Evictions and rent delinquency are major issues in the US.

Property Management

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית Up until recently, the Six Day War was the only war that caught me outside of Israel. I was just a child in Bologna, Italy, back then. I remember it because an Italian friend of my parents gave me a plastic soldier's helmet to cheer me up. I vividly remember my disappointment when my mother promptly took it away after he left, reminiscent of that Pulp Fiction scene where Christopher Walken hands a wristwatch to young Butsch… I was abroad once ag

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית The title says it all. A lot of troubles and this is also why I skipped my Spring Bulletin. At the end of February, I rushed back from New York to Israel to be with my mother during her last moments. She died in March. Thankfully I was able to be by her side before she passed away. It was difficult and sad, and I still find it painful to even write about it. It was hard to see my mother suffer, but it was harder to say goodbye forever. While in

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית In recent months, I was very busy with our new purchase. Dealing on a daily basis with general contractors, handymen, engineers and architects. As I stated previously, buying a property is fun. Adrenaline, competition, stress and tension. I know, very immature, but thank God I’m still at that stage. The purchasing stage is followed by the management stage which is a nuisance. It could be fun if you created something but usually it means dealing

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית It was a complicated summer for real estate. Spring ended when COVID was behind us and with hopes that business would be back to normal. And then, in a matter of a few months everything changed. Russia invaded Ukraine and shook the world’s confidence, sending energy prices up. The FED raised interest rates in May and then again in June and again in July and made it clear that it wouldn't stop because inflation was a clear and present danger...

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית This newsletter is a bit late. I hoped to have more time during the Passover holiday, but work took...

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית The photo above was taken in Porto, Portugal. The city lies on the banks of the Douro River estuary and...

Hebrew Version לחץ כאן לעברית In the winter of 2008, the world economy was collapsing, and real estate crashed. I thought then that it...

It's just good old inflation.

There are serious arguments to support the theory that maybe we're close to the bottom, but we may wade through the mud for a while...

No one knows how COVID-19 might impact RE. But there are few known parameters that may influence the outcome.

Education and Real Estate - a Gordian Knot.

The horizon we face in urban real estate is of congestion and limitations on ownership.

Defense!

Where The People Are Going?

Opportunity Zones

Winds of Change...

Residential Income Generating Real Estate Vs. other forms of RE investment

The US Market