Is the REIT a solution to real estate capital markets woes? The capital markets are a miracle. Global capital markets are a miracle. But let’s focus on the biggest and best of...
About Phil Bak
Investor's Notebook
Mentors
The best thing about entrepreneurship is you’ve got no boss. The worst thing about entrepreneurship is you’ve got no boss. Boss is a terrible word. Mentor is a better word, but...
The Analyst
Because it’s Real
Silicon Valley Bank was at the right place, at the right time. We’re talking one-in-a-million here. SVB was founded in 1983 in Santa Clara, California, to provide financial services to technology and VC-backed companies.
The Analyst
Launch when times are hard
Bezos, Google's AI debacle, and how constraints rather than resources drive innovation. Money was tight. It’s hard to even imagine it this day and age, but it’s true. On Wall...
The Analyst
The sucker at the table
$120,000 for a banana. This was December, 2019, at Art Basel in Miami. An Italian artist duct taped a banana to the wall. It sold for $120,000. The state of modern art, ladies...
The Analyst
Buying US Offices: Time to get greedy
You could buy a skyscraper for a million bucks. I still remember that, probably always will. A friend of mine, well connected in Detroit real estate, telling me how bad things...