by Brian Brady
Commercial Real Estate Finance Expert
Structured Debt and Equity
Licensed Real Estate Broker in AL, CA, and FL
We speak a lot to real estate agents and lenders here on Bloodhound Blog. We hope (and know) that consumers read our work because we think you can learn a lot when you watch “industry folk” interact with one another. We’re a fast crowd here– we challenge the status quo a lot.
Today, I want to talk to you, the watching consumer and I am going to speak directly to your fears about buying, owning, and/or selling a home. I am not going to get into the weeds of your personal situation but I want to highlight one thing. You CAN own a home in this country and most everybody who writes on Bloodhound Blog can help you.
Today is the anniversary of D-Day. War is never anything to be celebrated but we can learn a lot from those who wage war.
June 6, 1944
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944. Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned. The free men of the world are marching together to victory.
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.
Good Luck!
And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
General Dwight D, Eisenhower
Imagine hearing that speech. You’re 19 years old, a year off a farm in some small town on the fruited plain. Your younger brothers and sisters are back on the farm. Your whole family lives in that small town.
Maybe you graduated high school. Maybe you kissed a girl. Maybe you kissed one girl a lot and plan to marry her when you get back home. You might have some idea of what you want to do for work when you get back home but, for now, you are in this boat, headed towards a beach in France, a country you only heard about in school.
Your cause is just but you have a good chance of dying or being wounded to the point that you won’t live a normal life when you get back home.
You are 19 years old, just a kid. And you go.
I know that life isn’t “fair”. You may be anxious about the future. You may not have the skills or education to compete in the marketplace… TODAY. You may not have the opportunities other people have.
