What I'm Reading Down for the Count: Leisure travel has experienced a strong bounce back year in 2021. However, business travel is still struggling. Corporate, group, government, and other commercial travel – are expected to be down by $59 billion in 2021 from 2019, according to a report from the...
September 17th – Locals Only
What I'm Reading Locals Only: The greater Phoenix area has record demand for new rental housing. However, cities are pushing back, leading to higher prices. AZ Big Media Looks like California has exported its shitty land use politics as more Golden State residents move to the desert. Cooling: August's CPI...
August 3rd – Packing Heat
What I'm Reading Packing Heat: The packaging industry is growing as soaring ecommerce adoption has led to higher demand for boxes. As a result, demand is increasing for industrial space used to produce and distribute packaging. Fast Company Waiting Game: Home builders are intentionally restricting the sale of new homes...
April 26th – Diamond Hands
One Big Thing One universal rule that becomes even more apparent when raising young children is incentives - whether positive or negative - drive everything. Tell a kid to clean her room and you may get an attitude. Promise her a reward of some sort if its clean for a...