Filed Thursday, September 1. 2011
The need to improve the infrastructure in the United States is critical to regional sustainability. Infrastructure is the platform for global commerce. If the platform is weak or unstable, it does not provide a good foundation to conduct business from. More focus has to be given to all the layers of our infrastructure, especially those of communication networks and electrical power.
Filed Wednesday, February 10. 2010
As more houses become worth less than the mortgage that an owner has to pay, some people are just mailing the keys back to the bank.
Filed Thursday, January 28. 2010
Counterfeiting is a lucrative business from watches, purses and cell phone batteries to even car parts, pharmaceuticals and cabling.
Filed Sunday, January 10. 2010
Did financial experts lead the average person into buying into a declining market eight years ago?
Filed Saturday, December 19. 2009
Commercial properties cannot be measured with 20th Century yardsticks, they will need 21st century intelligent amenities like broadband connectivity and diverse power feeds to attract and maintain corporate tenants.
Filed Friday, December 11. 2009
It seems like toxic assets go down better when mixed with KoolAid.
Filed Wednesday, August 12. 2009
When it comes to real estate, are we at the bottom yet? That seems to be the question many people are still asking. The short answer is no.
Filed Thursday, April 9. 2009
If you have a credit score of 620 or less, you will not qualify for hardly anything. Watching the hype and listening to the politicians isn’t the same as talking to your real mortgage broker when it comes to refinancing a mortgage. With all the money floating around to different banks, it would appear that money is easily available for refinancing and buying the next house.
Filed Thursday, October 30. 2008
When vacancy rates go up in metropolitan areas, the first response is often to lower rates. That, though, is the wrong approach.
Filed Wednesday, August 20. 2008
Some cities and regions are dying because they haven’t provided the right “platform” to attract and maintain new corporate endeavors. Cities and regions need to understand that their infrastructure can either attract or repulse new corporate facilities.
Filed Wednesday, July 23. 2008
There is a slow-moving, downward vortex starting to pick up speed in some commercial property markets and financial institutions. Several months ago, I posed a question that continues to hit home in the commercial real estate markets nationwide: Which property owners are sitting on commercial properties that are going to lose value in the vortex of property depreciation?
Filed Wednesday, July 2. 2008
There’s an exodus of tenants and the traditional real estate “experts” are befuddled. A couple weeks ago, I recently posed a question that has really hit home in the real estate arena: “Which property owners are sitting on commercial properties that are going to lose value in the vortex of property depreciation?”
Filed Thursday, June 19. 2008
The problems with the sub-prime rate mortgage market have seeped into other facets of the real estate market. What happened to all the experts on CNBC and other business channels who in 2007 said the mortgage and financial crisis was going to be limited to the sub-prime rate mortgages and those holding them? Their initial observation was that only a very small percentage of loans would be affected.
Filed Friday, May 16. 2008
If your commercial or residential building is lacking broadband connectivity, you might start seeing a lack of tenants. Broadband connectivity is one of the top three criteria for site-selection committees looking to locate corporate facilities.
Filed Friday, April 18. 2008
There needs to be ubiquitous state awakening to commit billions of dollars for major infrastructure endeavors like what we’re seeing in New York and New Jersey, James Carlini writes from the New York Palace in New York City.
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