Weaver: Beyond the Numbers

A lot is going on in the single-family rental market. Howard Altshuler explains that it is one of the hottest market trends in the past couple of years. With housing affordability getting tougher and tougher, there is an obvious need for single-family rentals. “People don’t want to live in a rental when they’re thirty-five years old, they want to have a house. But, if you can’t buy a house, what’s...

Howard Altshuler went to hell and back to be with co-host Rob Nowak. Okay, not literally, but Altshuler did return from a recent visit to Weaver’s new office in Houston, Texas, and the Hotter’n Hell bike ride in Wichita Falls, an annual Texas ‘ride of passage’. Altshuler completed a fifty-mile ride in the Texas heat and finished in time to make it into the studio to tell Nowak about it. Inflated b...

As the market grows and develops, it changes. Some of these changes include renewed marketplace dependence on third parties. To talk about this change, risk evaluations and direct examinations, host Tyler Kern chatted with Weaver’s Neha Patel, Partner-in-Charge of IT Advisory Services, and Alexis Kennedy, Partner of IT Advisory Services. Patel broke down the current marketplace dynamic, "end to en...

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies relied heavily on the work-from-home model and many were successful with it. But with lockdown restrictions lifted and fewer mask mandates, most companies want to see their workers in the office again. Weaver's Rob Nowak and Howard Altshuler discussed the matter on this episode of the podcast Location Cubed. Nowak said companies that normal...

Technology continues to change the way organizations conduct business. Governments across the country can enhance their effectiveness by leveraging new tools and modernizing processes. Morgan Page, Partner-in-Charge of Digital Transformation and Automation at Weaver joins host Adam Jones for a look at how governments can take that next step in their digital transformation journey. Page doesn’t bel...

It was time for a little myth busting on Location3 when Rob Nowak and Howard Altshuler spoke with Tyler Martin, Assurance Senior Manager at Weaver. There are some misconceptions people think of when they hear the term ‘manufactured housing,’ and Martin was more than happy to separate fact from fiction. Martin says, “When you say manufactured housing, what a lot of people think of is, you know, the...

On this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, host Becky Reeder, Partner-In-Charge, Alternative Investment Services, of the Alternative Investment Practice at Weaver speaks with Paul Olschwanger, Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer at Wendell Rhoads Consulting about the significance of developing human capital to meet an organization’s demands. With over 30 years of experience in the asset mana...

This episode of Location3 has a little bit of everything. Weaver’s Howard Altshuler spilled the beans about his vacation trip to Boston, which included stepping inside the iconic "Cheers" bar. Altshuler was surprised by the city's fantastic development, especially in the seaport district where there is a lot of mixed-use development, all accessible on foot. But all isn’t sunny in the development w...

Weaver’s Tax Partner, Rob Nowak, and Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate and Construction Services, Howard Altshuler, discuss upcoming events and the benefits of rehabbing versus building new on this episode of Location Cubed. First, there are two upcoming events to highlight, the Construction CPE event in Midland in late September and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Conference in Dallas in October. A...

Steve Kinard, Director of Mining at the Texas Blockchain Council, joined Weaver’s Tim Savage for a look into the bitcoin mining process. Many people may be familiar with term bitcoin mining, but not everyone understands what that process entails. “A simple explanation is that mining involves a piece of data that is difficult to find and relatively easy to verify,” Steve says. “Bitcoin is a protoco...

Malicious cybercriminals see government entities as prime targets and many leaders are investing in the best protection against loss and interruption. In this edition of The Business of Government, our host, Adam Jones, is joined by Trip Hillman, Weaver’s Partner of IT Advisory Services to discuss the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape and the growing need for cyber insurance. Hillman says the...

On this episode of Location Cubed, Rob Nowak and Howard Altshuler sit down to discuss recent economic news. They focus on JP Morgan’s earnings as well as the Fed’s release of the Beige Book and what those insights tell us about the real estate industry. To preface it all, Altshuler said, “real estate is always still local. We have to look at it from the standpoint that each market is going to be d...

Brian Hunt is a Texas native whose career focus includes insurance and risk management. Today, Hunt is a VP at USI, the seventh largest insurance broker in the country, where he specializes in construction and real estate. “It’s not my job to tell you what you want to hear. It’s my job to tell you what you need to hear,” said Hunt. Insurance used to be transactional: the client would go to dinner...

Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge, Real Estate and Construction Services at Weaver, and—world traveler? Did people know this about him? It’s true. Altshuler spent four years living and working in China, and during that time, he did quite a bit of traveling around that country. To prove it, Altshuler brought his China coffee mug along on his recent talk with Rob Nowak, Tax Partner of Real Estate...

There is no doubt that the world is a different place in 2022 than it was before the pandemic. Now that people are going about their business as they did in 2019, what lessons can companies take from the pandemic? Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge, Real Estate and Construction Services at Weaver, joined Rob Nowak, Tax Partner of Real Estate, to tackle which trends will stay, what goes back to th...

What does the future of office value look like in a post-pandemic world where remote work will likely continue in a large capacity, certainly more than before the pandemic? Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge, Real Estate Services at Weaver, recently read an article that put the number at five hundred billion or more of future office space value erosion. He spoke with Rob Nowak, Tax Partner of Rea...

Weaver’s Rob Nowak (Tax Partner, Real Estate) and Howard Altshuler (Partner-in-Charge, Real Estate Services) channeled their inner Siskel & Ebert with a movie review and brand-new studio to help talk about supply chain issues. The new film Top Gun: Maverick was on Nowak’s mind as he was freshly back from his second viewing of the film. For his first viewing, Nowak watched the movie with Altsch...

The Employee Retirement System of Texas is one of the most significant pension funds globally, managing over $35 billion in assets. The fiduciary responsibility is no small feat, and it takes relationship-building around all aspects of government. Weaver's Adam Jones tapped Porter Wilson, the system's Executive Director, for his perspective on the role of government in the stability of the Employe...

The world of cryptocurrencies has had many ups and downs over the last decade, but investment funds are becoming increasingly interested in cryptoassets. Tim Savage is joined by Viresh Ohri, Manager Partner at Catenam Capital, to talk through the current crypto landscape of crypto investment funds. Viresh was an early adopter of cryptocurrency, first trading bitcoin in 2012. Since then, he has wat...

In this episode of Location Cubed, Hosts Rob Nowak, Tax Partner with Weaver, and Howard Altshuler, Partner-in-Charge of Real Estate Services, discuss the impact of the supply chain on the recent spike in residential home prices. Pre-covid, everything was moving along fairly smoothly for the supply chain; however, COVID-19 brought restrictions, lockdowns, and an unknown future. “It kind of started...

Government Industry Partners, Jennifer Ripka, CPA, and Jackie Gonzalez, CPA, discuss single audits and the challenges many government entities face with the influx of federal financial assistance received over the last two years. The Business of Government host, Adam Jones, points out, “There’s never been a year quite like the last couple of years in government assurance. We’ve seen a deluge of fe...

Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy at CoinTracker, is a subject matter expert in cryptocurrency taxation. Like many who first experience crypto, Chandrasekera saw the potential of cryptoassets, but realized transacting and investing in these assets presented an enormous administrative burden. With few professionals and CPAs skilled in the industry, Shehan set out to build a solution. “Coin...

Understanding the world of cryptocurrency is essential for all financial advisors today. Adam Blumberg, co-founder at Interaxis, helps educate investors and financial professionals about blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital assets. After going down the crypto rabbit hole and immersing himself in understanding cryptocurrency, Adam quickly realized these new financial instruments and services dev...