CBRE expects negative demand for office space globally this year and anticipates that rents will decline 3% to 6% next year in most markets.

As long as the Fed and the Govt control monetary policy and the dollar remains a global reserve currency, this is unlikely to change.

I found an array of options listed, including:Some fully remote (although some companies are not even in Austin)Some part timeSome remote for some peopleSome have office but can be remoteArticle from July 2020: ( https://www.bizjournals.com/au... .)Current Knowledge:INDEED: WFH till July 2021Guesses:APPLE: I figure Apple, since they are spending $1 Billion on the new campus will want employees to come into the office :).Facebook, Google, Amazon, IBM, and PayPal all have offices in Austin, so perhaps their global policies will be the same in Austin as well?

Long-term asset-based loans, which are loans that are primarily based on the subject property's cashflow and not your personal (or global) income (i.e. no tax returns, pay stubs, personal financial statements, etc.), usually come from hard money lenders, such as CoreVest, Civic, Lima One, LendingOne, LendingHome, Visio, and us (Certain Lending). 

Sharing you Knight Frank's Prime Global Index for Q2 2020: https://content.knightfrank.co...High-end housing markets across the globe, beleaguered by the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying damage to the economy, have reached their lowest rate of annual growth in almost a decade, according to the latest prime cities index from Knight Frank. 

The same trend was observed during the global financial crisis when prices dropped by 1.5 percent in 2009 and immediately recovered in 2010 with a 2.1 percent increase in average prices,” Colliers International Philippines had said.Read more: https://business.inquirer.net/307174/strong-investor-confidence-in-resilient-property-sector#ixzz6XzvzOCxw

Economists (not me) expect inflation will continue to rise in the months ahead toward the 2% - 3% annual pace of inflation that was in effect before the Coronavirus wreaked havoc on global economies.

There will be, and has been, a ton of migration, not just Californians, globally that will effect real estate in any market, it is inevitable. 

Local vs National means nothing in the computer age, the smallest brokerage has global marketing reach.

The transaction that introduces the two should be 1. at arm's length, 2. significant in scope, amounts and risk and 3. successfully completed to the end.Yes, you could do something knowing that you will or would likely do future business and you can do some transaction that introduces each party.As to a significance of the transaction, that would not mean buying a pack of gum at the drug store.