Real Estate Professionals need to lead the charge of designing and building more sustainable neighborhoods, who better to lead that charge than the person who is in the field fighting the battles between the builders, developers and the money. As a broker, we have the ability to analyze the options and fit the proper methods to obtaining a sustainable outcome. You will not lose your license(the biggest fear with the psyche of an real estate professional)trying to be innovative. Real Estate people lose their license over other issues, not being licensed in the first place, practicing outside their license restrictions, etc. Professional review boards do not have an enformcement action for creativity.

So many options, and very little time. Every developer has a deadline, time is the king for all projects, the development team can not afford to leave the Real Estate person off of the project until the end. A team must continue to educate itself to be well versed in multiple, sustainabled design techniques, anticipating it may need to be ready to utilize that knowledge. Without this drive to stay well versed on sustainable solutions, a real estate pro may try to force to fit a square peg in a round hole.

Remember, that proper sustainable design must include people, planet, and the holy dollar in profits - compromising one of them is not an option.

Real Estate Professionals, please challenge yourselves, as well as your developers, builders and clients, to move forward in providing sustainable neighborhoods that will sell, profit and enjoy our green planet. Provide options, thoughts, expertise, and passion in moving the development industry forward........................................................