March 10, 2022. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia will have consequences to the U.S. economy, and issues with the U.S. economy will have consequences to real estate investments around the world.

March 3, 2022. Oklahoma City recently lost a leader in the real estate industry. Catherine Montgomery’s legacy will continue to be seen in the many historic properties she helped save.

February 24, 2022. Julie and I take short spontaneous trips to clear our heads and gather ideas and concepts to bring home to implement in our community.

February 17, 2022. People invest in real estate for different reasons.

February 10, 2022. Today’s brand of boutique hotel is largely characterized by its smaller size (10-100 rooms), personalized service, and local personality, which can vary dramatically depending on where the property is located.

February 3, 2022. Making it easier to move cars around has led to an overemphasis on road construction that doesn’t seem to be working.

January 27, 2022. Technology, innovation, and COVID-19 may be changing the three most important words in real estate.

January 20, 2022. Reflecting on the recent sale of my first investment property, a commercial real estate portfolio that has exemplified diversity and repositioning.

January 13, 2022. Recently, the Urban Land Institute issued a report that caught my eye.

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.