Author Profile: Clifford P. Weaver, S.E.C., CCIM
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Clifford P. Weaver, S.E.C., CCIM (San Jose, California)
was a member of the Society of Exchange Counselors. Mr. Weaver personally administered the real estate interests of multiple partnerships, corporations, and joint ventures throughout his career. His articles appeared in the leading national real estate journals. He was named S.E.C. "Counselor of the Year" in 1968, and was the 1975 President of the Society. He authored articles and books on Broker Estate Building and was a founder of the original S.E.C Real Estate News Observer. . He created a real estate education program on Broker Estate Building and taught throughout the nation in the 1970's. Known for his creativity, good nature and fun loving spirit, today, the SEC honors his name with the Cliff Weaver Award for Most Creative Transaction of the Year.©2009-2011 The S.E.C. Real Estate Observer
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Posted in Summer 2008, The S.E.C. History Files on 31 Summer 2008
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Certainly, the past two years have been challenging to those involved in Real Estate. A quick review demonstrated a Real Estate market with lots of money, or no money, to a market with expensive money. [...]
Posted in Spring 2008, The S.E.C. History Files on 3 Spring 2008
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“Land, land, land! I’m sick of land,” claim more and more brokers. What the industry is seeing is an overabundance of and packages or land vehicles offered to the market place [...]
Posted in The S.E.C. History Files, Winter 2008 on 17 Winter 2008
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An attempt will be made to generate six simple ideas that will permit one to make money during the present monetary uncertainty. [...]
Posted in Summer 2007, The S.E.C. History Files on 17 Summer 2007
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the August 1973 issue of the R.E. News Observer. If you change a few dates and numbers, it could just as easily have been written today.
Have you been asked recently what you think the future of real estate is in the next two years? To youngsters in the [...]
Posted in Spring 2007, The S.E.C. History Files on 17 Spring 2007
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the June 1975 issue of the Real Estate Observer.
Prior to “making a million,” we have to take the first step - set an immediate goal of securing $1,000 per month cash flow. As this is an “after-tax” goal and after paying 40% to your broker, we are looking [...]
Posted in Formulas and Strategies, Summer 2006 on 17 Summer 2006
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the May 1972 issue of the Real Estate Observer.
“BUY LOW … SELL HIGH” has been taught in educational classes for years. We don’t want to argue with this advice from our educators, but we feel it would be wise for the estate building broker to explore this formula [...]
Posted in Formulas and Strategies, Spring 2006 on 17 Spring 2006
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the November, 1974 issue of the Real Estate News Observer.
Mr. Bartaloni owned a building leased to XYZ Title Insurance Company. The lease had six more years to run on a 15 year lease. However, Bartaloni forgot, in the original lease negotiations to have a tax clause or cost [...]
Posted in The S.E.C. History Files, Winter 2006 on 17 Winter 2006
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the October 1973 issue of the Real Estate Observer.
Work on every offering: Many real estate brokers feel that the secret of success is to keep busy. This theory is far from true. The successful broker knows the secret of success financially, is to work on one project at [...]
Posted in Autumn 2005, The S.E.C. History Files on 17 Autumn 2005
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Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the March, 1975, issue of the Real Estate News Observer.
This portion of the Real Estate News Observer is dedicated to those who need clients. Thus, the old timers probably don’t have to read any further as they probably have all the CLIENTS they need! To the new person [...]
Posted in The S.E.C. History Files, Winter 2005 on 17 Winter 2005
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*By its cover!
However, have you ever looked at the type of real estate owned by your fellow-real estate practitioners? Sometimes it gives you a “cover insight” as to why many “insiders” are having problems making a successful living from real estate.
In the past few months, the Real Estate News Observer has been conducting a small, [...]