Friday, November 19, 2010

Creative Real Estate and Reading Donald Trump

Artist: Baldessari, John
One of the things I love about real estate so far is that it excites the creative parts of my brain. I've been involved in the arts for most of my life, and that's where I've worked and wallowed for most of my time between heaven and earth.

I'm reading some Trump books. Donald Trump likes to say that what he does is an art form. It's hard to believe at prima facie, but I'm coming around to the idea very quickly. I never know if I like Donald J. Trump, but I'm starting to do that, too, methinks.

I'd like to make enough money to live comfortably and help make the world a better place while remaining an artist. I don't think it's childish to want to stay artistically stimulated, even in my profession. Although it might seem like a stretch from time to time while I'm digging in the GIS for data on rental properties and visiting the tax assessor for info on sales histories and going rates, haven't I always started the artistic process with research and info/inspo mining? Don't I trawl books filled with artists who have come before to see what they've accomplished before setting out to try my own? The days of the gold rush are over, and we must follow in the footsteps of others, but that doesn't mean there aren't ways to be creative in our chosen fields.

Anyway, I found this short article that I liked about creative real estate. It's not the best-written thing I've seen online, but I like the sentiment.

Also, Donald Trump is selling his home in Palos Verdes; the wine room sells it for me. Holy crap I'd love to fill a wine room like that!!!

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