Summary In today's episode, I explain how Southern Isles AEC provides certainty for complex office and mixed-use projects. Here's what this means for you. You gain confidence in your development process through integrated architecture and engineering teams. You'll also learn these concepts: how integrated teams eliminate unexpected surprises, how sustainable design increases long-term asset value,…
Image generated wtih Google ImageFX AI Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome to the year of the yin wood snake. Now, to be clear, even as a Korean by birth, Asian astrology is no more statistically valid than Western astrology. These systems were born of a time when people tried to make sense of the world…
Summary In today's episode, I walk through where real estate professionals can source market data and how to turn it into actionable insights through exploratory data analysis. Here's what this means for you. You gain a practical framework for pulling the right indicators together into dashboards that sharpen your buying and selling decisions. You'll also…
Summary In today's episode, I announce the end of Saturday Night Data Party and explain why marketers must adapt to shrinking data access and increasingly unreliable research. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clear framework for becoming a data custodian and applying rigorous peer-review thinking to everyday marketing analysis. You'll also learn…
Summary In today's episode, I address a listener's question about job losses, economic shrinkage, recovery duration, and real estate values during the pandemic, comparing the current situation to historical shocks like 9/11 and the Great Recession. Here's what this means for you. You gain a realistic framework for understanding why this downturn is fundamentally different…
Scratch troubled, we are screwed as a country I read with great alarm on CFO.com that as the housing and mortgage crisis deepens, people are dipping into or even cashing out retirement funds. “In the last four or five months we have seen an absolute onslaught of people trying to do hardship withdrawals and loans…
Simple. Ask these two questions: Is now a good time to sell? Is now a good time to buy? If they answer yes to either of those questions and you’re in the United States of America, walk away. If a realtor says, “The party line is that it’s always a good time to buy, but…
Just when you thought the real estate market couldn’t get any more desperate: I don’t know who to feel more sorry for – the person posting the ad or the sucker who buys a house in metro Phoenix, Arizona, where prices are falling on average about 30%. I guess it depends on whether you think…
Lessons in photography for realtors and people selling houses. A few lessons from this weekend. 1. Use a tripod, always. Using a tripod will guarantee blur-free photos. My photos are NOT blur-free because I did not use a tripod. 2. Learn to use white balance, and turn OFF your flash. Here’s the thing about most…
Two sets of people are selling their houses right now – my parents, and C.C. Chapman‘s family. Being the new media nerd I am, it got me thinking – how would we apply the tools of new media to real estate? I was going for a walk tonight with my wife, and we walked by…
