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What Do Lawyers Do Anyway?

By Manuel Fishman, Buchalter Nemer, San Francisco: Is your law firm providing services that could more efficiently be brought in house?

DOJ’s Private Prison Phase-Out a Challenge for Prison REITs

By Reed Valutas, Associate Analyst, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Moody’s Investors Service: The DOJ and DHS plans to stop using privately owned prisons create substantial uncertainty for prison REITs.

Sale-Leaseback Proves Successful Net Lease Strategy

By Max Freedman, Managing Director, Sands Investment Group: The benefits of the sale-leaseback model today.

Incumbency Bodes Well for the Real Estate Market

Experts from Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips weigh in on the upcoming election’s effect on the commercial real estate market.

Bracing for Brexit

Changing conditions and what U.S. investors in Europe should do to prepare.

Dumbing Down on Trade

Election-year protectionism spells bad news for real estate.

Jay Maddox

Restructuring CMBS Loans, Part III

By Jay Maddox, Principal, Avison Young: The series conclusion reveals how to find the restructuring solution that works best for you.

How Instability Can Create Stability

By Ken Riggs, President, Situs RERC: Why commercial real estate remains attractive to investors, even in times of economic uncertainty.

REIT Capital Access Split Between ‘Haves’ & ‘Have Less’

By Britton Costa, Director, U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings: Why larger issuance sizes are needed to attract public bond investors in today’s market.

Workforce Trends Drive Investment Strategies

By Elie Rieder, Founder & CEO, Castle Lanterra Properties: Enhancing multifamily properties to meet the needs of the local workforce is a smart real estate investment. Here’s why.