Rita and I have been on the road this fall — a lot! We started out at the Montage in Laguna Beach shortly before Labor Day, where we hosted our ninth annual fall Editorial Advisory Board meeting for The Institutional Real Estate Letter – North America. Then, we were off to Dallas to visit with clients, and then, on to Singapore to host our first annual Visions, Insights & Perspectives (VIP) – Asia Investor Roundtable conference. From Singapore, we flew directly to Milan and drove up to Stresa on Lake Maggiore to host our Fifth Annual Editorial Advisory Board meeting for the The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Europe, and then, on to Rome for a few days for some needed R&R.

Upon our return home, and after a few short days in the office, we crossed the Bay to attend PREA’s annual