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How Military Leadership Skills Translate to Civilian Careers

by Matthew Croslin Do military leadership skills translate to the civilian world? Military leadership education and experience are highly regarded as of form of learning to lead organizations. This education and experience can carry over to the business world at the various levels of civilian organizations. The military leader brings focused leadership education along with practical leadership experience to the civilian market. The military leader is also typically adept at

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Making a Habit of Best Practice

Keystone Asset Management Finds Solutions in Every Real Estate Scenario.  By Carole VanSickle Ellis Keystone Asset Management has been on the path to big things from its very inception. Founded in 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Keystone started out, as CEO Ryan Hennessy describes it, as “a real estate company in ‘Philly’ handling distressed bank-owned assets for lenders including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and various financial institutions.” Keystone is a

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Funding Strategies in an Evolving Market

Expert tips for developing your correct financial structure by Kendra Rommel Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an odd sense that we have been operating in some sort of time warp. Anything that happened before March feels like years ago, yet the fact that it’s October seems almost surreal.  Nothing exemplifies this feeling more than the roller coaster ride of the real estate market. The uncertainty created obstacles

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Now Is the Time to Winterize REO Properties

Expert advice to get ready for winter by Andrew Oliverson The enormous demand for rental housing and the scarce supply of new properties has created white-hot conditions for those with inventories of well-kept, salable assets. But cold weather comes to even the hottest markets and as winter approaches, it is wise to take actions now to keep those properties ready for the sunnier days ahead. The timing is critical as

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Acquisition and Asset Management Strategies for Bulk SFR Portfolios

The maturing of the SFR asset class by Russell Schmidt The Single Family Rental industry continues to mature into a standalone subsector of the commercial real estate space. As the space gets more crowded and competitive, SFR investors will need to adapt and develop advanced acquisition and asset management strategies compared to the previous “buy everything and figure out operations later” strategy. Early movers such as Invitation Homes and American

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Always Looking for Ways to Reinvent

I remember it like it was yesterday. My business partner and I were in the process of closing a construction loan to continue developing a 19-acre retail center in Arizona. It was 2008 and the financial and real estate collapse of the Great Recession was upon us. Capital dried up immediately, deals fell through and panic ensued. What followed were years of struggle for most in real estate as the

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