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What is CCIM? Why is it called the “MBA” for commercial brokers?

What is CCIM? The letters CCIM stand for “Certified Commercial Investment Manager“. It is also known as the “MBA” designation for commercial real estate. What is involved in obtaining a CCIM? – First there’s a 1-day “Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Investment”. The 1-day introduction gives you a feel for the complete process. Then follows …

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Case Study: Buying a Commercial Retail Investment

  I closed another great commercial investment deal for a client last week. Here’s the case study: 1. THE CLIENT The client was a Mexican National that is now living in The Woodlands. A successful executive with commercial investments in Mexico but that wanted to find a good investment here in the US. 2. THE …

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Site Selection says Houston is # 1

  Houston is # 1 and it’s the fastest-growing economy in North America and is producing more corporate real estate projects than any other city in the U.S. Greater Houston, which in 2011 secured 195 corporate facility expansion projects, is increasing the size of its metropolitan economy at a rate that leads every other metro …

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Retail Shopping Centers – How to analyze the deal

  Buying retail shopping centers for investment is a great way to invest. Shopping centers anchored by a grocery store is an even better deal. Why? Well, everyone has to eat at some point and, when they do, they go to the grocery store to buy milk, bread, eggs, whatever. That provides an incredibly consistent …

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Is Fiesta Mart coming to The Woodlands?

Well, very interesting. I’ve had a piece of land for sale on the I-45 North for probably about two years now. The property is an ex-gas station and only has roughly 20,000 sf of land. So… definitely not big enough for a Fiesta. Anyway, we received an offer for the land recently and negotiated a …

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