McNellis
McNellis: ePup
By John McNellis Time to throw the internet a bone. And maybe a handful of Kibble. In recent months, this column has questioned...
McNellis Shines Sunlight on Solar
By John McNellis Solar power and fishing share the same sparkle: Like fish in the sea, sunlight is free. But just as a...
McNellis on Real Estate: Safe As Milk
Page 2 of 2 Where land is plentiful and current zoning more of a suggestion than a commandment (say, in oh, no more...
McNellis on Real Estate: Safe As Milk
By John McNellis Two old guys are sunning themselves on a Miami park bench, the first bragging about the $5 million his insurance...
McNellis: Desperately Chasing Yield
By John McNellis To paraphrase a vulgar aphorism, self-delusions are like opinions—everybody has one. Some have many. Self-delusions are sometimes tragic—consider the starving...
McNellis: A Delight of Developers
By John McNellis One of the more amusing ways the Brits keep their societal distinctions crisp is through the upper class’s use of...
McNellis: On Private Equity and Real Estate
By John McNellis “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime,” Honore de Balzac, the French novelist, supposedly claimed. While this may be...
McNellis: The Chapter After Eleven
By John McNellis Put Mervyns, Blockbuster and Lassie together, and what do you have? Two dogs and a money-maker. If you own retail...
McNellis: To Everything There is a Season
By John McNellis The Bible’s book of Ecclesiastes tells of a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to rend and a...
McNellis: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
By John McNellis Our last column ended with questions: Why would a seller ever permit a listing broker to keep 100 percent of...
McNellis: Sex, Lies and Off-Market Deals
By John McNellis Jesus spent 40 days in the desert, eating nothing and resisting the devil’s temptations. Along a similar, if less biblical parallel,...
McNellis: Hazardous to Whom?
By John McNellis Trying to find an exchange property over the last 30 days has had us tire-kicking a passel of old shopping...
