ABOUT LAURA
Laura specializes in providing real estate audit and consulting matters for privately held companies and private equity funds specializing in real estate.. Since joining RSM, she has worked with commercial, residential, retail, hotels and real estate opportunity funds, as well as performed due diligence services for real estate funds and various lenders in the real estate conduit markets.
Laura has thirteen years of experience in real estate and public accounting, and has developed and presented multiple continuing education courses in the real estate industry. In 2018, she was selected as a senior analyst in RSM’s cutting edge Industry Eminence Program, which positions its senior analysts to understand, forecast and communicate economic, business and technology trends shaping the industries RSM serves.
Recent Perspectives

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Hanging on: 5 ways that hotels can survive the pandemic economy
RSM identifies five strategies, beyond cost-cutting, for hotel owners and operators to survive the COVID-19-induced downturn.

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Conditions ripe for strategic real estate, construction investments
Low interest rates provide an opportunity for real estate investors to access low-cost capital and make long-term strategic investments.

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Hotel valuations tricky as price discovery remains depressed
What happens to the perception of hotel valuation and how does meaningful deal flow? RSM’s article for Hotel Executive explores the answer.

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2020 Election preview: Real estate
With the election approaching, RSM is looking at the economic stakes and the key issues for various industries.

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Hotel occupancy data: It’s only half the story
Given that the pandemic has forced closures of many U.S. hotels, occupancy rates are not providing the full picture of distress.

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An SOS for commercial real estate
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, real estate deals are at best being reworked and at worst falling apart altogether.

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School’s Out for Summer
The student housing sector, once a beacon of stability, is now vulnerable to COVID-19 as universities rethink their plans.

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The new sectors of real estate in a post-pandemic world
From industrial to office and retail to hotels, RSM and Preqin discuss how COVID-19 is leaving its mark on property.
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Huge travel-related losses expected in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
The U.S. travel industry is expected to see a 75% revenue drop over the next two months alone, according to one economic report.