S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

As another year comes and goes, I reflect on the past, and look forward to the future. I remember attending a Chatham Counseling course almost 20 years ago. I went because an exchangor friend of mine coaxed me into it. I had taken many courses in numbers and rules and regulations. As I recall, the [...]

We all wake in the morning to complete darkness, or to the sun, signaling the start of a new day! Our pre-work routines are as important as what we do every day at work. My first question is: “Do you control the day or does the day control you?” What I mean by that is [...]

Colleagues, friends, family members, employees, real estate brokers, and developers gathered together for the 2006 annual meeting of the CCIM Kansas Chapter, at Crestview Country Club on Friday, December 1, 2006; to honor long time S.E.C. member, Jack Hunt, with a lifetime achievement award. Also present were S.E.C. members, Colby Sandlian, Rod Stewart, Leo Goseland, [...]

As I get ready to return to the USA after seventeen days in China, I thought that I should share some of my thoughts of this country.
I visited China on a trip organized by the CCIM organization for the purpose of meeting counterparts in China, regional/local developers, and to educate ourselves somewhat as to what [...]

I believe that every President of the S.E.C. has been asked, “What is the Society of Exchange Counselors?” “What makes S.E.C. different from other marketing groups?” “Why is the S.E.C. still around after almost 50 years when so many of the other marketing groups have disappeared?”
In preparation to write this column, my first thought was [...]

As we look ahead to a brand new year, this issue reminds us how important it is to reflect on the past. The history of the Society, and the present day S.E.C. Education Foundation are briefly but beautifully recapped; formulas, questions, and techniques that are as relevant today as they were many years ago are [...]