Space Coast Association of Realtors Installation

This is Cindy Kelley, the 2008 President of the Space Coast Association of Realtors. She is ready to get down to business and lead her association through the changing market of upcoming year. Brevard County is preparing for the final launch of the Space Shuttle just 2 short years from now. That doesn't mean Cape Canaveral is shutting down, quite the opposite. Their focus is shifting from low Earth orbit to manned planetary exploration. This is what should be happening in the FAR; let's shift our focus from low orbit to planetary exploration. What that means depends our leadership at all levels of association governance.

Whoops, got off on a tangent. Let me thank Leah Selig and her excellent staff for rolling out the red carpet for my visit. DVP Sandy Miller installed the Board of Directors and I installed Cindy. Melbourne Area Association President Dale Young and his wife Beth also attended. 2007 President Lance VandeBerg presented awards to many dedicated Realtor members.

I'll be attending the Osceola Association Installation Gala tonight at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando. Until then, keep on blogging...

Meet Mr. Al Trafford

Meet Mr. Al Trafford. A second generation Realtor like myself. After graduating from the University of Florida in 1938, he returned home and immediately got his real estate license and went to work for his dad. After accepting a Lifetime Achievement award, he said "This is the best career in the world if you're in it for your lifetime, however its the worst if you're in for just a few short years." He and his family had much to do with the development of Brevard County over the last century. He asked me to check to see if there is a family real estate brokerage that has been in business longer than Trafford Realty...91 years! So if anybody knows of one let me know. He helped to found the original Brevard County Boards of Realtors, now the Space Coast Association of Realtor. He's still dancing after all these years.

Family Trip

My family and I made a quick trip last week to Missouri to visit Terri's 92 year-old grandfather, Clell Pruett. We stopped in St. Louis on the return trip and ate dinner with an old friend, Steve Tigner and visited a well known landmark. You may not be able to recognize it from the first picture; this is the viewing room at the top of the St. Louis Arch, 643 feet above the ground. Not for the acrophobics amongst us. That's Grace in front of Terri and the back of Luke's camo jacket on the right and Steve's jacket on the left (they don't like pictures.)