House plans
The American electorate expects President-Elect Trump and the Congress to restore to the nation an economy of growth, jobs and prosperity without leaving anyone out, said Hensarling. He invited Democrats to work with Republicans...
Renters on the edge
Despite the chaos caused by the coronavirus, professional property managers are still getting rent checks from most resident.
It may be a sign of the times, but apartment experts are happy that most renters are...
Winning the big data game
Tech insiders whisper about big data as if it is the pandora's box of the future, and everyone wants to be prepared to take advantage of its value. Many are familiar with the basic...
Time is on our side
As a younger self, I watched mere mortals struggle against the will of the "Old Man" with a child's curiosity. Here I learned a simple truth. Quiet observation and analysis informs future events.
If you...
The measure of brilliance: results
I’ll lace up my running shoes again tonight. Unlike most runners who start their day on the road, I finish my day in my Asics with my thoughts as my only companion. It’s a...
Fighting back
There was a sign posted on a wall of St. Thomas More school in Bel-Nor, Mo, entitled, “Lest we forget.” It was a short list—a reminder—of what “we” students believed and how these beliefs...
Parable of the Post-It
I'm rather tall, so I figured I had already won the game and sat back down with a smile.
"Now," he said, "I want you to take that same Post-In note and move it higher."
Here's...
Rent control is illegal
New York City recently implemented its far-reaching Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. That law enacted extensive amendments, all plaintiff protective, to New York’s 1969 Rent Stabilization Law (RSL). The Act imposes...
Uptown, turnaround Jerry Brown
On a coast filled with dreamy, seaside cities, Oakland is more like a Midwestern industrial town dropped far from home. Mayor Brown points out, “most of the people who work downtown, live elsewhere. They...
World’s pollution rises 3 percent
The overwhelming majority of the increase was from China, the world's biggest carbon-dioxide polluter. Of the planet's top 10 polluters, the U.S. and Germany were the only countries that reduced their carbon-dioxide emissions.
Last year,...
Design solutions advance development when there is no money
Development, design, construction, housing are all in a period of deep stagnation. The housing bubble and subsequent crash has precipitated the most difficult debacle most of us have ever seen. Traditional forms of lending...
Rent grows in cities of all sizes
“Three years ago, rent growth was primarily happening in the six or seven largest metro areas,” says John S. Sebree, vice president and national director of the national multi-housing group for Marcus & Millichap’s...
The housing boom is already over. The housing shortage will continue.
As mortgage rates have risen this year, the buyer demand for homes has fallen. That has spelled trouble for the home construction business. Homebuilder confidence dropped for the tenth straight month in October. The...
Facts don’t care
I was raised in a multi-generational family business. There I learned classic principles of market economics long before I learned what it was called. It was a great Midwestern foundation because certain universal principles...
Consider the alternative
The pandemic has made large cash deposits a financial burden for some residents seeking to relocate. Providing alternatives to security deposits makes move-in more accessible and reduces long-term risk across multifamily portfolios.
Some state and...
