S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

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 [...]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the December 1972 issue of the R.E. News Observer. It may soon be time to sharpen your skills in this area due to the changing real estate market.
All real estate transactions involve some sort of financing. It is in this arena that most doomed transactions fall.
Given good structure [...]

An S.E.C. Biography
Harry Kennerk was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he grew up. He attended Ballermine College in Louisville, Kentucky, majoring in history and philosophy.
Harry was born into an Irish-Catholic family, and was the second of eight children. His mother was always a fun-loving person her whole life and related well to young people. [...]

Chet Allen, S.E.C., CCIM
January 26 & 27, 2008
The S.E.C. Education Foundation is pleased to announce that “Developing & Syndicating: Big Money Real Estate” will be presented by Chet Allen, S.E.C., CCIM, January 26 & 27, 2008, at Bally’s in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chet Allen is a builder, developer, contractor, the President of Greyhawk, Inc., and a [...]

S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session
Charlotte, North Carolina
November 11-14, 2007
The S.E.C. National Invitational Marketing Session will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 11-14, 2007, at the Hilton, Charlotte University Place, 8629 J. M. Keynes Drive. Visit www.charlotteuniversity.hilton.com for more information about the hotel.
The Society has not held a meeting in Charlotte since 1999, and we [...]

S.E.C. Co-Hosts Successful NY Commercial Real Estate Conference”
The Society of Exchange Counselors assisted at the 6th Annual Commercial Real Estate Conference by coordinating the New York State “marketing session” segment of this two-day event, from June 11-13, 2007. This conference was co-hosted by NYSCAR (NY State Commercial Association of Realtors, a statewide commercial overlay board), [...]

Get Great Ideas to Take Home
Sandusky, Ohio
Saturday, September 22, 2007
(Includes Breakfast and Lunch)
9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The tour includes the following sites:

Firelands Regional Medical Center, which continues to spur growth along the State Route 4 corridor.
Cedar Fair, parent company of Cedar Point will discuss opportunities they see in conjunction with their operation of twelve amusement parks, five [...]

S.E.C. National Marketing Conference
September 23-26, 2007
Sandusky, Ohio
The Society of Exchange Counselors will hold their National Marketing Conference in Sandusky, Ohio, September 23-26, 2007. The “Economic Opportunities Tour” will take place on Saturday, September 22nd. The Sandusky area is experiencing a tremendous amount of growth and we are looking forward to learning about the opportunities available [...]

In any situation it is less difficult to create new advances when there is knowledge of our history and the key people who may have contributed the ideas to get us to this point.
As the Education Foundation finalizes the details of the “Legends of the Society” program the above statement, in my opinion, is the [...]

I have been railing at meetings that not enough COAGULATION thinking is used in creating transactions. So… I guess I’d better tell you what I mean so you can utilize the strategy.
The concept is simply combining more than one person’s transaction desires and capabilities to cause the required benefits to go to all involved. (It’s [...]