🏙️ the 90-minute filter

Easy. Lucrative. Fun. Three words that say no to almost everything.

🏙️ $175B flows into CRE every year. Here's the map.

The six source stack for raising serious equity...

The capital stack behind every CRE deal

A breakdown of who's funding US commercial real estate in 2024 - from pensions to crowdfunding - and what each source actually costs operators.

🏙️ I was wrong about metal buildings

A conversation last week changed my mind...

🏙️ Your pipeline is your lifeline

Don't make the most expensive mistake in this business...

🏙️ How to win trophy deals (when you're not the highest bidder)

Why the biggest check doesn't always close the deal...

🏙️ Who "moved the cheese" in value-add?

And where the new opportunities may lie...

The rising tide of defaults

CRE loan delinquencies surged 151% since 2022. Bank repossessions up 27%. Here's where the distressed deals are — and how today compares to 2008.

The end of easy value add

CRE rents went from +13.5% to 0% in three years. Here's the data — and what it means for your next deal

🏙️ The man who won everything

And why the destination may not look like what you imagine...

🏙️ A due diligence strategy that closes deals

You weren't awarded a deal, you were awarded an opportunity...

🏙️ 3 years of productivity tech in 1 email (2026 edition)

Last year, AI got smarter. This year, AI got hands...

🏙️ Where to find the best deals in small bay...

We got tired of the messy process, so we built the fix.

🏙️ The CRE story nobody's talking about

Tokenized real estate just got its biggest infrastructure upgrade yet.

🏙️ The deal structure no one teaches

How Trammell Crow built a $13B empire by always giving more than he had to...

🏙️ How to become the buyer that brokers call first

Most investors flip the order and wonder why their phone stays quiet...

🏙️ Nobody can fix your lease-up for you

Build a leasing process that scales, THEN hand it off

🏙️ Malls used to be blue-chip too

Riding the office rebound before the decline starts...

🏙️ What I'd tell my younger self...

The four things I might have done a little differently.

Real estate person to real estate person, please be nice

🏙️ Don't wait for bids

Why you should know your CapEx numbers by heart

🏙️ "The 20-year test" for CRE partnerships

How one strict filter saves you from deals gone bad...

🏙️ The highest IRR lever no one talks about

One skipped checkbox can cost $700k...

🏙️ Your "anti-resolution" for 2026

Your goals are already within reach, you just need to prune first...

🏙️ Stop talking like a landlord

The $100M playbook behind 98% occupancy...