S.E.C. Real Estate Observer

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the February 1972 issue of The Real Estate News Observer. As the years go by more and more states are attempting through legislation to “professionalize” the real estate industry. As many practitioners now realize the real estate industry has grown like a weed in the economic garden. It […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the September, 1976 issue of The Real Estate News Observer The Preliminary Exchange Proposal Form is designed to help expedite a volume of transaction ideas. Started in 1968 at the San Joaquin Valley Exchange meeting in Tulare, California, it has now flourished to national prominence. You just can’t […]

An S.E.C. Biography Bill Macbeth was born November 20, 1928 in Lubbock, Texas to his father, Gordon and his mother, Eria. During his life he has experienced a highly varied and very successful business career. Bill’s father was a native Texan and an extremely talented man who farmed, mined, manufactured and constructed. Bill’s father died […]

An S.E.C. Biography I got to know Jack Dale at an S.E.C. marketing session in San Francisco in 2002. Jack’s name had been mentioned and referenced by. a number of real estate people as someone to do business with, and learn from, but I had not met him before. Getting to know Jack personally began […]

Ted J. Blank, S.E.C., CCIM Ted Blank, S.E.C., CCIM, continues to travel around the country teaching “High Touch Real Estate in a High Tech World – Counseling Your Clients.” Ted has recently presented his course in Indianapolis, Tulsa, Kansas City, and on a cruise to Alaska! Ted’s course is designed to teach you how to […]

January 15-18, 2006 Las Vegas, Nevada The Society of Exchange Counselors will hold their National Marketing Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15-18, 2006. The Society’s last meeting in Las Vegas was in December of 2003, and was so well attended that registration had to close early. The meeting will be held at the Stardust […]

San Francisco, California November 13-16, 2005 The Society of Exchange Counselors will hold their National Marketing Conference in San Francisco, California, November 13-16, 2005. The city is wonderful at this time of year. Mark Johnson S.E.C., CCIM, will be in charge of the marketing session and it promises to be a huge success. The meeting […]

A service from the Society’s 2005 Corporate Sponsor Release of Funds Prior to Expiration of Exchange Period Every taxpayer begins an exchange with a clear intention of completing it. Deferring capital gains taxes on low basis property is generally of the utmost importance to all taxpayers. Unfortunately, events do not always go as planned once […]

As the outgoing President of the Society’s Education Foundation, I think it is important to recognize the progress that has been made since forming the Society’s Education Foundation (“EDF”). The major result of the creation of the foundation is that it has permitted the dramatic expansion of quality real estate courses to be presented across […]

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the December, 1973 issue of The Real Estate News Observer. Over a period of time and after attending 100 plus exchange meetings, each commercial and investment broker develops his or her own technique of operation. These may vary depending on each person’s portfolio of clients and/or properties, but […]