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Thank You & Farewell: a Final Note From the 2016 NAR President, Tom Salomone
This is my last President’s Column in Commercial Connections before I pass the gavel on to 2017 NAR President Bill Brown. Without a doubt, every minute of every day has been an honor serving as the president of the world’s greatest association and representing the world’s most important industry. Tank...
The first nine months of 2016 witnessed broad softening in global economic conditions. The annual rate of gross domestic product (GDP) for most developed economies was well below 2.0 percent. In response, central banks continued policies of monetary easing, some pushing short-term interest rates into negative territory. Even the United States (U.S.) Federal Reserve Bank moderated its outlook...
by Chad Gleason, CCIM
I recently had a lunch meeting with a contact for a large company; we were to talk about some future work but ended up talking about a recent event in that person’s life. During the course of this conversation I discovered there was a need this contact had for help in a different direction. Something discovered by simply being there as a friend and listening....
- The Changing Global Economy
GDP growth has been revised downward for much of the globe, as economic uncertainties continue. Currency issues and soft energy prices have added to volatility. Politics and conflict undermine stability, leading to the potential for deceleration, weakening exports and softening investment in real estate and other assets. The U.S.should ...
by Rob Warmowski, Contributing Writer
Marketing, owning, or managing commercial properties of all sizes and purposes increasingly means making a big picture out of lots of small measurements.
The technology race is on to provide hardware and software that takes and stores those measurements, letting us make sense of the piles of data collected. Naturally, these instruments are...
Connecting with REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI) can lead to digging up new clients and work. As a commercial real estate agent, there are a plethora of resources available to help you build your business. So many in fact, it can be hard to sift through and easy to miss the diamonds in the dirt.
Featuring Ernie Anaya, MBA, V.P. Healthcare Real Estate Services.
NAR appreciates those of you who have volunteered time and expertise to be involved at the national level during this past year in a leadership and governance role.
