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Articles
We Don't Need Faster Accounting Reports. We Need Insight We Can Act On.
How Two Well-Run REITs Just Crystallized A Discount They Couldn’t Escape
What a Window Company Taught Me About Why Your Marketing Isn't Working
The Question That Separates Doers From Watchers
One of the Most Underused Leverage Points in Almost Every Business I Look At
The cheapest resident you'll ever sign is the one someone else brings you.
Is Bonus Plan Is A Lottery Ticket Disguised As An Incentive?"
They Didn't Know How The Game Was Played
OCR Caught 24% of Fake IDs. The DMV Lookup From the Same Vendor Caught 99.6%.
Fascinating. You Call That Thinking?
Every Layer of Management Is a Filter. By the Time Bad News Reaches the CEO, It’s Barely Recognizable.
The Gate Closes Exactly When Investors Want to Use the Door
How to Find the Operating Expenses That Got Parked on the Balance Sheet Before You Close the Deal.
What Brixmor Did Was Illegal Because They Were Public. The Same Game Is Just ‘Aggressive Accounting’ in a Private Apartment Deal.
The Wrong Side of the Tracks Is a Sentence Locals Say in Five Seconds. Outsiders Often Learn About It After The Deal Closes.
Trying to be everything to everybody is the fastest way to be nobody to everybody.
The Business Behind the Headline: Why a Great Idea Isn't Always a Great Business
The Sound of Your Best Tech Punching a Wall Because the App Crashed Mid-Ticket, Again!
AI Underwriting is Fast. That’s the Problem.
Everybody knows their cap rate. Fewer know their capex ratio. Almost nobody underwrites the 10-year reserve accurately until the roof goes.
Your Insurance Policy Is Swiss Cheese. Here’s How to Find the Holes Before a Claim Does.
Blue Apron Kept Buying Bigger Hoses While the Bucket Had a Hole in It
Blue Apron Lost 81% of Its Value in 9 Months. The Problems Started Years Earlier.
Munger Spent Decades Proving That Ignoring Better Beats Finding More
A Houston Startup Sells $6,000 Office Pods. The Real Question Is Why We Still Demolish $200,000 Build-Outs Every Five Years.
SpaceX Built a $5,000 Actuator to Replace a $120,000 One. I Found the Real Estate Equivalent.
The Idiot Index Is Brilliant. Following It Blindly Makes You the Idiot.
Most AI Underwriters Extract Data. A Real One Reduces Variance.
The Most Expensive Room You Never Audit
Your Property Management Software Is a Filing Cabinet With a URL
Three Reasons a Building Owner Tokenizes. Only One Is Good for You
Your Pricing Strategy Is a Chain of Businesses Copying Each Other's Guesses
Your Price Is a Chain Reaction. Light the Fuse in the Wrong Direction and Everything Burns
The Best Product I Ever Saw Die (Part 4: The Gold Mine He Was Standing On)
The Best Product I Ever Saw Die (Part 3: The Invisible Sale)
The Best Product I Ever Saw Die (Part 2: The Offer)
The Best Product I Ever Saw Die
Brad Jacobs' Blueprint: Stories, Lessons, and Grit from Building Eight Billion-Dollar Companies
Sell Like Crazy: A Practical Guide to Dominating Your Market
The $1,000 Per Lease Lie: Why Most Apartment Social Media Strategies Are Dead Weight
💸 Why REITs Pay Prices That Seem Insane—and Still Sleep Just Fine
Meet the Leasing Team of the Future: One Human + a Dozen AI Agents
How One Book Changed the Way I Handle Tough Conversations Forever (and why you need it too)
Thinking Like Hormozi: A Mental Playbook for Getting Things Done
Mold in Apartments: What Every Owner Needs to Know (Before It’s Too Late)
Why Your Hiring Decisions Make or Break Just About Everything!
🧠 Can 3D Printing Really Help Solve the Housing Crisis—Or Are We Just Printing the Icing and Calling It a Cake?
How Claude 3.5 Outwitted Humans—Until It Emailed the FBI: Inside the Vending Bench AI Agent Showdown
⏳ Fast Forward 5 Years: What Happens When AI Agents Take Over Apartment Leasing?
💡 REVEALED: How We Saved $102,000 By Fixing Drainage—Not Installing Expensive Piers
The Fee Fight They Can’t Afford to Lose — But May Not Win
Warning: Your Competitors Are Too Busy Copying Each Other to Notice This Golden Opportunity
🏋️ What a Gym Manual Taught Me About Reducing Apartment Turnover
Warning: Your Competitors Are Using AI to Build Faster and Cheaper Than You
Frank Lloyd Wright's Leaky Roofs: The Surprising Money Lesson From Architecture
Views Are Worthless: Why Your Property Is Hemorrhaging Money On Flashy Marketing That Never Signs Leases!
The traditional job search is designed to commoditize you.
How a Simple Game Leased Up an Apartment Complex: The Power of Creative Marketing
Is your brain is dying right now.
From Millionaire to Broke: A Story Every Real Estate Investor Should Know
Alex Hormozi on Mindset: The Power of Action Over Thought
How a Simple Ad for Fishing Bait Became a Sales Machine
The Answers You’re Chasing Won’t Save You—But the Right Questions Will.
What Renters Think They Want vs. What Actually Drives Their Choices
The Leasing Equation: How to Accurately Forecast Apartment Lease-Ups
Before You Fire Your Leasing Team and Replace Them with AI Bots… Consider This
The Power of Incentives: How One Simple Change Leased “Unrentable” Apartments
Hospital-to-Housing Conversions: A Money Pit or a Smart Play?
When a Soda Outperforms AI: What OLIPOP vs. OpenAI Teaches Us About Investing
Your Apartment's Brand: The Silent Lease-Signer You Never Knew You Had.
Bitcoin Meets Brick and Mortar: Is Crypto the Future of Commercial Real Estate?
The Untapped Power of Whiteboards: Not Just for Brainstorming Anymore
Your Leasing Office is an Incinerator: The True Cost of Neglected Leads in Property Management
Leadership in Action: Lessons from the 82nd Airborne
The Great Interview Question Fallacy: Why "What's Your Greatest Weakness" Needs to Retire
The Great Pricing Panic: Why Your First Instinct is Usually Wrong
Beyond Bank Debt: Why Smart Developers Are Using C-PACE to Turn Green Buildings into Golden Returns
The 4E Framework
The 5 P's of Property Management
Want Better Decisions? Channel Eisenhower's Two-Hour Rule
The Margin of Safety in Commercial Real Estate
Turning the Tide: Getting Those Five-Star Reviews
AI Hallucinations: Navigating the Fine Line Between Insight and Illusion
The Future of AI in Real Estate Underwriting: Revolutionizing the Process
The Universal Path of Mastery
Training without Testing: The Quickest Way to Set Money on Fire
The Leasing Agent's Secret Weapon: Why Every Property Needs a 'Leasing Bible'
From Pixels to Productivity: How ChatGPT's Image Analysis is Revolutionizing Data Entry
The Last Word: A Guide to Winning by Losing Arguments
From Messy to Marvelous: Transforming Rent Roll Data for Powerful Analysis with Chat GPT
# The Hiring Lottery (What 5 Failed Property Managers Cost Us in 12 Months)
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- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴
- Do you actually have a USP, or do you have adjectives covering a me-too product?
- Goodhart’s Law, explained by a sink full of dish soap.
- Sugar-coated feedback isn't a gift to your team. It's a tax they pay later.
- The risk the consultants on stage will not mention because they're selling the cause!
- How do you know the track record is real?
- Economists Wanted to Be Newton. They Got Astrology With Regression Tables.
- Vinyl just crossed $1 billion. Few saw this coming. Yes, the format you thought only your …
- What I Want From a Monthly Financial Review: The Biggest Constraint, the Specific Plan, an…
- 𝟔𝟒 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐚. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭?
- The Second-Largest Individual Fair Housing Settlement in DOJ History Just Came Down
- A 5-cent mint moved restaurant tips up 18%. The same lever sits unused in your apartment b…
- Journal Squared Built a Regulation Boxing Ring. Here’s Why That Wasn’t Crazy.
- TOC says find the constraint. It doesn’t say where to look when the constraint is the one …
- Bad copywriting is everywhere once you learn to see it. It's a curse. I can't watch a comm…
- I have four screens on my desk. During phone calls, I turn them all off.
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥: 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
- 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗜𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗥𝘂𝗻.
- When Everyone Benefits From The Same Story Being True
- Your defaults suck. The defaults you inherited. The defaults you never read.
- The Distress You’re Reading About Isn’t the Always The Distress You Think It Is.
- If You Ever Had a Security Measure and Removed It, Read This
- You Couldn't Invest in PE Before. That Might Have Been Protecting You.
- $27 Billion in Off-Balance-Sheet Exposure Lives in a Footnote. Footnotes Never Cause Probl…
- Personal Injury Lawyers Can’t Call You, Visit You, or Knock on Your Door. That’s Exactly W…
- What LEGO’s Turnaround and Elon’s Factory Disaster Have in Common:These 5 Steps
- Steps 3 and 4 of Elon’s Algorithm, Applied to LEGO’s Turnaround. With the Questions You Sh…
- Rent Control Just Found a New Target. Economists Are Laughing.
- Elon's Rule: Every Requirement Needs a Name. Not a Department. A Name.
