JackChat
JackChat
Beginning back in 1986, while a member of the Cohen Financial team, Jack authored “Financing Notes”. These blog-style articles cover opportunities in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Capital Markets, with a notes on entrepreneurialism, the business of business, and performance aspects of life according to Jack.
Now called JackChats, Jack brings his same assumptions, questions, and conclusions to disparate people across all walks of professional lives.
After 43+ years of acquiring skills, accumulating experiences, and developing relationships, Jack finds himself blessed with a perspective that some view as a strategic thought leader in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Capital Markets.
JackChat June 2025
Evolve or Risk Insanity
In "JackChat: Evolve or Risk Insanity," Jack critiques the commercial real estate industry's reliance on short-term financial strategies, such as floating-rate debt and quick asset turnovers, which have become problematic amid rising interest rates. Drawing from his experience during the high-interest era of the 1980s, Cohen emphasizes the value of long-term investment approaches, including amortizing loans and sustained asset management. He warns that without a shift back to these foundational practices, the industry risks repeating past mistakes and facing significant financial instability.
JackChat December/January 2025
Inside My Investing Plans for 2025 and Beyond
As the end of the year approached and rolled over to a new year, I took the opportunity to assess the past year in content.
JackChat November 2024
Course-Correcting in 2025 and Beyond
As most of us are in our final stages of planning for 2025, I want to share my views about how we can course-correct our plans based on what was, is, and can be for those who are up for adapting to the times.
JackChat October 2024
Why should I care about all the headlines around Fed Fund Cuts? I don’t borrow from the Fed at Fed Funds Rates, do you?
JackChat July 2024
Hard Questions (and Answers) For This CRE Current Reality - Oh my. What have we gotten ourselves into? IF we only read the headlines when identifying the risks we face, we would be thinking that there is some sort of commercial real estate crash happening or about to happen.
JackChat March 2023
In a few short months, June 1, I will celebrate my 42nd anniversary in the industry! Today, in an internal meeting, one of my younger colleagues challenged me to stroll down memory lane and discuss prior “recessions” (say, industry hiccups for one reason or another) with the context for each of sharing a learning moment.
Beginning back in 1986, while a member of the Cohen Financial team, Jack authored “Financing Notes”. These blog-style articles cover opportunities in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Capital Markets, with a notes on entrepreneurialism, the business of business, and performance aspects of life according to Jack.
Now called JackChats, Jack brings his same assumptions, questions, and conclusions to disparate people across all walks of professional lives.
After 43+ years of acquiring skills, accumulating experiences, and developing relationships, Jack finds himself blessed with a perspective that some view as a strategic thought leader in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Capital Markets.
JackChat June 2025
Evolve or Risk Insanity
In "JackChat: Evolve or Risk Insanity," Jack critiques the commercial real estate industry's reliance on short-term financial strategies, such as floating-rate debt and quick asset turnovers, which have become problematic amid rising interest rates. Drawing from his experience during the high-interest era of the 1980s, Cohen emphasizes the value of long-term investment approaches, including amortizing loans and sustained asset management. He warns that without a shift back to these foundational practices, the industry risks repeating past mistakes and facing significant financial instability.
JackChat December/January 2025
Inside My Investing Plans for 2025 and Beyond
As the end of the year approached and rolled over to a new year, I took the opportunity to assess the past year in content.
JackChat November 2024
Course-Correcting in 2025 and Beyond
As most of us are in our final stages of planning for 2025, I want to share my views about how we can course-correct our plans based on what was, is, and can be for those who are up for adapting to the times.
JackChat October 2024
Why should I care about all the headlines around Fed Fund Cuts? I don’t borrow from the Fed at Fed Funds Rates, do you?
JackChat July 2024
Hard Questions (and Answers) For This CRE Current Reality - Oh my. What have we gotten ourselves into? IF we only read the headlines when identifying the risks we face, we would be thinking that there is some sort of commercial real estate crash happening or about to happen.
JackChat March 2023
In a few short months, June 1, I will celebrate my 42nd anniversary in the industry! Today, in an internal meeting, one of my younger colleagues challenged me to stroll down memory lane and discuss prior “recessions” (say, industry hiccups for one reason or another) with the context for each of sharing a learning moment.