We are talking less more than ever and it’s damaging, AI is also contributing. A quiet shift is happening in how people communicate that has health and business implications. Researchers are estimating people are speaking hundreds of fewer words per day, resulting in a sizable decline in regular conversation. What feels incremental at the individual level adds up to something much larger: millions of words, and thousands of interactions, disappearing from daily life. Spoken conversation is one of the primary ways people build relationships, process emotion, align understanding, flag concerns, and form deeper connections. When we speak less, we connect less, learn less about each other, and weaken the social fabric that supports well-being and performance. Today, advances in AI are making communication faster and more efficient but also, in some cases, thinner and more uniform. AI can short-circuit communications altogether. For businesses and what we do everday, this trend has important implications. Fewer spoken interactions lead to weaker team cohesion, lower psychological safety and trust, reduced well-being, and less organizational effectiveness. So much so that social health is increasingly being recognized as a critical part of workforce well-being. Remember, people do business with people. Not emails, texts or even AI. AI is a tool and for special purpose use only!

Excited to share that Flintridge Apartments, a 188-unit multifamily community in Arlington, Texas, has officially closed. This one took a real team effort to get across the finish line. Toward the end, there were a lot of normal closing items being worked through, including seller-side city items, lender requirements, insurance updates, closing amendments, updated vacancy and delinquency information, and pre-closing walks to verify unit condition before takeover. A big thank you to our investors for their trust and partnership. We do not take that lightly. Thank you as well to our partners, lenders, brokers, attorneys, property management team, vendors, and everyone else who helped move this forward. There are always a lot of people behind the scenes on a transaction like this, and we’re grateful for each person who played a part. Now the focus shifts from closing the deal to operating the asset well. That means supporting the onsite team, serving residents, improving leasing, staying disciplined with the business plan, and being good stewards of the property and the capital entrusted to us. Grateful for the team, grateful for our investors, and looking forward to the work ahead.

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