Perhaps the biggest threat to our world is the danger that we will all begin to take ourselves a bit too seriously. I see signs of that on Facebook and in the lives of people I know. The world seems to be getting angrier, or more depressed. Maybe it's the product of politics. I'm not sure but I think it can eventually get to most of us. We're more … [Read more...]
Will the Last Christian Out Please Take Down the Cross?
Newsflash! Christianity Abandons Christ in Favor of Next President What has happened within Western Christianity is appalling. We claim to be enlightened. We're not. We claim to follow Christ. We don't. We say that we believe that "Jesus is Lord" but have no idea what that even means. We have abandoned the cross, the central symbol of defiance … [Read more...]
Why some banks are running scared.
A couple of weeks back, I published a blog post about excess rents. For that blog post, I interviewed Stephen Roach, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, who recently wrote an article that appeared in The Appraisal Journal, the leading trade publication for commercial appraisers throughout the world. On the surface, the post appeared to be just another boring article … [Read more...]
Know your Rights | Fee Simple vs. Leased Fee
The metaphor used by almost every professor to introduce first year real estate students to explain property rights is a bundle of sticks. But that metaphor is tired - and old. So I decided to use a bundle of cigars. I explained in a previous post how ownership of commercial real estate is an illusion. In that post I stated... "...the … [Read more...]
Buying a Commercial Building? 4 Things to Consider
Are you facing the prospect of purchasing a commercial building? Growing your business is exciting. It's a bit scary too. We know because we're doing the same thing. Almost daily we face decisions that could have a long-term impact on our business. It's hard to imagine navigating the process of purchasing a commercial building without being … [Read more...]
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