The Geography of Jobs – TIP Strategies Watch this 30-second animated map showing job creation starting in 2004 and massive job loss starting in 2008. Posted using ShareThis Read More
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Building Your Personal Brand
I’m back from South Beach after moderating a panel discussion on personal branding at the Crittenden Commercial Real Estate Conference. I was lucky to have an all star panel of: Robert Barber, CCIM of Accelerated Real Estate Services Dr. Diana Read More
Crittenden Fall Commercial Real Estate Conference
Conference begins Monday, October 26th at the Ritz-Carlton in South Beach, Miami. The conference features 17 panel discussions and endless networking and deal making opportunities. You can still register online or you may register onsite beginning Monday. I’m moderating a Read More
Plan Coming Together to Restructure Commercial Real Estate Loans
By DAMIAN PALETTA in The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators are close to issuing guidelines that would encourage lenders to rework troubled commercial real-estate loans, a sector of the economy they expect to topple scores of additional Read More
Multifamily Economist: The Worst Is Over
Nadji Mfe2009 View more presentations from bthompson. [slideshare id=2212297&doc=nadjimfe2009-091013152016-phpapp02] This 20-slide presentation was prepared by Hessam Nadji, managing director of research services at Marcus & Millichap for the recent Multifamily Executive Conference in Las Vegas. Nadji has indicated that the housing Read More
CMBS Volume down 99.99% and cap rates only up slightly, huh?
BLOGGER COMMENT: For more stats download the file labeled “CMSA-Compendium” from the box.net widget on this blog. You may also want to see the graph detailing the 99.99% plunge in CMBS volume from my October 6, 2009 blog entry. Read More
Barbara Corcoran's Top 10 Markets in the U.S. to Buy A Home: #1 Sarasota & #6 St. Pete
View 5m 55sec video interview of Barbara Corcoran on The Today Show selecting Sarasota as the #1 and St. Petersburg as the #6 turnaround residential markets in the USA. God Bless America!! http://www.bisonfinancial.com/resources/top10.htm Read More
CMBS Production Rocketship Falls to Earth in 2008-2009
BLOGGER COMMENT: The biggest problem facing commercial real estate is the capital markets’ lack of liquidity. CMBS issuance went from $230 billion in 2007 to $12 billion in 2008 to less than a billion dollars YTD in 2009 (my source Read More
Is social media a fad?
Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? I’m moderating a panel on “Building Your Personal Brand” at the Crittenden Fall Commercial Real Estate Conference in Miami Beach on October 26-28, 2009. Key Read More
Become a workafrolic not workaholic and other secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow … Read More