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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 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: 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 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 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 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 Read more
Bruce Stachenfeld 