Ryan McDonough

On June 15th, 2021, the mask mandate was lifted in Los Angeles County. Tauro’s Analyst, Alec Weinstock, took the momentous occasion as an opportunity to reflect on the opportunity that the pandemic provided us with. This period in time forced us as a society to seriously consider our physical and mental health. This pandemic obviously […]

Frankie discussed the topic of hacking and passwords, prompted by his recent experience of having his email hacked for the second time. He highlighted the methods employed by hackers, who utilize computers to identify words and information associated with individuals. Hackers then generate numerous variations of passwords, incorporating numbers and symbols, in an attempt to

“Power Vs. Force” by spiritual teacher and author David R. Hawkins made Tauro’s Capital Advisor Jennifer Santoso feel connected and aligned through his Map of Consciousness. David examines how the Map appears as a pyramid; the bottom reflects lower levels of being/human consciousness and as you progress, you reach higher levels of human consciousness. There

Barry Saywitz, President of the Saywitz Company and host of OC Talk Radio’s “Let’s Talk Real Estate,” sits down with Stephen Stein, Co-founder and President of Tauro Capital Advisors. Both professionals discuss the current capital markets environment in connection to commercial real estate, as well as forecasting what will occur in the first quarter of

Deryl Deese, one of Tauro’s Capital Advisors, analyzes how both the financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic affected commercial real estate. During Q1 of 2007, every sector was tremendously impacted by the financial crisis. The hospitality sector was struck the hardest. The thin silver living was that everyone was bullish on commercial real estate although the

Jack Carroll, Tauro’s Managing Director of Analytics, references an older editorial by Wall Street Journal’s very own Mark Anderson who prophesizes how software will eventually and now definitely has dominated the economy. Success stories such as electronic trading platforms and blockchain technology have proven how software has mobilized resources to cut out middlemen such as

Paul Davidovac, one of Tauro’s distinguished Capital Advisors, dissects Daniel H. Pink’s novel “A Whole New Mind”, and explains how information saturation has influenced the commercial real estate industry especially during the last ten years. “Buyer beware” has now evolved to “seller beware” as the buyer has now become so overwhelmed with information. Capital Advisors

Andrey Abramov, Tauro’s Senior Analyst, takes a unique approach to managing deals by reflecting on his birthday trip to Hawaii. Surfing goes hand in hand with managing deals in the sense that the best method to get better at something is by simply doing it, and not overthinking. You don’t have to know everything when

What do wolves, the New Zealand national rugby team and Tauro all have in common? Tauro’s co-founder and president Stephen Stein motivates his own team by discussing how rugby’s most elite team, the New Zealand All Blacks, are successful because they adhere to a strict set of standards enforced by their own players. Tauro emulates

Matt Mueller, one of Tauro’s esteemed Capital Advisors, discusses how all problems in sales boil down to that of our parents. He explains how three lessons we were taught as children make the sales process even more challenging. First, he argues that how as children, we were told not to talk to strangers, and how