Let in 50 million qualified first-generation Americans over the next 10 years, and watch America remain the world’s economic powerhouse.

Consider structuring your P&S agreement to enable the return of your deposit in the event that the lender defaults on its commitment and fails to close.

Segment your asset projected cash flows and handsomely value in-place leases and whack pricing related to vacant space and, to a lesser extent, lease renewals.

Owners of the C-Corps would prefer to sell the C-Corp rather than the underlying commercial real estate asset(s). However, buyers of these problematic C-Corps are tough to find.

We have a conundrum in asking whether the commercial real estate industry leaders who embarrassingly lost fortunes of other-people’s money were simple fools entranced by 'group think.'

Maybe the Wall Street investment herd is correct, or perhaps we’ll see huge write downs of these acquisitions if (when) cap rates revert to the mean.

Saving select financial entities is often necessary, but shareholders at certain risk of being wiped out might have the proper influence on management.

Most commercial real estate investors should not be surprised if (when) a liquidity crisis occurs.

Easy target acquisition in commercial real estate remains, like the Canadian Goose in the Delaware marshlands, wholly expected but not yet arrived.

Today’s top commercial real estate generals recognize that the value of vacant space in most geographic areas is worth almost nothing.