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Apr 2025

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Welcome to the Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what’s new in the world of real estate investing. I’m your host, Victor Menasce.On yesterdays show we talked about the employment numbers for the US from payroll processing company ADP. The ADP numbers were a weak ... Show More

What Employment Numbers Are Signaling.

We regularly look at macro economic data to forecast interest rates. Interest rates affect one of the three main variable associated with any project. Those three variables are construction costs, capital costs and rent. Everything else is a rounding error by comparison. We are e ... Show More

How Japan Is Like Silicon Valley Bank

Today we’re going to connect two stories that, on the surface, look very different. One is Japan, where government bond yields have been rising, and the commentary on financial social media is busy declaring Japan is “blowing up.”The other is the spring of 2023 in the United Stat ... Show More

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