by Marty Boardman | Apr 13, 2017 | Acquisition, Commentary, Featured
He was angry. And who could blame him? This man was going through a very stressful experience. Behind on his mortgage payment and facing foreclosure, no doubt he’d already received dozens of phone calls from his lender. Followed by an endless stream of letters from...
by Marty Boardman | Apr 6, 2017 | Commentary, Raising Capital, Rehabbing
They all looked so… Desperate. Tired too. As the speaker, slickly dressed in a dark blue suit and matching tie, addressed the half-full room I could feel the sales pitch rapidly approaching. I recall looking around at the attendees. Could any of them really afford the...
by Marty Boardman | Mar 30, 2017 | Commentary
I’ve done a lot of dumb things. I’ve said a lot of dumb stuff, too. As a matter of fact, most of my day is spent just trying not to say, or do, anything dumb. For example, my wife once sent me to the grocery store for a ham hock. She needed it for a dish...
by Marty Boardman | Mar 16, 2017 | Acquisition, Commentary
He was like an angel, hovering three stories above the ground. Okay, he wasn’t really hovering. This contractor, likely sent from Heaven, was actually standing on a 32-foot extension ladder. His name was Santos. And, he’d come to our rescue. It was a chilly October...
by Marty Boardman | Mar 9, 2017 | Acquisition, Commentary, Raising Capital
She was upset. My youngest daughter, Audrey, didn’t want to be the red fish in the school drama club performance of Seussical the Musical. To her, the role was small and unimportant. Audrey was in the 4th grade at the time. And fortunately, she didn’t get too...
by Manny Romero | Jul 10, 2015 | Commentary, Raising Capital
I love IKEA! Why? Because IKEA makes me look like a master craftsmen when I see the finished product I just built. Although there are specific and detailed instructions to get to the finished piece, there is a small step that most people miss because it’s not...