Mark Calabria, Cato Institute
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe next crisis could lead to a sharp home-price decline
Commercial Spotlight: Mid-Atlantic Region
Reading Time: 5 minutesRecovery continues as this area faces inflation and unemployment.
Edward Seiler, Mortgage Bankers Association
Reading Time: 3 minutesClimate-change risks will affect everyone in real estate
Self storage returns to its usual seasonal patterns
Reading Time: 3 minutesHistorically speaking, the performance of the self-storage sector has been highly correlated with population growth and household formation. When population growth decelerates, the self-storage vacancy rate tends to trend upward, while the reverse also is true. Consistent with these historic trends, the U.S. self-storage vacancy rate peaked in 2020 in response to the slowing population […]
International Investments: Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutesJapan is one of the richest, most financially flush countries on the planet, and Japanese investors have historically been some of the most shrewd and active players in international finance. But roughly two-and-a-half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Land of the Rising Sun has found itself outdistanced as a cross-border funding source, at least […]
Bill Gates may be onto something with that potato farm
Reading Time: 3 minutesMark Crawford is frequently nonplussed about the reactions he gets from some people when they contact him to discuss an investment in farmland. Crawford, a former hard-money lender specializing in apartment complexes in the Los Angeles area, decided to sell his apartment holdings. In 2017, he and his wife, Joanna, moved from Beverly Hills to […]
The New Trend of Hybrid Hotels
Reading Time: 5 minutesProperties that combine lodging, apartments and workspaces make increasing financial sense
Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Reading Time: 6 minutesLook beyond traditional lending strategies during tougher times
Speeding Up the SBA Process
Reading Time: 4 minutesA newly created federal loan program offers faster approvals and efficient closings
Plugging Into the Action
Reading Time: 5 minutesInstitutional capital is setting the tone and impacting all aspects of private lending
