Nov 25, 2025

Rural Housing Report: New Ideas from Otis, MA

We’re joined by Dr. Stacey Schultze, a fifth generation citizen from the Berkshire hamlet of Otis, MA.  After listening to Stacey tell us in detail about the town’s greatest assets we’re feeling good about the resiliency of small town New England.  Alongside...

Nov 20, 2025

Michael Cohen is a partner and founding member of Lean Real Estate, a successful investment firm buying directly from owners.  The team at Lean applies lean manufacturing principles to real estate investment, which has helped the team of three stay focused and well disciplined in every aspect of their operation.  

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Nov 18, 2025

Taiese Hickman is a realtor who recently donned the hat of a developer and non-profit leader. What makes this remarkable is the model of her new venture, The New England Equity Collective. The NEEC is targeting families across a wide spectrum of backgrounds for co-living in pocket neighborhood developments combining...

Nov 4, 2025

The Hill Country Blues is, in effect for many of us, a form of early american music that is hiding in plain site.  Take one part, fife and folk from the british isles,another part west african polyrhythms.  Mix european balladeering with caribbean hypnotic rhythms.  

What begins as drum and fife music deep in the...

Oct 28, 2025

Robert Reich wrote on his substack for September 16, One study found that half of Americans expect a second civil war to happen “in the next few years,” even if the specifics vary according to one’s politics and imagination.

On the other hand, unlike the Civil War of 1861-1865, no particular issue — like slavery...