Todd Clarke @ April 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Posted in our sister blog, Todd Clarke’s Technology Corner, is an obituary of the man who developed the hardware for the first personal computer.
His fulltime job was as a scientist at Sandia National Labratories, but his interests were in developing computers that the public could use.
His company, MITS, developed the hardware, but he needed a [...]
Todd Clarke @ November 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Reading this article at the Economist got me thinking…
What if borrowed and lenders had a prenegotiated arrangement that converted debt into equity a commercial real estate deal? I don’t mean like todays, expensive involuntary conversion that happens through foreclosure, but a more organized rational, prenegotiated, pre-nupital like document that said something like “in the [...]
Todd Clarke @ November 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Take this example whereby they explain the inputs a home buyer needs to make a decision:
Most people face a future that comprises a combination of Donald Rumsfeld’s known and unknown unknowns. Choosing to buy a house, for example, involves a series of bets on land prices, interest rates, taxes, job prospects, future planning decisions in [...]
Todd Clarke @ September 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The juxtaposition of news story about the economy are interesting – on one hand the Federal government has declared a victory on turning around the economy, on the other, those of us in the commercial real estate business know that until there is transparency in the lenders holdings, the loans will not flow, the capital [...]
Todd Clarke @ July 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Urban Land Institute has added an economic dashboard to it’s website - it can be found here .
The dashboard provides an update of leading economic indicators that often foreshadow changes in the real estate market.
ULI also has one of the best real estate libraries that can be found in any organization.
Todd Clarke @ May 26, 2009 # 4 Comments
Special thanks to fellow Realtor Ric Thom for sharing this:
This is an important message from Ric Thom, President Security Escrow Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
May 26, 2009
HR 1728: The Taking of Private Property Rights
Congress is trying to greatly restrict seller financing. This is a taking of our private property rights. The US House [...]
Todd Clarke @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The video does a nice job of summarizing the acceleration of technolgy and its innovation. Couple that with changing demographics (for example, did you know there are more people who speak english in China, than there are people in the United States?
Todd Clarke @ January 11, 2009 # One Comment
A Copyrighted article from the NM Business Weekly indicates that Albuquerque has landed 100 new jobs and a corporate headquarters for the ReelzChannel.
Gov. Bill Richardson made the announcement today with Stan E. Hubbard, chairman and CEO of ReelzChannel - TV About Movies. ReelzChannel is owned by Hubbard Media Group, which also owns KOB-TV, Channel [...]
Todd Clarke @ January 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Washington Post has an interesting article on how the pieces for put into play for today’s economic meltdown over two decades ago.
Todd Clarke @ December 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In the December 20th, 2008 issue, the Economist covers the latest trends in how Retailers are analyzing your shopping habits.
Would you believe?
- Camera’s that read your facial patterns?
- receiver’s that record your wherebouts based on your cell phone?
- reorganizing the store so the things you buy the most are in [...]