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I was recently asked this by a colleague here on activerain, so I thought I would share the full information on the designation.  A Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) is a recognized expert in the disciplines of commercial and investment real estate. A CCIM is an invaluable resource to...

Now if that's not a loaded question, I'm not sure what it is and there is really no good answer.  We have a good friend that built a beautiful home with his own labor for under $75/SqFt but I've seen homes exceed $300 or even $400/SqFt.  So what's my answer?  It all depends ... (1) how big of a h...

I just had a great conversation with a potential client and in my discussion I cam across something I wanted to share ... every property must have a WOW factor to sell and I mean every property! No matter what you are listing you have to have at least one thing that you can sell that makes that p...

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/05/news/economy/retail_sales/index.htm Retail sales = terrible. We definately have some struggles facing us in the next year, two maybe even three.  Major economic indicators like unemployment filings, retail sales, corporate earnings, new home starts, etc. are all st...

What's with our market? In one sentence, you can sum up our experience in 2008. Those with capital are holding and waiting, those without can't get the financing the expected. The past year has been clouded with uncertainty and a lack of consumer confidence. Unreasonable asking prices based listi...

So how many of us have buyers, or multiple buyers, that have used that line? We personally have at least a half dozen buyers and even a couple of sellers who are waiting for the election results before they make a decision to buy or sell.  My question is what difference will it make?  We know the...

http://www.ciremagazine.com/article.php?article_id=1301 Active Rain, congrats on the flattering write up in this month's CCIM magazine.  I earned my CCIM designation earlier this year and it was quite an endeavor.  Now I need to figure out how to join and start groups both for commercial real est...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2008336653_ziphouse020.html?syndication=rss It depends on the marketplace but sellers are regularly accepting discounted offers of up to 49% off their list price (see Denver, CO and Orange County, CA).  Here in the northwest, it appears things are ...

This is more of a poll than a blog, does anyone find any value in print media anymore? It's interesting that advertising rates increase, seemingly everyday, but the effectiveness of print media seems to decline.  We continue to focus more and more on electronic media and less and less on print me...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21015573/ I thought this article was great and I'm sure that it rings true for so many of us in the real estate field, especially in the current market.  I thought about after reading the article ... I have a dozen websites, several blogs running at the same time, eigh...