«If you look at our industry, there is some analogy to filling hotel rooms and airline seats,» explains Christopher Mundy, executive vice president of strategic planning and operations for Chicago - based Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP), which once again ranked No. 1 on this year's
Top Office Owners survey.
Not exact matches
Building
Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International in Washington, D.C., forecasts that suburban
office will be the
top - performing real estate investment product over the next five to 10 years.
CMIT Solutions bestowed honors on
top - performing
office owners and their team members in attendance for sales, customer retention, and superior operations over the past 12 months.
The Ink Plus ® Business Credit Card is one of our
top picks for best business credit cards because it has a nice overall rewards rate (especially for
office supplies and telecommunication services) and useful suite of services for business
owners.
For instance, I think there is a big difference between a commercial real estate loan on a midtown Manhattan
office building purchased at the
top of the market by a speculator using a 90 % + loan to value (LTV) vs. a 65 % LTV,
owner - occupied warehouse loan with personal guarantees in Scranton, or some other market that never experienced a spike in real estate prices.
Then within months the
owners fire half the staff including
top mgt who were supposed to stay on and close
offices.
Many of them I have spoken to about this subject do not think it's a problem with the pool of candidates, but a specific mindset problem from the
owners and the league
office, all
top - down.
Some
top cards are also great for business
owners and have cash - back options if you buy
office equipment, have a company car and more.
Officials from the home
offices of State Farm, Allstate and Travelers, three of the nation's
top providers of homeowners» insurance, say their companies have no national policy excluding coverage for pit - bull
owners.
Solicitors from the Swindon and Marlborough
offices of Royds Withy King have compiled a Directors» Briefing to help business
owners keep on
top of the latest legal developments which may affect their working practices and home life.
Top Office, Small Market: Re / Max Action Realty, Fort St. John, B.C. Broker /
owners: Trevor Bolin, Douglas Petersen, Richard Petersen
The
Top 25
Office Owners survey is based on totals provided by participating companies.
Former Century 21 JEM
owner Earl Dowling and his sales staff are joining new
owner Alice Emerson, her partner Pat Stolee and their former
Top Choice salespeople, to work out of the former
Top Choice
office.
Top Office Low Density: Re / Max Action Realty, Fort St. John, B.C., brokers /
owners Rich Petersen, Doug Petersen and Trevor Bolin.
«With our new partnership with Peter, we will be focusing on
top producers in the market that are not getting sufficient support in today's landscape and lack a great
office culture, which Peter has been known to provide over the course of his career,» says broker of record /
owner Bruce Moran.
Why eye it: Tony DiMaria, the company's broker -
owner, has stopped making skill the
top priority around the
office and in recruiting.
Several Ontario Re / Max franchise
owners recently took part in a conference in Vienna, which hosted the
top 100
offices from the Re / Max Europe network.
He started from a local real estate
office and quickly became a
top sales associate, a manager and then a broker /
owner.
I have seen the pendulum swing too far, from a situation where
top salespeople were simply paying too much for the services they received in the form of a 50/50 split, to a situation where the
office owner was being snowed under by escalating costs, exacerbated by increased risk and liability.
Top Office in Western Canada: Re / Max Real Estate Central, Calgary, with broker
owners Paul Mair and Pat Hare.
Office leadership teams also have new resources available to them including: lease negotiation and compensation specialists, regular brainstorming conference calls with
top owners and brokers in the Keller Williams system and scholarships to training courses on how to maximize staff by hiring talent.
Chuck Fazio and his wife went from failures as agents to
top producers and
Owners / Broker of one of the highest producing single
office Brokerages in the country.
The
owners didn't have the space for two desks in their home
office, so they had a carpenter install one long piece of plywood with a black lacquered
top.