CDC Commercial Inc

Monthly Letter

fuzzy math
Confidence is that Feeling you have Before you Understand the Situation

“Confidence is that feeling you have before you understand the situation.” I hope that people’s confidence continues to strengthen, and workers return to work. People returning to work is the key backbone to commercial real estate stabilizing and recovering. Hiring software, such as Indeed, LinkedIn, and ZipRecruiter, has made it

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60th birthday
When do you say enough?

As I approach my 60th Birthday this month, I was encouraged by a recent study in Evolutionary Psychology Magazine that reports that bullshitting is actually a sign of intelligence. However, reading further I learned that people who were more willing to bullshit were more receptive to pseudo-profound bullshit. Which means

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charles alexander de cologne
Does being in two places at one time cause inflation?

“It is impossible to increase taxes. Disastrous to keep on borrowing. And inadequate to merely cut expenses.” ~ Charles Alexander de Cologne, French Finance Minister 1786 Why do you have to “put your two cents in … but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts?” Where’s that extra penny going?

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the evolution of the office job
Commercial Real Estate Evolves . . . what’s next?

“This is the government our founders warned us about.” ~ Thomas Jefferson I recently completed Thomas Jefferson’s biography and saw the above quote which brought home the point that some things just never change. What I also found interesting is that in 1793 Jefferson wrote about Yellow Fever saying, “It

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february is heart month
Are we in a bubble and is it about to burst?

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigues of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine, September 11, 1777 Happy Heart Month! (note the double entendre!) Every year more than 600,000 Americans die from heart disease. It is the number one cause of death in most age groups.

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