What Thirty Years of Building a Real Estate Business Actually Taught Me
By Anwar Faisal, Boston, MA Where It Started My first property was a one-bedroom, 590-square-foot apartment. I bought it in 1984, when I was still a student. I did not buy it because I had a grand plan for thousands of units. I bought it because it was what I could afford, and because I […]
What Happens to a Neighborhood When the Semester Ends
By Anwar Faisal, Boston, MA The Rhythm Nobody Talks About Every neighborhood near a college has a heartbeat that runs on the academic calendar. September brings a wave of new faces. December empties half the buildings out for a month. May brings moving trucks, mattresses left on curbs, and a strange quiet that lasts until […]