A MESSAGE FROM LIBERTAS GROUP

By Tim & Julie Harris · September 26, 2025

🌘 Good evening, {{first_name|folks}}! Grab your coffee, your journal, or maybe just your curiosity. Today we’re taking a little ride—through real estate, reptiles, rogue aircraft, and one very clever Jedi.

Think of this as your Friday reset: part market pulse, part campfire story, part reminder that the world is wonderfully weird.

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August brought a shocker: new-home sales jumped 20.5% to an annual rate of 800,000. Builders aren’t sitting back—they’re leaning in with rate buydowns, closing cost credits, and other incentives to sweeten deals.

And here’s the kicker: with resale inventory finally trickling higher, buyers actually have choices again. Instead of scraping for scraps, they’re weighing options—new builds versus existing homes, incentives versus negotiation power.

📈 Takeaway for agents: This is a shift worth leaning into. Builders are often the first movers in a changing market, and inventory means you have more opportunities to connect motivated buyers with the right property.

Moral of the story: When the wind shifts, it’s the boats already rigged that catch it first.

🔄 “From houses flying off the market… to things that really shouldn’t be flying at all. Let’s head north, to a Walmart aisle where a certain reptile tried to check out the clearance rack.”

Meet WallyGator. He’s five feet of teeth, scales, and social media fame. His owner swears he’s as gentle as a cat, but when Wally waddled into a Walmart in Pennsylvania, the greeter said: “Nope. Not today.”

Some shoppers froze, some sprinted, others filmed. Wally? He just blinked and basked in the fluorescent lights. Emotional support or not, Walmart drew the line.

📈 Takeaway for agents: Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

Moral of the story: Boundaries matter. Not every comfort belongs in every context.

🔄 “Of course, this isn’t the first time an animal’s tried to hitch a ride where it didn’t belong. Let’s rewind to Newark Airport, 2018, where feathers really did fly.”

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An “emotional support peacock” strutted through United Airlines check-in like it owned the terminal. Feathers spread, passengers gawking, its owner insisting it had a seat booked. United said: “Sorry, ma’am—service dogs only.”

That incident became legend. Soon after, airlines rewrote ESA policies nationwide. The peacock never made it to LA, but it did make it into internet immortality.

📈 Takeaway for agents: In business, like in airports, systems only work if you enforce the rules.

Moral of the story: Policies aren’t about saying no—they’re about making sure you can say yes to what matters.

🔄 “Now, from birds grounded to things that may not even touch the ground at all. Buckle up—it’s time for some unidentified aerial phenomena.”

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Congress has been holding hearings. Pilots are reporting “metallic orbs” darting across skies. At the center of it all is the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)—formed in 2022 to investigate UAPs across air, sea, and space.

AARO collects reports from military and civilian pilots, analyzes sensor data, and issues updates to Congress and the public.

NASA says: “No proof of aliens… but we’re keeping watch.” AARO admits some cases remain unexplained. Some are balloons, some are drones, and some… well, some just sit in the mystery pile. Either way, what was once the realm of tinfoil hats is now on C-SPAN.

📈 Takeaway for agents: Don’t confuse rumor with research. In housing, as in UFOs, data matters more than drama.

Moral of the story: Mystery sells, but only evidence closes.

🔄 “And speaking of closing, let’s wrap with one of the greatest deals ever inked. No, not a record-breaking real estate transaction—something from a galaxy far, far away.”

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Sir Alec Guinness thought Star Wars was “fairy-tale rubbish.” He almost passed on Obi-Wan Kenobi. But then came the contract:

💰 $150,000 salary
🙌 Freedom from publicity tours
📜 ~2% of George Lucas’s royalties

That little slice turned into tens of millions—estimates push it near $95M by the time he died. Guinness never loved the role, but his family adored the checks.

📈 Takeaway for agents: Don’t just chase the upfront commission. Think about the backend—referrals, repeat business, equity in your brand.

Moral of the story: When the pie is galactic, even a sliver becomes its own planet.

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So today we’ve had builders catching fresh wind, an alligator stopped at Walmart, a peacock denied boarding, Congress chasing mysteries in the sky, and a Jedi who negotiated one of the smartest deals in Hollywood history.

What ties it all together? Life’s negotiations are always happening—between buyers and sellers, humans and reptiles, dreamers and skeptics. Sometimes you get turbulence, sometimes treasure. The trick is to notice the early warning signs, make the right calls, and ride them into something bigger.

Until next time, keep your eyes open, your humor sharp, and your heart tuned to wonder. Happy Friday.

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