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 [...]

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, a one-stop compilation of his 2020 letters, from January, February and March.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

JANUARY 17, 2020 You put the happy in our birthday This year marks our 60th anniversary — a milestone that feels like a blur and yet so hard-earned. (Do you [...]

HOW HOME IS MORE THAN OUR BUSINESS

What a time in the world. Daily routines are derailed. Businesses are upended. Stock markets are volatile. As I write this, the coronavirus continues to spread — with several thousand cases in America alone. All of the sudden shutdowns and sheltering have certainly reinforced something we live by at our brokerage, seeing as our business is selling houses: There’s no place like home. That concept — that feeling — has never been more valued. [...]

I can think of more than 400 reasons, right now, why someone would want to sell their home with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty. They are our passionate, intuitive, smart and skilled agents. They are everywhere across North Texas, finding buyers for homes, high-rises, ranches, land and commercial properties. Our agents are the best in the business — and our sellers couldn’t be in better hands. Our agents’ superior knowledge and experience are backed by our own [...]

More wow for your Friday: Wait till you read what Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty president and CEO Robbie Briggs says is the #1 reason for the brokerage’s 60 years of success. His weekly letter today in the advertising pages of the Mansion section of The Wall Street Journal has them talking. (All the way to the east and west coasts, and throughout the entire state of Texas, where our ad appeared today.) Here it is: This year marks our 60th anniversary — a milestone [...]