Category Archives: Distressed Real Estate

America…Wazzup?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Last week I spent several days in a place where academia and business meet – an MBA case competition held on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.  The judges for the event represented the “bigs” in the … Continue reading →

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Another Look at The Housing Meltdown

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

The implications of the housing meltdown – which continues apace – are multiple.  From declining equity values and pinched consumer purchasing power to falling municipal revenues due to reduced appraisals, we are nowhere near out of the woods yet.  Consider … Continue reading →

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Lender Meeting

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

Gotta admit, these days in real estate it feels a lot like this pitching a new deal to lenders: NO, I am not saying they’re dogs!  They’re all just a little quiet these days.  But this too shall pass as … Continue reading →

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Housing Stats

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

God article over at the National Association of Homebuilders on the continued decline in housing prices through February.  We are still cleaning the residential arteries of underwater mortgages and bad loans.  Couple that with anemic job growth and it is … Continue reading →

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This Might Have Prevented the Housing Crash

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

I love the Australians – several dear friends that live there, and fond memories of some liberty in Perth many years ago.  They really know how to sell…take a look (Rated PG- 13):

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Shadows

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

My friend, Robert Goddard posits over at The Marginal Prophet, the following regarding commercial real estate: Commercial Real Estate- Cassidy Turley, the commercial real estate services company, says that due to high levels of “shadow inventory” of leased but unutilized … Continue reading →

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Correlations

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

The folks over at Livescience.com have produced a pretty interesting graphic that shows the correlation between levels of education, median income and longevity: There seems to be a (not surprising) strong correlation between education and median income, not so strong … Continue reading →

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Some Numbers to Consider

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Some random numerical observations gleaned from a slurry of sources: 1. Putting the European problem in perspective – here’s the GDP of those European nations that everyone keeps talking about compared to some state output back here on this side … Continue reading →

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Wreckage in Banking

Posted on September 30, 2010 by

Disturbing news continues to trickle out of the banking sector.  Local banking guru, Ron Samuels, is reported to have said that “there won’t be a lot of small banks left in a few years.”  The reason? Regulatory “reform” that will … Continue reading →

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Caution: Do Not View This If You Have High Blood Pressure

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

In the “your head will explode” category- this video which outlines the transaction that the FDIC did to acquire Indymac and the sell to OneWest is appalling: How many more of these types of deals is the taxpayer on the … Continue reading →

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