Tony Cannon, e-PRO & Darcy Cannon, SFR - The C Team

As I look out my window at what seems like the umpteenth blizard this winter, I had to stop and smirk. I am up to my buttocks in global warming! I am not trying to make light of climatic changes, but rather express my lack of enthusiasm for yet another 12 to 14 inches of snow. It was 50 degrees this morning! I guess that's enough complaining, no one really cares anyway, besides it is hitting most of the country as it has us here in Cedar City.

This, I know, is a freak type storm, it is supposed to snow again tomorrow, then be in the 50's again on Saturday. All I can really say, is that if you have to travel in this weather, BE SAFE!! Another thing is to be prepared for winter driving conditions with warm clothing and supplies in case you become stranded! Once again, I wait for Spring! Have a Great Day!

Wow, I can't believe that my last blog entry was my 100th! I am glad that I mentioned my beautiful wife, Darcy in it. I am amazed at how much I get from everyone that blogs on AR! I have been looking at blogs from all over the country and getting small snipets of how the market is doing in other places. Some are up and some are even slower than ours has been. All in all, it is a great time to be in Real Estate! I have taken some great excitement in reading last night, that the market in Las Vegas and some of the Southern California Markets are picking up and showing some upward movement.

Surprisingly enough, our market in Southern Utah is tied to those markets. When they go up, we nearly always follow suit. We have noticed increased activity in our office and on our web site. This is great! We, as a team, know that the market needed a correction, and if nothing else, we learned how to survive a down market. We have also learned to better track our expenses, especially our marketing and business expenses. As the old saying goes, everything that doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger!

Thank you all for your responses to our posts, as well as your posts. We have learned a great deal from you! Please keep up writing and responding! We wish each of you all the best!

Just an early reminder that Valentines Day is tomorrow. This is especially for all of the men out there! Remember to acknowledge that special someone in your life! Take some time to tell them how important they are to you. I would hate to think where my life would be without my beautiful wife, Darcy!

I am not going to tell you to buy them jewels, or roses, or anything else. What you do to make them know how much they mean to you, is well, up to you! If you're not into the commercialization of Special Days, that's fine, just remember to make the day special for that someone special. This is just an early reminder! Have a Great Day with your special someone!!!!

While working my other job (the one that I am hoping to make go away once I get Real Estate back on track like it should be), there was an envelope place out for one of my coworkers to buy flowers for his wife and new baby. I planned on putting a few bucks in, like everyone else. When I got looking at the envelope it had the names of people who had put money in, as well as my name printed large enough to be seen across the room with a question mark beside it. I have been on my days off, and sick the two days prior to those, so I haven't been at work for 4 nights.

What irritated me the most is that the whole thing is a donation, and supposedly anonymous at that. Am I wrong to take offense at this? If it were to be done so that everyone knew, why not just send out an email saying that everyone needs to contribute $10 or something? If something is done just to do a nice thing, then really who has to know? The flowers could be purchased, and a card could be put out (much like the envelope to gather the money to buy them), and everyone that put in and felt like signing the card could do just that.

I think that it goes to motivation, is the motivation to do something nice? or is it to show the world how nice we are? In my opinion, the act of kindness is cheapened when the world has to know who performed that act. If the world finds out through to effort on the part of the doer then it doesn't.

I think that has a lot do with Real Estate, if our motivation is our client and their interests before our own, great! If our interest or the commission is our main motivation, I doubt that this realtor will be long for the business. As for the card, I wrote on a separate post it note: "is this a "required" donation? If not shouldn't it then be anonymous? I was just wondering, and signed my name.

I guess what I am getting at is Charity is a lot like Real Estate, it really comes down to one's motivation.

Have a great week!

In many parts of the country I realize are still in the throes of winter, but here for a few days it looks like Spring may be breaking through. We have enjoyed warm temperatures for the past week,(which really made it hard to be sick!) and where grass has been exposed to the sun, it is starting to green up a bit. We are supposed to have a nasty, but quick moving cold front through here tomorrow and Thursday, and be back into the high 40's on Friday.

Spring is my favorite time of year, the earth is in a renewal cycle that reminds me that in the grand scheme of things, I am not so important after all. It keeps me grounded and reminds me that there is a higher power watching over not just me, but everyone. Temperatures are warm, not yet uncomfortable, yet nights are still cool and crisp. The promise of summer is just around the corner, as the world greens back up.

It is a great time to look at real estate, you can see that the seemingly dead trees and bushes are actually living growing things, which makes it easier to visualize how a propert will look throughout the summer months. As we get later into spring, lawns will green up, leaving behind the gray and brown hues of winter. Here in Cedar City, we are getting more listings to help buyers have a better selection of properties to chose from.

Anyway, I should cut this short, I need to get some things done this morning, but have a great day, and productive week!