January 2013

  “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt             Kristena HansenReporter- Phoenix Business Journal  Jan 23, 2013, 1:24pm MST Scottsdale-based Spirit Realty Capital Inc. (NYSE: SRC) and Phoenix-based Cole Credit Property Trust II told shareholders on …

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  “If you treat people right they will treat you right – ninety percent of the time.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt             Adam Kress Digital Editor-Phoenix Business Journal Forbes magazine named Phoenix as one of the fastest-growing cities in America, but a trio of cities in Texas top the list. Forbes says the list …

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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. George S. Patton         Posted on January 22, 2013 by Peter Madrid TDI Real Estate Holdings of Irving, Texas, has begun construction on the first phase of a project that will bring up to 750 units of luxury housing to Scottsdale. Construction on …

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  ‎”Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” — Napoleon Hill:             The just released 9th Annual Demographia Housing Affordability Survey (pdf) indicates that housing affordability has deteriorated modestly in the last year. A number of major metropolitan areas remain severely unaffordable. Source: “Demographic and Economic Challenges: The 9th …

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  Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver                   Feel free to contact Walter about  the current market, distressed commercial real estate opportunities and needs, your property or your Investment Needs for Comercial Investment Properties in …

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  “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” -Mark Twain           By Marilyn Alva, Investor’s Business Daily Posted 01/10/2013 05:55 PM ET Should you invest in commercial real estate? A lot of investors are — in …

Commercial Real Estate: Returns Good, Time To Invest? Read More »

  “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” -Mark Twain           By Tom Miles GENEVA | Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:49pm EST (Reuters) – The global jobless queue will stretch to more than 200 million people this year, the International Labour …

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      Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver          What a wonderful world http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E2VCwBzGdPM   Feel free to contact Walter about the current market, distressed commercial real estate opportunities and needs, your property or your Investment Needs for Comercial …

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  Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. Albert Einstein          By Martin Hesse, Thomas Schulz, Christoph Scheuermann and Anne Seith DER SPIEGEL: For decades, investment bankers have held the key to untold riches — but now they’re being laid off by the tens of thousands. As the crisis forces the industry to search …

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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver        George Church: In a SPIEGEL interview, synthetic biology expert George Church of Harvard University explains how DNA will become the building material of the future — one that can help create virus-resistant human beings and possibly …

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