Get out of my way, we don’t need you!
“I’m fine, I don’t need any help” is another common phrase that I mutter when a salesperson approaches me. I’m a man with a plan when I venture into a store. Get in and get out as fast as possible with as least amount of interaction as possible. This trend seems to be increasing across…
Every CRE Broker Needs To Learn How To Code
Sitting in on some training from MNCAR (Minnesota Commercial Association of REALTORS or Minnesota Commercial Association of Real Estate, depending on which one you belong to. Confusing, I know) the other day, it amazes how little commercial brokers understand about computers and internet. MNCAR recently took a step forward by switching to ePropertyData – a…
#crechat: What’s next?
When I first started #crechat, the goal has always been to provide individuals AND companies a spam free channel on Twitter to connect with each other providing some of the best thoughts and ideas around. That has definitely happened. We have had great brokers and companies step up and lead topics, have partnered with NAR Commercial for…
BOMA – There’s An App For That
I’ll be speaking at BOMA’s (Building Owner’s and Management Association) Greater Minneapolis and St Paul annual event on December 6th at Ramada Plaza in Minneapolis. The panel that I will be on is called: Social Media and Its Implications for Commercial Real Estate – Marketing, Networking, Legal Considerations. If you are a building owner and have…
High energy vampires
As I sit here and plot out my world domination for 2012, the term “high energy vampires” was used to describe the type of clients that people had seen the most of in 2011. Needless to say, most do not want to see any in the upcoming year. So what exactly is this “high energy…
Disruptive Platforms
There are no disruptive platforms in commercial real estate at the moment. In case you had an answer to that, this is not one of them in case you were wondering. Disruptive: A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt…
Small World
It’s a crazy small world out there in commercial real estate. Commercial isn’t like residential real estate where there is a real estate agent on every corner and a few in between. Recently I was referred a client from a good friend and a former commercial broker. After meeting with, I find out that there…
