{March 2020) Coronavirus: Round #1 and Round #2

I would like to first take this opportunity to thank our medical professionals.  Many of my friends are on the front line.  A big thank you to you! 

This whole year so far is one big quarantine to me.  I took the kids to Shanghai for CNY in January and was holed up in my parents’ apartment.  I came back on 1/30 into a 14-day homestay.  Now here we are again.  My head spins sometimes from a lack of my usual routine.  For a workaholic like myself, not being able to work is trying.  But I got one wish come true!  At the beginning of the year, I was just thinking that my younger daughter was going off to PreK this Fall and I wanted to spend more time with her.  Voila!  Now my day is one long session of cooking and feeding two hungry kids, with a few calls sprinkled in between.  I most certainly hope this episode of disruption ends soon.  But I will also miss these days of being together.

 The real estate market has understandably come to a halt.  Most of my sellers, buyers, and landlords are on hold.  Last week I did one rental deal via FaceTime showing.  All of my closings scheduled for the next 3 weeks are canceled.  This week, I am negotiating a couple of deals for buyers looking to buy in new development.  They saw the projects a while back.  Now they are coming back in the hopes of getting a better deal.  The Sponsors are more negotiable. 

Now, this is something I have always wanted to do: learn to play the guitar!  Fender will teach you online.

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