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How Did Environmental Contamination Become a Factor in the Appraisal World?

Posted on by S. Ira Grossman

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Handbook on Commercial Real Estate published in 2013 mandates that environmental contamination should be discussed and considered in real estate appraisals.  In the same year the OCC updates were published, the Appraisal Institute released a document providing guidance to appraisers for how environmental contamination should be…

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Environmental Due Diligence

The LA Better Buildings Challenge – doing even better than we’d hoped!

Posted on by jmandler

The Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge (LABBC) has been overwhelmingly successful over its first 2 years and is set to easily surpass its original long term goal: to achieve 20% energy savings across 30 million square feet of existing commercial buildings in Los Angeles by 2020.  So now the LABBC is stepping it up a…

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Real Estate

The Key to Successful Real Estate Public Relations

Posted on by Bruce Beck

Communication is a powerful and positive marketing tool in real estate public relations. However, the mere act of communicating does not necessarily mean messages will be understood. Take for example the sage words of famed baseball manager Casey Stengel who addressing his team said, “Now all you fellows line up alphabetically by height.” Ineffective communication…

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