August 2009

I still hear them every day: Fallacies about buying real estate and putting money into property after you already own it. The other day I was watching one of those ubiquitous real-estate TV shows when I heard a realtor say something you don't hear often enough: "You shouldn't install granite counters into this home because no other homes at this price range in this area have ... read more

Earlier this week I saw that J. Crew is going back to basics and focusing on its catalog business and Web site rather than its stores. Good thing. Based on my own experiences in its stores lately, the chain should keep the customers as far away from some of the staff as possible. The service is bad enough to tarnish the brand…permanently. My research is certainly not scientific – ... read more