McNellis: Goodbye Yellow Cab Road

By John McNellis If you’re a nostalgia fan, nail a selfie in front of a Yellow Cab because in a few years the only place you’ll find one is Guatemala...
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Recent Ruling to Transform Architects’ Liability Cases

By Gregory Korbel and Rosanna Moreno In early July, the California Supreme Court in Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP clarified that architects that serve in the capacity...
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McNellis: Doing it on the Side

Making it in Real Estate Part Two: Doing it on the Side Are we in the wrong business? On the “Best Jobs in America” lists, a career in real estate rates...
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What’s the Value of a Conference Today?

Notes from the 2014 CREFC Conference By Eric Von Berg I try to take time to frequently attend commercial real estate conferences and events. Early in my career, in the world...

McNellis: Making it in Real Estate

http://youtu.be/z_w8q6y_95k Full version of this video can be seen HERE. Part One: Quit your Job? By John McNellis Over a beer last week, a young friend recounted his progress with a retail development...

Protesting Google’s Buses is Insane

It's time for Google to fight back by funding urban housing...in downtown San Jose! By Eric Von Berg The well-publicized media events where “activists” block and board Google buses in San...
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Have You Registered Your Property?

July 1 Deadline for California Energy Use Disclosure for Nonresidential Building Owners By Sean Cottle California nonresidential building owners, have you registered your property to determine its energy use? Starting July...
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McNellis: House of Tax Breaks

By John McNellis Urban myth says the family of a condemned man in China must pay for the bullet that executes him. In America, we actually do buy the bullets...
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McNellis on Crimeless Victims & Tyranny in Palo Alto

By John McNellis In this month’s McCutcheon case, a compassionate Supreme Court restored the civil rights of the wealthiest 1,000 political donors in America, namely their First Amendment right to...
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The Foreclosure Crisis and Legal Change

By Karl E. Geier With the “housing collapse” and the ensuing “foreclosure crisis” behind us, it is time to assess the myriad changes in the law of mortgage lending and...

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