The title to this article sounds needlessly provocative, but – alas – I think I am right here in what I am saying.The (good?) old days are gone. Those were the days where people looked for deals and sometimes “found”…
Why is it that when I ping the top guy/gal at a real estate company at 11 P.M. on a Saturday night – because I had an idea – she/he responds by 11:15 P.M.? Why is it that many of the top…
Read More The “Formula” for “Success” in the Real Estate World – This is Exactly What to do – Truly!
Only foolish people try to predict things. Well, actually, that is not true. Smart people make continuous outrageous predictions. When they are right – which happens by chance to pretty much everyone at some point – they crow about how…
Read More Ten (Not So Obvious) Predictions for 2019 in Real Estate
As an industry leader in Opportunity Zones, D&S has been working with all types of parties that are looking to make investments in Opportunity Zones. We believe there are not only opportunities for US based investors but for global (yes,…
I am writing to you about Opportunity Zones. Apologies if I am outspoken here, but there is a reasonable chance that this is the “biggest thing” to hit the real estate world in perhaps the past thirty or even more…
Read More Opportunity Zones – Ignoring This Major Shift in the Real Estate World is a Big Mistake
Almost every day – or at least every month or so – another country’s leadership announces restrictions on money getting out of that country. There can be various reasons for this. Sometimes it is just that they don’t want capital…
Read More The Wall of Money Pouring into U.S. Real Estate – Is It Slowing or Growing?
In the old days a sponsor found a deal to buy a real estate asset and called up a financial party (either a fund or other institution). They would form a joint venture and purchase the asset and that would…
Read More Platforms – The Flavor of the Month In Real Estate Investing
Here are further thoughts about Amazon and its effect on the retail world, which I have named “The Amazon Retail Distortion”. See the article I wrote in my last Real Estate Philosopher. I note that roughly fifteen years ago – in mid…
I start this article with an incredibly powerful quote from Peter Thiel. Mr. Thiel is a very smart fellow who started, and then sold, PayPal and became a billionaire. Now he is a professor who teaches at Stanford. Thiel coined…
In my last two articles, I explained that when I need to remind myself of the most important basic marketing things to do, I am mindful of the three basic items, which I call the “Threebies.” In my last two…
Read More Power Niche Marketing: The Third (Marketing) Threebie – Knowledge Is Power
Bruce Stachenfeld 