One question.
One written analysis.
Days, not quarters.
Bespoke research and analysis engagements that don't fit a publication or a productized report. Real estate, cyber, or anything in between. We scope it, brief it, write it, and deliver it on the timetable the question deserves.
How an engagement runs
Four steps. Same on every engagement, real estate or cyber.
Scope
One conversation, no charge. We agree on the question, the deliverable shape, the timeline, and the budget. If the engagement is not the right fit for us, we say so and refer where we can.
Brief
We write a one-page brief restating the question, the method, the inputs we will use, and the deliverable. You countersign. The brief is the contract on what the engagement is for and what it will produce.
Work
The analyst on file does the work. We update on a cadence agreed in the brief. Where we hit a wall, we surface it before it costs you days. Where we find something material outside the brief, we flag it.
Deliver
The written deliverable lands on the agreed date, in the agreed format. We hold a debrief call. Where the answer creates a follow-on question, we scope a follow-on engagement — or we close out clean.
What people engage us for
A representative range. The list is illustrative, not exhaustive.
Property due diligence
"We're considering acquiring this property / portfolio. Tell us what we should know before we make an offer." Comparable-sales work, motivation analysis, off-market context, and risk read.
Acquisition diligence (cyber)
"We're acquiring this company. Tell us what's exposed, what's leaked, and what's lurking." Time-boxed cyber diligence inside the deal window, structured as a memo the deal team can act on.
Executive risk
"What would a hostile party find about me / my family / my principal?" SIGNAL-based footprint analysis with reduction recommendations. Discreet engagement; written deliverable to the engaging party only.
Market sizing
"Is this submarket actually a market?" Quantitative analysis of inventory, transaction velocity, mispricing distribution, and structural constraints in a specific Northeast geography.
Threat actor brief
"This actor / this campaign — tell us what we don't know about them and whether we're in their target set." Open-source-led actor profile, written as an analyst would write it for a working CTI team.
Litigation support
Open-source factual research supporting an active matter, delivered to counsel under engagement letter. Written; sourceable; structured for use as exhibit support.
Pricing
By engagement scope. Anyone can request a scope conversation.
Property work — concierge. Single-property and multi-property research engagements typically start at $750 for the smallest scopes and run to several thousand for multi-property or extended-timeline work. The Property Intelligence Report at $149–$199 is the productized version of the smallest engagement; on-demand is everything larger or more complex.
Cyber work. Cyber engagements are priced per scope. M&A diligence, executive risk, and threat-actor work range from low five figures for tightly scoped engagements to mid five figures for multi-week deep dives. We quote against the brief; we do not bill against an open meter.
Retainers. For ongoing relationships — quarterly market briefs, continuous CTI monitoring, monthly executive-risk updates — we structure a retainer that pre-allocates analyst capacity and pre-prices the recurring deliverable. Retainer pricing reflects the reduced scoping cost on the firm's side.