Happy New Year and Thank You…

Yesterday was my last day in the office for this year. I decided to spend some extra time with my family, so we’re spending the weekend on the Florida Gulf Coast for a little rest and relaxation to celebrate the New Year. We’re headed to the Ringling Circus Museum later today, so I wanted to type this quick message to you before the day gets away from me (I’m sure to get sidetracked by clown and trapeze artist history).

I simply want to sincerely wish you a Happy New Year and a relaxing holiday weekend. You deserve it.

Go to www.504blog.com to read the rest of my New Year’s message (which I hope is some encouragement to you), and to read about our no-corporate-holiday-card tradition.

Here’s to a wonderfully Happy New Year. See you in 2012!

Dedicated to Your Continued Success,

Chris

P.S. I truly appreciate the opportunity to interact with you and hopefully provide some valuable help when it comes to smarter commercial real estate financing. Please share this with someone you know who’s interested in owning their commercial property, or someone who could use a bit of encouragement heading into the New Year.

Santa Claus and Coca-Cola…

True or False: Santa’s red-and-white garb was invented by Coca-Cola for their advertising in the 1930s.

I was reading an article about the recent white Coke cans — the ones with polar bears on them. Coke abruptly discontinued them after lots of people mistook them for Diet Coke and complained (they were all surprised by how good the Diet Coke tasted!).

Anyway, this article stated that it was silly for Coke to abandon their traditional red-and-white can colors because, after all, their advertising was responsible for establishing Santa’s red-and-white getup. This is something I wasn’t aware of, so I did a little research.

Go to www.504blog.com to find out the truth, and to read a special holiday message from yours truly.

Dedicated to Your Continued Success and a Wonderful Holiday Season,

Chris

P.S. If you happen to know a business owner looking to purchase or refinance commercial property…well, you know who would really appreciate an introduction!