Scams

The Promote Interview

May 13, 2026

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4 min read

Crime Sprei

A sitting judge, an escrow account and a matryoshka doll of fraud

Hiten Samtani

Fortress

May 11, 2026

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6 min read

Debt Fund Whac-A-Mole & A Fortress Founder Sextorted

New wave of construction money pushers, the inside job at Vornado, plus: The plot against Wes Edens

Hiten Samtani

Mark Nussbaum

Apr 24, 2026

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6 min read

Fraud Szn. Special Ed.

FAFO Vornado style, pencils down at King St., frum clearinghouse, plus: fugitive's Aman deals catch Cain heat

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

LIC Megadeal Brewing & Diamond in the Rough

Apr 20, 2026

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6 min read

LIC Megadeal Brewing & Diamond in the Rough

The restructuring romantic, Azorim/Feder level up, plus: Inside Nussbaum's Ch. 11

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Mar 2, 2026

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14 min read

Mullah Moolah & 2 WTC Deal Deets

Silverstein's for-fee fiefdom, Iran's flagship Fifth trophy, plus: the Ponzi prince

Hiten Samtani

Silverstein Properties

Inside Japan's US Homebuilder Mania & a Cross-Collateralized Pool Party

Feb 25, 2026

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11 min read

Inside Japan's US Homebuilder Mania & a Cross-Collateralized Pool Party

Amex finally swipes right on Larry, wooden tax arbs, plus: syndicator lifelines

Hiten Samtani

Syndicators

Carlyle's Box-to-Box Playbook & Syndicator Forensics

Feb 2, 2026

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18 min read

Carlyle's Box-to-Box Playbook & Syndicator Forensics

Tie Lasater's defaulted lines, plus: inside the StorageMart whopper

Hiten Samtani, +1

Politics & Policy

Landau Fails SNF Test & the Nussbaum/Steiner Escrow Trail

Dec 12, 2025

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17 min read

Landau Fails SNF Test & the Nussbaum/Steiner Escrow Trail

Sod-off shotgun, sub-rehab fallout, plus: the church's CRE redemption

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Dec 10, 2025

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12 min read

A Sub-Rehab Shonda & License to Shill

The lawsuit that has NY's multi machers spooked, starchitects & Swedish whales, plus: Landau lands the loan

Hiten Samtani

Development

Fear & Loathing in Ski Country & a Blackstone Cub's Choice

Dec 8, 2025

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12 min read

Fear & Loathing in Ski Country & a Blackstone Cub's Choice

Fraud allegations at Kindred Resort, platinum handcuffs, plus: remembering Frank Gehry

Hiten Samtani

Hines

Nov 5, 2025

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14 min read

Ares Comes in Second & Mamdani Postgame

Toby's time has come, CBRE's M&A flex, plus: Blackstone cubs pounce

Hiten Samtani

Floating Rate Reaper

Pied Piper of Monsey & A Record Fannie Loan

Nov 3, 2025

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11 min read

Pied Piper of Monsey & A Record Fannie Loan

The Moshe Silber story, Stuy Town mega refi, plus: pvt. lenders ramp up

Hiten Samtani

Billionaires

Oct 13, 2025

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13 min read

GP Tell-Alls & UBS O' Silber

Before you buy your own deals, read this, plus: Greene sees red Ross

Hiten Samtani, +1

Billionaires

C-PACE Shows Fangs & the Short King of Data Centers

Oct 8, 2025

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12 min read

C-PACE Shows Fangs & the Short King of Data Centers

Tracking the SF multi bloodbath, Fannie guts desk, plus: How to drop a son in 12 words

Hiten Samtani

Yitzchak Tessler

Checkmating Tessler & a Brooklyn Bachur's Office Feast

Aug 29, 2025

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14 min read

Checkmating Tessler & a Brooklyn Bachur's Office Feast

Brach bites, NY biggies size up Paramount, plus: the PR genius of economic impact studies

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

UDR’s Mamdani Antidote & the Double Schlimazel

Aug 13, 2025

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10 min read

UDR’s Mamdani Antidote & the Double Schlimazel

Flow-Chetrit Miami River deets, talking tycoons, plus: the unluckiest of Nussbaum alum

