Nicholas Dunlap
June 2015 - The Investment Real Estate Top 10 Last night at our general membership meeting at the Apartment Association of Orange County, I was able to pay homage to an entertainment legend and update our members on the real estate market through a Top 10 list of my own. And while I will share … Continue reading June 2015 – The Investment Real Estate Top 10
Win One for Vin I can't be the first person to say this and I know I'm not the first person to think it. Everywhere I go, whether it's a meeting, business event or backyard party, frustration over the inability to watch the boys in blue fills the air. Unless, of course, you're one of … Continue reading Win One for Vin
Five Months and Counting For just over five months, I've served as volunteer President of the Apartment Association of Orange County. Having been a board member for close to 7 years, this certainly won't end my involvement with the association and will likely not be my only run as President, but it has been a … Continue reading Five Months and Counting
I Survived The Audit! About five years ago, I had a large corporate client who owned around 400k square feet of industrial, retail and office space (outside of their normal business that involved a different kind of real estate). This was a fun portfolio to manage simply based on its diverse makeup and geography, but … Continue reading I Survived the Audit !
Feeling the Pinch - Responding to a Slant Piece As an apartment owner/operator, I couldn’t help but cringe as I read Jeff Collins’ recent “Feeling the Pinch…” article. In what appears to be an attempt at explaining the rising costs of rent in Orange County, the article instead vilifies landlords and depicts a public forced … Continue reading Feeling the Pinch – Responding to a Slant Piece
Volunteer Leadership - An Exciting Journey Ahead Happy New Year! 2015 is off to a great start! This week, I had the honor of being installed as President of the Apartment Association of Orange County. Going on my sixth year as a board member and my seventh year of active involvement with the association, this … Continue reading Volunteer Leadership – An Exciting Journey Ahead
Stepping Up to Start Up In today’s business climate, the term “start up” is often associated with web and tech type companies designing apps or products that are then marketed online, sometimes turning unassuming twenty-somethings into multimillionaires overnight. We all know the stereotypes - a coffee-fueled entrepreneur working through the wee hours of the morning … Continue reading Stepping Up to Start Up
The Controversy Kid - 5 Years Later By: Nicholas A. Dunlap Five years ago, I became a published author and an amateur economist. Yes, a self-proclaimed amateur economist. It’s funny to look back at my first article and realize the obvious improvement in my writing, but it’s rather disheartening to see that after five years, … Continue reading The Controversy Kid – 5 Years Later
Taken from my article published in this month's Apartment News magazine... But What Will I Do With All My Money? A Seller's Dilemma in Today's Market, PT I Low interest rates, rising rents, increased occupancy and high market values, for sellers of multifamily properties, this could be the best time in recent years. This rosy outlook changes … Continue reading But What Will I Do With All My Money? A Seller’s Dilemma in Today’s Market, PT I
Lifestyle-Driven Communities By: Nicholas A. Dunlap Let's face it. Life can become routine and at times, outright boring. And we all know how monotonous constantly seeing and experiencing the same things can get. Real estate development is no different. We've gone through art deco, colonial, garden style, low-rise, mid-rise, high-rise, podium, in-fill and after a … Continue reading Lifestyle-Driven Communities
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