Katrine Trinkie Watson

For those closing offices, how are you dealing with leases?

Hi Teresa: Very refreshing commentary! If most of us would just pay attention to waste disposal and recycling, products we use on a daily basis and maybe rethink the type of car we buy next time (as more eco-friendly cars are made that fill the needs we have), a lot will be accomplished. My hat is off to the earth people who grow their own produce, bike everywhere and spend frugally. I am working on the spending part...the veggie growing and biking to work will never happen. Yes, we accumulate far too much stuff and realize just how much when we ask ourselves what we haven't used in the last year. It's amazing what we can part with and never miss. I still have the folding steam iron that does sheets, etc. that I ordered before Christmas sitting in the box in my closet. I REALLY needed that. That we are becoming more aware of utility and caring for the planet is a good thing. Downsizing our dwellings probably makes a lot of sense, and recycling houses is fabulous, especially when they have character and good bones. As prices of land and property in pretty places escalates, old style homes just don't cut it. We have lost many of our charming Old Tahoe cabins on the lake as they sell for millions and are no longer acceptable in their current state. I guess the up side is providing jobs to maintain the new homes and landscaping along with ancillary home and entertainment services. I do see many with big properties who are excellent stewards. It's the person in the car in front of me who tosses a soda can out the window that I find hard to believe! Write more..... Trinkie Watson Chase International Regional Lake Tahoe Broker