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Dinked: Have We Hit Peak Pickleball?

The Picklr’s Chapter 11 filing, driven by lease guarantees on roughly 40 franchise locations, may be the first sign that indoor pickleball’s real...

The First Footprints in the Snow

AI's hit to jobs looks like a rounding error—until you see who's in the oven: gutted call centers and vanishing entry-level work. Narrow...

McNellis: Economists vs. Flipping Coins

Economist: {noun}: someone good with numbers but without enough personality to be an accountant.

Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Bonta

David Ellison says he'll pull Paramount out of California—and maybe sell the storied Melrose lot—unless a dozen attorneys general drop their antitrust suit....

McNellis: One House, One Spouse — A Guide to Wealth Preservation

Why razor-thin overhead and the 'one house, one spouse' rule are the keys to preserving wealth in real estate and in life.

McNellis: In Denial Over the New Normal

By John McNellis Developers always crash and burn in the movies. The eternal bad guy, the developers’ heinous plans to pave a beach,...

The Art of the Quiet Exit, A Hudson Pacific Story

Hudson Pacific's COO resigned with the usual boilerplate denial attached—but after a $572 million annual loss, a scrapped dividend and a stock down...

The Data Center Bargain: What Every Town Should Demand

Free power. Free heat. Clean water. The bargain every town should be demanding. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...

Bed Bath & Boomerang

By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) In August 2025, Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc.—which is to...

McNellis: F*** Real Estate?

Publisher's Note What began over a decade ago as a series of candid, sharp-witted articles written for The Registry has grown into one of the...

Orange County Industrial Vacancy Rises to 6.1% as Rents Soften

A leasing rebound and contracting pipeline show early signs of stabilization for Orange County's industrial market. By J.C. Casillas, Managing Director of Research at...

March’s Jobs Report and the Art of Misdirection

Behind the rosy March employment headline, a quiet exodus: nearly 400,000 Americans gave up on the job market in a single month. By...