Contributors
McNellis to Accountants: Gimme Shelter
(Editor’s note: this essay is taken from John’s forthcoming 3rd edition of Making it in Real Estate which, with only a bit of...
Factory-Built Housing: The Solution We’re Too Snobbish to Embrace
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Here's a riddle: What if I told you there's a proven way to build homes...
The Kids Are Not Alright: Why Your 30-Something Children Still Live at Home
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) If you're wondering why your college-educated offspring are still camped out in their childhood bedrooms...
McNellis: Death of a Deal
By John McNellis In Rochambeau, paper beats rock. In life, paper sometimes beats deals. We own a shopping center in a Sacramento suburb...
Legal and Business Considerations for C-PACE Lenders During Origination and Entry Into the ABS Secondary Markets
By Diana Ovsepian With the rapid expansion of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) financing into mainstream commercial real estate transactions, industry stakeholders...
Microsoft’s Seattle Exodus: When Silicon Valley Calls the Shots
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Microsoft has done what any rational business does when the center of gravity...
Making Room at the Table: The Case for Mixed-Income Housing
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) While not even the crankiest economist would claim that housing is simple, our approach to...
Home Building’s Private Equity Shuffle
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Just when you thought the housing market couldn't get more interesting, Apollo Global Management decided...
ProPublica: Liberal Oregon and Washington Vowed to Pioneer Green Energy. Almost Every Other State Is Beating Them.
by Tony Schick and Monica Samayoa, Oregon Public BroadcastingProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to...
McNellis’ Easter Tale: Countering Expectations
By John McNellis I probably shouldn’t put this in print, but here goes: we counter every offer we get. Even if we’re thrilled...
Monterey Musings: The Retail Reunion That Matters
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) Retail conferences are a lot like high school reunions — you go expecting to be...
McNellis: Bad Settlements Beat Good Lawsuits
By John McNellis This is a true story. A well-to-do investor—let’s call him Sam—owns a charming three-story brick office building in a city that...
