In this article Did you catch the “Woodstock for Capitalists” event this year? I’m talking about the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha. I tuned in for the whole event. With Warren Buffett aged 93 and Charlie Munger approaching 100, any...

In this article “What is your least favorite aspect of real estate investing?”  Thanks for asking. I sold my company to a public firm over 25 years ago, and I’ve been a full-time investor since. There’s so much to love—and so many...

In this article Investing in real estate comes in many different shapes and sizes. Most people focus primarily on residential real estate throughout their real estate investing journeys, which include single-family homes, condos, and small multifamily properties. Other investors choose to...

In this article Do you know what Warren Buffett did when the financial world was gripped with fear and uncertainty? And what can you and I learn from it?  I want to be clear: I’m not saying we’re in a financial free...

In this article Let’s stop talking about commercial real estate, which actually consists of over a dozen asset types, many of which are quite different.  Headlines like “The Biggest Crash Imaginable is Coming for Commercial Real Estate Assets” might apply to the...

In this article At one point, the pandemic looked like it would be the final nail in the coffin for brick-and-mortar retail, speeding up the shift to e-commerce. But despite the benefits of online shopping, many people still enjoy going to...

In this article I recently got an unexpected lunch invitation. The most successful real estate developer I know made a beeline for me in the church lobby. He requested lunch as soon as possible.  We met for lunch the next day. We...

In this article Offices across the country are still sitting empty. The nationwide office vacancy rate reached a high of about 20% in the first quarter of 2023, according to JLL, and while big tech companies are pressuring workers to return to the office, the...

In this article Commercial real estate is facing a lot of stress. Many analysts and investors, including myself, expect to see significant value declines across much of the sector in the coming year. But one particular type of commercial real estate...

In this article The residential real estate market is doing better than most had expected after interest rates more than doubled last year. Prices declined nationally each month from July 2022 to January 2023 (although never by more than 1% per...