S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

Some of us remember quite clearly the economic collapse of the 1980s. We all need to recognize that we are facing a similar time. Some of our clients, friends and maybe we personally could face some huge financial issues. What knowledge might be timely?

The S.E.C. Education Foundation is pleased to announce that “How to Market a Difficult Investment Listing in any Economy!” will be presented by Stephen R. England, S.E.C., in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 22, 2009.

After months of planning and homework, the Society’s Education Foundation has implemented the “Legends of the S.E.C.” program. [...]

As the Education Foundation works to implement the “Legends” program, numerous discussions have been held on who might deserve “Legend” status. Our purpose is to use the “Legends” program to educate the public and those in our profession on how important new ideas and creativity can be to our industry. We wish to memorialize Members, [...]

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 [...]

The Board of Directors of the S.E.C. Education Foundation has been very successful in fund raising the past few years. The society members have fulfilled their pledges and our Farley Fund Auctions have been quite beneficial. Now your Education Foundation is looking for more ways to promote the types of education that have made our [...]

Introduction: During our meeting in November in Ontario Bill Broadbent gave us a terrific talk regarding the vision and the future of the S.E.C. Education Foundation. I asked Bill to give me a synopsis, and he has done so. It says much more, with much more credibility, than anything that I could write for the [...]

I don’t mean this headline in any ominous way. In recent years the national economy has given the opportunity for most in the real estate industry to reap huge financial rewards with little downside risk. The last few years we have seen the following:

Huge amounts of cash were searching for real estate. Most attendees at [...]

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 National Marketing events that are the focus of the Society of Exchange Counselors are riding a wave of excellent attendance and productivity. Our most recent meetings in Las Vegas and Denver were again filled with well over 100 members, candidates, and invited guests representing many clients, money, and properties looking to make a successful [...]