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- December 8, 2015
Sometimes the perfect holiday gift comes without warning. Today is your lucky day! This week, my fourth book, Chasing Excellence, Real Life Stories form the Streets is available on Amazon. It’s the perfect stocking stuffer for friends and family. You can get it by clicking here. On a serious note, I am so honored to share this book that I’ve written with our …
- December 7, 2015
One of the reasons Arizona has been a net in-migration state since its inception is because of our affordability. One key component of affordability is being able to buy a reasonably priced house. Click here to see my earlier perspective on the housing market. Arizona Residents can buy a house substantially below California and cheaper than most surrounding markets (The question is …
- November 30, 2015
Job growth has muddled along nationwide. Housing has been even slower. But there are bright spots and Arizona is in the mix. Below are two different graphics, one on job creation and the other on the healthiest housing markets. I will be sending a specific Metro Phoenix housing narrative in the next week or two, but for now take …
- November 23, 2015
Fifty-one weeks a year this narrative is informational, commercial real estate focused and, we think, the best in our field. Not this week. Once again we bring you Jason Gay’s Rules for Thanksgiving touch football. Yay! For me: –#5–A bit of pregame stretching. Puts down the box of blueberry muffins, stands up. Ok that’s good …
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- November 17, 2015
When I first got into commercial real estate, the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) had just been created. It didn’t have any case history or track record. With that in mind, I thought I would do a quick review to make sure the LLC is still the right structure for most real estate investments. Turns out, it still is for the …
Is an LLC the Right Choice for my Commercial Real Estate Investment? Read More »
- November 9, 2015
Below is a infographic on the Post China 16 (PC 16) that fascinated me. I know that China’s maturation has jumpstarted manufacturing growth in other countries. What I didn’t realize is the sheer number of countries affected. See below to grasp the number and diversity. These countries include: –All of Indonesia –Cambodia and Vietnam …
- November 4, 2015
2015 is shaping up to be a lot like 2014 for the Metro Phoenix Office market: i.e. the continuation of the long, steady, climb out of the Great Recession. Below is a link to our 3rd Quarter Phoenix Office Market Report and here is a brief summary: The overall market had a great quarter, absorbing …
- October 26, 2015
Over the past couple years, I have spent quite a bit of time thinking, researching and writing about Commercial Real Estate Tech companies (don’t worry, I will not do another five day series this January. Ha). Why? The second graph below says it all. Here are some highlights from the article: –NYC and Silicon …
- October 19, 2015
“Appraisal” is one topic that we spend very little time talking about, until you need to refinance or you are acquiring a new asset. Below is a great summary article about appraisals. Read it now, or store it away for when you need to recall what is important. I have highlighted some key areas that have …
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- October 12, 2015
As an office broker, I am not usually asked about supply chain activities. Our industrial brokers, however, live it every day. There is a huge disruption happening in the supply chain. Below is some detailed (and slightly over my head) information on 10 ways big data (analyzing over 52 different sources) is disrupting the supply …
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