Kim Cobb - Little gg Capital and Encompass Business Solutions. Family Friend, Investor, and Maevlo Advisory Board Member

There have been a lot of big strides in the life of Maevlo lately, not least among these being the rollout of our investor portal, Juniper Square. If you're a seasoned real estate equity investor you've probably come across this service before, but for many of our partners it's a new thing and, for us, it feels like a significant step. It's good to mark big moments in life, so let's take a moment to talk about this step with Juniper Square!

My favorite questions to ask when someone is selling an investment idea are, “Why this opportunity?” “Why now?” and “Why is it available to me?” Through our recent musings on the period of “structural deficit” we are entering, you’ve gotten a sense of how we answer “Why this, why now?” Now for a bit of reflection on why we think we are the right kind of investors for this market in this day and age.

There are always many currents in world markets and anyone who says they can predict the future with precision is a liar or a fool. But it is possible to describe the larger swells and trends and attempt to wisely align your decision-making with them. One of the bigger swells that we see right now in the oil and gas industry is actually quite a big one and is worth naming. We believe we’re in the early innings of potentially a decade-long horizon wherein we’ll experience Structural Deficits. In short, the abundant energy we’ve all been privy to over the last several decades will begin to decline and that will intersect with the continued appetite around the world for energy consumption.

I always find it interesting how when someone tells you what they do for a living, you’ll usually have some sort of idea what that means, but if you take the time to dig deeper, you always find that the real story is so much more rich and interesting. Most of my friends know I am in “oil and gas” or that I’m a “landman.” But what do those words really mean?

Family. Life. Investing. When we launched the MAEVLO adventure, these were the pillars we set up as guideposts. Some slogans are there to make customers