Sacramento Regional Transit – If We Build it, Will they Come?
Sacramento Light Rail gets a makeover, but how will we pay for it? And If we expand it, how will we increase ridership? Will it help if Gas Prices hit $10 a gallon? In Europe, mass transit is widely used; why? Here’s what’s happening: New Trains, Improved Accessibility: The new low-floor trains are more accessible […]
Commercial Real Estate is all about Relationships
Whether you’re a buyer, seller, landlord, tenant, or broker, you build trust with every interaction. Consistency, reliability, transparency, and a common cause, build trust one brick at a time.
You Don’t Have to Bring Your Dog to Work Anymore!
You are probably very familiar with hybrid work. Frankly, most of us start dozing off when we see another article about “The New Normal,” and I was hesitant to write about it. But the changes in Sacramento are worth noting. Recently, I toured an organization that was downsizing from 12,000 SF to 8,000 SF, and […]
Happy New Year – Three Nuggets for a Better Year
Happy New Year! Have you written down your New Year’s resolutions? I have, and I admit, the Resolutions (goals) have dramatically shifted since turning 62. “Hitting my numbers” and losing weight will always be on the list, but since COVID, my list has changed dramatically. Is this the case with you? My goals include helping […]
Three Things that Changed my Life
“Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.”
Tales from the Trenches
1985 Commercial Real Estate: How the West was Won. Sometimes I look back and just scratch my head. In 1984, fresh out of college, I started brokering commercial real estate with the Charles Dunn Company. I was living in a garage, it was hot that summer. LA was hosting the Olympics from Malibu to Downtown […]
How About Lunch – With Roger Federer?
“He was saying, In order to preserve the longevity of your career, you need to take the moments to look around, appreciate where you are, breathe it in,” Shiffrin said. “As he (Federer) got more into the depths of his career, when it gets harder to kind of look up and around you and appreciate everything right in that moment, is when it’s the most important to do it.”
To Everything There is a Season
Fill-o-soph-ical Friday Bob Hope was in the kitchen having a cup of coffee and his wife asked, “Bob, have you thought about where you want to be buried?” Bob’s reply, “Surprise me.” Over the last couple of weeks, two of music’s Icons have died. Jeff Beck passed away on January 10th at 78 years […]
You gotta “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”
You Are What You Think I was talking with good friend who happens to be a commercial real estate broker in North Carolina. I call him when I want to save $150 on therapy. Like me, he is an independent broker and he had worked for a large national company. We talked about business, the […]
New Year’s Message Sacramento Bacon Commercial Real Estate
A New Year’s Message From Bacon Commercial Real Estate Business goal setting and New Year’s resolutions can be tough. Both require some extra introspection, and that’s typically easier when everything is going just right. New Year’s resolutions are usually personal, while business goal setting is clearly about business. But let’s face it – business and […]