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When someone is described as a philanthropist, we think of a wealthy individual who is giving away millions of dollars, perhaps as direct gifts or through a personal foundation. However, a philanthropist doesn’t have to be a wealthy person. Anyone can be a...

I had lunch a couple of weeks ago with two young agents celebrating a deal we had just completed. They asked if I had any advice for them, as they have only been in commercial real estate for three years. We talked about saving for living expenses and participating in...

I have become an expert in having my nonprofit clients be rejected by landlords, and this is not a particularly satisfying expertise! Luckily, it doesn’t happen too often. I have, however, also had the positive experience of having many landlords explicitly...

If Dallas-Fort Worth finds itself short of construction cranes, Neal Sleeper and I can tell you where to find them; they’ve gone to the Kingdom of Morocco. We just returned from The Dallas Assembly trip to Morocco with 75 other Dallas folks, most of whom had never...

As a commercial real estate brokerage professional, I spend a lot of time helping clients develop a real estate strategic plan. The process involves organizing meetings, obtaining lots of input from a variety of people, and then putting that plan into action. With our...

I cringe whenever someone calls me a Realtor. Technically a Realtor must be a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), an organization composed primarily of residential real estate agents. I am not a member of NAR, although I am a member of the North...

The great thing about working in commercial real estate is that you never stop learning. Earlier this year I learned about Accident Potential Zones (APZs), and just this month I learned about Runway Protection Zones (RPZs). They are out there, but as I learned this...

I received some interesting emails following the publication of my last post. I must say there are certainly some creative landlords in our community! Here are two landlord situations that I thought were particularly interesting. Eliza Solender This first one has...

“Will the landlord donate leased space to us as a charitable gift?” or “Can’t the landlord lease us space at a below market rate and take the difference as a donation?” I get asked some version of these two questions every week. The short answer is, “No.” None of the...

Sometimes it is good to reflect on past experiences and how they have influenced your career, with an eye toward how they might apply to others. I had an unexpected opportunity to do recently when the national Commercial Real Estate Women Network presented me with...