September 19, 2019. While I am proud of our progress in our community, I spend very little time talking about what it takes to sustain an educated real estate workforce in our state in order to maintain and continue this progress.

September 12, 2019. The most common question I receive is, “How do I get started investing in real estate?”

September 5, 2019. How long are you willing to commute to work from your home every day? This is something that we study because it affects the price of real estate and where we build homes and commercial buildings.

August 29, 2019. Does your city or community really want affordable housing? Frankly, I am not convinced.

August 22, 2019. I started yet another school year teaching real estate to intelligent, young college students eager to learn the ins and outs of real estate.

August 15, 2019. I wrote several weeks ago about coffee shops and the impact they can have on the culture of a community. I also wrote last week about the concept of highest and best use. The real estate reality expressed in those two articles hit home this week as several of my favorite “third places” shut their doors in my hometown of Edmo[...]

August 8, 2019. I spend a fair amount of time discussing the highest and best use of property with potential investors and property owners. The concept of highest and best use is one of the fundamental principles of real estate value.

August 1, 2019. How smart is your electric meter? Over half of the electricity customers in the U.S. now have smart meters. And guess what? Oklahoma is a leader in installations of the technology, with over 80% of Oklahoma electric customers now using them.

July 25, 2019. I was invited to attend a National Association of Realtors presentation titled “Smart Growth for the 21st Century” and hosted by the Edmond Board of Realtors. Nate Johnson, Real Estate Solutions Group in St. Louis, did a fantastic job delivering his Principles of Smart Growth.

July 18, 2019. In terms of resilience, a weather-tight roof is considered the first line of defense against damaging storms. This is why the Institute for Building and Home Safety created the Fortified roof program.

July 11, 2019. We need trees and should be committed to increasing our tree canopy in the urban environments; however, we must also mitigate risk associated with the same.

July 3, 2019. Did your mother teach you to share? Do you like interaction with your neighbors? I want to introduce you to a type of neighborhood that is gaining popularity in the U.S. that requires sharing some common areas and incorporates interaction with your neighbors. It’s called a pocket neighborhood.

June 27, 2019. Electric scooters are rapidly becoming a ubiquitous feature of the urban fabric.

June 20, 2019. The success of coffee shops throughout time can be accounted for by their profound social and cultural value.

June 13, 2019. Surveys indicate that one of society’s biggest problems is loneliness of citizens. Community-driven residential is seen as a potential solution to this issue.

June 6, 2019. Developers must consider the impact of their projects on the community. Prudent developers go a step further and actually allow the community to participate in the design.

May 30, 2019. I am writing this from the Grand Rotunda in the British Museum. The 2019 University of Central Oklahoma London/Belfast/Dublin Study Tour is in full swing.

May 23, 2019. I may have had the most interesting day of my eight years of coming to London to teach and do research.

May 16, 2019. Downtown was always the most vibrant heart of the American city. Every city had one, a pulsing commercial center where you could find banks, businesses, hotels, department stores, and theaters. Downtown was the economic engine that fueled the city.

May 9, 2019. We are witnessing a shrinking in the square footage in nearly every category of real estate in the U.S. This is not in total square footage nationally, but in individual spaces.