A possible solution for all the commercial real estate debt that is coming due?
Todd Clarke @ November 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Reading this article at the Economist got me thinking…
What if borrowed and lenders had a prenegotiated arrangement that converted debt into equity a commercial real estate deal? I don’t mean like todays, expensive involuntary conversion that happens through foreclosure, but a more organized rational, prenegotiated, pre-nupital like document that said something like “in the [...]
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The Economist has such a way with words
Todd Clarke @ November 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Take this example whereby they explain the inputs a home buyer needs to make a decision:
Most people face a future that comprises a combination of Donald Rumsfeld’s known and unknown unknowns. Choosing to buy a house, for example, involves a series of bets on land prices, interest rates, taxes, job prospects, future planning decisions in [...]
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A great graphic example of competitive advantage
Todd Clarke @ August 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Many of us know the story of how Southwest Airlines has remained so profitable against bigger airlines - it focuses on its competitive advantages - they fly one model plane, they cross-train their staff, they turn (term for time plane lands til it takes off) planes twice as fast as the industry standard, they cut [...]
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