In The Beginning In December of 1961 I received a Real Estate License from the California Department of Real Estate, Number 00257862. It is now December 2021 and I am still licensed and working. That is 60 years plus. This journey started after I had received a BS from Indiana University, an MBA from UCLA, […]
Christie Olson This is the first in a series of articles, MEET OUR Duane Gomer Staff. This is an interview with Christie Olson, General Manager. How long have you worked for DGE? 14 years and counting….How long have you been General Manager? I was promoted to General Manager in November 2015, so I’ve been working […]
NAR Distinguished Service Award Diana Bull, the famous Santa Barbara Realtor, just won another award, but this one is a biggie. The NAR Distinguished Service Award goes to only 2 people each year out of the NAR’s 1.4 million members. And she sure deserves this recognition. This award is to honor members who have made […]
Eagles in Sacramento Wayne Bell, former Real Estate Commissioner, and his son, Seth, a junior at University of Nevada, are bird watchers. Always admire people who have extreme patience to do this. This time they scored some excellent photos. I have a strong weakness for photos of eagles. These photos were taken not too far […]
DRE Commissioner Doug McCauley Our new real estate Commissioner, Doug McCauley, gave me the opportunity to interview him for an article to send out to social media sources. First, let me thank Commissioner McCauley and his staff. It was my pleasure and hopefully you appreciate getting to know him a little better. Over the years […]
Yelp Review Yelp noted that I had asked a question about Reverse Mortgages researching an article. They sent me an alert that I might be interested in a couple posts. They sent a photo and the two recommendations. They were right. I know that man. Met him in 1958 in a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany. […]
Years Ago… …in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Years ago in a galaxy far, far, away called Granada Hills, I managed the Little League Cubs and founded a Pop Warner group, North Valley Golden Bears. Let’s […]
Interview With DRE Executives Dan Sandri, Acting DRE Commissioner, and Sandra Knau, Assistant Commissioner for Licensing and Administration: It was a sincere pleasure recently to interview these two long-time executives at the California Department of Real Estate. They were gracious with their time and were so informative. There were so many important items that should […]
I Meet the Nicest People A name from my past. My final year at IU, I played in the Eastern Intercollegiates at West Point. This tourney is for all schools east of the Mississippi. I was seeded very generously at #3. In the round of 16 I was upset by Richard Raskin of Yale. Since […]
Class Feedback This comment was posted on Facebook after our July 19th MLO seminar at OCAR. “You and your group really killed it today. I have been attending your MLO seminars for the last ten years and yesterday was the best and the funniest ever. Thank you.” Now that is just nice. Thank you to […]
