Nancy Surak, ALC, CCIM

@chrisorzy I strongly disagree. Unless you believe you are raising a professional athlete, it is a waste of time, money, and opportunities to truly create awesome moments with the rest of your family. Travel ball is a racket.

Travel sports: - guaranteed family time every weekend - tour the entire country, see the sights - kids gain athletic skills and priceless memories - chance at scholarships/NIL money - kids stay out of trouble - make friends with people in town This is supposed to be “bad”?

@RungineerBeth @DavePainkiller It was the best part of the entire commentary portion of the broadcast!

@DavePainkiller They literally just sat in silence when Tampa scored. Like wtf

ESPNs crew does NOT want Tampa to win at all

@skylarromines @CivicNatalist When you turn 50, everything you think know about nutrition and exercise will change. Tip: stay on top of your health & hormones. Don’t let doctors or anyone for that matter tell you feeling like crap or gaining weight unexpectedly is normal for a woman your age.

@CivicNatalist Yes. Eat less and move more. That is how losing weight works for ~everyone

Losing weight for middle aged women doesn't work like that. They have very few calories unless they also do tons of exercise. Everyone wants to make up a story that it's about the donut. No, it's about maintenance being 1100 cals/day without exercise boosts. Stop gaslighting

@DanielHerrold Thank you for posting this! So many people in CRE have no outside of CRE interests and to me that sounds awful. I love my weekends & downtime and I’m a better broker because I take a step back every week.

I used to say work on the weekends to get ahead! And I practiced what I preached. Now? After nearly 25 years in the business, I’d tell you that’s not the highest and best use of your time. Take the kids to the park Go to a farmers market with your wife Have your friends over for dinner. Take a hike Take a long nap Go to church Read a book There are far more important things in life than work. It’s incredible healthy to recharge and clear your mind over the weekends. And spend time either with your self or those you love. I’d take back every Saturday or Sunday I ever went into to office. Every. Single. One.

@skylarromines As a brand new backyard beekeeper (3.5 weeks in), I can fully relate. 🐝 It’s my new party trick.

It’s funny when people ask ‘How have you been, what’s new?’ And they want to hear something like how many people you’ve hired or how much revenue has grown but your real first answer is ‘Been pretty into pigeons lately, especially super fat ones. Aren’t they cute? And humans really screwed them over by domesticating them then abandoning them. They really deserve to be treated better’

@orlfoodie Publix in Tampa is 20-35% more expensive than Whole Foods. It’s gross. They are robbing Floridians. I try my best to shop elsewhere. I occasionally do a shopping cart comparison. It’s almost across every item.

Publix vs Walmart on same EVO. It does not hurt to do your homework to save money. That is outrageous. Come on Publix u can do better especially in these trying times. Even it was a Bogo..,,

@moseskagan I’m not a leasing broker but I know this is a big ol fight of a post. I’m #teamcommercialbroker on this one.

Why do commercial brokers get paid their commission on the full lease at move-in, rather than getting paid over time, as the tenant actually pays rent? Feels like it would be fairer for them to bear the risk of default alongside the landlord, no?

@AndyHVandenBerg We also curate the invite list so it’s fun couples!

My husband and I throw a craft cocktail/dinner party for clients. Our second annual one is this evening. It will be us, four clients and their significant others. It’s awesome and in our home. I hire a craft cocktail bartender who teaches us about 4 cocktails he makes & we drink and I arrange for catering for all of the food. No assigned seats. We keep it simple, low-key and as casual as possible and it’s a huge hit.

Has anyone mastered the art of throwing a fun/no-stress 8-person dinner party? Forget about the food. 1. Is it ideal for half of the people to know each other beforehand? 2.What time should it start? End? 3. Do you assign seats or just let people choose their own seats?

Watching your near adult children or adult children face challenges and knowing you can’t protect them from discomfort is the hardest part of being a parent. My adult daughter who lives in a different state had to navigate not getting on a plane to go to Europe by herself and immediately dealing with the worst heartbreak. She said it was the biggest growth of her life making the judgment call not to get on that flight and dealing with the fallout of what she learned immediately after. I think she experienced divine intervention. It was brutally hard for both of us because I wasn’t there in person to help nor console her. She had to learn how to move through devisating heart break alone at 23. They have to learn to stand alone and it’s our job as parents to allow that to happen.

