Evan A. Shields

Founder/CEO of Built Different & Indelible Capital Partners. Koko & Giselle’s Dad, Adolphia’s Husband. Business Leader, Educator, Community Servant.

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💥 Today’s the public launch of my firm Indelible Capital Partners (@Indelible_Cap)!

This has been a dream 10 years in the making💪, and it couldn't come at a better time. 🧵

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The name finally sounds like the work. Follow @evanshields to be the first to know when it drops Monday.

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I need to tell you something. IndeliCap Partners is done.

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Next week: new name. New brand. Complete realignment. One roof. One mission: working people deserve homes that build wealth.

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Source: University of Pennsylvania Archives, Wikipedia. Follow @evanshields for weekly profiles on the builders who changed housing.

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1921. University of Pennsylvania. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander became the first Black American woman to earn a PhD in economics. She was 23.

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She didn't wait for permission. She built the argument. That's the model.

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Follow @evanshields. Signal vs. noise, every week in Built Different.

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Three signals in housing this week. CBRE fell 26% in two days. JLL -14%. Cushman -13%. Sharpest CRE stock drop since 2008.

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If an entire generation opts out of homeownership, the long-term wealth inequality consequences are significant. Especially for Black and Latino families.

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This window closes when the construction wave peaks. That day is coming. It's not here yet. Sources: Apartment List, NAR, NAHB, Feb 2026. Follow @evanshields.

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32 months. That's how long U.S. rents have been falling. Down 1.4% year over year. And the number every renter and investor needs to see:

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If rent < mortgage on the same home, renting and saving the difference is math. Not failure. A legitimate financial strategy.