Monthly Archives: October 2009
Follow the Leader and You’ll Always Be Behind
Before you retool your marketing message to align with today’s economic realities, resist the urge, at least initially, to study what all the others are doing. Doing so will just cloud your judgment and sap the power of your perspective. … Continue reading
CoStar Retail Webinar Provides Insight into National Retail Real Estate Trends in Third Quarter
October 28, 2009 CoStar Group subscribers who attended this week’s webinar led by Jay Spivey, CoStar Group’s Senior Director of Research & Analytics, were provided with the latest insights on the state of the nation’s retail commercial real estate industry … Continue reading
5 ways to lose a customer
Assume expectations aren’t the most important metric Setting and then meeting expectations is about 90% of the secret to success. Where business owners get in trouble here is overpromising or improperly conveying realistic expectations. It’s amazing how deadly making and … Continue reading
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Investors Expect Bank Woes May Finally Jump-Start Distressed Buying Opportunities
By Randyl Drummer Commercial property investors may finally make the long-expected move off the sidelines and back into the real estate investment game as building owners and their lenders are forced to face the music and unload distressed assets next … Continue reading
Cheap Online Storage
You have probably heard all the radio ads for low cost online storage from such providers as Carbonite. Any off-site storage is better than none, for a number of reasons. A new provider has entered the scene, www.mozy.com for $5 … Continue reading
A Clarion Call For Jobs, from Forbes Daily
Small businesses, which have created 70% of new jobs in America over the last 10 years, have been particularly devastated by this historic recession. The latest jobs numbers dealt another blow to struggling small businesses: The unemployment rate increased to … Continue reading
Real Estate Stock Talk: Are Apartments A Buy?
Stephane Fitch, 10.12.09, 06:00 AM EDT Apartment vacancies have jumped to 8%. Time to invest?
Your Ticket to More Commissions?
Why Sale/Leasebacks Could Be Your Ticket to More Commissions by Jim Gillespie With so many brokers looking for new ways to find opportunities and close more transactions, sale/leasebacks may be emerging as a way for brokers to make this happen. … Continue reading
7 Time Wasters of Busy Salespeople
Everyone loves those days when you’re able to check more things off the Task list vs. adding more to it. When it comes to being efficient in the office, there are several things that might interfere with your ability to … Continue reading
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Fed Ratchets Up Warnings on Commercial Real Estate Debt
CRE Under Pressure Due to Sharp Erosion in Fundamentals, Grubb & Ellis Economist Bach Less Bearish on Sector Outlook Two officials from the U.S. Federal Reserve issued strong signals this week that the central bank is very concerned over the … Continue reading
