S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

An S.E.C. guest requested counsel with regard to an aging couple/prospective client, who had a gaggle of properties in a remote town. He wanted help on valuing so as to take a salable listing - a standard MLS broker’s approach.
He really liked the couple, and was stymied on how to proceed and was newly open [...]

Reprinted with permission from Veronica C. Law, Esq. Ms. Law is an attorney with Decker, Jones, McMackin, McClane, Hall & Bates, P.C., in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Ms. Law represents sellers, buyers, lenders, landlords and tenants in all types of commercial real estate transactions. Ms. Law can be reached at 817-336-2400 or by email to: [...]

Almost 30 years ago I walked into a big national marketing session at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago. Over 100 brokers were marketing properties, brainstorming complicated solutions, and proposing to exchange equities to solve problems. It was exciting and new to me and at that moment I caught the “bug.”
Today marketing sessions are still a [...]

The one word that I would use to describe this issue is “Explore.” The dictionary defines explore as: to travel into or wander through; for the purpose of discovery. In this issue,w e wander into the mindset of investing in small markets, we travel to the future and explore what it takes to plan for [...]