Hiten Samtani

Starwood

BXP's Vertical Limit & Chetrit's $800M Estate

Aug 1, 2025

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12 min read

BXP's Vertical Limit & Chetrit's $800M Estate

Tom Cousins, a man in full, BofA nibbling at BXP spec tower, plus: industry backs Rudin after tragedy

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

Cain's CRE Playbook & A Phantom Megaproject

Jul 14, 2025

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11 min read

Cain's CRE Playbook & A Phantom Megaproject

The Brit solicitor shaking up US CRE, Elliott's NPL play, plus: Adams hangs out with the CRE boys at night

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

Madison's Fannie Absolution & Carlyle's Walk-Up Wonder

Jun 20, 2025

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11 min read

Madison's Fannie Absolution & Carlyle's Walk-Up Wonder

Greenbrook makes a market, systemic nonbank risk & a Seattle surrender

Hiten Samtani

Agency Lending

+10

Drillman's Great Escape & The Magnificent (Chapter) Seven

Jun 18, 2025

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12 min read

Drillman's Great Escape & The Magnificent (Chapter) Seven

AUM gobbling explained, Meridian's loan for Schron, Barry's band of brothers, plus: bedlam in Baltimore

Hiten Samtani

Donald Trump

+10

Men with Deep Pockets & RealPage's Federal Lifeline

May 28, 2025

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14 min read

Men with Deep Pockets & RealPage's Federal Lifeline

Banyan plants roots in Schwartzlandia, a dream Fannie/Freddie scenario, plus: the mother of all tax loopholes

Hiten Samtani

Politics & Policy

NYC Rentopoly & A Dealmacher's Grand Larceny Charge

May 23, 2025

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13 min read

NYC Rentopoly & A Dealmacher's Grand Larceny Charge

Short kings come for Bank OZK, Nussbaum's crim case, plus: what's a rent-stabilized landlord to do?

Hiten Samtani

Bill Pulte

+16

Developer Ponzinomics & RXR's Billion-Dollar Baby

May 21, 2025

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13 min read

Developer Ponzinomics & RXR's Billion-Dollar Baby

Harbor's Sun Belt spree, 7 years a knave, Nussbaum arrest, plus: a lender shops on LinkedIn

Hiten Samtani

Newmark

Flow's Pref Side Quest & A Traveling HFC Hail Mary

May 19, 2025

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13 min read

Flow's Pref Side Quest & A Traveling HFC Hail Mary

Howie out, Sush's recap push, plus: never call office REITs boring again

Hiten Samtani

Bill Pulte

+15

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Schwartz's Puretz Playbook

May 16, 2025

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14 min read

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Schwartz's Puretz Playbook

Traveling HFCs torpedoed, Freddie & Benefit Street axings, plus: a scammer finds a conscience

Hiten Samtani

Scams

Crime Sprei

Debt Fund Whac-A-Mole & A Fortress Founder Sextorted

Fraud Szn. Special Ed.

LIC Megadeal Brewing & Diamond in the Rough

Mullah Moolah & 2 WTC Deal Deets

Inside Japan's US Homebuilder Mania & a Cross-Collateralized Pool Party

Carlyle's Box-to-Box Playbook & Syndicator Forensics

Landau Fails SNF Test & the Nussbaum/Steiner Escrow Trail

A Sub-Rehab Shonda & License to Shill

Fear & Loathing in Ski Country & a Blackstone Cub's Choice

Ares Comes in Second & Mamdani Postgame

Pied Piper of Monsey & A Record Fannie Loan

GP Tell-Alls & UBS O' Silber

C-PACE Shows Fangs & the Short King of Data Centers

Checkmating Tessler & a Brooklyn Bachur's Office Feast

UDR’s Mamdani Antidote & the Double Schlimazel

BXP's Vertical Limit & Chetrit's $800M Estate

Cain's CRE Playbook & A Phantom Megaproject

Madison's Fannie Absolution & Carlyle's Walk-Up Wonder

Drillman's Great Escape & The Magnificent (Chapter) Seven

Men with Deep Pockets & RealPage's Federal Lifeline

NYC Rentopoly & A Dealmacher's Grand Larceny Charge

Developer Ponzinomics & RXR's Billion-Dollar Baby

Flow's Pref Side Quest & A Traveling HFC Hail Mary

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Schwartz's Puretz Playbook

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