Carl Paulse
Insights and Articles
Carl Paulse
Insights and Articles
The True Cost of Complexity
This is an excerpt. It's whatever you want it to be to set the stage for the main article.
Does CRE Finance Have a Technology Problem?
If you donāt believe we do, then Iād ask this question: why does commercial real estate still run on spreadsheets? Think about that for a minute⦠Enterprise systems protect the books. Executives seek financial performance. And somewhere in between, finance teams stitch it all together in Excel. Month after month. Manual roll-ups. Variance analysis. Commentary consolidation. Last-minute adjustments before leadership review. It works because nothing else fully fits the way CRE teams actually work. It works, but it depends on individuals holding everything together. One strong analyst. One complex workbook. One process everyone ...
The Value of Our Work
I've often thought about the value of my work - as I'm sure we all do.
Could 20 People Run a $100 Billion Real Estate Portfolio?
This proposition was raised on a real estate podcast and has stayed with me for over a year:
Gemini Explains Refined Data to a 5 Year Old
Today I asked Gemini to describe our business to a 5 year old after looking at only the landing page of our website, and to use analogies if it helped tell the story simply. The result ...
Margins are not managed by dashboards.
What do we lose when all we see are dashboards?
How a New Hire Answers Your CEO
If a 25-year-old joined your team tomorrow, would they rebuild your reporting process the way it works today? Or would they quietly question it? Theyāve grown up with instant answers. Search, not hunting. Automation as the ...
Real Estate Still Relies on Spreadsheets?
Why are spreadsheets so pervasive in critical system processes.
The True Cost of Complexity
This is an excerpt. It's whatever you want it to be to set the stage for the main article.
Does CRE Finance Have a Technology Problem?
If you donāt believe we do, then Iād ask this question: why does commercial real estate still run on spreadsheets? Think about that for a minute⦠Enterprise systems protect the books. Executives seek financial performance. And somewhere ...
The Value of Our Work
I've often thought about the value of my work - as I'm sure we all do.
Could 20 People Run a $100 Billion Real Estate Portfolio?
This proposition was raised on a real estate podcast and has stayed with me for over a year:













