Could California Flame Out? by John McNellis • Aug 5, 2018 • 112 Comments High housing costs & taxes lead to this: “Once we decided we had to get our employees out of California, we went about our search systematically.”
What Future Is Uber Seeing for Itself? by John McNellis • Jul 15, 2018 • 59 Comments Its fleet of autonomous cars thus far has gone the way of the Spanish Armada, producing nothing but grief.
Screwed: Real Estate Brokers Tell All by John McNellis • Jun 7, 2018 • 43 Comments Success means being able to choose who you work with.
Does WeWork at All? by John McNellis • May 16, 2018 • 46 Comments The CEO is selling that $20 billion valuation to a lot of smart, rich guys. But WeWork’s entities are known as SPE’s (“Screwing Probably Expected”), and landlords will be the first to go down.
How I Bought a Retail Property and Entered the Hell of Regulatory Interpretation by John McNellis • Feb 3, 2018 • 35 Comments To quote Ringo Starr, “I’m certain that it happens all the time.”
How to Face the Housing Crisis in Expensive Cities by John McNellis • Nov 19, 2017 • 75 Comments The lowest hanging fruit of them all: Airbnb and its ilk.
California’s Housing is Bleeding Out and We Apply Band-Aids by John McNellis • Oct 8, 2017 • 89 Comments Insider view on how to deal with the Housing Crisis in California.
Landlord’s View of the Brick and Mortar Meltdown by John McNellis • Sep 28, 2017 • 99 Comments “We are faced with weekly tenant bankruptcies, defaults, and requests for rent or space reductions.”
“Full-Fledged Housing Crisis” in Silicon Valley, Insider View by John McNellis • Aug 22, 2017 • 67 Comments As long as local officials strangle housing starts, the mirage of affordability will be pushed further toward the distant horizon.
Selling the Mall at the Corner of Caveat and Emptor by John McNellis • Aug 9, 2017 • 28 Comments “The Only Free Cheese is in a Mouse Trap.”