Insights

Greg Picone, CFA Greg Picone, CFA

You Missed

You get your feet in position, lightly rock back and forth, adjust your grip, lock your elbow. Your form feels good, so you swing… and miss. The golf ball still sitting unbothered on the tee between your feet. What’s terrific about this situation is feedback… immediate feedback. (I still get this exact form of feedback when I play golf).

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Greg Picone, CFA Greg Picone, CFA

You've Won The Lottery… Hundreds Of Times In A Row

We choose “lucky” as the adjective of choice when describing people in certain winning circumstances. Examples would be those that get tickets to The Masters at Augusta, or if it’s more your thing, floor tickets to a BTS concert (when things like that were happening). I’m guessing those few people consider themselves pretty lucky too.

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Tim Ulibarri, CPA Tim Ulibarri, CPA

Value-add Execution Risk Must Be Managed

The value-add acquisition strategy, which we employ, entails bringing an older property back to competitive prowess, simultaneously increasing it's income potential and providing a much better living environment for our customers (our tenants). This strategy is not without risk, however.

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