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I was minding my own business at the pool the other day and a young man walked by with a shirt that read “Stop Being Poor.” My first reaction was to be a bit startled, then amused. I thought to myself “he’s inviting a heap of criticism upon himself -- I wonder if he can take it?” Then I realized we were at the pool deck of our building in midtown Atlanta and it’s unlikely he would run into any poor people at this venue. Of course if we want to see poor people all we need do is step outside the door of our building and start walking in any direction. We won’t go a full block before we come across someone with their hand out, making various claims about their homelessness, joblessness or poverty.

This show is about real estate and real estate investing, and the subject of poverty is not a happy one. In fact it might be one we prefer not to ever think about. But it is ever with us and should be considered in light of our larger responsibilities to ourselves and the people around us. So later in the show I’m going to tackle the subject and see if I can’t bring it around to a real estate connection somehow.