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The Search for Expertise: Why Real Estate Investment Managers Need More Than Just Experience

by Chris Urwin | Sep 18, 2023

Originally published May 2023. Many use experience and expertise interchangeably, but they are different. While experience comes from exposure to a particular field, expertise develops when that experience is refined, codified, and transformed into a predictive model that works. Real estate...

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It’s a funny story: a comic collector tells all

by Nick French | Jun 5, 2023

Pricing vintage comics isn’t just about scarcity and quality – the characters are the key to value. This article was originally published in November 2019. “Comic books to me are...

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A game of two halves …

by Oliver Ash | Jun 5, 2023

Back in May 2022 I penned an article about the challenges of promotion to the National League. Despite the pleasure and satisfaction of winning the National League South title in...

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Do you have to be stupid to work in property management?

by Dan Channer | May 30, 2023

Originally published in September 2020. The answer is clearly no. I asked the question to get your attention and, perhaps, surface prejudice. It irritates me that property...

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How it was

by Ed Mead | May 30, 2023

Originally published August 2017. About 30 years ago I remember my stepfather, a well-known man of considerable standing, surprising me by telling me I was in a ‘gentleman’s...

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Real estate: the next generation

by Nick French | May 30, 2023

Originally published October 2020. For those about to emerge from university and enter the world of property, a few words of advice. As we enter 2020, I find myself engrossed in...

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In praise of the half-bottle

by Mark Roberts | May 22, 2023

This article was originally published in October 2020. Though the smaller format has a shorter shelf life, it provides the benefit of maturing faster – and is often the perfect...

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The 2021 Bordeaux

by Mark Roberts | May 22, 2023

Tasting notes on the harvest. I scrawl the following words towards the end of May, having recently returned from a week in Bordeaux… Now, there’s a phrase that hasn’t appeared in...

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Alcohol – the storm in a teacup

by Mark Roberts | May 22, 2023

Don’t let the percentages bother you, says this writer 1979. Margaret Thatcher came to power and the USSR invaded Afghanistan. I certainly recall both events, but I think that...

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What is behind The New York Times’ bizarre coverage of British crime?

by Sam Ashworth-Hayes | May 14, 2023

There’s a fun game to be played with The New York Times’ coverage of British crime. It’s very simple and you can play along at home: how many paragraphs will it take...