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

Apr 19, 2026

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5 min read

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

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

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

Apr 12, 2026

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10 min read

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

And where the new opportunities may lie...

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
The rising tide of defaults

Apr 10, 2026

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1 min read

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.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
The end of easy value add

Apr 10, 2026

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1 min read

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ The man who won everything

Apr 5, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ The man who won everything

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ A due diligence strategy that closes deals

Mar 29, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ A due diligence strategy that closes deals

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

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

Mar 22, 2026

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9 min read

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

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

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

Mar 15, 2026

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8 min read

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

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ The CRE story nobody's talking about

Mar 8, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ The CRE story nobody's talking about

Tokenized real estate just got its biggest infrastructure upgrade yet.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ The deal structure no one teaches

Mar 1, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ The deal structure no one teaches

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ How to become the buyer that brokers call first

Feb 22, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ How to become the buyer that brokers call first

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Nobody can fix your lease-up for you

Feb 15, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ Nobody can fix your lease-up for you

Build a leasing process that scales, THEN hand it off

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Malls used to be blue-chip too

Feb 8, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ Malls used to be blue-chip too

Riding the office rebound before the decline starts...

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ What I'd tell my younger self...

Feb 1, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ What I'd tell my younger self...

The four things I might have done a little differently.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
Real estate person to real estate person, please be nice

Jan 30, 2026

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4 min read

Real estate person to real estate person, please be nice

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Don't wait for bids

Jan 25, 2026

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9 min read

🏙️ Don't wait for bids

Why you should know your CapEx numbers by heart

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ "The 20-year test" for CRE partnerships

Jan 18, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ "The 20-year test" for CRE partnerships

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ The highest IRR lever no one talks about

Jan 11, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ The highest IRR lever no one talks about

One skipped checkbox can cost $700k...

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Your "anti-resolution" for 2026

Jan 4, 2026

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8 min read

🏙️ Your "anti-resolution" for 2026

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Stop talking like a landlord

Dec 28, 2025

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8 min read

🏙️ Stop talking like a landlord

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

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Why we took less...

Dec 21, 2025

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9 min read

🏙️ Why we took less...

Rural King, a dead Macy's, and a decision that can't be modeled in Excel.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Everyone's WRONG about AI...

Dec 14, 2025

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9 min read

🏙️ Everyone's WRONG about AI...

More reps, more decisions, more output.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ I turned 46 yesterday. Here's who got me here...

Dec 7, 2025

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9 min read

🏙️ I turned 46 yesterday. Here's who got me here...

What my mentors taught me about life and business.

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ 3 years of productivity tech in 1 email (rebuilt)

Nov 30, 2025

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9 min read

🏙️ 3 years of productivity tech in 1 email (rebuilt)

The tech stack that carried me through 2025

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
🏙️ Capital is not your problem (your deal is)

Nov 23, 2025

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9 min read

🏙️ Capital is not your problem (your deal is)

If investment is running from you, listen to it...

Saul Zenkevicius
Saul Zenkevicius
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Each Sunday, you’ll get 5-minute reads packed with the value-add strategies I used to build a 9 figure CRE portfolio, plus key news and Fed updates to keep you sharp.