Things that matter: words
The former pro wrestler, Tyrus, who is partly of African-American descent, tells a story from his high school days of being annoyed by a boy who wore a shirt with an image of the...
Tidings of great joy and rich complexity
Try as we may, we can not simplify this complexity into an app, a box or other metric container, wrapped in our intentions. We will alway yearn for inspiration, crave beauty and seek wisdom.
Here's...
Who says you can’t go back?
I always knew that I'd like this place.
You don't have to look too far, to find a friendly face
I feel alive when I'm walkin' on the street.
I feel the heart of the city poundin'...
Unintended consequences
The fact is, President Obama has caused us to care.
Gallup recently reported that Americans are paying closer attention to political news than during any non-election year since the company began tracking the issue in...
Tech Tonic
Twenty years ago, the multihousing scene was a very different place. I say this because I know.
Newspaper ads and rental guides. Occupancy rates and Excel sheets. Doing your homework and pulling the last possible...
I’m afraid to blink.
Never before has the world been safer, freer, wealthier, or healthier.
In 2014, 54 percent of the nation’s counties had zero murders and more than half of last year’s murders occurred in only two percent...
It’s good to be king
I sometimes wonder if landlords aren't single-handedly holding this economy together. And after reading Peggy Shaw's cover story, "Landlords Rule," I would almost bet the farm that we do.
Except that the farm isn't worth...
A human being is a deciding being
Like those before me and, perhaps, those beyond my view, I want the whole field advantage. It's a view that assures the tension of new and the vigor of limitless context. But mostly, it...
The laws of human nature
Andy, a ‘Bama boy, lost his mother to cancer and his father in a car wreck shortly thereafter at the age of 19. He spent the next months homeless and wandering.
Certainly, early and profound...
You have more power than you know
I heard Bill Clinton at the National Apartment Association convention in Denver last month. He's certainly one of the most charming, well-spoken, articulate ex-presidents since, well, Ronald Reagan.
I was, however, distracted by the audience....
That which defines us
I can, in no way, trivialize what's happening in the financial markets or certain segments of our economy, but it is all relative. And while "It's all relative" does not make as good a...
America 2.0
Within the pages ahead, you will read about folks living the "original" American Dream, one of mere opportunity. It's a grand tale of strength, determination and stunning beauty; the stuff of legend.
Clearly, as we...
Trust the fabric
As my darling grandmother, a seamstress by trade would say, a good seamstress trusts the fabric. And I do.
Our best days are ahead, most assuredly, and I am excited by morning’s first light.
Multifamily continues...
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...
The soul of success
From the tales of his tirades, it sounds like he missed his yoga class. Go figure. Even the laid-back, button-down Californians are stressed these days.
That, and it may continue to be open season on...
