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Dave Spetrino auditions for temporary Moroccan citizenship while in Fez, Maroc.When (if) I grow up, I want to be a world traveler. Just saying "world traveler" sounds exotic and full of adventure. I want to see the world, every corner. So why not start with Morocco?My Dad, brother Jon and I wanted to go on a 'guys trip' - no spouses, no kids.Not that we don't love being with our family but we

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Steve Little spoke to his Wilmington neighbors at UNCW's Lumina Theater on August 30thI was fortunate enough to glance through the Chamber of Commerce's e-newsletter to learn an internationally acclaimed consultant, author and business speaker would be coming to Wilmington.Steven S Little would be discussing a topic from one of his more popular books, "The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid

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That is correct party people. We are less than 45 days away from the most happening event of the decade. If you don't know what I am talking about, click here first to get up to speed on the 2010: Year of the Dave extravaganza...Here is an update and quick reminder of the rules:1. The party is on Sunday, October 10th at #10 Church Street (Downtown.) The band will crank up around 5pm.2. Yes you

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Dave Spetrino: Hard at work among the chaosI got a call Sunday night from one of my very best friends who is also a small business owner, we'll call him Andy Jumbercotta (because that's his name).No pleasantries, just a desperate request, "Hey, what's that "one" thing you do when your office gets out of control and you've got to get organized before you totally lose it?" Like every other small

Dave Spetrino, Jr.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389089148721563150.post-12220617356809215972010-06-28T18:24:00.000-07:002010-06-28T18:34:21.230-07:00

We just got back from our family vacation. While not as intense as our 3,000 mile road trip to Niagra Falls in July 2009, it was an awesome time and great adventure with our kids.We flew from Wilmington to Phoenix where we met up with my Mom and her boyfriend Don who drove their minivan from their home in Laguna Beach, CA to join us. Check out our highlights:Toured the winter home of Frank Lloyd

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The following is an article published by the Greater Wilmington Business Journal on June 11th:Our company is in the construction and real estate business but that’s the least of my worries right now; I am also dealing with 14 different local banks.Each bank has its own set of challenges, FDIC mandates, balance sheet issues or management and decision-making structure. For years I assumed that my

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I tend to like most folks but I draw the line at people who don't have the ability to recognize the value of trees and understand what they mean to the place you live.I realize trees may have to come down for buildings or roads but it you aren't replacing lost trees with (many) new ones, well, my respect for you, both personally and professionally, will quickly fade.Trees are the cheapest,

Dave Spetrino, Jr.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389089148721563150.post-49770232334021721712010-05-23T18:01:00.000-07:002010-05-23T18:20:14.785-07:00

I don't think "revengence" is a real word (but it should be) because I plan on using it whenever appropriate to explain my new approach to proactively 'getting even' and after reading this, you will too. Let me explain... For the most part I enjoy a fairly 'sunny' disposition. I get my great sense of perspective from my mother and even during the most trying of times I remember to keep a

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My Saturday morning started out like any typical Saturday morning (with the exception of a slight hangover.) But headache or no headache I made a commitment to the great city of Wilmington and I planned to deliver. The kids are down at "Club PaPaw and Gigi's" at Ocean Isle Beach for the weekend. A little grandkid R&R which will likely include pancakes on the pullout (sofa), lots of sugar and new

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Last September I had taken Nick & Lane to the restored Hannah Block USO Building on the corner of S 2nd and Orange. There we found almost one hundred local World War II veterans sharing stories, artifacts and photos from their experiences. As we were walking through the rows and rows of tables the boys were captivated by a set of model planes along with an old black and white photograph of

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This is serious. Most people had been waiting all year to welcome 2010 (because anything was better than 2009) but I have been waiting for 2010 to arrive MY WHOLE LIFE! How I envied those kids celebrating birthdays on July 7, 1977 and then again on August 8, 1988 – it really started to get me down on September 9, 1999 but I knew it was only eleven years, one month and a day before it was my turn

