ccim: SVN Newletter, March 16, 2009 - 03/17/09 12:26 PM
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ccim: Site to Do Business - 03/16/09 04:42 AM
Brought to you by Neil Victor, CCIM.  Huntsville office of Sperry Van Ness.  Commercial Real Estate Advisors.  Specializing in Multi-family, and other types of Commercial and Investment Property
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ccim: Brandon Giles Plays Piano in Nashville - 03/14/09 09:50 AM
This has nothing to do with commercial real estate but this clip is very enjoyable.  I thought I would share it with those who like the boogie woogie. Brandon Giles in an up and coming recording artist in Nashville Tennessee.  If you are ever in Nashville on a weekend you can see him at Layla's Bluegrass Inn on Broadway.  Here is a clip from a documentary that was filmed in Nashville in 2006  Brandon Giles on the Piano
 
Brought to you by Neil Victor, CCIM.  Huntsville office of Sperry Van Ness.  Commercial Real Estate Advisors.  Specializing in Multi-family, and other … (0 comments)

ccim: Massimo Group: High Quality Coaching - 03/13/09 04:59 PM
An Email I received from Rod Santomassimo CCIM,  former Vice President with Sperry Van Ness.  Rod has since opened his own company  The Massimo Group. 
Earlier today I had the privilege of speaking with several of you during this morning's SVN East Regional call.  Just another example of how SVN continues to leverage its talents internally to benefit not only themselves, but their clients.  This is also yet, another example of Jim Tucker's (Sperry Van Ness) profound contribution to this cultural perseverance. Fresh off the press and soon to be distributed with our clients and prospects, I wanted to share with you our recent … (0 comments)

ccim: Sperry Van Ness Training Sessions The Week of March 15, 2009 - 03/13/09 11:44 AM

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
On March 19 at 1pm eastern; 11 am pacific time we will be privileged to have a presentation on the current state of the HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY by Anne Lloyd-Jones, Senior Vice President HVS International (bio attached below)This will include current trends, forecasts and valuation.
As many of you know HVS (formerly Hospitality Valuation Services) is the pre-eminent firm that tracks the hospitality industry and provides valuation and appraisal services among their many hospitality related activities. Everybody who has anything to do with hotel property should tune in to this call.

Dominate a Vertical Market
 Date: Wednesday, March … (0 comments)

ccim: Enroll today in this CCIM CI Intro Course - 03/11/09 11:53 AM
Please pass this on to anyone you know that may have an interest. Thanks!

 Courtesy of Neil Victor, CCIM,  Sperry Van Ness Hunsville Alabama Office
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ccim: I Have A Real Estate License, I Am A Real Estate Investment Expert! - 03/09/09 04:20 PM
I have a real estate license, I am a real estate investment expert!  If this statement is true so must this one:  I have a drivers license I am an automobile Expert!.  When I first entered real estate, the market was very hot.  Many buyers where making purchases faster than I could write the contracts.  Being new in the business and with a background as a business and property owner I was prepared to "advise" my clients.  I soon found out that the clients did not have time for an analysis nor did they want one.  They just wanted to buy the property before someone else did.  Since many … (0 comments)

ccim: Top 10 Commandments Of Time Management... - 03/08/09 05:57 PM
Top 10 Commandments     Of Time Management...
 •1.    List and prioritize your weekly objectives.
•2.    Stay current in your filing system.
•3.    Try to handle each piece of paper only once.
•4.    Don't take on additional work if you know you cannot get it done.
 •5.    Devote primary focus to your top priority tasks.
•6.    Don't procrastinate.  Just Do It.
•7.    Make a daily "To Do" list and prioritize.
•8.    Concentrate on one task at a time until you have completed it.
 •9.    Continually ask yourself, "What is the best use of my time right now?"
10.   Track appointments, due dates, project … (0 comments)

