January 6, 2022. nflation will be the story of 2022. Inflation will be the catalyst that creates the next story – the Fed’s attempt to gradually increase interest rates to curb the runaway inflation. Both of these will lead to my main prediction of 2002 – increases in rents for both residential and commercial product.

December 16, 2021. America’s growing affordability housing gap is forcing many people to reassess the traditional single-family home and look at mobile home communities as an alternative.

December 9, 2021. There is a shortage of more than 7.2 million affordable rental homes for extremely low-income renter households, defined as those with incomes at or below the poverty level or 30% of their area median income. To make matters worse, the lack of affordable for-sale homes drives up rents and increases prices of multifamily investme[...]

December 2, 2021. My international visitors were very impressed with the response of the Edmond Fire and Police departments, EMSA, and Edmond Animal Control.

November 18, 2021. We are getting ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. I have three colleagues arriving here from the U.K. for several weeks of research and writing. I am particularly thankful they are able to travel here to resume our work and host them for this important American holiday.

November 11, 2021. There has been a shift in the language used to describe the movement of people.

November 4, 2021. Diversification is a term we most often associate with financial planners and stockbrokers. You almost never hear it when visiting with real estate investors. The goal of diversification, regardless of the investment, is to reduce the investor’s overall risk.

October 28, 2021. Anytime we see a significant increase in housing prices, it is fair to take an in-depth look for the reason prices are increasing.

October 21, 2021. The Urban Guild is a group of accomplished design professionals who design places people love by focusing on respecting and understanding the wisdom of the principles of architecture and urbanism that have succeeded over time.

October 14, 2021. Every city needs something they can “hang their hat on,” and Edmond’s differentiator is public art.

October 7, 2021. Like so many historic structures, the Goodholm Mansion was recently demolished on Sept. 26, 2021, at the ripe old age of 122 years.

September 30, 2021. Nearly every country has leaned on real estate to pull its economy out of financial recession; however, none did so as much as China.

September 23, 2021. The mission of the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission is to safeguard the public interest with respect to the real estate industry in Oklahoma and to provide quality resources to real estate professionals by encouraging and requiring high standards of knowledge and ethical practices, investigating and sanctioning licensed activitie[...]

September 16, 2021. There is a new program in Oklahoma that helps building owners, developers, investors or anyone looking to finance a project but also looking to do things better.

September 9, 2021. Cheers to Earl Neighbors, the impact that he had on the coffee scene in Oklahoma City, and the real estate in Automobile Alley.

September 2, 2021. The role of property manager is more technical, more financial, and more important than ever.

August 26, 2021. The Commercial Real Estate Summit is back and returning to the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond.

August 19, 2021. On Nov. 1, the Predatory Real Estate Wholesaler Act will officially go into effect in Oklahoma, requiring real estate wholesalers to obtain a real estate license and abide by Oklahoma laws designed to promote consumer protection and ethical practices.

August 12, 2021. I was honored this week to give a midyear update on real estate for credit union executives from around Oklahoma. I do these presentations every year to several organizations; however, 2020 and 2021 have been the most difficult in my career. It’s easy enough to go over the numbers so far, but my crystal ball is a bit foggy as [...]

August 5, 2021. I am not sure how the Biden administration’s plan will actually play out once it gets through Congress, but one thing is for sure: It’s going to be big and it’s going to be one of his main priorities as president. Bigger may not be better for the U.S., and may not be better for all citizens, but it is likely very good for [...]