- What are you currently optimizing that should not exist?
- What Does Elon Musk’s Operating System Have to Do with LEGO Bricks?
- Can You Tokenize a Building? Yes. Can You Tokenize Property Management? The Answer Cost In…
- 100 Money-Losing Locations Burn More Cash Than 440 Profitable Ones Generate.
- The hardest business skill is two letters long!
- 𝗔 $𝟯𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗢𝘄𝗻
- If Your Competitor Had 25 Digital Employees Running 24/7 and You Had None, How Long Before…
- The Callback Is Killing Your Turn Budget. Not the Timeline.
- Greystar Got Sued for Hiding Fees. Now They’re the Transparency Leader.
- The Hire Is Almost a Side Effect. The Real Value Is Everything Else the Challenge Produces
- 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗮𝘆 “𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹”?
- I know. Another AI post. 😨 Bear with me.
- Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn wanting mentorship on commercial real estate deals. …
- Black Boxes All the Way Down
- SpaceX wants to go public at 94x revenue. Facebook listed at 11x and people thought that w…
- FedEx Spends $31 Billion a Year on People. They Say AI Won’t Replace a Single One.
- Passive Investing Isn't the Problem. Picking the Wrong Jockey Is
- 𝟮𝟬 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗢𝗹𝗱. 𝗔𝗜 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿.
- How One Graphic From a $20 Book Diagnoses the Real Reason Founders Stall Out.
- Blood Donors Said They'd Give 3.2 Times a Year. They Actually Gave 41% Less. Now, Imagine …
- Before PE: Founder Obsessed with the Customer. After PE: Manager Obsessed with the Multipl…
- Wendy’s Isn’t Just Hiring a CTO. They’re Building a Content Machine Disguised as a Job Pos…
- Texas Roadhouse Replaced Consultants With Ownership. Every Manager Puts Up $25K. The Resul…
- One of Charlie Munger’s Favorite Management Lessons Came From a Memo Policy.
- Big Doors Swing on Small Hinges. The Army Just Found Theirs
- There’s a new risk in your underwriting assumptions. Many just don’t know it yet.
- The Toast You’ll Never Hear at a Real Estate Closing
- 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲’𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳…
- 𝗔 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗱 𝗡𝗼 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮.
- An AI Flagged Four Expert-Selected Sites Sitting in Flood Zones. Nobody Else Caught It.
- 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 …
- How To Know If You’re Building A Career Or Just Serving Time. Lessons From Bill Gurley’s N…
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗘𝗖 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 50 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 $𝟭𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹…
- 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟕 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝟐𝟓 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲.
- A $50 token. Two fee layers. One of them you'd never see in a traditional deal.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 & 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 “𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝘀” 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶…
- 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 $𝟮𝟵𝟬𝗠 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝗜𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵…
- 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝟭𝟰𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗜𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗲𝘁
- Here’s how it works: Banks can’t make risky loans anymore. So funds do it instead. Nobody …
- 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲.
- 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮'𝘀 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗜𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁.
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- 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 $𝟖𝟎𝟎𝐌 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬
- 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.
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- 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀
- 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.
- Kraft Mac & Cheese Didn’t Lose Because It Tasted Bad.
- The Ignorance You Can’t See
- 𝐀𝐈 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐰 (𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭)
- 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧.
- Two Deals. Same IRR. Very Different Ways to Make (Lose) Money
- The receptionist desk was empty.
- 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
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- 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗞𝗣𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂
- 𝗥𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
- 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝟭𝟮𝟭% 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀, 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
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- 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐆𝐐 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨…
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- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
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- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤.
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩.
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- 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.
- 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁.
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- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀/𝐁/𝐂 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧.
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- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤
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- Your business has one constraint that matters more than all the others combined.
- Matt is far too kind here.
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- $𝟐𝟖𝟒 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐁𝐢𝐠-𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞?
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
- 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲.
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬.
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧—𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐭
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟.
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬.
- 𝐏𝐞𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐨—𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐚
- 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 '𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲' 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬…
- 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭
- Want to fix a problem property? Don’t guess.
- 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦
- 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞'𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐭, 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
- People don't quit companies.
- “𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 ‘𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞’ 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬”
- “𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐧𝐨.’” – 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫
- 𝟏,𝟕𝟔𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝟑 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝.
- Vacant unit?
- 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫—𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤
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- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.
- 𝟐𝟒,𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟐% 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝟔.𝟑% 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰… 𝟒 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭.
- Most ‘maintenance issues’ are people issues in disguise."
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- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭… 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞.
- 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧
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- 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭—𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝟏𝟐 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬.
- 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭."
- 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐍𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞… 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞!
- 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡
- 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞... 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭
- 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!
- 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩—𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢…
- 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 $𝟔𝐌 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, $𝟏𝟖𝐌 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭…
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- 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐞. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦-𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝟎-𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦…
- 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞—𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐖𝐡𝐲?’ 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬: 𝐀 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.
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- 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠"
- 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬…
- 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐋𝐂 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 – 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤?
- 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛—𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐔𝐩𝐬
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- 𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠…
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- 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲: 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐩 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬!
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- 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢…
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- 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐫: 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞?"
- Ah, another glowing self-reported success story from the proptech world! While Bilt's resi…
- Extend and pretend" has all the hallmarks of a system in denial—lenders are babysitting ba…
- The Price of Fairness: How Anti-Gouging Laws Can Backfire
- Harry Truman once said: The next generation never learns anything from the previous one un…
- Federal Lands: A Key to Unlocking the Housing Crisis?
- It's funny how we design for convenience, and then we wonder why it's so convenient for cr…
- Very often, the bigger a company grows, the dumber it gets. This is the result of having m…
- 34% of office buyers in Atlanta last year were...the tenants themselves. This is a seismic…
- We are all much more like Jim Carrey’s character in Dumb and Dumber than we might like to …
- EVERY MOMENT IN BUSINESS happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operatin…
- This story isn’t about sinking buildings—it’s about sinking trust. The Champlain collapse …
- 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 "𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥" 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
- It’s easy to blame faceless corporations when rents skyrocket, but that’s like blaming fas…
- “I saw that the identification and perfection of relevant details—the fundamentals that Co…
- Profound advice for us all...
- What Happened to Testing? Lessons from the Sonos Debacle
- Munger’s wisdom: “Show me the incentive, and I’ll show you the outcome.” Amex essentially …
- 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐊𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞
- Wall Street thinks today’s home prices are riding the real-estate high horse, claiming the…
- The smallest seeds of today’s negligence will bloom into tomorrow’s biggest regrets.
- Here is an excellent article about Jamestown's CEO's thoughts on CRE. Here are some intere…
- AI is revolutionizing HVAC!" Or is it? Cool promises like smarter comfort and energy savi…
- He was creating a course on all his secrets about how to be a successful filmmaker on soci…
- That is a discount...
- ''But brokers, landlords and developers argue that there was nothing untoward in the meeti…
- The FTC is preparing to sue Greystar, the nation's largest apartment operator (108,000+ un…
- I just read Greystar's 2024 Design Survey about "must-have" apartment amenities. While wal…
- 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐬. 𝐍𝐎𝐈: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠
- Deals like this are today’s real estate reality—less about shiny new projects and more abo…
- These demolitions aren’t a failure—they’re evolution. The suburban office boom of the ’90s…
- The reasons for the cluelessness and vulnerability to victimization are many. Here’s a big…
- Parking spaces - those seemingly mundane rectangles of concrete or asphalt - might be the …
- Just as a seasoned batter knows which pitches to let pass, the wise investor understands t…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 - 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐚…
- Every organization has them: the leader who stays in their office versus the one who walks…
- I recently came across a great article featuring Roberto Martinez from Atlas Real Estate, …
- Looks like someone’s crystal ball didn’t survive the stress test—fitting since most expert…
- Interesting...
- Commodities are where dreams of profit go to die. Apartments suffer from the same disease …
- So Facebook showed us what we all secretly knew but didn’t want to admit: emotions are con…
- Not only is success hard to attain but it is fleeting and has to constantly be re-earned. …
- Hotels, flights, Amazon, and car rentals use dynamic pricing software to maximize revenue.…
- Silverstone’s woes highlight some dishonest developers’ playbook: cut corners, inflate met…
- AI isn’t just taking jobs; it’s taking the jobs no one wanted anyway. Chasing late rent, d…
- This isn’t just about one man’s downfall—it’s a snapshot of systemic fragility. Puretz’s s…
- The old Wall Street adage goes: "Markets take the stairs up and the elevator down." But in…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠"
- There are books on economic cycles, trading strategies, and sector bets. But the most powe…
- I know some real estate markets are just like this...
- Software like Yardi's is the perfect scapegoat for inflated rents—plaintiffs cry "algorith…
- Ever notice how the smartest real estate developers aren't the ones shouting about their d…
- Applying John Wooden's advice to daily life or business is like swapping out binoculars fo…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞." – 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐊…
- The rental market is starting to feel a little like Vegas—except the odds are stacked in f…
- So true…
- Why reinvent the wheel when you can swipe the blueprint? Gates reminds us that wisdom is o…
- Elie Schwartz is a real-life cautionary tale: a Brooklyn IT guy turned $10 billion real es…
- When was the last time someone was willing to wait two years to give you money? For Hermès…
- Speak confidently as if you are right but listen carefully as if you are wrong
- What about the humans? Much like the bookmakers, the football experts’ accuracy didn’t imp…
- The housing market is experiencing "The Golden Handcuffs Phenomenon." Imagine a luxury hot…
- Accessibility is often treated like spinach—something we know is good but neglects until a…
- If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait until you hire an amateur. —Red Adai…
- RealPage’s defense hinges on statistical gymnastics: redefining market share to dilute its…
- How Strategic Pricing Can Maximize Real Estate Leasing Success
- Money isn’t the only problem in Affordable Housing; priorities are. Florida’s Live Local A…
- The National Small Business Association, which had filed a separate suit against the law, …
- The future of AI agents is here. This is exciting to see in action compared to the other p…
- Jensen's vision of AI-powered recruitment and VR training sounds impressive on paper, much…
- I'd like to share some thoughts on this fascinating article about Larken Associates.
