[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfMhco_SFBk] Tampa Bay Real Estate Broker, Eric Odum, interviews Scott Jacobsen, Commercial Banking Manager for NorthStar Bank in Tampa, Florida. They discuss options for business owners to locate capital to continue to grow their businesses in a challenging environment. While Read More
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Apartment Finance Today Conference Update
I am back from moderating an all-star panel discussion at the Apartment Finance Today Conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Our topic: “Small but Mighty: Finding the Best Small-Balance Apartment Loan” was well received by a full house of real estate Read More
Hometown Democracy? Sounds great in theory… who doesn't like Democracy? Until you learn more…
And you learn that Hometown Democracy shifts many of the planning and zoning decisions from professionals that have spent a career working through the critical issues to all the voters. America was not founded as a Democracy with majority rule Read More
SBA Changes the Rules for the Better
SBA has made some sweeping changes to their programs in an effort to stimulate lending to small business owners facing maturing commercial real estate loans and in need of working capital. Please download a free six page guide titled “SBA_New Read More
Is Warren Buffet's entry into distressed real estate the sign we have been looking for that it is safe to jump back in the water?
Not really. While there is frothy excitement in social media circles that Warren Buffet’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is mentioned in the same sentence as “distressed real estate” his firm is a special servicer, not a buyer of distressed Read More
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
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
Florida Land Development and Traffic Concurrency
By David Repka I’ve written in previous posts about the recent changes to the growth management laws that have eliminated traffic concurrency from every real estate developer’s worst nightmares (we think!). Today I received a newsletter from a local land Read More
Highlights from the ICSC Florida Conference
BLOGGER COMMENT: Yesterday I attended the Florida ICSC Conference in Orlando, FL. I spent time with developers & investors that need access to capital as well as sources of capital. Deals are still getting done, but with more equity required Read More