S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

Editor’s note: This column is an ongoing series of vignettes recalling the sage counsel and advice received by SEC members and candidates from their mentors that have made a difference in the way they do business. Please feel free to jump in and tell us how your mentor changed your business life. Send your insights [...]

Editors note: This column is an ongoing series of vignettes recalling the sage counsel and advice received by SEC members and candidates from their mentors that have made a difference in the way they do business. Please feel free to jump in and tell us how your mentor changed your business life. Send your insights [...]

How many times have we all been involved with someone representing a property we wanted to purchase (or lease) for our client and we thought that the broker on the other side would kill the deal from sheer ignorance? Are you guilty of saying, “I just wish that he would get out of the way [...]

The SEC prides itself in counseling our clients. However, many times we have to deal with other brokers that don’t take the time to counsel their clients or don’t know how. For instance, I want to buy an asset that is listed at a highly over-valued price. When I ask the listing broker how he [...]

Tricia and I live in Southlake, Texas, the world’s best example of NIMBY, BANANA and all those other acronyms for “we are here and you can’t come in”. The average household income in Southlake is over $285,000 and the city is mostly large lot (minimum ½ acre) residential zoning with many 1 acre and larger [...]