One of the key concerns that every real estate developer is battling in today’s market reality is optimizing the effectiveness of their sales teams. Although the current climate is challenging and everyone looks forward to better days ahead, the fact is that a focus on better tools and process should be a factor in any […]

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I just ended three days at this year’s Real Estate Connect show in San Francisco.
This is my third year at Connect and it’s impressive how much the event has grown and how the audience is evolving. The Inman News crowd is mainly rooted in general brokerage real estate but they continue to tap into high tech […]

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More and more of today’s consumers are demanding higher speed bandwidth in their daily lives and hoteliers are tapping into the trend. In fact, a growing number of business travelers base their hotel decisions on bandwidth speed and price.
Recently, I spent a few nights at the InterContinental in San Francisco (great architecture, superior service and […]

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As my good friend Terry Weaver often proclaims, “now is the BEST time to buy real estate!”  That truth is eloquently conveyed in this prose:
I am the basis for all wealth.
I am the heritage of the wise,
the thrifty and the prudent.
I’m the poor man’s joy and comfort.
I’m the only true wealth of the rich.
I’m the […]

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