Jobs Houdini Act: 911,000 Positions That Disappeared Before Our Eyes
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” That line from The Usual Suspects comes to mind as we look at the latest jobs report. On September 9, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs between April 2024 and March 2025 than first reported, cutting average monthly […]
The New Core of Real Estate: Asset Management and the Talent That Powers It
In real estate, the familiar cycle is “buy, fix, sell”. Today the emphasis has shifted squarely to fixing. Capital is expensive, transaction volumes are muted, and relying on favorable conditions is no longer enough. As in skiing, you cannot simply point downhill and expect momentum to carry you safely to the bottom. You must carve […]
What Real Estate Leadership Can Learn From Chick-fil-A
We talk a lot about scale in real estate. Scaling capital. Scaling platforms. Scaling product types. But what we rarely talk about, and what often determines success, is how we scale talent and culture. Everyone wants the next thesis-driven, vertically integrated, brand-aligned opportunity. But few ask the more fundamental question: Do we have the people to pull […]
The Great Adaptation: Reimagining Mid-Level Real Estate Talent for 2025
By Irina Zavina-Tare and Alexis Rosenthal “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”, Book of Proverbs 27:17, Old Testament As the recovery in real estate deal volumes picks up pace, an alarming challenge threatens to undermine progress: the acute shortage of experienced VPs and Principals. Industry leaders increasingly describe this gap as “almost […]
Evolving Asset Management: How Hotel Owners Are Driving Operational Excellence and Strategic Value
Over the past few years, hotel investors have taken significant strides in reimagining “asset management” by adopting a more holistic approach beyond traditional financial oversight, driven by rising wages, escalating operational costs, misaligned management company partnerships, and competitive and technological pressures. Their actions reflect an evolution in asset management that empowers ownership groups to exert greater control over […]
