Gerhard Ade covers Real Estate around Seattle and more.

This month marks my 20th year in the real estate business. Records show that I received my license on April 10, 2002.

Let’s celebrate!

This calls for a celebration. It also calls for several thank-yous. First, thanks to my wife, who knows me better than anyone else. She was at my side for 26 years through the highs and lows of my first career until the sudden end. Now add to that another 20 years. You do the math.

Numbers, that is dollars, come to mind when I think of the early years. Back then, it was the backing from my father-in-law that bridged the gaps here and there. Heavenly thanks, Alec!

Brick and Mortar Friends and Events

My following thank-you goes to my dear friend Bob whom I met at the junction of my former career and the new one. He helped me with some freelance work in the former and introduced me to the Northwest and the world of classic car collectors. As a native, his knowledge of the local history, current events, and geography directed my work in many circumstances. Before online navigation at my fingertips, he was the best GPS around.

“Adverse possession, sometimes colloquially described as “squatter’s rights”, is a legal principle in the Anglo-American common law under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property—usually land—may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation of the property without the permission (licence) of its legal owner.”

Wikipedia

If your life were a book, how many chapters would it have, and what would you name them? What if the book was about 2021? One condition: palaver about politics and the pandemic is not permitted. We have had our fill of both.

As I swipe through the months of 2021 on my iPhone, three events stand out. In chronological order, they are the listing of a Bellevue luxury home, a reunion with friends, and the death of my father-in-law. The chapters are business, travel, and family. The verse? Read on.