There is a difference between knowing how real estate is supposed to work and understanding how it actually works.

I have spent my career on the practical side of that divide. Building. Valuing. Investing. Teaching. Watching good intentions collide with infrastructure limits, capital constraints, politics, and time.

My name is Suhail Y Tayeb. I advise real estate investors and institutions on how to make better decisions before capital is committed and mistakes become expensive. I am a real estate strategist and educator focused on how assets perform over time, not how they look on paper at closing.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Master’s degree in Leadership and Strategy from London Business School. I am also a Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University, where I teach and lead applied research on real estate economics, sustainable development, and infrastructure driven investment strategy.

Teaching does not replace practice. It sharpens it. Standing in front of students forces clarity. Advising investors forces accountability. The combination matters because real estate decisions are never just financial. They are technical, political, and operational at the same time.

My work sits at that intersection.

I work with investors navigating valuation risk, affordable and workforce housing, multifamily strategy, sustainable retrofits, and emerging infrastructure assets such as data centers. The focus is not speed or hype. It is seeing constraints early, understanding tradeoffs clearly, and structuring decisions that hold up when conditions change.