Monthly Letter for September 2007

It’s not whether the glass is half full or half empty; it’s whether it’s filling up or emptying out! Dave Scott, the famous tri-athlete, went into the 1989 Japan Iron Man like this; His wife was due to have their

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Monthly Letter for August 2007

According to the UN, livestock is more responsible for global warming than all the cars in the world combined. Methane gas from cows causes 20 times more global warming than carbon dioxide. “That’s why my next cow is going to

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Monthly Letter for July 2007

In July of 1776 the number of people living in the colonies was 2.5 million. This 4th of July we will have surpassed the 300 million mark – now that is demographic growth! As we hit the mid point of

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Monthly Letter for June 2007

“If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments!” The current meltdown in the sub prime market is a “prime” example of greed and mispricing of risk. I have been advising clients of late that we really didn’t

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Monthly Letter for May 2007

Making a deal come together is like landing a 747 on a blade of grass. This past month was one of the most interesting I’ve witnessed in some time. As I have told you, last year was our best on

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Monthly Letter for April 2007

April 1, 2007 «AddressBlock» RE: Monthly Letter Dear «GreetingLine» The ancient Greeks taught that all communications involved three ingredients: Ethos, or the character of the speaker; Pathos, or connecting with the emotions; and Logos, which is the factual content of

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CDC Commercial Makes front page!

Well at least the front page of the Real Estate section of the San Diego Daily Transcript (which is the daily legal and real estate newspaper of San Diego). For those of you who don’t subscribe, it is linked here

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Unemployment

I had the pleasure of attending the Univesity of San Diego annual Commercial Real Estate forecast event last month. Sam Zell the real estate mogul and billionaire was the keynote speaker. I learned two things and thought I would pass

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