July 8, 2025    3 min read

How the Media Can Be Your Investment Friend

You may have noticed that, paraphrasing Mark Twain's famous quote, it does now seem like that the death of office has been greatly exaggerated. Indeed, it is just starting to seem like there is going to be an office shortage coming up. Note the recent article in The Real Deal: Conversion surge turns office supply negative for the first time in 25 years.

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April 4, 2025    3 min read

Opportunity Zones 3.0 A Completely Different Plan

This is about Opportunity Zones and a completely different way of thinking about them.  Let’s start with the former Opportunity Zone program, which I will refer to as OZ-1.  The concept was wonderful; I mean, how could anyone argue against rich people investing in poor areas? However, there were some problems with it that limited its efficacy.

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March 7, 2025    3 min read

Where (More) Good Ideas Come From

A few years ago, I wrote an article for Above the Law entitled, Where Good Ideas Come From.  It was from a book I read that caught my fancy when I was browsing in a bookstore called Where Good Ideas Come From, written by Steven Johnson.   I took a chance and read it and was quite impressed.  

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