I never realize how much junk could be accumulated in such a short time. The move to our new offices is almost complete. It is an interesting paradox for our real estate investment business. We are doing more deals then ever. Business is booming! And yet we need smaller office space.

How? Because we leverage other people’s knowledge and let them work out of their own homes. Instead of asking our employees (part time mostly) to drive all the way to our office, get stuck in traffic jams every day - we ask them if they can just work out of their homes. All they need is a connection to the internet anyway. The bank foreclosure business has been changed so dramatically because of the internet in the last four years that for me it is hard to remember how we used to do without the Internet?

Personally, I love the idea of small offices - we have a great team together and instead of sitting apart in a big office, we are sharing a open space bull pen - and it is going to be lots of fun in the coming months, just bouncing deals and ideas. My employees are more like my partners anyway.

I originally got the idea of creating a real estate investment business that runs from other peoples homes from the open source software movement, where scores of volunteers work on a software project together and contact each other via email / fax.