S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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?

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.

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.