WHAT DR.J TAUGHT ME ABOUT REAL ESTATE DENNIS DUNCAN
few times and was kind enough to let me win a few
here and there. The “conversations” I held with him
really spurred my interest to find out how
professional athletes become such successful
people, and that’s when I started collecting sports
cards, because it was either that, or reading books.
I bought the Dr. J – Rookie Card – Virginia Squires
of the ABA when I was only eight years old.
So what does the card have to do with anything?
Well, as I collected them I started making notes of
which ones were good investments as opposed to
bad ones. However, I didn’t know the true value of
this very card until more than three decades later,
and this is actually a good example of how things
work in the real estate industry.
Who is this Mysterious Dr. J?
Back to the Story of what Dr. J Taught Me
About Real Estate
He was given the name of Julius Winfield Erving
the second at birth (click here to read his
Wikipedia). In any case, he was such a dominant
player on the court that he actually forced the NBA
to merge together with the American Basketball
If you haven’t forgotten yet, our story left off when I
was accompanying my brother to Phoenix and “ran
into Dr. J”. It was just this year, some 35 years
later, that I learned the true value of what I had in
Association. Dr. J was a huge draw, and the only
way to bring him to different places, in order to
benefit from his presence, was to merge the two
leagues. So, as you can imagine, Dr. J was “big
real estate” to the leagues; a big attraction.
How We Crossed Paths
Dr. J and I were “friends” way back when I was still
growing up. As I would practice my shots in my
court, he would stand by, watch and give me tips
on how to do what. He even played against me a
Better to invest
your time and money
into what you know and like