The Buyline, January 2020

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… For those of you that attended NoteExpo 2019, you saw my NOTE Talk presentation on always putting relationships above transactions. Well my mantra was recently put to the test when I was working on a large trade with a new counterparty. During the 4th quarter of 2019, we... Read More

The Buyline, December 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Most of you know I am a huge football fan. I do all I can to keep up with what is going on by subscribing to ESPN, CBS Sports, The Athletic, The Player’s Tribune and several other media sources. The other day something that came across my feed... Read More

The Buyline, November 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Affordable Homeownership is not the same as affordable housing. By reading the headlines you would not realize that most, if not all, the headlines talk about the affordable housing crisis. While there is no doubt a need for affordable housing in a lot of markets across the country,... Read More

The Buyline, October 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… For many years, I have been an avid reader of the Wall Street Journal and without a doubt my favorite column is “House Call” published every Friday in the Mansion section of the Journal. Each week they feature a celebrity, actor, musician, or athlete who describes the childhood... Read More

The Buyline, September 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… If I were asked to share one piece of advice that I think is crucial to being successful in the note business it would be “Always put Relationships before Transactions”. That is something I have always strived to do since I got started in the note business in... Read More

The Buyline, August 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Angie and I just got back from spending 10 days on vacation in Italy. We spent time in two of our favorite places, Tuscany and then Positano, on the Amalfi Coast. Usually after vacation I talk about the value of “disconnecting,” but this year it seemed like the... Read More

The Buyline, July 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… If you think about it our lives tend to revolve around food. What do you want for dinner? Do you want to go out to eat? What do we need from the grocery store? Sound familiar? When I was a kid growing up, Sunday dinner was a thing.... Read More

The Buyline, June 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… Thoughts from the Desk of… This time of year is Graduation Season. I’m always interested in the words of wisdom high profile people give to graduates in the Commencement Addresses. This year in particular, I noticed a wide range of all kinds of advice being offered by leaders... Read More

The Buyline, May 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… In my opinion, there is nothing more intense in sports than sudden death overtime in a deciding win or go home game in the Stanley Cup playoffs in hockey. A few things come close, like kicking the winning field goal down 2 with 3 seconds left to win... Read More

The Buyline, April 2019

Thoughts from the Desk of Bob Repass… I recently read an interview from several years ago of Walt Bettinger, CEO of the Charles Schwab Corporation, that was in the New York Times. There were two stories he shared that truly resonated with me that I think we can all learn something from. The first is... Read More