Sam Zell on the Biggest Risk for RE Investors
Monday, November 07
I started last week getting my ducks in a row for 2012. CCIM ran an interview with Sam Zell from last month. Zell, to me, is the Godfather of RE Investors. He owns property world wide. When Mr. Zell talks, I listen. Zell sees the biggest risk for RE Investors in 2012 is refinancing RE Loans. Curr...
READS FOR 11/02/11
Wednesday, November 02
You can have a fantastic business plan. The question is can you execute the plan? That’s what sets Success apart from Failure. I used to hear ; “plan your work, work your plan’… or “ those who fail to plan usually do”… Now, I question those two statements. If I can’t or won’t pull the trigger, wh...
The Unintended Consequences Machine Fires Up Again
Friday, October 28
You may not think this is very important or will not have any effect on you. Greece has had some real problems as of late. I hope you have noticed. Well, Wednesday night, the European Union reached a “voluntary”, as in gun to the head, deal regarding Greek Sovereign Debt.(Think US Treasury Bonds)...
Reads for 10/27/11
Thursday, October 27
I’m on a simplification kick this week. In MHO, we’ve made doing business too complex. Here are some reads that provoke thought about simplifying transactions. On the principles of modeling. Why we caused business & government to become so complex. Watch out below, title problem hurricane ...
Here's an Easy Way to Get a Snap Shot of the RE Market
Monday, October 24
I've posted 2 market directional indicators this month. If you wanted to look at the overall RE Market Without a PhD in Economics, then read on.The the "Philadelphia Housing Sector Index" is a very simple way to see market direction.The Index is used to track the strength of the housing market su...
Come On Guy’s We Can Do Better
Friday, October 21
OK, we all want Fannie & Freddie reformed, gone, whatever. Now, FHFA and the White House have come up with a scheme to dump the F&F junk mortgage backed securities back on the private market. The only “new” deal is the F&F MBS won’t have the full faith & credit backing of the US G...