S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

Welcome to the winter 2011 issue of the S.E.C. Observer. In this issue, Chris Dischinger, S.E.C., presents his final article as the 2011 President of S.E.C., and does an excellent job of defining the “history and importance of equity marketing.”

Wes Dingler and Brandon Sanders recently ran the Ohio Creative Real Estate Association (ORCEA) in Columbus, Ohio. This effort was supported in part by your S.E.C. Education Foundation in an effort to bring our style of marketing and the formulas we use to regional marketing groups. Both Dingler and Sanders moderated many packages and did an excellent job running the meeting.

The S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session will be held at the RIO All Suites Hotel, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89103. The special room rate for S.E.C. meeting attendees is $60.00 for Sunday and Monday, and $125.00 any other night, single or double.

The S.E.C. Education Foundation is pleased to present two important programs that focus on due diligence in both real estate and in our environment, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on January 22, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session will be held at the historic Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas, 78205. The special room rate for S.E.C. meeting attendees is $119.00, single or double.

Welcome to the fall 2011 issue of the S.E.C. Observer. In this issue, Chris Dischinger, S.E.C., imparts why he feels the personal contacts created during S.E.C. meetings are so important.
Jim Brondino, S.E.C., CCIM, defines moderators as “value creators;” and Bill Richert, S.E.C., CCIM, provides strategies for “creative currency” in this market. “Money [...]

Because of difficulties many brokers are having during this monetary mishap, the Real Estate News Observer is devoting much of its space to Money Making Ideas, Improvement in Marketing Meetings to Increase Closings, and related matters. Brokers looking for more advanced articles are asked not only to bear with us, but also to submit their suggestions to help their fellow brokers with less experience.

The S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session will be held at the Embassy Suites Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA, 92840.

The S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session will be held at the RIO All-Suite Hotel & Casino, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89103. The special room rate for S.E.C. meeting attendees is $60.00, single or double, Sunday and Monday, and $125.00, single or double, any other day.

James M. Smith was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. He is of direct German descent and his grandparents came to the United States during World War I and located in Leavenworth, Kansas. His mother, Ann, was a homemaker, and his father, Nick, was a business owner during the depression and later worked as an electrician in the local public utility.