On January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a report that linked smoking cigarettes with developing lung cancer. We then debated into the 1970’s if smoking was bad for people.

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When Salt-N-Pepa’s song “Let’s talk about sex” came out in August of 1991, I thought it was important. I am not certain that they are related but, within 24 months, the Japanese book, “Everyone Poops” was translated into English and published in the United States.

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People have said to me, “we cannot control our property’s water consumption because we cannot affect what the residents do in their units.” Oh, really?

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I grew up in a rural part of California in a farmhouse built in 1913 which was surrounded by 1.5 acres of grapes, oranges, walnuts, and various farm structures. It was a miracle the house was still standing when we moved in given the semi-chewed condition of the knob and tube wiring.

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My office is decorated with comic book figures and movie posters to the point that, during the pandemic when we were all forced to work from home, one customer exclaimed, “you must be working from your son’s bedroom!” To which I had to explain to her that I had no children.

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I do not particularly care for the movie “Pretty Woman”, but I do think it provides an important frame of reference. Specifically, there is a scene in which one rich character uses a cell phone to make a call.

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When I first started in multifamily, I heard an acronym that I admit I had to look up: NIMBY. Not In My Back Yard. ,,

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“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get for the work you didn’t do.” –Unknown

On January 25, 2024, HUD, the DOE and EPA joined forces in a superhero mashup to sign a joint letter …

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When it comes to emissions Scopes, which is the worst? I get asked that a lot. I think it is sort of subjective and depends on where you are standing and what “worst” you are defining.

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In 2016, I was so very excited and honored to arrange and moderate a panel discussion at NMHC’s OPTECH called “Net Zero: Coming Soon to a Code Near You”. I wanted to help my multifamily brethren understand what net zero was,….

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When I was at Prometheus Real Estate Group, I used to have a bumper sticker outside my office door that said, “Energy is Sexy.” It was a slightly “blue” statement for a corporate office,...

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