I you know, for a while I've I've thought well I'm getting busy should I hire somebody to help me and I haven't found anybody who would do it for free. And that's what I've told people before. You know, like if I if I weren't getting paid for this, I would probably be doing for free. I love what I do and I want You're going to get into photography, learn, of course, learn all the Learn your camera, learn about light. And, but, but you also have to love it. Don't just do it for a job, because you'll get tired of it. And I feel like that's one of the main reasons you do such great work. Also, though, we have felt such a great professional connection, because we love what we do. And that passion comes out. So I just can't say thank you enough. Just keep up the great work serving our Valley doing such a fantastic job. I'm grateful to know you and be your friend.

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How Old are you Santa?

I gotta ask, you know, you're all gray. How old are you? As your neighborhood real estate professionals, I've had the opportunity to work with amazing professionals. Today I will introduce you to another local expert to provide meaningful information. I'm Mitchell Jones, and this is a low down on Temecula Valley.

Talk about bringing joy into our day. We have Santa Claus. Oh, Santa. Have you here? Tell us how was your trip in?

phenomenal I ran into some rain and but the Rangers were disappointed. They wanted to see some snow. When I told them we were coming here. We're going to stop it big bear on the way back. Oh, you are Oh, they can play in the snow a little bit down here. It's just different snow lately.

Yeah. Well, we're happy knowing that. Your trip in was good. Seeing that. I gotta ask. You know you're all gray. How old are you? 316 Wow, my goodness. You look What's your secret?

Hot buttered rum is always good cookies and, and carrots for the reindeer.

Yeah, gotta make sure there won't bed as well. Yeah. Well, we know this time of year is just so special for families and you see a lot of different things when when people come to see you some kids are really happy summer scare. Their families are going to have photos. What advice can you offer up for families to make sure that their visit with Santa Claus this year is most successful?

Well, I think it's good to prepare them that you're going to go see instead of surprising them, okay. Some of them are shocked and surprised and cry. That's why I don't do hohoho right away. I wait till they come in and get it get a feel for him. Yeah, you know, so the big thing is, you know, just kind of prepare them and, you know, just get them ready to see Santa. Let them know they're going to do that. I mean, some might want to surprise them. And that's up to the individuals. They know their kids better than I do. Yeah. So but I recommend just getting them prepared. Okay. Okay.

That's a good idea. Yeah. What What is maybe one of the funniest experiences that you've had with a family when

I've had I've had just a number of ones with the one that comes to mind is was posing for some pictures with the two young girls. One of them was just just the biggest smile she couldn't stop smiling. She was just like, ah, and the other one didn't stop crying. Oh, I had both experiences the same time and you know that's that's some kids will be scared of Santa because it's something and that's why I recommend showing pictures and being getting them kind of prepared. Yeah,

yeah. Sounds like you have one extreme to the diamond sisters. From the same Mr. Oh my gosh, well, we know your spreads so very thinly this year and we know poor Mrs. Claus she

she's time with you. She's She's working furiously in the kitchen.

In the sun. Yeah, boy, that's that's got to be stressful. What advice could you offer? This time of year with the holiday season for stress management.

Well, I, I've always felt that stress management is you know, you got to calm yourself down and just enjoy the time. Yeah, don't stress out over it. Don't worry about the little things. I find the little things or the funny things you remember later. Yeah, you know, so just have it flow with it and have fun and don't let things bother you. because nothing's that important.

Yeah. Is there anything you'd like to add? I know that our community could benefit from a visit with you. And I hope you don't mind at the end of this interview. I'm going to put your contact information and I know your schedule is jam packed, but we'd love to hear anything else you'd like to share with us about your role as Santa Claus.

Well, a couple things that we you know, we talked about a little bit before was that to keep the magic of Santa alive, I recommend if you're going to give presents to your kids to wrap the Santa presents in separate paper, different kind of paper, so they recognize all their Santa presents. You know, you don't have to have a Bunch of just deki Oh, Santa brought this Okay, and then wrap your personal presence to your kids, wrap them with just, you know, regular paper, but keep the Santo and separate with the same kind of paper on all of them. I think that really works well. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I like that. Well, you know what we missile home sales are so honored that you could come visit us today. I know how busy you are. I do all my business through here. If I move down here, this is where I would come.

Well, let me ask you this. Would you do me a huge favor together? Could we do a big Whoa, whoa, whoa. Absolutely. On the count of 31230. What a joy you just absolutely made my Christmas can thank

you. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Merry Christmas, everybody. Christmas.

