Choose your words – and fewer of them, please!
That’s me – if I’m running a conference call, I tend to talk too much — even if we have an agenda, I wander off topic and I’m sure can be confusing to anybody on the call. On the flip side, I have been on a call where the same thing happens and find myself losing focus and checking email… so presumably this is happening to others, too. We are in such a rush, we have too much on our plates, we are trying to cram in way too many meetings, every day, every...
Read MoreGenerational Shoppers – The Millennial
Having been in the commercial real estate business for 30+ years, and a shopper myself, I recognize that different generations behave and respond differently. Needs, convenience, disposable income, time all things to consider. Each generation thinks the next one has it ‘easier’, although maybe it’s just DIFFERENT. Shopping centers, malls, town centers, strip centers – all have been around for a long time, and have seen style changes. The thing that seems to be...
Read MoreStressing out?
We all feel pressure and stress from time to time, some more than others. How we deal with it is key to how we feel and how we SEE the world we are in. I don’t know about you, but finding the BALANCE between personal and work lives can be tricky. Spouse, children, household, and most importantly our own health is at risk if we don’t take some time to breathe… Check out this article from...
Read MoreIREM – MCE Course: “How to Build a Better Budget”
IREM Austin and Charlie Dismore have teamed up once again to offer an educational and necessary 3-hour MCE course. Don’t make your annual budgeting a bad guessing game — whether you are on the ownership side or overseeing the management of income-producing assets, you know how difficult it is to get budgets ‘right’. Come and learn from an expert and get 3 hours of MCE credit while doing so. July 16, 2013 8:30am to 11:30am Frost Tower, 11th Floor (Suite 1160) $79 with...
Read More13th Annual Power Luncheon
Want to hear about Austin’s transportation issues (like we all haven’t been affected?), options and solutions? Join me at the 13th Annual Power Luncheon! May 16, 2013 at the Four Seasons Hotel 11:15am to 1:00pm Featured presenter: Mike Heiligenstein, Central TX Regional Mobility Authority Thanks to CREW Austin, CCIM, IREM, CTCAR, ULI, RECA and many, many more Austin commercial real estate organizations and...
Read MoreBuilding your corporate team.
IREM January Luncheon, January 8, 2013 – “Success = Teamwork + Leadership” By Rosalie G. Keszler, CCIM The first 2013 monthly luncheon for the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) Austin Chapter was held on Tuesday, January 8, 2012 at Westwood Country Club. Over 90 registrants were in attendance to network with other property management professionals. The 2013 IREM Austin chapter president, Kerry Klenzendorf, CPM®, Property Manager with Endeavor Real Estate Group, and IREM...
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