ccim: The Commercial Market - Pricing the Property Correctly - 03/07/09 05:10 PM
There are many good strategies available in marketing commercial properties.  As a member of the Sperry Van Ness International Organization we follow the guidelines set down by the corporate offices.  In the current market conditions the most successful effort we can do as commercial brokers is to make sure our property listings are priced correctly.   Neil Victor, Senior Advisor with the Sperry Van Ness Huntsville Alabama office is a member of CCIM. The invaluable CCIM training and Sperry Van Ness product type specialized teams gives us the tools to properly price a property.  In todays market in not necessarily value but price that will get the property into escrow.
As … (0 comments)

ccim: SVN ways to meet your client's management needs. - 03/05/09 01:12 AM

I just wanted to take the opportunity to point out the superb property management experience that exists within Sperry Van Ness across the country.  From those who responded a couple months ago, under the SVN umbrella we collectively manage approximately 21 million square feet of commercial real estate (office, retail, industrial) and 29,000 apartment units.  Attached is a list of states, cities, product type, and advisor contact information.  If you did not previously respond, or I missed you, please email me your info and I will have it added and re-email out the list.  Guardian is not on the list … (0 comments)

ccim: HUNTSVILLE, AL MULTIFAMILY MARKET - 03/03/09 02:00 PM
  
TAKING UP SPACE IN HUNTSVILLE
By  Neil Victor, CCIM, Senior Advisor, Sperry Van Ness Huntsville, Alabama Office
 From the largest state in 1800s Alabama Territory to a cotton trading center by the turn of the next century, Huntsville has been a success story since its inception. But what stands out in this city's history may be its transformation since the 1950s, when the community shifted dramatically from agricultural leader to high-tech aerospace hub. Today, Huntsville is not only a Mecca for space technology but also one of the hottest commercial growth markets in the Southeast, and on the shortlist for … (0 comments)

ccim: CCIM Institute History - 03/02/09 02:18 PM
CCIM Institute History
The CCIM Institute confers the CCIM designation and is an affiliate of the national Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The CCIM movement began more than 40 years ago with commercial real estate practitioners who wanted to elevate their business practices through education and networking. Then and now, education and networking remain the cornerstones of the CCIM designation and the reason for its success.The CCIM designation was established originally by the California Association of REALTORS® in 1954 under the name Certified Property Exchanger (CPE). In 1967 it took on national significance under administration by a division of the National Association … (0 comments)

ccim: Sperry Van Ness Announces $64 Million in New Listings and $21 Million Closed Mar 2, 2009 Sales Call - 03/01/09 11:27 PM
March 2, 2009 - Sperry Van Ness each week presents the new listings and closings.  This week the Monday morning web call will announce $64 Million Dollars in new listings and $21 million Dollars in closings.  The link below will show each of these listings and the related fee.  Sperry Van Ness fully cooperates with all real estate professionals. By sharing fees with brokers nationally, we are able to expose our inventory to the broadest market possible.
http://marketing.svn.com/MondayCall.pdf
New listing totaling $64,473,000  $1,528,525 Commission Fees  Total Closing Mar 1, 2009 $21,404,593 As of March 2, 2009  The Sperry Van Ness office in Huntsville, … (0 comments)

ccim: Upcoming topics CCIM EVENTS include: Distressed Assets - 03/01/09 04:37 AM
 Upcoming topics CCIM EVENTS include:
•·         National Banking Overview - How the Current Banking Crisis is Impacting Commercial Real Estate (March 18, 2009 2:00-3:00 PM Central)
•·         Distressed Note & Asset Dispositions - Productive Collaboration Between Financial Institutions and CCIM Professionals (April 22, 2009 2:00 - 3:00 PM Central)
•·         Distressed Note & Asset Dispositions - Legal Implications & More (May 20, 2009 2:00 - 3:00 PM Central)
These web conferences are being offered at a group registration rate, designed for one person to purchase a seat license and then share in the viewing of the event with clients, colleagues and others … (0 comments)

ccim: Sperry Van Ness Asset Recovery Team Meets in Washing D.C - 02/27/09 05:01 AM
Reacting To The Changing Market
 
