Category Archives: Real Estate

This is the last post in the Real Estate Trends and Issues series. It covers the last three days of topics since we toured Wednesday, we discussed on Thursday and then we have topics for today (Friday) but no class. … Continue reading →

We met in Dallas at Recycle Revolution for this class. This one didn’t have much to do with real estate either but it was still an interesting trend. This facility is a recycling facilitator rather than a recycling facility themselves. … Continue reading →

On Tuesday we took a field trip to The Botanical Research Institute of Texas because it was LEED Platinum. Then we returned to class and discussed the rest of the topics. It’s been interesting to see LEED projects up close … Continue reading →

We compacted two class discussions into yesterday’s discussion since we don’t have class on Fridays but do have writing assignments. The full list of topics assigned for Friday and Monday were hospitality, travel, resorts, international property, debt markets, lending, financing, … Continue reading →

Today we were planning to discuss Industrial Markets, Low-Income Housing, Taxes and Government. Instead, we went on a field trip to see two green built homes. The first was done by the daughter of a green builder. They’d bought a … Continue reading →

For retail, mobile technology is a game changer. Everything about retail is being changed by the internet, technology and social media. What’s not changing is that retail establishments that want to do well need to have well trained salespeople. It … Continue reading →

Our first class was on our individual personal interests, education and employment in real estate trends. My personal interests in real estate trends are in the interconnectedness of cities. I think there’s a lot more going on there than either … Continue reading →