Author Archives: Barry Owen

Last night, Pareto Realty merged into Engel&Volkers. We celebrated this union with an evening of meeting, greeting, and celebrating – We simply invited all of the Real Estate Advisors affiliated with both firms, and they came . . . What I witnessed was an amazing display of unconditional acceptance of each other and leaning into […]

Why do we get itchy? Of course, we have an urge to scratch any itch we detect physically or mentally. Seldom does the act of scratching actually heal the source of the itch, though – Right? Moreso, we rationalize many reasons to scratch. It gives us something to do about the itch. If the itch […]

Unless you have been in isolation under a rock, you are aware that the Real Estate market is C-R-A-Z-Y these days in pretty much EVERY city in the USA. Of course, I have witnessed many wild markets in the 28 years I’ve been a Real Estate Sales Profession, but never one quite like this. In […]

Lawrence Yun is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. I think he LOVES Nashville, because, for YEARS, he has been able to bring GOOD news to the Realtors of Middle Tennessee. In fact, he commented that, as he speaks in other cities, he is often asked what […]

Riddle me this . . . Since the onset of the pandemic, we have all learned how to “gather” virtually. For the past several months, all but a few of my meetings have NOT been IRL (In Real Life) because of legal mandates which prohibit being in any public or even private place without wearing […]