Now you really can have an office anywhere!
Todd Clarke @ November 24, 2009 # One Comment
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Believe it or not, this office folds flatter than an IKEA flat pack!
Possible solution for zoning issuess?
Todd Clarke @ November 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
This make look like any ordinary residential area in California, but would you believe it if I told you it was actually a factory? Click here for more. I wonder why developer’s haven’t used this for industrial parks?
Mega development near Vegas…
Todd Clarke @ November 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Hoover dam by-pass is under construction - Gizmodo (and my father-in-law) have forwarded some amazing photos of the construction of this bridge.
First CMBs in years - closes - $400M+, 1.44 DCR, 62.4% LTV
Todd Clarke @ November 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Co-Starreports that the first CMBS deal in years had been put together and sold on the open market - securing the owner, Developers Diversified, over $400M on 28 properites across the country at an average cost of 6%. TALF (TARP) funds were used to back the deal.
A possible solution for all the commercial real estate debt that is coming due?
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 [...]
The Economist has such a way with words
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 [...]
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s technology lunch and learn
Todd Clarke @ November 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In less than 90 minutes, we covered technology and how to best make it work for the commercial Realtor.
Everything from making presentations using your iphone and a portable projector, how to find a $200 netbook, take your office into the digital era by going paperless to the best tech tools to travel with.
The case for a national MLS
Todd Clarke @ November 12, 2009 # One Comment
NAR announced their purchase of technology to construct the Realtors® Property Resource, a nationwide database of over 140,000,000 homes. Althoughthe press release denies the intent to make this anything more than a member benefit, it seems likely that a national MLS could follow.
Currently, local and regional MLS systems have a data sharing protocol to [...]
Albuquerque’s housing market continues to improve while USA shows decrease
Todd Clarke @ November 11, 2009 # One Comment
According to a story in today’s Albuquerque Journal, 80% of this country’s cities showed a decrease in home sales prices, but Albuquerque remained on an modest upward trend.
“Third-quarter data showed the median sale price in the Albuquerque metro area was $183,500 — up from the first and second quarters — but down about 5 percent [...]