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Why We’re Buying Land, Not Building, in This Part of the Cycle

Kaufman & Company’s President & CIO on why the platform is running its land pipeline harder than its construction pipeline right now — and what has to change before that flips back.

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What Lean Six Sigma Taught Me About Modular Construction Timelines

Oldivai Capital’s COO, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, on applying manufacturing-floor discipline to a modular housing schedule — and where most operators still let variance creep back in.

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The Entitlement Process Is the Real Underwriting: What Kills Deals in Zoning

Kaufman & Company’s General Counsel on why the spreadsheet is the easy part, and the planning department is where most deals actually live or die.

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Private Credit Has Quietly Replaced the Regional Bank for Mid-Market Developers

Kaufman & Company’s CFO on a structural shift in construction and bridge financing that most sponsors under $50M in annual originations haven’t fully priced in yet.

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What Emergency Medicine Taught Me About Underwriting Workforce Housing

Oldivai Capital’s CEO, a practicing emergency physician, on the diagnostic discipline he brought from the ER into real estate — and why housing instability shows up in his patients before it shows up in any market report.

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The Case for Fewer, Larger Positions: How We Think About Concentration Risk

Diversification is supposed to be free risk reduction. Kaufman & Company’s CIO argues that past a certain point, it just means owning more deals you understand less well.

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Ground Leases Are Having a Moment, and Most Sponsors Don’t Understand Why

Kaufman & Company’s General Counsel on the structural reasons ground leases are reappearing in deals that wouldn’t have considered them five years ago.

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On-the-ground investor reporting curated from KeyCrew’s real estate desk — market by market, deal by deal.

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Why Houston Investors Are Ditching Airbnb for Room-by-Room Leases

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In Miami-Dade, the Ugliest Properties Are Producing the Best Returns

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Private Lenders Now Care More About You Than Your Property

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Deal announcements, launches, and groundbreakings across the Kaufman & Company platform and the wider industry.

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