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Sorry my postings have been a little lite these last few days.  Our broker here at the office, and a friend of mine, is having some struggles.  His wife has a severe medical situation going on and I’m doing my work and filling in for him as much as I possibly can.  (Is that not what we are called to do?)

Again, it makes you not want to waste the time we have with our loved ones.  Taking a loved one for granted is what we do.  Even when we know better.  Or at least it is that way for me. 

Now that I have some years on me I find it funny that when I look back I find it difficult to remember the struggles Marie and I have had (and we had plenty!) but I remember the good times easily.  So if everything in your life is going great just take a moment and remember to let the people important to you know that you think that way.  You can also jump in and help someone dealing with situations out of their control.

And if you need help.  Just ask.  There is an army of good people out there willing to help.

Labor Day.

You know.  The day we celebrate the American work ethic by taking the day off. 

Does this make any sense to anyone?  🙂

Just a quick reminder of the Rehab & Rent Workshop to be held August 23rd.  Click the link for full details.  I’m happy to say we are already 75% full.  But there is still room!

Warning!  This post has nothing to do with Kansas City real estate investing. 

Instead it has to do with me!  Well, really a natural treasure in western Kansas.  Behind my boys and I you see the Monument Rocks located about a half hour northeast of Scott City, KS.  That’s about 330 miles from where I live in Olathe, Kansas.  That’s a lot of driving without ever leaving the state. 

Anyway, these “rocks” are made of chalk.  Brittle to the touch.  If you are ever driving through western Kansas on I-70 it would behoove you to make the trip south about 45 minutes to see these.  I fear they won’t be around 500 years from now because they are so brittle.

This area of Kansas used to be an ocean.  It is country filled with fossils and archaeological finds like a pueblo about 15 minutes south of here.  It’s the northern most pueblo ever discovered. 

Anyway, I thought I would just share this with you who only hear of Kansas’ endless wheat and corn fields.   We do have those.  But we do have these treasures, too.

Kansas City– Chris Lengquist is getting back to work on his real estate investment property business!  As an anxious nation awaited Chris to recharge his batteries the real estate market for investors in Kansas City came to a near stand still as children huddled in their houses for fear of incurring the wrath of angry adults outside.

“It was really time to get away” stated Chris as he was unpacking his bags late Sunday afternoon in his typical suburban, middle-class home.  “We had a great trip.  Charlotte, North Carolina continues to grow like a weed.  And their new light rail system could be a lesson to Kansas City.”  As the Olathe, Kansas resident continued the sun began to shine again in this Kansas City suburb.  Chris expounded further,  “Southern Maryland is as beautiful as ever.  Wading out knee deep into the Chesapeake Bay was a big thrill for the kids.  Except for the one that got pinched by a blue crab.  That wasn’t too popular.

“And DC.  What can I say.  It changes and it stays the same.  I hadn’t ever seen the WWII Memorial.  It just seems that no memorial can symbolize the magnitude of that war.  The sacrafices.  The atrocities.  The necessity of that war. 

“Baltimore provided more thrills for the kids as we toured the National Aquarium and ended up watching the fireworks over the Inner Harbor.  Though their police department is run by bumbling fools…”  an obvious reference to the fact that Chris and hundreds of others were detained after the fireworks because of a bunch of hooligans report-ably 6 blocks away!!!!  Chris was reported as questioning the officer in charge of his block “So you’re holding us because of a bunch of young, uneducated thugs are nearly a quarter of a mile away?”  Witnesses say the officer then threatened to arrest Chris unless he returned to his car.  Chris then allegedly asked the officer if he didn’t see the irony in threatening arrest of a innocent bystander trying to go on the night the nation was celebrating freedom. 

When the police officer walked towards Chris he decided the officer wasn’t really in the mood to discuss our nation’s history and returned to his car. 

But alas, the trip was a great one.  Save the 45 minutes of stupidity by the Baltimore City Police there was really nothing much to complain about and a whole lot of reasons to feel refreshed and ready to go. Thank you to the many people that contacted Chris by emails and comments and phone messages while he was away.  He wants you to know he’ll be in touch today…or at the latest, tomorrow.