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2024- THE RETURN TO THE OFFICE

  2023 will be remembered as the year of the new normal.  Throughout the Pandemic, we all longed for a return to a world we knew and trusted.  If there is one thing we now know for sure, it is that the world we once knew has changed in many ways, and not all of them are for the better.… Read More

ARE YOU LIKEABLE?

    Have you noticed how people today are usually much more cautious when greeting someone that they are meeting for the first time? Even in business, we find that many folks are surrounded by a great wall of skepticism, ready to dismiss anyone who is not in their inner circle, or who comes to them without a proper introduction.  … Read More

HOW TO WORK IN A SHRINKING UNIVERSE

You all know the axiom about real estate, that they aren’t making any more of it!  Well, that may be true, but have you noticed that the world of real estate that we all live in is shrinking?  How can that be true? Most of us in 2023 are keenly aware of the increasing value of our own homes.  If… Read More

WHY WON’T BUSINESS OWNERS ASK FOR HELP- Part II

Back in the 1970’s, the office of the future was a system of perimeter private offices with a bunch of part-height sheet rock cubicles capped in wood. Here we are, fifty years later, and the only real changes in our office design are the furniture systems. Over the decades we have seen cubicles evolve from and a 6 foot high… Read More

WHY WON’T BUSINESS OWNERS ASK FOR HELP?

Did you ever wonder why folks in 2023 are afraid to ask for help? Let me make a bold suggestion. Could it be an issue of trust? Since the readers of this newsletter are most focused on commercial real estate and how it affects their businesses, let's try to get specific. Here we are, almost three years after the Pandemic… Read More