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President's Message 
Dear CCIMs and Fellow Colleagues:
Our next CCIM luncheon is on March 12, 2009. We will have speaker Marlene Gafrick with the City of Houston talking about "Weathering the Downturn and Preparing for the New Economy".
On March 9, 2009, CCIM will hold the CI 102 Market Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate course at the Houston Apartment Association.
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By Colin Fox, CCIM
A few months ago, Dick Klein invited me to form a committee to work on upgrading our chapter web site. With the help of 13 tech savvy members, I am excited to report that our new web site www.ccimhouston.org is complete. After two meetings, our objective and respective tasks were established. We determined that while the site had a lot of useful information, it needed to provide more relevance and value to both our broker and non-broker members in their everyday transactional activities. The site also needed to be more graphically appealing and intuitive. Read More...
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R.A.M.P. Up Your Commercial Brokerage Business
It is estimated that only 20% of all commercial brokers account
for 80% of the earned commission income.
What drives true success in commercial real estate brokerage? Ever wonder why one broker dominates the market while his or her peer continues to struggle? What elements should you focus on to ensure you not only survive, but you thrive in today's opportunistic marketplace? Click Here for more information.
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Meet Me in HAWAII! - CCIM Fall Conference
Save $300 if you register by March 31, 2009.
CCIM & IREM Success Series 2009 is a unique collaborative event from the CCIM Institute and the Institute of Real Estate Management. In its fourth year, Success Series is a first-class program that delivers high impact, high value and high return.
You'll benefit from several sessions on today's most relevant topics, including the credit crisis and capital markets, the new economy, market projections, troubled assets, new technology, profiting from green initiatives, and innovative management and brokerage practices. And you'll have the opportunity to talk real estate with hundreds of prospective business partners, forge new relationships, and initiate new business!
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Free Offer From ARGUS
The CCIM Houston Chapter leadership has negotiated a free one-year membership to ARGUS Zone. You should have already received an e-mail from ARGUS with your product key. If not, please contact Jennifer Andrade( jandrade@argussoftware.com) to receive your product key.
What is ARGUS Zone?
ARGUS Zone is a ready-for-move-in, collaboration portal that embraces all of the elements necessary for true networking.
· Efficient Online Collaboration: Virtual deal rooms, collaboration spaces for group meetings, scheduling and coordinating events, steering committees, project management and much more.
· Access to the information commonly needed in the practice of commercial real estate: market research, available properties and other relevant tools such as mapping
· Unlimited Networking: Ability to meet, invite, alert, collaborate and inform
An informative webinar is held each week to instruct ARGUS customers and CCIM members on the usgae of ARGUS Zone. Contact Jennifer Andrade ( jandrade@argussoftware.com) to find out more.
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2009 National Networking Series Coming to Houston
Make plans today to attend the second networking specialty event sponsored by CCIM Institute in 2009. The location is Houston, the venue is the Hilton Americas hotel and the dates are June 4th and 5th.
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Economic Market Insight
Submitted by: Grubb & Ellis
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Recap of the 2009 Annual Commercial Real Estate Forecast Competition
The CCIM Houston Chapter would like to thank all the efforts made by our outstanding Forecast committee. We had another successful event in 2009 with over 500 attendees!
Thank you to Forecast Committee Chair: Suzanne Page-Pryde, CCIM
Committee Members:
Kevin Block, D'Etta Casto-DeLeon, CCIM, Ann Marie Daleo, CCIM, Corey Ferguson, CCIM, Kelly Ferguson, CCIM, David Jarvis, CCIM, Kenneth Katz, CCIM, A. David Schwarz, CCIM and Ginger Wheless.
Read the articles printed in the forecast competition magazine here.
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CCIM March Luncheon
Speaker: Marlene Gafrick, City of Houston
Topic: Weathering the Downtown and Preparing for the New Economy.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
11:30 AM at the The HESS Club
As Houston's top planning and development official, Marlene brings more than 27 years' experience in land development that includes ordinance development, implementation and enforcement, permitting and coordination with public agencies and special districts. Marlene joined the department 27 years ago as an associate planner fresh out of school. She most recently held the position of deputy director before being named director by Mayor Bill White on July 7, 2005. She holds a B.S. Economics in Urban and Regional Planning from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.
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2009 Education Schedule 
All courses will be held at the Houston Apartment Association
- Introduction to Commercial Real Estate - May 14-15, 2009
- CI- 103 User Decision Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate - June 15-19, 2009
- CI - 104 Investment Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate August 10-14, 2009
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We are always looking for articles to print in The Investor. If you have an article you would like to submit, please email it to Beth Young or Ginger Coleman. |
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March 12, 2009
Luncheon
The HESS Club
Speaker: Marlene Gadfrick, City of Houston
March 25, 2009
R.A.M.P. Up Your Commercial Brokerage Business
April 9, 2009
Luncheon
The HESS Club
Speaker: Paul Layne, Brokkfield Properties
April 15, 2009
Commercial Expo
April 22, 2009
Crawfish Boil
Woodrows
May 14, 2009
Luncheon
Location: TBA
Speaker: Scott West, Pathfinder Insurance
June 4-5, 2009
National Networking Event in Houston
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