S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

One of the great things about our business is that we not only continue to learn new concepts and creative ideas, but we are continually reminded of the “tried and true.” Cort Parker, a vibrant and gifted Society Member, introduced a valuable visual concept many years ago. Cort developed a matrix or chart, which separated [...]

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PHOTO: TREE members and guests in Dallas in December (from left to right): Don Tardy, Lance Warner, Bill Richert, Chuck Sutherland, Mark Johnson, Dick Janson, Betty Beachum, Derwood Dingler, Jack Harper, Vicki Yeomans Klein, Dick Klein, Caroline Du, Art Ramseur, Hand Haden, Jon Spelman, Bill Stonaker, Wes Dingler, John Brennan, Steve Eustis. The members of [...]

Happy Partners Our number one goal of a real estate investment with outside investors is LIABILITY – to make certain that the partners are not in trouble because of the deal. All of our investors go into the deal knowing that we could lose some or all of our equity. But what they do not [...]

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 [...]

Mark Johnson asked me if I would comment on today’s Real Estate market and the history behind it, as well as the future market. I had to look back at the market nearly 44 years ago, when I first became interested in real estate. In analyzing the market, we need to look at the people [...]

Show Me the Money WHERE WILL YOU GET THE MONEY FOR YOUR IDEA? Generally speaking, there are two kinds of funds for the equity portion of your deal, partnership interests and loans. Obviously, a partner is someone that will provide cash or a balance sheet for a piece of the deal. Partners come in many [...]

As one of the founders of the original “Reno News Observer” (more affectionate known in its day as “The RENO”) I am both proud and pleased that the RENO has been re-born and is alive again today as The S.E.C. Real Estate Observer. The magazine was born in a time when many of us were [...]