- Greystar is betting big on modular housing, swapping the old-school construction chaos for…
- The other headwind was “‘dumb investments’ made in value-add apartment deals at the top of…
- People don’t trust the mountaintop view if you don’t show them the rocky trail you climbed…
- Disruption sounds romantic until you realize it’s mostly about whose ox you’re goring. The…
- Higher rates have made commercial real estate a game of patience, not action. Negative lev…
- “I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparen…
- However, recent analysis suggests not all, but significant portions of multifamily could b…
- As someone who's survived enough software rollouts to develop a professional eye twitch, I…
- Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that carry them far apart."
- The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for.
- How few of us are willing to admit, “I’m not sure.”
- As many borrowers have learned since the recent days of low interest, leverage is not alwa…
- I'm not alone in finding good deals to buy...
- “Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost un…
- Interesting...
- It's not surprising at all.
- This article does a great job highlighting the evolving trends in multifamily amenities fo…
- Focusing on habits over inspiration shifts the goalpost. It's no longer about hitting mile…
- She makes some excellent points...
- The Power of Context: How Setting Transforms Value
- Gestalt psychologists give an example of being self-reliant. They say that you’re responsi…
- Jim Rohn was a renowned thinker.
- When construction meets couture! This brilliant installation in New York City transformed …
- AI efficiency at Blackstone - where we can magically transform days of due diligence into …
- 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝...𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧? 𝐁𝐨𝐳𝐳𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩…
- Higher interest rates bear fruit in commercial real estate, but it’s hardly the sweet harv…
- When insurance costs rise faster than payroll, you know you’re in deep—well, water. Multif…
- “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
- Why Mindless Practice Is Killing Your Sales Game (And What to Do Instead)
- No More Chinese Takeout: Construction Industry Faces Indigestion Over Proposed 60% Tariff …
- After Buffett shared his thoughts, Charlie chimed in: “Don’t do cocaine. Don’t race trains…
- 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠
- The FT reported that while the percentage of nearly $2 trillion in CRE loans banks have le…
- The flood of packages shows that convenience comes with hidden costs. Property managers ar…
- The officers they respected the most were the ones who showed up in the boiler room when i…
- As a recent study out of the New York Fed stated, "banks 'extended-and-pretended' their im…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 …
- This is another excellent article for Multifamily Executive magazine.
- In all cases, the people who sell the machinery—and, by and large, even the internal burea…
- A computer is not – and will never be – a substitute for getting out in your stores and le…
- When you start out as an unknown quantity with just a dream and a commitment, you couldn’t…
- Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, had a truly open-door policy that went far beyond just…
- “Darwin paid particular attention to disconfirming evidence. Objectivity maintenance routi…
- 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲, 𝐖𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬?
- Communication is hard. But one of the reasons that it is hard is because so many people ar…
- Fannie Mae Battles Mortgage Fraud on Apartment Loans Amid Q3 Losses
- Interesting article - maybe your apartment complex isn't charging enough fees?
- 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨…
- ‘’They’re hedge fund managers who are apt to change their minds. Their positions can and w…
- This is one brilliant thinker!
- Another great essay from Paul Graham
- The “Return and Report” Management Style: Simple Yet Powerful
- These investors are essentially volunteering to lose money from day one—paying more in deb…
- They say you should buy low and sell high, but Franklin Street Properties seems to have mi…
- Thinking of walking away from your underwater commercial property? Here’s a surprise: the …
- AI is a big deal, no doubt. But do we really need it to tell us the basics of resident sat…
- Foreclosures are the new wake-up call for landlords: When liquidity dries up and values dr…
- Philadelphia is following San Francisco’s lead, moving to ban rent-setting software that u…
- I’m not sure that I fully grasped the overwhelming importance of our peer group until I ca…
- Sustainability sounds great in a TED Talk, but when the rent is due, idealism takes a back…
- There is so much misinformation about what works and what doesn't work in advertising!
- Rent Caps: A Cure or a Curse?
- Charlie Munger on the Dangers of Ideology and How to Form Intelligent Opinions
- Machines of Loving Grace: Will AI Lead Us to a New Renaissance or Just Chaos?"
- Cash flow is the real measure of health in this business—asset value is just a number on p…
- Legal Experts Reveal 11 Critical Contract Provisions That Protect Multifamily Companies Ad…
- CA Ventures is selling this shiny new tower at a huge loss compared to what it could have …
- The trouble with sweeping dirt under the rug is that, eventually, you’ve got a lumpy rug t…
- That is an exciting idea. I wonder if it will give them a return on their considerable inv…
- The fix-and-flip crowd is discovering what Wall Street has known for years—if you can bund…
- Earlier this month, Moody's released a report that examined commercial real estate loan mo…
- “These landlords are faced with a Hobson's choice,” Wharton Property Advisors President an…
- A December survey of 1,000 supply chain and logistics executives found that 76% were facin…
- Interesting...
- AI’s Double-Edged Sword: Unlocking Potential While Taming Hallucinations"
- The mind is a superb lawyer, always building a case for what it already believes. Too bad …
- MARRIAGE ADVICE – “In marriage, you shouldn’t look for someone with good looks and charact…
- Confucius said to focus on one's own shortcomings, not others' praise. Two millennia later…
- The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history."
- We hypothesize that this decline is due to the fact that current LLMs are not capable of g…
- Here it is on a bumper sticker: The reason companies lose relevance, go broke, or fade int…
- While the DOJ has raised concerns about RealPage’s utilization of nonpublic data, this pra…
- An image caught my eye recently - a graph depicting the emotional stages of mastery. Thoug…
- Could all those distressed CRE funds create a floor for values?
- Michelle Lowery, an antitrust and competition law partner at the Chicago-based firm McDerm…
- This is what I call an apartment complex's USP. It is so rare in our "Me Too" Industry!
- My overarching principle is that personal development is just as important as professional…
- The impact of social media and other technologies on younger generations is profound, espe…
- How many proformas have you seen where rents actually go down? It's about as likely as a l…
- The special servicing rate increased for all five major property types. Retail and hotel l…
- What a great article!
- Breaking Through the Noise: The average person sees 6,000 to 10,000 ads every day, noted k…
- MarshMcLennan says owners with "significant exposures and sustained losses" can expect rat…
- Is this a big enough pain point for owners/management companies to switch to a new provide…
- “In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done throug…
- More than one in five professionally managed apartment units across the nation offered con…
- ‘’Say you're facing a difficult problem at work, and even though you've been sitting at yo…
- But Trepp pointed to real estate taxes and property insurance as "being particularly affec…
- It is much easier to change how you think by changing your behavior than it is to change y…
- The only antidote for being an absolute klutz due to the presence of a man-with-a-hammer s…
- "Output is all that matters. Value doesn't come from the effort you put in. I'm sorry, it …
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
- We know California leads the USA in creating new laws...
- We can be too quick to blurt out what we believe are the correct answers, when more value …
- Reward Points for Rent? A Shiny Distraction or Real Value?
- WE TEND TO JUDGE THE QUALITY OF DECISIONS BY THE RESULTS THEY PRODUCE. BUT GOOD DECISIONS …
- Smart" Survey or Savvy Selection?
- Summary of 2023 Pay (Salary plus Bonus) for Multifamily Real Estate Professionals
- Turn image data into actionable insights instantly! Discover how ChatGPT's Advanced Data A…
- Forecasters, by definition, are biased and untrustworthy recorders of current economic eve…
- A new analysis from Redfin reports more of the same: multifamily rents are falling – this …
- Tech Savvy Today, Obsolete Tomorrow? The AI Trap in Multifamily Housing
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos once said that he’s often asked what’s going to change in the ne…
- Unlock Hidden Insights: AI's Secret Weapon for Conquering Messy Rent Roll Data
- Interesting idea...
- “You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many thin…
- You almost never start valuing a company or stock with a blank slate. All too often, your …
- The September findings make it clear that while we are witnessing slow improvements, renta…
- The biggest question around multifamily’s long-term health remains how much, and how fast,…
- Landlord with big Atlanta presence to pay $48 million for allegedly mistreating tenants
- “Faith in the future is as much motivated by confidence as it is a reflection of fear in a…
- I think the reason why we got into such idiocy in investment management is best illustrate…
- There’s that old story about Picasso. Picasso is sitting in a café and a woman recognizes …
- It’s A Game OF Tonnage"
- The article “Centralized Leasing Operations Gain in Popularity” by Richard Berger focuses …
- That concern is fostering a sea change in the way apartment landlords and managers derive …
- It's a big airball if you don't have the reserves or funds," Silverman says. "How do you i…
- ''Foreclosures also grew at a brisk pace, although not as fast, reaching $19.2 billion in …
- ''The seller’s financial position may play an even bigger role in whether a price cut is o…
- We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, s…
- “Gestalt psychologists give an example of being self-reliant. They say that you’re respons…
- As many have told GlobeSt.com over the last two years, the lack of sales has meant no pric…
- Westside projected the building's occupancy rate at stabilization would be 95%, according …
- The importance of the cyclicality of things can be best illustrated by the story of the an…
- “Location remains an important factor for companies in the broader flight-to-quality story…
- AI in multifamily reminds me of the dot-com bubble days—everyone’s slapping ‘AI’ on their …
- “If the price swings, fraud, manipulation, and illiquidity doesn’t scare you enough, there…
- “You don't need more intensity, you need more consistency.
