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 March 2020
Without sounding trite or naive; we certainly are living in interesting times. I had an executive coach once who told me, “Jack, all events are neutral...
JackChat February 2020
Some quick bold predictions as we gain traction in 2020. I recently returned from the MBA’s CREF Conference in San Diego, essentially concluding my conference season while chatting literally with several dozen of industry colleagues from across the transactional role spectrum.
JackChat January 2020
Some quick notes as we kick off 2020, as I recently had the privilege of leading an Industry Leaders Roundtable session, AND, a separate Roundtable populated by CRE “Young Professionals” at the January CREFC Conference in South Beach.
JackChat December 2019
I do not believe that 2020 is the year that the market changes for the worse. That said, I believe we all remember that liquidity is in the marketplace until it isn’t.
JackChat September 2019
Innovation: At the January CREFC conference in Miami, I asked Industry Leader Panelists their thinking about “Technology”. Maybe it was a mistake ...
JackChat June, 2019
With all this talk about being “late in the cycle”; are you protecting your downside? IF you are protecting your downside, are you also taking measured growth bets in some structured relative sized manner?
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 March 2020
Without sounding trite or naive; we certainly are living in interesting times. I had an executive coach once who told me, “Jack, all events are neutral...
JackChat February 2020
Some quick bold predictions as we gain traction in 2020. I recently returned from the MBA’s CREF Conference in San Diego, essentially concluding my conference season while chatting literally with several dozen of industry colleagues from across the transactional role spectrum.
JackChat January 2020
Some quick notes as we kick off 2020, as I recently had the privilege of leading an Industry Leaders Roundtable session, AND, a separate Roundtable populated by CRE “Young Professionals” at the January CREFC Conference in South Beach.
JackChat December 2019
I do not believe that 2020 is the year that the market changes for the worse. That said, I believe we all remember that liquidity is in the marketplace until it isn’t.
JackChat September 2019
Innovation: At the January CREFC conference in Miami, I asked Industry Leader Panelists their thinking about “Technology”. Maybe it was a mistake ...
JackChat June, 2019
With all this talk about being “late in the cycle”; are you protecting your downside? IF you are protecting your downside, are you also taking measured growth bets in some structured relative sized manner?





