The Worst Deal Of Your Life Will Always Catch You By SurpriseThroughout my career, I’ve kiboshed deals for all sorts of reasons. Once I was in contract to buy a building from someone who didn’t…Jun 14, 20211Jun 14, 20211
A Bullshit Economy in PandemicWhat happens when wealth and labor inequality meets a public health crisis?Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Coronavirus Bailouts and Bottom FishingHow to think about supporting small businesses in a pandemic, and how to determine value in slammed stocks.Mar 10, 20201Mar 10, 20201
How Landlords Juice Their Profits, Part III: Like-Kind Exchanges and Stepped-up BasisThis is the fourth in a series of posts covering basic real estate investment strategies; I hope to help the general reader understand why…Jan 27, 20201Jan 27, 20201
How Landlords Juice Their Profits, Part II: DepreciationHere’s one way landlords erase their tax bills.Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
How Landlords Juice Their Profits. Part I: LeverageSmall rent bumps to tenants fuel big returns for owners, all the more so when the owners have bank loans supporting their investments.Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
Why Landlords Raise Your Rent. (It’s not for the fifty bucks a month.)Thirty-eight percent of US households pay more than 30% of their income towards rent, up from 32% in 2001. This isn’t good! Rents are the…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