- “The catalyst that would really force the issue here is the maturity wall, when these loan…
- “In a lot of scientists, the ratio of wonder to skepticism declines in time. That may be c…
- Testimonials: Because Facts Tell, But Stories Sell
- “Housing prices rarely go down.
- “My advice to you is to be better than I was at keeping insights hidden. One of my colleag…
- “This quote from Fama is the one John Foley needs to hear: “If prices are obviously wrong …
- “THE LAW: YOU MUST NEVER DISAGREE In the midst of a negotiation, debate or heated argument…
- “In the suit, the DOJ claims RealPage's software in question — AI Revenue Management and Y…
- There are three ingredients for electric meetings: the right people, a crowdsourced agenda…
- Landlords Face $1.5T Maturity Wall Before 2026
- Five Tips to Reduce Turnover
- More distress is likely imminent, MSCI Chief Economist Jim Costello said. Even if some ten…
- Enjoyed this article. "
- More than 1B square feet of US office space deemed viable for residential conversion
- “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.”"
- The older I get, the more time I spend—as a percentage of each day—on crafting better ques…
- It sounds crazy – 1881 wasn’t that long ago – but historian Candice Millard writes in her …
- Enjoyed the podcast with Adrian
- ''Your happiness depends on your expectations more than anything else. So in a world that …
- ''CRE investors have gotten a rude reminder of how badly investments can go. Those in the …
- “Sellers in general maintain the quality of their products and services for fear of losing…
- We tend to accept information that confirms our prior beliefs and ignore or discredit info…
- “The trouble with market research is that people don’t think what they feel, they don’t sa…
- “It is much easier to be fired for being illogical than it is for being unimaginative. The…
- ''What are some of the benefits of mystery shoppers for owners and managers?
- https://lnkd.in/eFH6wFnR
- “In finance this point is made with the quip that more fiction has been written in Excel t…
- This test was with ChatGPT 3.5, I wonder how the new models would do on the same test.
- When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was…
- ''The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against RealPa…
- Interesting...
- Raising a pile of cash is easy if you know the right people; turning it into profit is whe…
- “They think there's water, and they're going to keep walking towards lower interest rates.…
- ''Every major submarket in Metro Atlanta experienced rental rate declines year-over-year i…
- As Class-B and C offices go empty, landlords face a tough choice: convert to apartments or…
- ‘’The nearly 1 million-square-foot office property that sprawls across Georgia 400 is owne…
- So True...
- Just as this latest move is not unknown for UBS since the acquisition of Credit Suisse, si…
- The market analogue of this is evident every time you turn on a financial news channel. So…
- ''Just as investors began to accept rate cuts may not be forthcoming, a weak jobs report t…
- ''The MBA released its annual report of the multifamily lending market, finding last year’…
- When Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Brands experimented with a television series based on T…
- Much smaller units, little to no amenities or parking, and more concrete = More affordable…
- Tech can disrupt many industries, but it can't easily hack its way through the complexitie…
- Rewarding renters for on-time payments? That's like giving fish a prize for swimming. Next…
- “Builders have stepped up and built an incredible number of homes in response to soaring r…
- Who knew "location, location, location" could translate to "depreciation, depreciation, de…
- ‘’Demographic historian T.H. Hollingsworth once published an analysis of the life expectan…
- ‘’Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.”"
- “In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is failing. In a busy marketplace, not standing out …
- ''MSCI data suggests that multifamily could represent a larger financial burden than offic…
- Property management is often a thankless job. When the team excels, it’s attributed to a s…
- I like the concept of "memory points."
- Prices are determined by supply and demand.”
- ''When it comes to attracting new residents, nothing is more important than the quality of…
- Boredom kills curiosity, but curiosity kills boredom. Cultivate interest in your work by e…
- “Because what matters in life isn’t how frequently one is “right” about outcomes, but how …
- The patient capital of well-structured funds is like a sturdy ship in a financial storm. I…
- Back in 2008-2009, real estate was the pariah of investments, shunned and despised. Fast f…
- This year, the pace of construction abandonments is on a sharp rise as the industry absorb…
- The banks create money by lending it into existence. It's a beautiful system when it works…
- ''Sternlicht, who's been calling on the Federal Reserve to cut rates for months, expressed…
- ”In a July 24 note, Pimco’s John Murray and François Trausch warned of a $1.5 trillion wal…
- If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up. If you give a mediocre …
- The French economist Frédéric Bastiat explained the problem clearly when he wrote, “It alm…
- “Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me …
- Here are 10 reasons why generative AI may be overhyped:
- I recognize my own confirmation bias regarding AI and its technology. I recently read an i…
- ''Institutional capital is also returning to the market, another factor contributing to a …
- I have a couple of tricks I use to help expand the number of possible choices. One is to f…
- “We’ve got . . . discipline in avoiding just doing any damn thing just because you can’t s…
- The problem is that firms with poor performance are unlikely to survive, so they are incon…
- ''The Apartment List vacancy index currently stands at 6.7%. This is the cross between a s…
- Interesting...
- It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.
- The world is not ready for what is coming... a great read!
- ‘’A recent study by McKinsey found that the average life-span of companies listed in Stand…
- Understand: Like everyone, you think you are rational, but you are not. Rationality is not…
- The Hidden Complexities of Online Property Ratings
- Effective Delegation: A Real-World Example
- Dealing with that reality requires a certain kind of alignment that’s easy to overlook. Yo…
- I think a lot of investors are still anxiously waiting for the flood of distressed deals,"…
- Some interesting ideas in this article about using social media for property management.
- I strongly believe that the people we spend our time with will have the greatest impact on…
- When Bingham is vetting potential clients, he will ask about things like the terms of thei…
- Never judge a decision purely by its result, especially when randomness and “external fact…
- This is a great tool to lease your apartments!
- During the second quarter, $20.5B worth of office, multifamily and other property was seiz…
- The AI gold rush in commercial real estate reminds me of the dot-com bubble. Everyone's sc…
- “Trying to convert the existing infrastructure into an apartment is proving cost-prohibiti…
- “Although new supply is at a nearly 40-year high, that headwind will be short-lived and is…
- Rents & Vacancies: When Supply Turns the Market into a 'Free Rent' Fest
- Starting to see more foreclosures...
- Wow...
- ''The four most common types of rental fraud, according to the panelists, are:
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡
- “No, it’s absolutely right. All entrepreneurs need to be neurotic enough to ignore their f…
- “Perfection is impossible. In the 1526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost…
- How far do you safely pull back traditional soft skills without damaging lead conversion? …
- ‘’In their quest to build more and bring down costs, YIMBYs have identified one overlooked…
- “Over-supply has been the most important driving factor on the rent front. There has been …
- “Most stocks are crap over the very long-run but the biggest gainers more than make up for…
- If you want to predict where you’ll end up in life, all you have to do is follow the curve…
- In light of this concerning trend plaguing the real estate industry, particularly in the m…
- Well, you see, folks, the beauty of human nature is its resistance to change. This resista…
- “Still, some people want to wait for the coast to clear to be sure this inflationary perio…
- Similar to the rest of the commercial real estate market, there's a fair share of "extend …
- There is no better teacher than history in determining the future. There are answers worth…
- ''Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and dancing.…
- “Every great improvement . . has come after repeated failures. . . . Virtually nothing com…
- Buying property at low cap rates is one of the worst strategies in CRE investment and fina…
- “When people are desperately trying to sell, I buy. When people are desperately trying to …
- According to RealPage's Q2 2024 apartment forecast, about half of the top 50 U.S. markets …
- The office sector is hurting...
- The ability to not want things you don't need is a superpower in today's world.
- “Over the years, I’ve often cited the wisdom of John Kenneth Galbraith. It’s he who said, …
- Failure is not a cataclysmic event. It is not generally the result of one major incident, …
- Bezos succeeded by keeping his eye on the long game, foregoing profits for growth, and bei…
- Landlords Capped, Supply Zapped: The Unintended Consequences of Rent Control
- 5% Cap Rates Meet 6.4% Loans: A Math Problem Even Einstein Couldn't Solve
- In the multifamily industry, the race to integrate the latest proptech solutions is more i…
- As philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, “Wealth is like seawater: the more we drink, the …
- When you’re young, you have time. You have health, but you have no money. When you’re midd…
- However, while expenses increase over time, the jumps since 2021 have been "unparalleled i…
- Whiteboard Wisdom: Deep Insights Through Collaboration
- When in Doubt, Whiteboard it Out: Jobs' Anti-PowerPoint Wisdom
- Here it is on a bumper sticker: Emotions and intellect work inversely. When emotions go up…
- But the truth is that wealth is what you don’t see. Wealth is the nice cars not purchased.…
- This is Classic Charlie Munger speaking, no surprise there are so few like him. This is a …
- John shook his head. “I never knew that.” “Winning the lottery skips the valuable process …
- This is the first time that tenant protections will be a standard component of multifamily…
- I am not a sports fan, but I admire Michael Jordan! This was another great book!
