Dog Days and Haboobs

As drove to Phoenix the other day I experianced something new. This started as a typical late summer dog day, clouds building on the horizon and crawling over the mountaintops like whipped cream on a sundae. The monsoon rain and wind came and went three times as I headed north, suddenly up ahead it appeared to be fog. I knew this could not be. But it seemed to be rolling across the interstate the way fog comes in from the ocean. As I came closer to it the color was a light tan not grey, it was dust and sand from the surrounding desert. It was not blowing the way dust storms do, it was hovering. As I drove it became thicker and darker this was something I had never experianced, yet my instincts told me to keep moving forward. Later I found out this was a small haboob or dust cloud. The heat of this dog day 112 and the monsoon wind patterns had created this phenomenon. I began pondering how our Real Estate market the past few years is much like this. We began seeing signs on the horizon much like monsoon clouds. Our market was very overheated and had wind patterns pushing in from other areas causing a large cloud to hover over the market. This haboob like storm has been new to us, it has been denser, more far reaching, and longer lasting than ever before in my career. Just like the cloud of sand I drove through this market will end also. It seemed I would never come out of the dust, just as sudden as it appeared it was gone. If I had not kept moving forward I could have been stuck in the storm. Do not allow yourself to become stuck keep moving forward with your life and plans. You may need to alter the plan as I had to alter my speed, but we will all come out the other side.