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Temecula Valley STEM Patent

As your neighborhood real estate professional, I've had the opportunity to work with amazing professionals. Today I will introduce you to another local expert to provide meaningful information. I'm Mitchell Jones, and Mrs. A low down on Temecula Valley. The first time that Jim and I met to interview for the first episode, it went so well that I asked Jim Richardson to come back. He just is a wealth of knowledge. He is a servant in our community. He is truly someone who just has vast experience that I it's hard to even capitalize everything that he's done. But the last time that we met, you shared everything that you've done here on a local level. Today I want to talk more about the engineering background side of it. There were students exploring this career path, Jim, we're honored to have you here. And we'd like to know in our Valley, who could benefit from your advice, as an in

Well, I think anybody who is looking at a career in engineering, could, you know, I, I'd be happy to, you know, give them a little insight. You know, my career has taken a very interesting path. And I think there are a lot of different paths, you know, the one thing, I think you get an engineering degree, you still don't know exactly the direction your career is going to take. So that's part of the fun of it. I don't do the same thing every day. So if you're a person who who couldn't stand doing the same thing every day, then being an engineer and a problem solver is something that, you know, it really appeals to me.

Tell me about this. What What got you started and what led you down this road?

So when I was young, I thought I wanted to be an architect. But when I went to Cal Poly Pomona, I ended up selecting the major of aerospace engineering and I always had always loved airplanes. And so I went down that road and got an aerospace engineering degree and went to work initially as a systems engineer soon transitioned over and started writing my own software and worked many years as a software engineer. But systems engineering has always been my passion. And in the last few years of my career, I've really gone back more to a core of systems engineering.

Okay. Okay. I would doubt that many engineers can ever say that they have nine us patents under their belts. I mean, that, to me sounds very impressive.

Well, I work with people who who have more and it's kind of, you know, you can say it's being in the right place at the right time. You know, and actually, I started my, my innovation work. So patents come out of innovation. And the first innovation opportunity I had at work came when Toyota approached my company Raytheon about doing a joint project. And that opportunity in that multi year project working with Toyota on a pedestrian warning system led to a series of patents and really kind of got me into the traffic safety technology area. And so I pursued that and worked research and development in that field for, you know, close to a decade after that.

With the Temecula Valley STEM Patent project. I've heard of this. I'm like, What

is this? So the stem patent project came out of my coaching high jumpers. That's turned into coaching and 22 years later, I've been coaching highjump for 22 years. So, but recently, I had a young lady who was interested in technology, you know, we were looking at measuring devices with infrared beams. And could you measure how high above the crossbar you were when you pass over? So I looked into it a little bit, there was already a patent for that. I said, Well, we can still try to build one and maybe use it so starting to build some parts. And when I showed him to her, she said said something about well, does it know where you are? And can it tell you when to kick up your legs? And I said, No, that's so not what it does. It just measures how high but the next day I was driving my car and I realized her question contained a vision that I didn't grasp. right away and her question about you know, having a device that knows where you are and can can give you cueing it during the athletic jump attempt that I realized was patentable. So we set down this road four years ago of trying to get a patent this concept and from an idea of a from a 17 year old girl makes it even more special, that you know, someone someone like that can actually have an idea that is that unique and worthy of a US patent, which was just granted in the last couple months here.

Jim also has been a basketball referee for 20 plus years. I

did it for over 20 years. I've taken a couple years off now you can always go back But yeah, I was a basketball referee. And you know, it's really interesting. Being a basketball referee really complimented my engineering engineers can lack people skills. But when you have a coach yelling at you, you need to develop people skills. So it was It was great being a technical person helped me with being an excellent referee. And being a referee helped me with my people skills for engineering. So it was really good synergy and now there's nothing that can happen in a design review that scares me. I've had I've had to deal with difficult coaches for years and

but if there was one thing, you know, we probably have a lot of people in this community who are thinking about maybe wanting to coach maybe coach, their children's soccer team or softball, what what advice could you give them if there was one single piece that you've learned to the greatest degree? What advice could you give people pursuing that?

It's got to be your passion to you can't do it because you feel like you have to do it. High jumping is a passion for me. I've I've loved coaching, high jump, you know, I did it in high school, and I wasn't very good at it. But as I was going through school, getting my degree, I realized, oh my gosh, that's why that works that way in highjump. So I've really kind of developed a whole approach That's kind of non standard, whole new vocabulary. And, you know, you got to be able to articulate your knowledge. And I would say that's a, that's a key I would give people you know, it's one thing to know your stuff. It's another thing to be able to articulate it in a way that kids can really grasp it.

Well, I have to say, as a real estate agent, I could benefit from your coaching I'm sure, too. So you know, that's probably why we've been friends over 10 years, you know, what we always learn and we grow from one another and point so it's the journey. Yeah,

absolutely. Well, thank you for sharing your journey with us. We are so honored to have you in our community. And truly, this has been a pleasure interviewing you again today and thanks for giving your time.

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