- “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
- Banks' CRE Strategy: Delay, Distract, and Deny – The Comedy of Extending and Pretending
- According to Redfin, permits to build apartments in the United States have dropped nearly …
- The Art of Marketing or the Science of Basics?
- “OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are now jointly funding the development of an “AI health co…
- The three largest declines in distressed valuation were all in office, no surprise, with a…
- Distress is certainly out there, but it’s isolated, according to Carhart. “The longer we’r…
- The best way to ensure that you remain flexible is to continually ask yourself, “Is there …
- Moody's Red Flags and Delinquent Loans: The Growing CRE Crisis in Large Banks
- The Supply and Demand Dilemma: How Building More Homes Can Save the Market."
- “The Vision: Personalized Interactions at Scale
- Stories are the single most powerful weapon any leader can arm themselves with – they are …
- The economically and politically relevant comparison on most tasks is not whether the lang…
- ‘’Here’s how the U.S. economy performed over the last 170 years: But do you know what happ…
- This guy is brilliant!
- “Some tenants aren't thrilled about their new intermediary overlords. For Ray Weng, a soft…
- Technical skills might get your foot in the door, but it’s the human skills that will secu…
- In multifamily real estate, getting the basics right is non-negotiable.
- “Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.”
- ”I try to keep in mind that there are two ways to use money. One is as a tool to live a be…
- Detroit and Atlanta: A Tale of Skyrocketing Home Prices
- The machine is where the “Paprika Effect” is most likely to arise, which explains why busi…
- 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬.
- https://lnkd.in/eei6Pzd2
- The report attributed this effect to a process called filtering. "In high-supply markets w…
- “More companies die from overeating than starvation.” David Packard
- As of the end of May 2024, about $22 billion in loans received modifications by lenders. J…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫: 𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭
- “Happiness is being satisfied with what you have. Success comes from dissatisfaction. Choo…
- Home prices are now 47% higher than they were in early 2020, with the median sale price no…
- If you want to know what you really think, try explaining it on paper without sounding lik…
- “There’s a useful and overlooked skill: Accepting a certain degree of hassle and nonsense …
- “You can hire your adviser and then just apply a windage factor, like I used to do when I …
- “Bull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a d…
- 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 …
- Where has the “job” mentality of comfort zone, path of least resistance, and “do the least…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚: 𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲
- Could you look at this chart and tell me you're not astonished? In less than a century, we…
- Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones."
- What a great book!"
- What should a young person look for in a career? I have three basic rules—meeting all thre…
- What I have been seeing is the cockroaches are starting to come out," Hamilton said. "The …
- 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.
- It seems the only thing passing the older generation faster than AI is time itself—better …
- 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐝…
- Seeing this cover makes me think: some startups are like unicorns, promising magical profi…
- “It is not the daily increase, but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” — Bruce …
- “It’s impossible to win the social-comparison game because there’s always someone getting …
- “In short, Haidt argues that smartphones and social media are rewiring our kids’ brains, w…
- Office led price declines once again in May, dropping 16.9% year-over-year. Declines for C…
- I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation …
- But then it happened again and this time there was no crisis: in the last week of May we l…
- But given all the ups and downs of the last few years — which sections were really hot, wh…
- Before you implement the latest marketing strategies for your new apartment community, ens…
- As Harold S. Geneen, once CEO of ITT and father of the international conglomerate, once sa…
- 𝐑-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡"
- 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐑𝐄
- The first question is, What am I trying to do? Think on paper. Take the time to sit down a…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
- “Builder’s risk insurance has gone bonkers. You might be looking at $1,500 a door for stic…
- 𝐈𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐬; 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭…
- Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of tr…
- We waste our time with short-term thinking and busywork. 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢…
- Distress buyers of multifamily assets are no doubt frustrated. Despite the high level of t…
- What a great article...
- 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞: 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬?
- 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞: 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐕…
- 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭.I left it to the seasoned leaders to schedule the events …
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
- The bears always sound intelligent and cautious, while the bulls often seem naïve and reck…
- 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞
- It's astonishing to see an AI system rocket from the 10th percentile to the 90th on someth…
- More is missed by not looking than not knowing. "
- 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝
- 𝐁𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫…
- As the market waits for conditions to improve, lenders and borrowers engage in “pretend an…
- “In fact, Socrates never claimed to know much of anything except how to ask questions. And…
- 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨-𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨…
- 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲!
- Extend and Pretend" in action has served the lenders well in the past.
- This sums up the CRE space right now.
- ‘DON’T DO COCAINE’
- This is heating up...
- 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? 🏠
- 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤."
- Here it is on a bumper sticker: 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐮𝐩…
- 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐈
- You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. " - Warren Buffet…
- Tranche Warfare is back! This will have ripple effects in the Capital Markets!
- “𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬…
- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'…
- This was a great book!
- “The smarter we get, the more we realize how little we actually do know. By acknowledging …
- “Over two thousand years ago, Polybius, the soundest of ancient historians, began his Hist…
- “Aʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴜs ᴅᴏ ꜰᴏᴏʟɪsʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢs, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪsᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏ. Tʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴇʀʀᴏʀ…
- 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗶…
- The first rule is that you can’t really know anything if you just remember isolated facts …
- “𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨.” – …
- Spending More Isn’t Always the Right Answer!
- 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲; 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐜…
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- “This is the first time we used artificial intelligence to systematically document the con…
- ‘’Stanford researchers found that walking boosts creative inspiration. They examined creat…
- “It’s the same process for doing anything, anywhere in life no matter how big or small the…
- The financial media will digress to one of its favorite games, “Is this a bubble or is AI …
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- Most people never pick up the phone, most people never ask. And that’s what separates, som…
- You don’t see what you are not looking for!
- Don't Let this happen to you!
- INVESTMENT MANAGERS – “I know one guy, he’s extremely smart and a very capable investor. I…
- “Luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.” – Denzel Washington
- “That’s why the philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add pr…
- ''The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. ''"
- I begin to speak only when I'm certain what I'll say isn't better left unsaid." Cato the Y…
- It’s such a simple idea. It’s the golden rule so to speak: You want to deliver to the worl…
- "The whole world is simply nothing more than a flow chart for capital"
- As technology advances, it promises greater equality but always creates greater inequality…
- Learning from the Competition: How Sam Walton’s Attention to Detail Paid Off.
- This is a fundamental truth about any sort of practice: If you never push yourself beyond …
- “Every habit and capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking b…
- https://lnkd.in/eZJvMdCb
- “People have always had this craving to have someone tell them the future. Long ago, kings…
- “We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of yo…
- “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” Oscar Wilde
- In any situation in life, you always have three choices: you can change it, you can accept…
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- “Steve Jobs began taking his “top 100” people on a retreat each year. On the last day, he …
- “It is insane to risk what you have and need in order to obtain what you don’t need.” -Ch…
- The Dead Tree Principle: Why Some Experience Isn't Worth the Time
- Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still." — Chinese Proverb
- 'The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those…
- That’s been one of my mantras—focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you…
- ''Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The hea…
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- “If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business—you have a job. And it’s the wo…
- “I call investing the greatest business in the world . . . because you never have to swing…
- “Holding cash is uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as doing something stupid.” - War…
- “The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge.”- Da…
- "So what’s the lesson learned here? We’ve all heard about the importance of persistence. B…
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- Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." -Jim Roh…
- “At one memorable lunch, I arrived burdened with problems that I began to unload on him. M…
- Gestalt psychologists give an example of being self-reliant. They say that you’re responsi…
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- ‘’Smart people rarely change their mind, lest they look stupid. This is dangerous. The wor…
- “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questione…
- 'Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for mo…
- ”If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is r…
- “A tallow candle in 1800 would cost roughly forty cents per thousand lumen-hours. A fluore…
- ‘’Room for error does more than just widen the target around what you think might happen. …
- “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really succ…
- “Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessel…
- “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, bu…
- ‘’But being very smart makes it harder to harness that humility. You want to put your big …
- A lack of routine causes more problems than poor choices. Routines turn desired behavior i…
- ‘’His dad then told him how Phil Jackson had just released a book, Eleven Rings, and how h…
- “When you mix raisins with turds, they are still turds.” Charlie Munger"
- I think the reason why we got into such idiocy in investment management is best illustrate…
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- “The social comparison bias is also a cause for concern with start-up companies. Guy Kawas…
- ''We're more afraid of public speaking than texting on the highway, more afraid of approac…
- “There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they d…
- “So, be critical when you encounter predictions. Whenever I hear one, I make sure to smile…
- “The bragging razor: If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half w…
- ‘’Therefore, the biggest risk for most investors has nothing to do with the economy or mar…
- It turns out that the best investment for your 80s is not stocks or bonds but in exercise …
- This applies to all investing!
