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Posted in The S.E.C. History Files, Winter 2020-2021 on 15 December 2020
Stats: 1,084 views and Comments Off on Analysis of a Smile
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the April 1975 issue of the Real Estate News Observer A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive it, without making poorer those who give one. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or […]
Posted in Summer 2020, The S.E.C. History Files on 1 July 2020
Stats: 1,127 views and Comments Off on Questions & Answers
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the March 1975 issue of the R.E. News Observer. 1. Question: Many people have called you the father of modern real estate exchanging. When did you really see a need for this field to become a specialty? Answer: It was in the latter part of the 1940s that […]
Posted in Spring 2019, The S.E.C. History Files on 9 February 2019
Stats: 1,653 views and Comments Off on Land and its Uses
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the August 1972 issue of the Real Estate News Observer. There are, of course, many uses for land, and of land, and all competent exchange counselors know that there are several formulas to be applied in handling land unencumbered or “free and clear.” It has been found, during […]
Posted in Spring 2018, The S.E.C. History Files on 1 March 2018
Stats: 1,670 views and Comments Off on Ask These Questions First
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the April 1975 edition of the Real Estate News Observer. Many things have been written and said about real estate counseling. Here are some random questions which should be answered prior to exposing the property and the client to the marketplace. Why does the client desire to move […]
Posted in The S.E.C. History Files, Winter 2017 - 2018 on 12 December 2017
Stats: 1,515 views and Comments Off on Management Problems Do Exist
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the July 1972 edition of the Real Estate News Observer. The writer of this article has been in a management position, with reference to properties owned in our name and in the name of corporations which we control. Having had over 25 years of experience in management, our […]
Posted in Fall 2017, The S.E.C. History Files on 27 September 2017
Stats: 1,464 views and Comments Off on Ask These Questions First
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the April 1975 edition of the Real Estate News Observer. Many things have been written and said about real estate counseling. Here are some random questions which should be answered prior to exposing the property and the client to the marketplace. Why does the client desire to move […]
Posted in Summer 2016, The S.E.C. History Files on 10 June 2016
Stats: 1,758 views and Comments Off on Ask These Questions First
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the April 1975 edition of the Real Estate News Observer. Many things have been written and said about real estate counseling. Here are some random questions which should be answered prior to exposing the property and the client to the marketplace. Why does the client desire to move […]
Posted in Fall 2015, The S.E.C. History Files on 13 October 2015
Stats: 2,053 views and Comments Off on The Birth of a Seminar
How does a Seminar/Workshop begin? Perhaps you think somebody just sat down and decided to write two or three day’s worth of material on a subject he was familiar with, and then asked other people to pay money to hear him read it off. Not so! That just wouldn’t work. Why? Well, because the “other people” would probably think they could do a better job, so why pay someone else for what they could do themselves?
Posted in In the Spotlight, Summer 2015 on 2 August 2015
Stats: 1,995 views and Comments Off on The Reno Educational Foundation
For those who are not aware of why the Richard R. Reno Educational Foundation exists, it is simply a matter of historical success in the “people business.” The philosophy of the Reno Educational Foundation is that the Real Estate Business is a “people business,” not a property business, and that the objective of the competent Exchange Counselor is to get better benefits for his or her client by using real estate as a vehicle.
Posted in Summer 2013, The S.E.C. History Files on 10 August 2013
Stats: 2,529 views and Comments Off on Helping the Client and the Broker, Too
While real estate brokers and Counselors are busy fulfilling wishes of clients and getting them better benefits, it is quite advisable that one does not forget to take care of oneself.