Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of May 29, 2020.  FROM MY PERSPECTIVE How fresh air turns into fresh thoughts In Texas, we’re known for many things — but, dramatic mountain peaks are not among them. It’s OK: When it comes time to escape — to really refresh and [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of May 15, 2020.  FROM MY PERSPECTIVE Tried and true, with a twist With apologies to Bob Dylan, these real estate times, they are a-changin’. I’ve been telling you these last few weeks about how our agents and our brokerage have been [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of May 8, 2020.  FROM MY PERSPECTIVE Making it safe and sound and easy The health and wellbeing of everybody — our agents, clients, friends, families and communities — remain our top priority, as it has since we opened in North Texas, in 1960. Last Friday, I told you about [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of May, 1, 2020. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE Seeing things in a whole new way With apologies to a famous long-distance service from days gone by, this is the next best thing to being there: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty has just launched [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below is his letter of April 24, 2020.  FROM MY PERSPECTIVE How going green just got real. A home built with healthier living in mind has suddenly taken on more significance, hasn’t it? Green, healthy homes don’t just save water, lower greenhouse gas emissions and cut down on energy use, they can make us feel better and [...]

Each Friday, Robbie Briggs, president and CEO of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, writes about luxury, trends, business and more in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal. Below, his letter from April 3, 2020. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE People who know what’s important I want to share with you just some of the things a certain group of big-thinking businesspeople are doing for their clients, while the world spins in wild new directions [...]