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My kids are sweet. I love my kids. I really do. But the day started out with them complaining that it didn't 'feel' like Christmas.They had a point. It was less than two weeks before Christmas and even though the kids 'Holiday Cheer' was quite elevated, I was already starting to get a little "OC" (Over Christmas) - I recognize my mental state and fully commit to maintaining my usual sunny

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"In an effort to improve efficiency at UNCW, local real estate mogul and developer, Dave Spetrino, taught an entire semester long entrepreneurship course in 30 seconds using his 3-principles approach.""Students were so impressed with his approach and effectiveness that they crowded around him immediately following his course in hopes of obtaining more pearls of wisdom that would benefit them in

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Sorry I haven't updated my loyal following (Hi Mom) since my last post -especially since my surprisingly fun 20 Year High School Reunion last month. First off, I had completely forgotten how extremely good looking I was until I saw my 1989 yearbook pic again...Well, let me start from the beginning. As I had mentioned, my high school buddy, Matt Kern and I flew up in the Cessna. It was Matt's

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Can you believe it? Twenty years ago this Summer I was cruising around my hometown listening to Milli Vanilli 'Blame It on the Rain' in my Corolla and tomorrow I'm flying back to go to my High School Reunion.I can't believe it either. My bigger concern is how am I going to lose 40 pounds by 7pm tomorrow night and if I should wear a suit or just a polo shirt?! My friend Jeff Hovis owns Cape Fear

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Last Friday, genius and investment property guru Matt Scharf, was at my office listening to me bemoan an issue with one of our rental properties. When I first met and found out that he actually volunteered to be on the Historic Preservation Commission, I had my doubts, but Matt, wise beyond his years, made a simple suggestion that has changed my life. Adjacent to our offices and near our other

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Information is power. I don’t care if the information is good or bad – I just like knowing what is going on because left to my own paranoia and imagination (even though I am an eternal optimist) I will often unnecessarily assume the worst. Actually, whenever given a choice I like hearing the bad news first. (The good news will take care of itself but I want to start solving the problems as soon

Dave Spetrino, Jr.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389089148721563150.post-19905457988251527862009-05-31T16:31:00.000-07:002010-02-23T17:12:58.703-08:00

We have this really cool neighborhood project Downtown called “Indie Ice” and it encompasses the entire city block face. It’s partially complete, sitting idle and making me crazy…First, a quick history lesson about redevelopment Downtown:City blocks are 330’ long. That was determined by the ‘Gunter’s Chain’ and this form of measurement was how most English Settlements were surveyed in the 18th

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Warning: Do not read if you have teenagers in the home.I was asked by JC Skane, the executive director for a local non-profit “WARM” (who is doing great things for our neighbors) to speak during their annual fund raising luncheon – about 200 local citizens. Most of my public speaking has been limited to Council, Historic Preservation and Planning Commission meetings and usually ends with someone

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Century 21 Sweyer handles our residential property management. Dave Sweyer and I got off on a tangent while meeting last Tuesday morning about our “friendly neighborhood banks," the conversation turned to heroin dealers and then it really went downhill…Our business is capital intensive, even the smallest of projects will require some sort of financing. Over the last 6 years we would borrow and

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Ahh, Spring is here, flowers are blooming and Nick Spetrino has a crush on his 2nd grade teacher. I was at Autumn Hall the other night for their Parade of Homes Party with several other Builders and the rest of the general real estate community. I was talking with one of our agents, Kasey Valente of Intracoastal Realty, and bemoaning the fact that our [Award Winning] New York Hatters building

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I was watching the Today Show this morning and there was astory was about a Dad and his 4 year old son. They were in the studio on set at 30 Rockefeller and dressed alike in matching Tiger Woods logo emblazoned golf sportswear. Matching vests, golf shirts, hats, clubs – the whole Par 5.Apparently the kid had been playing Wii Golf with his Dad since before he could crawl and now, at the ripe old

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For those of you who know me well (or even not so well) know that 3,000 words aren't nearly enough to update you on all the excitement --and challenges-- we are working through at Plantation right now. Therefore, I will limit my new editorial to something a little more specific, like the importance of taking your Christmas lights down before May 1st. That is correct, you will find me this

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