- “If fifty million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.”- W. Somerset Maugham…
- I recently encountered a remarkable AI application designed to streamline the processing o…
- “81 percent of consumers use Google to check out a business before buying. That's up from …
- “Here’s the formula for failure: errors in judgment repeated every day. All you’ve got to …
- “Never complain about your problems at work. You should be grateful for them. If you had n…
- ‘’Your direction, activities, and disciplines all make up crucial links in your chain of s…
- Charlie Munger is known for his simplistic view of the investing world that has one advant…
- Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get"
- “Life is a long lesson in humility.” —James M. Barrie
- “It was a cathartic moment for anyone angry at Zuck, but the truth is, the wrong person wa…
- “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” Jim …
- ‘’The fact is confidence operates on a thin line. Possess too little and you will never ta…
- Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent" Napoleon Bonaparte
- ''Health lies in action, and so it graces youth. To be busy is the secret of grace, and ha…
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- Tim Ferriss shared this quote- profound
- ‘’But the truth is that wealth is what you don’t see. Wealth is the nice cars not purchase…
- ‘’There are two ways to use money. One is as a tool to live a better life. The other is as…
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- I’m not the first person to realize this about pain. Not by a long shot. Muhammad Ali famo…
- Every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him.”
- ‘’As they walked, Akira told him how proud he was, saying, “You know now that excellence i…
- ‘’Here it is on a bumper sticker: All choices require a trade-off and sacrifice. You can h…
- ‘’Eventually, I began to realize that my results had very little to do with the goals I se…
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- People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels – people you don’t wa…
- One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. — …
- Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. — ABRAHAM LINCO…
- “More is missed by not looking than not knowing.”"
- “History knows three things: 1) What’s been photographed, 2) what someone wrote down or re…
- “You may have heard about a team of psychologists in Berlin, Germany, who in the early 199…
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- ''The most significant indicator of people’s character comes through their actions over ti…
- “People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of the…
- From one of my favorite blogs - Farnam
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- ‘’People who live far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their l…
- “Famous economist Milton Friedman was visiting a construction site in a country with Sovie…
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- The marshmallow experiment…
- Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, …
- ‘’Here’s how the U.S. economy performed over the last 170 years: But do you know what happ…
- Training without testing is worthless.
- My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to make them better."
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- ''My circle of ignorance has expanded in lockstep with my age. As a young McKinsey consult…
- ''There are few financial variables more correlated to performance than commitment to a st…
- The correct lesson to learn from surprises is that the world is surprising."
- ''The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but si…
- ‘’It’s no secret that the US commercial real estate industry is suffering.
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- In the future, many companies are likely to replace salespeople and customer service roles…
- ‘’A problem with putting something in the "good" bucket of your mind, though, is that this…
- Great video on the US housing market, here are the key takeaways
- ‘’The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." - John…
- ‘’From all businesses, my favorite case on incentives is Federal Express. The heart and so…
- Great advice for all relationships
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- “The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” -Oliver Wendell Hol…
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- ''Robert H. Frank is a professor at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a…
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- ‘’You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.…
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- This is going to change how just about every business operates in the future
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- ‘’I once had lunch with a guy who’s close with Warren Buffett.
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- Now those turn colors can finally be matched so much quicker
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- This article made me think of this quote.
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- So True…
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- “Bear markets don’t determine who’s right. They determine who’s left.”
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- Knowing that you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
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- “If you have a dumb incentive system, you get dumb outcomes”
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- Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have …
- “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for mo…
- ‘“One of the biggest problems with money is our feelings about it are always relative.
- The results were incredible," says co-author Dr Nick Motson. "The experiment showed that m…
- ‘’The more frequently you look at data, the more noise you are disproportionally likely to…
- “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to…
- “If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stocks, not selling advice.”…
- How to filter the books you read…
- If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is …
- Shopping in the future is going to be different. Think about how this type of tech will ch…
- https://lnkd.in/gmi65r4n
- “At the individual level, I think cyclicality can be managed around the edges.
- From WSJ today - Surprise Extend and Pretend is back!
- Thoreau once explained: “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which …
- AI creates an entire SouthPark Episode
- The "cover curse" is a term that refers to the idea that once a trend is clear enough for …
- ‘’If I could just avoid all the folly, maybe I could get an advantage without having to be…
- “The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by …
- https://lnkd.in/g5eDC8Bd
- “It’s not as if half of the stocks produced an 8% return and a half produced a 10% return,…
- One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another…
- “Show me the incentives and I will show you the outcome.” Charlie Munger
- https://lnkd.in/gKVWZ6rU
- ‘’The Big Short by Michael Lewis has lost investors more money than the last 3 bear market…
- ‘’Only 1 in 3 people have tried one of these AI-powered tools, and most aren’t familiar wi…
- “Rapid increases in interest rates over the past year have meant that lower pricing on acq…
- https://lnkd.in/gZvSFBn6
- https://lnkd.in/gCJw--gH
- “There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. T…
- ‘’The core of a scientific lifestyle is to change your mind when faced with information th…
- Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you ha…
- https://lnkd.in/geDGBG23
- “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” "
- ‘’Hendrik Bessimbinder’s work found that just 86 companies accounted for half of all the g…
- ‘’The multifamily and office sectors saw the largest drops in total investment. Multifamil…
- Mind Blowing
- “Human beings don’t change. It’s the same sad, silly mistakes and the ridiculous comedy of…
- “It’s not the answers that make you good in this business, it’s the questions you ask. If …
- We humans are unhappy in large part because we are insatiable; after working hard to get w…
- ‘’Take patience and confidence. They both sound great. But mixed together they often form …
- What a mind blowing book!
- PERSPECTIVE – “It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the argument…
- An email from Steve Jobs, sent to himself, remarking on how much we all need each other:
- “The greatest killer of happiness is comparison. If you must compare, compare yourself to …
- “INCENTIVES–“From all business, my favorite case on incentives is Federal Express. The hea…
- “The most important lessons in investing are learned in the tough times.”
- GOING TO EXTREMES–“In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculou…
- If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next ye…
- ‘’How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, …
- https://lnkd.in/gPQRFM5F
- “Before you are old attend as many funerals as you can bear and listen. Nobody talks about…
- “If you ask to be hired mainly because you need a job you are just another problem for the…
- “The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to…
- This collection is brilliant, here are some of my favorites
- The changes coming are mind blowing
- I am reading a biography on Edward Bernays.
- https://lnkd.in/gnbKxvkf
- https://lnkd.in/gjW5-6NC
- https://lnkd.in/gY3r7-vs
- ‘’Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on…
- So true…
- Reading this makes me think of “Garbage In, Garbage Out”
- It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
- “The value of every business, the value of a farm, the value of an apartment house, the va…
- Monetary conditions exert an enormous influence on stock prices. Indeed, the monetary clim…
- That a terrible looking chart for owners of office buildings
- ‘’The other major source of liquidity for property owners, namely the bond market — where …
- A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who …
- “In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximiz…
- https://lnkd.in/g2UNG7RF
- https://lnkd.in/griak8yw
- What a great podcast!
- https://lnkd.in/gcEquDUE
- https://lnkd.in/gzhS-2SR
- https://lnkd.in/g_UZCa_5
- ‘’It’s true for investors. The kind of personality willing to take enough risks to earn ou…
- ‘’The collapse of three U.S. banks means that one of the toughest real estate lending envi…
- https://lnkd.in/gE-x52Qt
- “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
- https://lnkd.in/g75Sa4T2
- “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is…
- https://lnkd.in/gEC8uV4v
- “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” "
- “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they…
- https://lnkd.in/gbfay7hb
- ‘’The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and b…
- ‘’When Michael Mauboussin posed the question to Daniel Kahneman, what is a single thing an…
- ‘’Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.…
- Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which …
- ‘’People are oddly consistent. Karma is just you, repeating your patterns, virtues, and fl…
- “One sign that determination matters more than talent: there are lots of talented people w…
- It’s not even one year old…give it another few years and it will be top of class!
- https://lnkd.in/d5cvihFA
- What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. …
- ‘’The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when the occasion is right i…
- https://lnkd.in/gQYvSdkh
- ‘’It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about the problem.…
- This is interesting- about real estate PE funds
- ‘’A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.…
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but buildin…
- https://lnkd.in/g6WrsZ4R
- “You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost …
- ‘’Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make” Nick Bo…
- https://lnkd.in/gRkkPRwZ
- https://lnkd.in/gNN6Kv4W
- https://lnkd.in/gpH-m3WD
- ‘’There is no better teacher than history in determining the future... There are answers w…
- “An example of a really responsible system is the system the Romans used when they built a…
- “When an archer shoots for nothing, he has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle,…
- “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot …
- https://lnkd.in/g5BpgUmR
- “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you mee…
- “Just in the past few months we’ve seen progress in AI capabilities that has left even ske…
- “It is occasionally possible for a tortoise, content to assimilate proven insights of his …
- “When any guy offers you a chance to earn lots of money without risk, don’t listen to the …
- ‘’There are occasional periods when society learns that debt can be dangerous, greed backf…
- “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyon…
- “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do…
- https://lnkd.in/gSd2ZBHv
- Habit is stronger than reason. "
- History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. "
- When you learn a little, you feel you know a lot. But when you learn a lot, you realize yo…
- Optimism often sounds like a sales pitch, pessimism sounds like someone trying to help you…
- https://lnkd.in/g-EKRD3F
- “We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of yo…
- “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a board subject matter area) who didn…
- Sometimes the best ideas come from unexpected sources.