Sperry Van Ness formed an Asset Recovery Team (SVNART), comprised of a group of its advisors who operate nationwide as a team specializing in the various areas of distressed properties. The team's members include everyone from ex bankers to receivers to property managers to leasing and investment talent who specialize in monetizing distressed or troubled real estate assets. Alliance members on board provide everything from environmental studies to appraisals and even have the ability in some cases to take title to a property for a lender. The group has a number of goals. First among them … (0 comments)

ccim: CCIM Mail Bridge One Important Tool to Expose Listings - 02/26/09 01:00 AM
 An important part of exposing property to the market place involves targeting the correct audience.  Sperry Van Ness utilities the INTERNET to its fullest advantage.  Once a property is ready for market, I create a unique website for the property such as this one http://sale.svn.com/mapletree  on this 40 unit owner financed apartment offering.  The next step is to utilize  the marketing exposure through email to the interested target audience who has opted in for property notifications.  I do this through CCIM, Catalyst, Loopnet, Sperry Van Ness Marketing, my own personal database and others.  I estimate as high as 100,000 brokers and … (2 comments)

ccim: The Rent-Price Index in U.S Housing Markets - 02/25/09 01:46 AM
 Stand and Poors Report 
The Rent-Price Index in U.S Housing Markets
 􀂉 In this paper, the relationship between house prices and rents across eight major metropolitan areas in the U.S. is examined, and a rentprice index to provide the framework of our analysis is developed.
􀂉 Adjustments in the rent-price ratio can theoretically occur through the numerator, the denominator, or both. Intuitively, rents are stickier than prices, and therefore, prices are expected to do most of the adjusting when the ratio significantly deviates from historical norms. Our results support this intuition.
􀂉 Our analysis shows that low rent-price ratios are associated … (0 comments)

ccim: When in Doubt, Use a "Ten Cap" - 02/24/09 02:20 AM
 
When in Doubt, Use a "Ten Cap"
From Capital Trends Monthly January '09 For decades-before "cap-rate compression" became a catch phrase- yields on commercial property largely averaged between 9% and 10%. In 2009, it is quite possible if not probable that the market will "revert to the mean"-go back to the long term average for the asset class: basically, a ten cap. A 10% cap rate on current income has always been a broad rule of thumb in valuing property for investment, and not only because it simplifies calculations. The logic behind it is that a buyer is assured … (0 comments)

ccim: Sperry Van Ness Legacy Foundation - 02/15/09 02:43 AM
MISSION
 www.svnlf.org
In 2005, Sperry Van Ness launched the Sperry Van Ness Legacy Foundation, a non-profit philanthropic fund that applies investment principles to charitable organizations to help transform them from dependency to self-sufficiency. To accomplish this, the Sperry Van Ness Legacy Foundation makes loans to charitable organizations for their social enterprises. Social enterprises are earned-income businesses undertaken by non-profit organizations to generate revenue in support of their social missions. "Earned-income" consists of payments received in direct exchange for a product, service or privilege. Examples of widely known organizations with social enterprises are the National Geographic Society and the YMCA.
CURRENT STATE … (0 comments)

ccim: Sperry Van Announces $72,661,000 new listings this week 02/15/2009 - 02/13/09 11:57 AM
The following listings will be announced on Tuesday 2-17-09.  Sperry Van Ness International performs a web sales call weekly.  Ind addition to announcing new listings, we also receive information on the capital markets, financing, new programs and exclusive tools.  We also celebrate the closings by SVNers for the week week.
­­­21 Listings NEW $72,661,000 in Inventory $1,860,750 in Fees 4 Closings totaling $7,988,073  Attached the line-up for the "Tuesday" Morning Sales Call, (2-17-09), at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time:
 Here is an exclusive sneak preview of the list http://marketing.svn.com/MondayCall.pdf
Notice that Neil Victor CCIM from the Sperry Van Ness Huntsville office is the … (0 comments)