CRE Radio | Commercial Real Estate with Howard Kline

The December 13, 2017, Federal Reserve Meeting was Janet Yellin's swan song. Before the meeting I spent some time brushing up on my Federal Reserve knowledge and listened to her comments shortly after the meeting. Fortunately, I also had the pleasure of interviewing David Pascale, Senior Vice President of George Smith Partners, who took the time to explain to me, some of the background to the meeting as well as well as his thoughts, on a going forward basis.

Rand Sperry, founder of Sperry Van Ness, will discuss and tell stories of his personal and professional life, his successes and failures and the events that help form the person and professional that he is. The interview is not intended as just a history lesson, but a highly entertaining lesson on how to do things right and wrong as a broker. The idea is to take these lessons and learn from them to make yourself a better person and professional. The entertaining part is based upon Rand's ability to tell his story in a casual and comfortable way.

Is cold calling dead? Has it been replaced by social media? Did it ever work? Do scripts work? Howard and his guests have over 90 years of combined cold calling experience and share tried and true solutions as well as their own, personal, hands on experience trying to market and promote their own businesses. Featured guests: Rod Santomassimo, President of The Massimo Group and Mike Durnerin, Managing Partner of Techniques Marketing and our producer here at CRE Radio.

Is there some way that we can get past a lot of the negotiating positioning and "beeline" it straight to the agreement or we must always do the "dog and pony show"? Is it possible to design a lease that both parties would or should agree upon without time-wasting negotiations? What would the parties be giving up to start with a lease form “pre-negotiated” to include those provisions that normally show up in a lease after weeks of negotiations? Can the parties trust each other to start with a “centrist-type” form? Our featured guests are Ira Meislik, Managing Principal at Meislik & Meislik and Joel Hall, solo practitioner and former Assistant General Counsel for Gap Inc.

They say "what happens in California affects the rest of the country," but I would add that is both good and bad news. It's undeniable that California legislation and propositions often serve as a model for other states to adopt or avoid and this show is a review of some of the top legislation affecting California commercial property: Major reform to California's ADA law (SB 1186), split roll property tax, and AB 5 (Homeless Person's Bill Of Rights). Our featured guest is the ever-knowledgeable and entertaining Rex Hime, President and CEO of the California Commercial Business Properties Association (CPBA).

How can mall and shopping center landlords and tenants provide a safe and secure environment for shoppers, in light of the Oregon Mall and Newtown shootings? Our featured guests are Brian Cescolini, Co-CEO of Universal Protection Services, David Mistick of Circumspex, a noted author and expert on Disaster Preparedness and James Lauria, a noted educator, author and speaker on military and police training and public safety.

Talk about timely. This is the show in which we discuss in detail how the whole issue of the Fiscal Cliff will affect those of us in Commercial Real Estate. What will likely happen if we Congress avoids the cliff or just kicks the can down the road? What will happen to commercial real estate if Congress is unable to do anything by the end of the year?

Learn what is expected of you and how your responsibilities differ from when you are representing yourself. “It’s a different world when you are investing other people’s money.” CRE Radio presents a special interview with Burton Young, President of Sperry Van Ness before his presentation at the SVN Broker Forum.

Have you wanted to hear a little bit of the insider's scoop on the merger of Loopnet and Co-Star? Well now is your opportunity. I had the distinct pleasure of spending some time with Douglas Curry, founder and CEO of Xceligent. Doug talks about the origins of Xceligent, its relationship with Loopnet, how and why Loopnet had to divest itself before merging with Co-Star and what Exceligent is planning for the future. Also in this show is a special interview with Trudi Lesser, President of CREW LA. Trudi talks about CREW LA's event, Women at the Top, "The Art of Balance."

We have a wonderful and eclectic line up of featured guests for this show, including icons of Southern California commercial real estate, others who can help you become a mover & shaker and others who just plain know what they are talking about when it comes to Southern California real estate. You know what they say about Southern California... what happens here, the rest of the country follows. Featured guests include Burton Young and Brandy Birtcher.

Apartments and Single Tenant Net Leased Properties are the hottest properties on the commercial real estate scene. Deals are being done for both and these deals are leading the recovery of commercial real estate. Discover what apartments and multi-tenant residential properties have to do with single tenant, net-leased properties and why they are such a good investment. Also, find out why so many investors are taking advantage of Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 to complete their sale of apartments and buy a single tenant net leased property.

Among other topics of conversation during this show, we will be discussing, the differences and similarities between the administration of an office or retail lease and some of the special considerations and concerns in mixed use properties, how over 3,000 The Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta stores and outlets, insure that their landlords include only the most cost efficient vendors and services in cam charges, including utilities and trash. This will be a fun "trash talking" discussion with Debbie Ravel, Director of Landlord Audit from the Gap, how to make sure that your landlord is adhering to the language of the lease. Our guests will also provide a detailed description of the educational opportunities available at the NRTA Annual Conference to be held at the Desert Springs Marriott in Palm Desert, California from October 7th through 10th, 2012.

This show will be a “forum” discussion in which we will go into depth, the status and impact of women, or the lack thereof in leadership roles in commercial real estate. Listen as we discuss shifting societal attitudes and perspectives and how it may effect your real estate business and how you might benefit from the unique paradigm that woman may bring to the table, or do women really look at things from a different perspecitve? What is unique about my guests for this show is not that they are all woman. The uniqueness lies in their own personal traits, backgrounds and experience, each adding another layer of complexity to the discussion. The guests cover all age groups relavant to the discussion, covering a wide range of various disciplines that comprise the broad category of commercial real estate.

Rod is a dynamic, articulate and knowledgeable speaker and considered by many as, America's leading commercial real estate brokerage coach. Listen while we have a pleasant, yet informative, "chit chat," about Rod, his book, what it took to write the book and some of the top traits that he has identified from his nearly 1,000 interviews.

An eclectic representation and commentary of this year's ICSC Recon, we try to present this show as if "you were there." We talk about what we saw and what we did, as well as who we spoke to. We talked about new things and old things and the good, the bad and the ugly and I am not talking about a spaghetti western here. How about some news and analysis as well as education on issues of finance and electric vehicle charging stations. Not just reporting, but commentary.