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CRE Brokerage Firms: Should You Stay Independent?

Independent vs. National Commercial Real Estate Firms “To be, or not to be, that is the question…” goes the famous opening line of an act from the Shakespeare play, Hamlet. That very same question is what a lot of CRE Principals …

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Project REAP Promotes Diversity in the CRE Industry

Project REAP (Real Estate Associates Program) provides underrepresented minorities with access to the commercial real estate industry through classes and connections to sponsor firms and supporters. Each year, several of our SVN® Advisors and Experts participate as instructors and even recruit …

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2016: Making a Difference in YOUR Business

It’s Almost 2016… Which Means It’s Time to Start Planning! If you were at SVN, you’d hear me present my tactical business planning call. And you’d hear our CEO, Kevin Maggiacomo, teach you how to do a strategic plan in …

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Millennials Perspective on the CRE Dinosaur

Millennials and CRE The current CRE workforce is aging and it’s important to not only recruit young talent, but to listen to what they have to say about the current state of our industry. The oldest Millennials, also called Generation Y …

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How to Make Sure You Are Always Making More Money at SVN

The following blog post is intended for Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate Advisors® and Managing Directors. It aims to highlight the multiple internal resources available to those within the Sperry Van Ness System that can be utilized to help …

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Leave the Marketing to Us

The SVN Platform Simplifies Marketing Earlier this week, I got a copy of an interesting post from the CRE Outsider blog on whether or not Advisors should do their own marketing (see the article here). The short of it is …

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Getting Your Real Estate License Is Easier than You Think

Step 1: Get Your Real Estate License So you think you have what it takes to be a CRE Brokerage Superstar. You’re tenacious, you’re a self-starter, you’re self-motivated, and you know how to make connections with the right people. That’s great! …

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The Benefit of Listing Commercial Real Estate Properties

What’s the Benefit of Listing Commercial Real Estate Properties? Let me start with some full disclosure… Every commercial real estate transaction that I have done was at a large, national real estate brokerage. The firm I worked with emphasized the value …

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Broker Boot Camp | 4 Traits of a CRE Brokerage Superstar

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Brokerage Superstar? Having attended the Sperry Van Ness® Broker Boot Camp in Chicago three weeks ago, I now know a little bit about what it takes to “make it” in the …

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