Month: April 2021

Over the past two years I have read Ron Chernow’s comprehensive and excellent biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Ulysses S. Grant. In addition to these historical tomes, I have read Isabel Wilkerson’s powerfully compelling narratives, “Caste” and “The Warmth of Other Suns.”  There has been great value in studying the historical record contained…

There is a well-known phrase used in real estate assessment in determining a home’s marketability and sale value. The phrase describes a property’s “curb appeal.”  As a potential buyer drives up to the address listed by the real estate agent, the “curb appeal,” (the first impression and overall attractiveness of the exterior of the home) will…