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Tom Ruch
Ripping waves of the Atlantic in Ocean City, MD

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Tom Ruch, Realtor. Finally skydiving into a listing in Millsboro DE?

real-estate · September 14, 2026

I've Always Wanted to Skydive into a Listing

I’d joked for years that someday I wanted to skydive into one of my listings. Eventually the right property gave me an excuse to actually do it—and reinforced something I’ve come to believe about real estate marketing: sometimes the best way to sell a property is to make people care enough to stop scrolling.

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Wetipquin Creek

personal-professional · September 10, 2026

Why Some of My Favorite Listings Don’t Have a House

Long before I started selling land, I was working golf-course greens, selling Christmas trees, hunting, working around farms and spending most of my free time outside. Looking back, it probably makes sense that some of the properties I enjoy selling most are the ones that require you to understand the land itself.

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Ruchha - land intelligence

technology · September 10, 2026

Why I Started Building Ruchha

Ruchha started with a simple frustration: too much of what matters about a property lives outside the MLS. What began as a better way to understand land has evolved into a much bigger attempt to help real estate professionals make sense of complicated properties.

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Ocean Block Excellence - Sold 5 E Georgetown St, Fenwick Island DE

The sellers first reached out to us because of our direct-mail marketing. They were preparing to sell their home and, understandably, they weren't interviewing just anyone. We were competing against three other agents and teams who were among the most established names at the Delaware beaches.

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