by Stan Albert | Feb 2, 2009 | News
I went to see Marley and Me, a great movie with a poignant story, with my youngest son Jeff and my wife Audrey. It was New Year’s Day 2009, and for Jeff, at the age of 42, it may be his last New Year’s celebration. In early December, Jeff suffered a seizure while...
by Stan Albert | Jan 7, 2009 | News
In the photo: Sergio De Pinto has finished his holiday baking for another year. Here I sit on a Saturday afternoon, listening to Bob Marley doing a little reggae and conversing with my old friend and colleague, Sergio De Pinto, who I’ve known since 1985, from my...
by Stan Albert | Dec 2, 2008 | News
By Stan Albert Years ago in the mid ’60s, I became involved in a partnership to buy up properties in my home territory in the Belleville/Trenton area. I had the task of finding tenants for a nearly vacant commercial building in downtown Belleville, without a clue as...
by Stan Albert | Nov 23, 2008 | News
Are we recession proof? I don’t think so. As I mentioned about two months ago, beware of the big ‘R’ word. The cycle has returned – no surprise! Let me see, the last time was in the late ’80s into the early ’90s. It was bad and a lot of agents left the industry to...
by Stan Albert | Oct 20, 2008 | News
“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with bricks, so that others may throw at him or her.” — David Brinkley, NBC News. From Wikipedia: “An ombudsman is an official, usually, but not always, appointed by the government or by parliament, who...