Are you pushing your kids into uncomfortable situations? My son Alex brought up a moment on our podcast when he almost didn’t get on a flight to Los Angeles. His friend canceled last minute, and he was ready to stay home. I told him to go anyway. Alone. He went. Cross-country, at 17, figured it out, handled the hotel, and built confidence that stayed with him. That’s the job as a parent. You don’t remove discomfort. You use it. He didn’t go for business. He went to a football game. But he came back with something more valuable than the trip. Confidence that he could handle things on his own. I allowed flexibility in some areas, like not forcing college, but I never lowered the expectation to grow. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/Bvllqwiz4xk?si…

@ElonGerberg Just experienced a similar situation. Only in my case the other broker took the deal I closed, added their logo using AI with a caption saying Just Closed! Um what?!? I was the only broker involved! They weren’t involved in anyway. This was flat out gross.

Nothing beats doing 100% of the work just to see another broker post "we finally got it across the finish line" on LinkedIn 🤡 I communicated with the seller. I facilitated the deal. You just showed up on the closing statement. Know the difference between a Closer and a Co-passenger

@adamstatonsmith $500,000

What’s the most amount of earnest money you’ve seen someone lose/walk away from?

I’m with you @moseskagan! I’ve been selling land for 21 years. 10X market value is insane. They should sell and buy more land somewhere else. Hanging on like this is about vengeance, not about creating something for themselves and their family. There are many silent risks to value when holding over time. I’ve seen this through a couple of cycles and the next generation will be talking about this for many years.

@KTG_CRE This is 10x, though (if the story is to be believed)

For the love of G-d, sell!

Be careful folks. Not every deal is a good deal and not every buyer is a good buyer. Not even when the buyer is a well-known name. Sometimes the best outcome for a landowner is the deal that doesn’t go under contract. I share a lot of wins publicly, but I don’t talk enough about the deals I have to stop to protect my landowners. Here’s a story about a deal that died before we got to a fully executed contract. A well-known buyer insisted on terms I’ve never seen in 21 years of selling land and here were the 3 deal killers: 1. A free walk away option: Up until closing, the buyer could terminate for any reason and receive all deposits back. No limits, no milestones, no non-refundable money. Zero commitment. 2. Impossible seller warranties: Seller had to warrant that the land had never in its history been marketed for residential use, and had never been and would never be subject to impact fees. For development deals, impact fees are almost always a certainty. 3. Weaponized “defaults”: If anything “negative” about the property was discovered, whether the owner knew about it or not, it could be deemed a seller default, and the buyer could demand a penalty payment up to $250,000. This buyer was not trying to get this deal under contract. They were trying to keep my landowner tied up, stalling them us from engaging with other buyers, or riding them out in contract negotiations so the buyer could have all the upside and none of the risk. We tried hard to negotiate these terms into something reasonable, but sometimes it is my job to say, "NO" and I had to advise my client to walk away. I hate it when I have a signed LOI that dies during contract negotiations, but I must protect my owners and have them focus on serious buyers who understand: • Due diligence is for discovering facts and finding solutions, not for creating traps. • Deposits are supposed to reflect commitment, not provide a free option. • Risk management is not about turning every unknown or potential negative into a six-figure penalty.

@kenashley 1000% correct

A good commercial real estate broker is like the "oil in an engine." Our job is to take the heat and emotion in a transaction and absorb it so others calm down. Otherwise the engine locks up. I'm long on humans in this job, because AI can never take the heat.

@BFW Tampa is a hockey town. No other pro sport comes close.

I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city. Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit. Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.

@VinnysCorner1 Yes, 3 times. I was in person once. Go Bolts!

Yes or No: You’ve seen your favorite NHL team win a Stanley Cup in your lifetime

Tell us more please.

@clint_turner I could have posted this 😩. Just got quoted $3500 for about 12 hours of landscaping clean up work, no planting. I declined. Glad I like to work. On hour 4 and now I have extra daylight. I’m not paying $300 a hour to do simple landscaping.

How do you find a landscaper that doesn’t charge 5x markup? I live in a neighborhood where anytime a service co comes it’s auto 2-5x more expensive for everything. Want to get landscaping done but everybody wants 20-30k for a pretty straight forward job.

The current TikTok trend, “Dad/Mom what were you like in the 90s?” is what every twenty something year old needs to see. People change w/age and it’s totally ok. However, it is really interesting to see how clearly women out perform men in the remaining “hot” category.