Austin Tyler

Golf, Ecom, BTC

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Haven’t been very active here, but with busy season winding down I want to be. So a little about me: spent 8 years in commercial real estate—at a major REIT and then a boutique investment sales shop. Recently transitioned into a family-owned DTC e-commerce brand, working across everything from web dev and social to marketing, and even rolling my sleeves up in shipping and receiving

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Serious question… how do people forget to bring headphones on a plane?

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

If the @PGATOUR were smart, they’d let Brooks return immediately. Open the floodgates, let everyone come back, and leave @LIV in the dust.

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

@theficouple $1M and not even close
Also these questions make no sense without context

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

I have nothing to sell you.
No courses. No newsletters. No paywalls. No “community.”
Everything I share is free.
I’ve already won.
Now Im giving you what I wish someone would have given me 10-15 yrs ago

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Maybe obvious, but if you’re in ecom you should be blasting gift card emails right now through year-end. Every goofy uncle forgot to buy gifts and it’s insanely easy for him to just forward a gift card email and make his day easier

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

It’s not always glamorous, I’m in the office the Sunday before Christmas making sure everything runs smoothly and getting jobs and packages cleaned up before the holiday break. Worked every single day this December… worth it for the 3-day work week the other half the year

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Who are the best folks to follow re: ecom, DTC, brands, etc

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

I don’t judge status by the car you drive or the watch you wear — I judge it by what your vendors give you for the holidays.
A party or dinner doesn’t move me. I’m talking sets of golf club, vacations, floor seats to the playoffs

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Real estate Twitter has “door bros.”
Has ecom coined “box bros” yet?
You know—the guys whose whole personality is taking photos of their boxes

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

All this ecom / “box bro” talk about how successful you are… cool.
The real test? Let me see the pizza party FedEx is throwing for your company.
Then we can talk

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

If you stand right in front of the elevator—or try to get on before people get off—I’m walking straight into you. I don’t care who you are. Let people exit first. It’s basic human courtesy.

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Data center tenants face sticker shock! Rents are soaring by up to 50% on lease renewals, and landlord concessions are vanishing. The balance of power is shifting in this once-tenant-favorable market. #DataCenters #CRE #CREDiQ

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Amazon’s warehouse automation overhaul. New fulfillment centers feature 10x more robotics than before, cutting order fulfillment costs by 25%. The AI-driven supply chain revolution is here. #PropTech #Logistics #CREDiQ

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Retail bankruptcies could hit CMBS hard. 7 major retailers—including Rite Aid, Party City & Big Lots—are restructuring, affecting properties backing at least $17B in CMBS loans. Store closures expected to surge past 2020 levels. #Retail #CMBS #CRE

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Multifamily distress inches up to 13%. A 10 bps increase in Feb follows a 40 bps rise in Jan. Apartments remain the 2nd most distressed CRE asset type—trailing only office. #Multifamily #CRE #CREDiQ

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

83% of multifamily investors plan to buy in 2025. Only 2% are looking to sell, according to a new Berkadia survey. After two years of frozen capital markets, deal flow is picking up. #Multifamily #CREInvestment #CREDiQ

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Office distress climbs to 19.3%—another record. While overall CRE distress dipped to 10.8% in Feb, office properties continue to suffer. The sector added 160 bps of distress since Jan, nearly matching Dec’s huge spike. #OfficeMarket #CMBS #CRE

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CLO distress hits record 16%! The CRED iQ CRE CLO distress rate jumped 90 bps in Feb, marking four straight months of record highs. A year ago, it was just 9.4%. Floating rate loans are struggling to pay off. #CRE #Distress #CREDiQ

[Austin Tyler @ecompolar]

Investors Abandon Condos - Investor purchases of U.S. condos dropped to the lowest level since 2012, down 13% YoY in Q4, according to CRED iQ. Florida, a longtime condo hotspot, saw some of the biggest pullbacks