This Northwestern Mutual person who just requested me on LinkedIn has no idea how bad this conversation about whole life insurance is going to go. Fraud.

When ASU opened its first dorm (2007) downtown the population doubled (to about 1,500). Now more than 23,000 call it home. A major success for everyone involved and one of the country’s best downtowns.

Why would you read this today? If the media was a person you would avoid them for being toxic and alarmist.

Today should be our national holiday, as the day the Continental Congress voted for Independence. John Adams agrees:

Several times a year Hollywood knocks on the door with interest to turn one of my books into a movie. And despite the long odds from there, it's hard to think of anything else for a few days.

An incredible life. May he rest in peace.

$119 million/$288,000 a key for a 1996 fixer upper in Scottsdale. Repeat to myself: “I will not attempt multifamily in Scottsdale. I WILL NOT attempt multifamily in Scottsdale. I will not…”

I wish remote work was doing more for small towns like Decatur. Beautiful homes, historic main streets, nice people.

I love this so much. Everyone parent should aspire to be thought of this way.

The Wonder Years ended on the Fourth of July, which is probably why this post (with its 23 million views and 2 million interactions) is seeing some new life today.

Happy Fourth from the DeRoses.

Some non insignificant percentage of European travel is so that we can walk to things and look at nice buildings.

One father kills another in front of their children. You need to let things go when driving. Don’t honk if you can avoid it. Don’t brake check or steer your car at anyone. And no matter what you do, do not get out of your vehicle.

This is the second deal I’ve heard about this month where pref equity forced a sale at a disadvantageous time (in a business where almost no one shares setbacks). It seems tempting - expensive money for a larger share of the pie. Any pref success stories out there?

I have no idea what the catch is here. But the chances of this ad launching a single successful developer have got to be close to zero.

This is heavy but something everyone should read.

Great day for baseball in Phoenix

'm. stanfield is the poet laureate of apartment complexes you'd be scared to own. substack.com/inbox/post/167…