Tag: PRO Reflections

The stock market continues to free fall, as do oil prices, even as the dollar strengthens against the whims of China. U.S. growth, as...

One might gather that there’s a pivot back to private capital as 79,000 apartment units have left the hands of publicly traded REITs for...

A 2014 historical study suggests that not since the Civil War have we been so polarized as a nation. Climate change, immigration, Fair Housing...

That’s where numbers become important. Numbers drive our operations, set our projections and bear our cash flow, and right now the numbers are some...

After a temblor we always check for the intensity and the epicenter. It’s a ritual that comes with living on a fault line. Perhaps...

One’s ability to work through challenges has a cascading effect on every level of society. Such a skill also strengthens our stream of renters...

The value of stuff Ambiently determining the value of stuff may be our newest religion. It may or may not include free and fair market, inherent...

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...

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...

My grandmother had a penny jar, while my father insisted we eliminate the one dollar bills and round up when playing Monopoly. The philosophical...

Indeed, the world is an unbelievably amazing place, rich and beautiful and full of wonder. Still, some things may simply be too hard to believe,...

Storytelling may, indeed, be the secret to life. I come from a long line of storytellers. Hailing from a large Catholic family, you either...

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...

I felt completely overpowered by his dismay. We're both Catholic, so many of our discussions circled around our faith-in-common, but it felt as though...

It's good to note that no matter how intellectual a person, the irony is that most decisions are ultimately made by intuition. In the...