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Big V Redux – Was I Right?
At the worst part of the COVID pandemic panic, I said that the US would not only recover but experience a Big V Recovery, which was a phrase I coined. I made this prediction not once but multiple times in multiple articles and podcasts as well. My first article, from April 2020, “Why This Will be a “Big V Recovery“My… Read more
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The Office, As We Know It, Is Dead? No, It Isn’t – Not One Bit!
“The office is dead,” say the headlines all over the place. Seriously? That is what I am hearing. Since clients and others keep asking me what I think about this, I will weigh in. I have a few thoughts to start with: The office is not dead The office is not dead … Read more
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Buy New York City Now! And Lend, Invest, Lease Here as Well
Perhaps my biggest defect as a predictor of the future is that at heart, I am sometimes too optimistic. Maybe it is my natural contrarian instinct not to fall prey to the media’s irrepressible spirit to seek out and promulgate the most depressing and negative news possible. So here I go again. As a philosopher,… Read more
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When the Ducks Quack – Feed Them – But Don’t Compete With Them – Two Ideas
I have always liked to read about speculative bubbles of the past. There is a famous book called: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles McKay In it, the author details such speculative crazes as the tulip bulb craze in Holland and the South Sea Bubble, to name two of them. It was written… Read more
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Possible Government Plan to Rescue Troubled Real Estate with Preferred Equity
No, we at Duval & Stachenfeld haven’t lost our minds. Apparently a proposal of this nature is being discussed in Congress right now and a bill could be introduced by Congressman Van Taylor (R. Texas), as soon as this coming week. The bill he would introduce would be called the “Helping Open Properties Endeavor Act… Read more
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Big V Recovery: Nine Predictions for the Real Estate Industry
About a month ago I wrote that there will be a Big V Recovery. So far I have not been getting positive reinforcement for that article. Indeed one response I got – from a fellow who has his own crystal ball – called me “clueless.” However, yesterday the employment news surprised the economists but not The Real Estate… Read more
Bruce Stachenfeld 