Ryan Alford

April showers bring May flowers. It's been rainy here, so hopefully that's the case. It's been rainy and warm, which is nice.

Yes, it's been good. Our weekly business news. We're going to hit all the headlines. Try not to talk too much about tariffs. I never, Chris, I never imagined tariffs. That I would have a moment in my life where I use the word tariff in a sentence as often as I have or read it. Definitely not weekly. I know. I don't know if it's a sign of my age, a sign of the times, a sign of the way news is.

Yes, it's been good. Our weekly business news. We're going to hit all the headlines. Try not to talk too much about tariffs. I never, Chris, I never imagined tariffs. That I would have a moment in my life where I use the word tariff in a sentence as often as I have or read it. Definitely not weekly. I know. I don't know if it's a sign of my age, a sign of the times, a sign of the way news is.

Yes, it's been good. Our weekly business news. We're going to hit all the headlines. Try not to talk too much about tariffs. I never, Chris, I never imagined tariffs. That I would have a moment in my life where I use the word tariff in a sentence as often as I have or read it. Definitely not weekly. I know. I don't know if it's a sign of my age, a sign of the times, a sign of the way news is.

Is it all of the above?

Is it all of the above?

Is it all of the above?

Yeah. I'd rather talk about a lot of other things, that's for sure. I know. So we're going to attempt to do that. Some of the market data is not wonderful, but I think it's early in the season. I think there's some cooling going on of all the banter a bit. I think... The reality is we live in a world where you're never going to get the straight talk.

Yeah. I'd rather talk about a lot of other things, that's for sure. I know. So we're going to attempt to do that. Some of the market data is not wonderful, but I think it's early in the season. I think there's some cooling going on of all the banter a bit. I think... The reality is we live in a world where you're never going to get the straight talk.

Yeah. I'd rather talk about a lot of other things, that's for sure. I know. So we're going to attempt to do that. Some of the market data is not wonderful, but I think it's early in the season. I think there's some cooling going on of all the banter a bit. I think... The reality is we live in a world where you're never going to get the straight talk.

It's always going to have the spin of one side or another, you know, kind of compounding whatever that news might be, one direction or the other. You know what I mean, Chris?

It's always going to have the spin of one side or another, you know, kind of compounding whatever that news might be, one direction or the other. You know what I mean, Chris?

It's always going to have the spin of one side or another, you know, kind of compounding whatever that news might be, one direction or the other. You know what I mean, Chris?

Yes. And everyone has a voice now with social media. And hey, we got our own voice here on our platform. But it's like everything gets cut. I just got to tune it out. I do think we've talked about it. I think we've got to tamper down the negativity and the all-out war on some of our allies. I think you're seeing softening of that language and it's brought some people to the table.

Yes. And everyone has a voice now with social media. And hey, we got our own voice here on our platform. But it's like everything gets cut. I just got to tune it out. I do think we've talked about it. I think we've got to tamper down the negativity and the all-out war on some of our allies. I think you're seeing softening of that language and it's brought some people to the table.

Yes. And everyone has a voice now with social media. And hey, we got our own voice here on our platform. But it's like everything gets cut. I just got to tune it out. I do think we've talked about it. I think we've got to tamper down the negativity and the all-out war on some of our allies. I think you're seeing softening of that language and it's brought some people to the table.

I think sometimes we've talked about this. The means might be correct, but the way that things are happening might be the way that you get them done. But I think sometimes you can go a little further than intended with impacting overall sentiment. And I think you're feeling that a little bit with kind of like people feeling a little uneasy.

I think sometimes we've talked about this. The means might be correct, but the way that things are happening might be the way that you get them done. But I think sometimes you can go a little further than intended with impacting overall sentiment. And I think you're feeling that a little bit with kind of like people feeling a little uneasy.

I think sometimes we've talked about this. The means might be correct, but the way that things are happening might be the way that you get them done. But I think sometimes you can go a little further than intended with impacting overall sentiment. And I think you're feeling that a little bit with kind of like people feeling a little uneasy.

And I think hopefully we can start to get on the other side of that and focus on the data because the numbers are still like, It's all relative, right? It's not like we suddenly stopped commerce completely. It's just we're in this really weird funk where this has caused just enough of a stir combined with the real estate market and interest rates and battling inflation.