- https://lnkd.in/gKYNkQHK
- https://lnkd.in/g_73_jQ2
- https://lnkd.in/g2YNaU6F
- “A bull market is when you check your stocks every day to see how much they went up. A bea…
- “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go t…
- “Learn enough from history to respect one another’s delusions.” -Will Durant
- “Smart people learn from everything and everyone,
- “Bear markets have two components: Price and Time. Price takes your money. Time takes your…
- https://lnkd.in/gzgpWAmd
- There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.”
- “The old rule of forecasting was to make as many forecasts as possible and publicise the o…
- “Some people claim that they predicted a downturn, but they forecast a downturn every day,…
- “Researchers have found that merely asking people to assume their initial judgment is wron…
- . “Forecasts usually tell us more of the forecaster than of the future.” — Warren Buffett
- ‘’Here’s the thing about the pandemic experiment: It worked too well.
- https://lnkd.in/dfRnSdbZ
- “There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they d…
- https://lnkd.in/gqb6EvUh
- Everything is hard before it is easy."
- https://lnkd.in/gjTzKYCs
- https://lnkd.in/gxeGS9-9
- https://lnkd.in/g8SYmvSp
- ‘’Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselve…
- ‘’The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflec…
- ‘’The more a man knows, the less he talks.” – Voltaire
- “Forty percent of small business said they could not pay their rent in full this month, up…
- “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than societ…
- https://lnkd.in/gd_BJXzS
- https://lnkd.in/gdqjzSAg
- https://lnkd.in/ggBSJR_x
- ‘’Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.""
- Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle."
- ‘’There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.""
- ."In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great …
- ‘’But now what? Like it or not, we’re in a new era. Capital, as always, sloshes around the…
- ‘’I’d like to show you something you may not have seen before. It comes to us via the Man …
- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."
- “I teach an undergrad class at the University of Virginia, and I tell my students, “I’m go…
- https://lnkd.in/gwiry7as
- “The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.”"
- “Thousands of experts study overbought indicators, head-and-shoulder patterns, put-call ra…
- When The Time Comes To Buy, You Won't Want To"
- I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second"
- “If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solv…
- The stock market is a leading economic indicator. The stock market will tell you what the …
- It’s not the answers that make you good in this business, it’s the questions you ask. If y…
- ‘’When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, y…
- ‘’Suppose you are wrong? How would you know? How would you test for that possibility?’’"
- One of my favorite economic books of all time.
- It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: t…
- Most people would have quit after 2-4 brutal rejections. What a great story.
- “The pessimist complains about the wind;
- ‘’Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars.’’"
- In trading/ investing it's not about how much you make, but how much you don't lose
- By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by i…
- Some people are so poor, all they have is money. Jack Kerouac
- ‘’Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changi…
- https://lnkd.in/gPhp3QaC
- A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer…
- “It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
- “The most successful people I know have a narrow focus, protect themselves against time-wa…
- “I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might b…
- “Most people do not look thoughtfully at the facts and draw their conclusions by objective…
- I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men." Sir Isaac Newton, …
- “I mean that the more confident people are about their beliefs, the more likely they are t…
- “The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuit…
- “Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in telepathy? — in an…
- “I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however di…
- “Here then is the powerful sentence that will allow you to interrupt anyone without fear o…
- “Hanlon’s razor is sometimes described in formulations that are similar to the original, s…
- https://lnkd.in/gkARVdT9
- https://lnkd.in/gZvKsD-k
- “The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.…
- Investment bubbles and high animal spirits do not materialize out of thin air. They need e…
- From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic cr…
- There will always be bull markets followed by bear markets followed by bull markets
- “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”…
- https://lnkd.in/gfRJNKRh
- Joe Heller
- Strong positions are not an accident. Weak positions aren’t bad luck.
- “The banks do create money. They have been doing it for a long time, but they didn’t reali…
- https://lnkd.in/gFFQNd36
- Interesting concept
- Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin
- ‘’Warren Buffett, the world’s most respected investor and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway I…
- “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discove…
- “Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai.” Jonathan R…
- Right now, the “too hard pile” is getting too big!
- https://lnkd.in/gqV9P93Z
- ‘’If you’re unreliable it doesn’t matter what your virtues are, you’re going to crater imm…
- This is amazing
- ‘’’Are there more of these out there? I ask because we’re in the most dangerous part of th…
- https://lnkd.in/gMcxUUbD
- ”There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue."
- “The single most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power... If you’ve…
- “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”…
- “There is an old story of a boilermaker who was hired to fix a huge steamship boiler syste…
- https://lnkd.in/g5pT5zqF
- It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk ca…
- Management by results - like driving a car by looking in rear view mirror."
- “Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning …
- https://lnkd.in/gJ5xtM4w
- In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."
- https://lnkd.in/ew_5p-J4
- “Stoicism tries to get its students to approach the troubles of other people like a good d…
- The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic eq…
- I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you."
- ‘’He said it’s taking 6-8 weeks longer to build a house right now for a variety of reasons…
- ‘’As you’re reading this, someone is hard at work in a lab somewhere cooking up the next b…
- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and…
- “Anything you want”, is another great book about starting a business.
- “What we know is a drop,
- Very interesting
- There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right."
- This is another great book.
- “In purchasing the hottest investment today, you don’t receive its coveted historical trac…
- ‘’Each time inflation went over 5% in short order there was a recession either right away …
- ‘’Want to be a reader? Read. Want to be a writer? Write. Go for a month without reading, y…
- “Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the m…
- “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but …
- “It has been said that a person may have ten years of experience, or one year of experienc…
- https://lnkd.in/epYaNp4v
- The world just reflects your own feelings back at you."
- Karma is just you, repeating your patterns, virtues, and flaws until you finally get what …
- Ignore the noise. The market will decide."
- “The Nasdaq Composite was up 41% per year (450% in total) from 1995-1999. From 2017-2021 i…
- “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but ne…
- “The trouble with old men is they remember so many things that ain’t so,” Mark Twain
- When it comes to news maybe Ludwig was right.
- The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
- How often do you laugh or play?
- When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they’re usually wrong." C…
- I just finished this great book and thought of Seneca's quote. This man struggled and succ…
- Another book that will really inspire you is Pizza Tiger, it's out of print, but you can s…
- “Life is hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.” "
- “Smart money is just dumb money that’s been through a crash.”"
- Money is pouring in, and a flood could follow. Virtual real estate sales exceeded $500 mil…
- “A healthy person has a thousand wishes, but a sick person has only one.” —INDIAN PROVERB
- Outsized returns often come from betting against conventional wisdom, and conventional wis…
- "Interest rates are like gravity in valuation. If interest rates are nothing, values can b…
- “A good managerial record… is far more a function of what business boat you get into than …
- It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. "
- The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the exte…
- The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not posses…
- Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee.""
- interesting
- What a great way to make your building stand out…
- ‘’Stay dispassionate and be patient, is Buffett’s message. “You’re dealing with a lot of s…
- “A lot of smart people think they’re way smarter than they are, and therefore they do wors…
- “Crooks, crazies, egomaniacs, people full of resentment, people full of self-pity, people …
- “A friend of mine says a good day when you're old is when you wake up in the morning and n…
- “One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, anothe…
- ‘’The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramati…
- “What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.…
- “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” – Mar…
- Reading History is always interesting - here is something from 2009 about Cap Rap Decompre…
- “When The Time Comes To Buy, You Won't Want To” Walter Deemer
- “My problem with these stories is the sheer amount of survivorship bias involved. For ever…
- “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about t…
- “I didn’t think I would ever live in a world where industrial land is worth more than offi…
- Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one" - Voltaire
- I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.- Ma…
- “Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully ex…
- “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” —Isaac Newton
- “A year from now you will wish you had started today.” —Karen Lamb
- “NEVER ARGUE WITH STUPID PEOPLE. THEY WILL DRAG YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL AND BEAT YOU WITH …
- We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."
- ‘’Gaining experience takes time, effort, and often comes at the price of making painful mi…
- “The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.…
- https://lnkd.in/dQzfSBmB
- “Like all bubbles, it ends when the money runs out.” – Andy Kessler
- But there is always creative destruction in markets: there are always new winners taking t…
- . "As Xenophon said, your obstacles are not rivers or mountains or other people; your obst…
- “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. …
- When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.“ -…
- The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
- To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain always a child. —Cicero
- Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant." "
- ‘’It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be…
- Could creative destruction happen in commercial real estate?
- Those deals Don’t Exist Anymore - so true
- We have been fighting on this planet for ten thousand years; it would be idiotic and uneth…
- “The man who does not read good books is no better than the man who can’t.” - Mark Twain
- ‘’Games are won by players who focus on the playing field, not by those whose eyes are glu…
- https://lnkd.in/d_d_2KJ6
- The fundamental delusion – there is something out there that will make me happy and fulfil…
- ‘’In a speculative market, what counts is imagination and not analysts.”
- “History shows us, over and over, that bull markets can go well beyond rational valuation …
- “Booms start with some tie-in to reality, some reason which justifies the increase in asse…
- ‘’Value your time. It is all you have. It’s more important than your money. It’s more impo…
- “Difficulties show a person’s character. So when a challenge confronts you, remember that …
- https://lnkd.in/dMyaJvib
- “Success comes to the lowly and to the poorly talented, but the special characteristic of …
- Education isn't something you can finish.
