Tag: Blog
Genetic hack creates plants that use 25 percent less water
Where I live, grass has been replaced with bark or rock, dotted by an occasional sprout of green that may, or may not, survive...
App fatigue and the future of IoT
Doorbell. Lights. Security cams. Garage door. Home cloud. Everything entertainment. Neighborhood watch. I'm only getting started. Sure, there's Echo or other hubs—big promise, little...
ADA: emotional support animals rising
A dear friend had emergency brain surgery this week. During the ensuing chaos, one of his two cats went missing. Something as simple as...
Amazon buys Ring doorbell for $1+ billion
It’s all part of the carefully-calculated Amazon home-invasion, right? Now Amazon, through its newly-acquired Ring smart doorbells, can monitor its packages on your doorstep....
When is the price of renewables prohibitive?
The annual worldwide investment in energy is more than $1.7 trillion: $650 billion in oil and gas, $300 billion in renewable electricity, and more...
The energy struggle is real in New England
It’s been a particularly cold winter across the U.S., but none were more impacted than New England where they’ve turned to burning nearly two...
EPA: Incentivizing desired behavior
The EPA is now giving companies—such as power plant operators—the opportunity to escape tighter regulation under the Clean Air Act by taking steps to...
Living in high cotton
It’s truly the year of urban transformation. Developers and investors are on the hunt for deals and markets that provide the potential for profitability—where value...
Will the love affair with apartments continue?
The apartment industry continued to lift the economy last month with a 19.7 percent surge in apartment construction according to government data released last...
HUD’s EnVision Vision
The HUD budget is out. Self-actualization is in. The $41.24 billion spending plan focuses on housing three vulnerable populations: the homeless, the elderly, and...
Living in Realsville
And so when I read a study that found that 80 percent of executives believe that their product/service/company stands out against the competition—while only...
Needed: 4.6 million new apartments by 2030
The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has released the 2018 Consumer Housing Insights Survey, alongside an in-depth trends report, Disruption: How Demographics, Psychographics, and...
Help wanted
The labor market continues to tighten as unemployment wobbled near a 45-year low last week leaving unemployment at the lowest level since January 1973. Last...
When buying a property goes very wrong
The only pre-demolition notice went to the former owner who lost the building to the city 18 years earlier in a tax sale. The...
Capitalizing on the apartment model
Howard Behr is back from Hyderabad, India, and he’s still talking about his 85-cent taxi ride. Behr, originally with NWP, Costa Mesa, Calif., and...
