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McNellis: Sharing Time in Hell
By John McNellis You can be in real estate and still possibly do some good in the world. The easy way is to build...
New Rules for Home Buying
By Kelly McDonald With the United States economy still struggling to bounce back from the difficult times of the last few years, the...
McNellis: Thanks for Giving?
By John McNellis Started three years ago, “Giving Tuesday” is becoming to the non-profit world what Black Friday is to retail. Set five...
McNellis: The Stadium Tab
By John McNellis Winning power through public largesse was old when the Sphinx arose from the bulrushes. In 100 AD, the Roman poet...
McNellis: The Bears of Crowdfunding
By John McNellis You don’t remember the name Timothy Treadwell, but you remember him. He was the free spirit who went to live among...
McNellis: Doing it on the Side
Making it in Real Estate Part Two: Doing it on the Side (Moonlighting) Are we in the wrong business? On the “Best Jobs...
McNellis: Back to School
By John McNellis Whether a lawyer, architect, engineer or broker, a young professional in real estate often hears expressions—some slang, others simply arcane—that...
McNellis: Flatten the Code
By John McNellis When even the crooked developers think the polls-leader gives real estate a bad name, you know Washington has problems. A short-term...
McNellis: Big City Dreaming
Mixed Use, Mixed Results By John McNellis It’s the “Thou Shall Not” that dooms religion in America. If ecclesiasticals would content themselves with...
McNellis: WeWork Until WeDon’t
By John McNellis When was irrational exuberance upgraded to the first class lounge? When did delusional insanity take over the valuations of start-up...
McNellis: In Praise of Inefficiency
By John McNellis A lender on one of our projects wrote last week, demanding we post an $800,000 letter of credit to further...
Dealing With Dirty Dirt
By Marv Pearlstein When developers and their investors contemplate acquiring a site that is compromised with environmental contamination, there are important guidelines they...