- In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experi…
- No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot"
- When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When …
- “Beware of geeks bearing formulas,”
- I'm at the stage in my life where I keep myself out of arguments. Even if you tell me 1+1=…
- My lesson from Soros is to start every meeting at my boutique by convincing everyone that …
- Hedonic adaptation is really just another way of saying: "Once you get used to the thing t…
- “No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to wan…
- Faced with the choice of changing one’s mind or proving that there is no need to do so, al…
- “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have…
- Do you see the dots? What else do we see that is not real?
- “The whole world is simply nothing more than a flow chart for capital.”"
- Smart people learn from everything and everyone. Average people from their experiences. St…
- A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer…
- https://lnkd.in/dmbEn3NJ
- Rationality is not just something you do so that you can make more money; it’s a binding p…
- People are oddly consistent. Karma is just you, repeating your patterns, virtues, and flaw…
- A Zen Story
- https://lnkd.in/dZdGwYXR
- “The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.” – Joshua Harris
- “May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. "
- Interest rates are like gravity in valuation. If interest rates are nothing, values can be…
- The Everything Bubble will finally pop, stripping the system of phantom speculative wealth…
- ‘’The paradox of skill is a phrase Mauboussin said he learned from the late eminent biolog…
- This is happening in Commercial Real Estate as well…
- “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn…
- “I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the mos…
- A young man comes to see Mozart, and says, “I want to compose symphonies.” And Mozart s…
- “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
- “There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they d…
- Like everything in life, if you are willing to make the short-term sacrifice, you’ll have …
- “Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits a…
- Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. "
- “Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”
- “To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” – Seneca
- https://lnkd.in/dqCVQ_7
- Life can only be understood backwards - but it must be lived forwards "
- https://lnkd.in/dnFu9iS
- He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.” – Voltaire"
- ‘’I frequently tell the apocryphal story about how Max Planck, after he won the Nobel Priz…
- What a great poem…
- “The ability to destroy your ideas rapidly instead of slowly when
- “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questione…
- Do you have enough?
- Will
- “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is…
- https://lnkd.in/dgk6erZ
- “The Palest Ink Is Clearer Than The Fondest Memory”
- “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for mo…
- “BRICK BY BORING BRICK“
- Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know litt…
- Two Monks and a Woman
- ‘’For example, an apartment unit renovation that might have cost $6,500 is now being quote…
- The problem is not people being uneducated.
- “There is nothing new in Wall Street. There can’t be because speculation is as old as the …
- Yuval Noah Harari once wrote:
- The future is coming fast… this sounds like sci-fi story.
- “It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.”
- “When you develop your opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty in…
- “I certainly don’t think recessions are a relic of the past due to Fed intervention. There…
- The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you sho…
- I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usu…
- What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most impor…
- I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Isaac Newton
- “The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.…
- "March's increase was the first time since the pandemic began that rent growth had increas…
- Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his…
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- ‘’President Biden’s new economic plan would eliminate a tax break for many real-estate own…
- ‘’The financial markets feel wonderful right now. It would have been nearly impossible to …
- “Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.”"
- All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure."
- Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty."
- The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain wit…
- I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I kno…
- AR is going to really impact most all industries
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- “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”…
- “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anythi…
- “The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reaso…
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- “Our stock is once again stupid cheap,” Roth said. The company’s current stock price value…
- “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come eas…
- “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like …
- “Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to g…
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- Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
- Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."
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- Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discover…
- We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-fou…
- In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great di…
- “We have the power to hold no opinion about a thing,” Marcus Aurelius wrote, “and to not l…
- Do not buy SPACs, digital currencies or non fungible tokens sold to you by millionaires an…
- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. – Epictetus
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- ‘’’A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the…
- According to a study conducted by Harvard Business School, participants who journaled at t…
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- Jim Grant once put it: “To suppose that the value of a stock is determined purely by a cor…
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- The Defining Trait of All Bubbles: The Willful Suspension of Disbelief
- Policies To Postpone Evictions During the Pandemic Sound Simple. They're Not
- ‘’A hard thing to wrap your head around in economics is the idea that two opposite things …
- Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves …
- The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not posses…
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- “Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.” -Epicurus, 341 BCE
- “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the cap…
- “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impres…
- “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” — Leo Tols…
- I wonder if the same data applies to Real Estate Investments...
- What right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right."
- “Mark Twain used to say “A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on the top.” And a pro…
- “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and…
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- “It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.” N…
- In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experi…
- “Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think bett…
- “Be careful. People like to be told what they already know. Remember that. They get uncomf…
- The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
- “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” Voltaire
- Charlie: Obviously you have to know a lot. But partly it’s temperament. Partly it’s deferr…
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- “I choose to live by choice, not by chance.” Miyamoto Musashi
- “A young boy became a monk. He dreamed of enlightenment and of learning great things. When…
- “Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake… We are making use of only a sm…
- “It (investing) is not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.”
- ”Act your wage.” — Dave Ramsey
- “In order to progress, we need to be able to imagine alternative realities—not just any ol…
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- Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Ben…
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- “When even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superst…
- “President Abraham Lincoln was once criticized for referring to the Confederates in kind t…
- An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old …
- An empress with no children decided to hold a competition to determine who would succeed h…
- History Shows Us Why a Vaccine Should Not Be Rushed
- It is far better to foresee even without certainty than not to foresee at all. "
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- “The only way it gets better for you is when you get better. Better is not something you w…
- “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn
- “Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” Jim…
- A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find …
- History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again." …
- We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." George Santayana
- The Soldiers and The Trench - Leadership
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- Landlords Denied CDC eviction Moratorium
- ‘’Some lenders are now worried about fast-falling retail property valuations, which around…
- ‘’A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of…
- When liberty destroys order the hunger for order will destroy liberty.
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” ---Socrates 470 – 399 BC
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- ‘’The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout na…
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- “I saw this patterned irrationality, which was so extreme, and I had no theory to deal wit…
- One of my favorite cases about the power of incentives is the Federal Express case. The he…
- Well, what I’m saying here is that the human mind is a lot like the human egg, and the hum…
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- That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought the…
- One sunny summer’s day, as he sat there smoking his pipe, he heard footsteps approaching a…
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- MUNGERS LAW #4 - KNOW THE OTHER SIDE BETTER THAN THEY KNOW IT.
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- “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin Sharma
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- The initial rent payment figures from September have begun to demonstrate the increasing c…
- The man who says he can, and the man who says he can’t are both correct." - Confucius
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- “Even today, what to study and how to study it are more important than where to study it a…
- “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”"
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- “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you h…
- Self-control is a short-term strategy, not a long-term one. You may be able to resist temp…
- We have a shield, or attention filter, between the world and our brain. This attention fil…
- The best way to exercise self-control is not to exercise it at all
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- The Current Status of Eviction Bans by State
- “Advances are made by answering questions. Discoveries are made by questioning answers.”
- “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the…
- Disunited Nations - A book that will change how you view the world. Very interesting.
- The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society…
- “Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, never to trust p…
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- Capitalism without failure is like religion without hell.
- In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns the most. — Epi…
- The Federal CARES ACT passed in March protects renters living in properties with governmen…
- “What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change …
- “Less certainty, more inquiry” -Erik Seidel
- “Now I’m not a huge fan of victim culture that puts all of the blame for your situation on…
- Unsurprisingly, retail tenants account for the hardest hit sector amid stay-at-home orders…
- "The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found 87.6 percent…
- With the pandemic continuing to sink its claws into the United States, economic conditions…
- “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and …
- ”It is remarkable how much long term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be …
- I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." - Isaac New…
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- “No plague has cost the human race more dear: you will see slaughterings and poisonings, a…
- Google Ads are becoming less effective as more competition for key words happens in variou…
- June Rent Payments Start to Slip, More Renters Seeking Relief, New Research Shows
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- “Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, never to trust p…
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- So much uncertainty in the CRE space right now...
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- The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of thems…
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- “Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think bett…
- “Habits are important. Up to 90 percent of our everyday behavior is based on habit. Nearly…
- The manipulation of securities trading continues to this day, such as by high frequency tr…
- “Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked…
- Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Kahlil Gibran
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- “No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all of your knowledge is abou…
- Apartments.com is really changing the marketing landscape for apartments. We are seeing so…
- “Half my advertising spend is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” John Wanam…
- People spend too much time doing and not enough time thinking about what they should be do…
- “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
- 'It's not what we don't know that gets us in trouble. It's what we know for sure that just…
- “Humans are basically habit machines… I think learning how to break habits is actually a v…
- James Clear’s Atomic Habits is a great book - check out this book summary to give you an i…
- A National Movement to Cancel the May Rent Takes Shape
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- "Behavioral changes that may outlive the crisis"
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- “Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that ‘Price is what you pay; value is what you get.’ Wheth…
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- “Automation is no longer just a problem for those working in manufacturing. Physical labor…
- “Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad.”
- The future of Software Bots doing mundane tasks.
- Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
- “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons…
- Emerging Trends in Real Estate® United States and Canada 2020 from Urban Land Institue
- “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
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- Will Leasing be done by AI in the future?
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- “If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it co…
- It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it is the construction of the found…
- “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”
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- What gets us into trouble
- “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on build…
- “Passwords are like underwear: don’t let people see it, change it very often, and you shou…
- He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass."
- “There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.”
- What does your insurance policy exclude?
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