Joe Sosky's (joesosky) Blog

  A quote from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "We need to pass this bill so that you can find out what is in it......"  This was in the article in Spokane's  Spokesman-Review on March 28, 2010, authored by Paul Guppy, Vice President for Research at the the Washington Policy Center.  The article, Health La...

Last night I got to attend the Prom for Heritage High School. Why you ask would a commercial real estate broker attend a high school prom? Well, that's easy to answer, my wife Anne is the principal of Heritage, a high school of 2,000 students in the Evergreen School District. The prom was held in...

So, you have a great relationship with a local bank, credit union or trustee and have been writing BPO's for residential properties. And now, because of that business relationship, you have the opportunity to do a commercial BPO.  You've done a great job of cranking out the residential values and...

The Columbia newspaper just reported that SBA loans are up 32% over the past 6 months for the Portland and Southwest Washington area. This does not surprise me.  I wrote in my blog on March 8, 2010, that the SBA 504 loan was a great way for the owner/user of commercial real estate to get financin...

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, CBA will be sponsoring two classes in Vancouver, WA.  The morning class will be the mandatory Washington Transition Course from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.  (3 CE Credits)  This course explains the changes to the real estate license law that effective as of July 1, 2010.  It c...