S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

Pre-construction or off-plan is a way to invest for yourself and your clients in real estate developments before or while they are being built. You or your clients through this method provide capital for real estate developers at the planning stage of the development. This type of investment offers easy and convenient portfolio diversification with [...]

As we run the gamut of our daily and business lives we are faced with a landslide of challenges that require a decision. Do you have someone to call for answers? Do you know everything and have no need for external stimulation or answers to your questions? It is assumed that everyone at some time [...]

by Chuck and Marilyn Sutherland
Most S.E.C. members know that our hotel - Quality Inn Market Center - became a relief organization and shelter for evacuees after Hurricane Katrina hit on August 28th. We made a decision not to kick people out if they couldn’t pay and to feed them three meals a day when we [...]

Much effort, many dollars, extensive time, and talent gets spent exposing real estate equities to the marketplace(s), that many times are for naught. When an owner wants to change out of his current real estate into a different set of circumstances, the standard “drill” is to put it on the market shelf and struggle to [...]

It is important that we look to our future. What is the difference between a small investor and a large investor? Nothing really, except the amount of capital being invested; the fact that we do it ourselves; or the number of partners we have.
Everyone is trying to do the same thing - build an estate [...]

When Buying a Note Secured by Real Estate!
To obtain a faster sale of his property Sam Seller agrees to carry a note secured by the property he is selling to Bob Buyer. Hopefully Sam will get a reasonable cash down payment from Bob and then negotiate the terms of a carry-back note from Bob. [...]

This Article is Part of a Series » What is in our Name» This is the last in the series of WHAT’S IN A NAME? More specifically, WHAT IS IN OUR NAME- Society of Exchange Counselors. This article focuses on the last word in our name, COUNSELOR. In the first article, I presented an [...]

This issue balances the warm colors of fall with the cold realities of winter. As the seasons change, they bring changes to our lives: many expected and some unexpected. We refer to those expected or unexpected changes as challenges. With each challenge comes an opportunity.
As we conclude 2005, we should all be looking forward to [...]