Real Estate Matters: Recent Episodes
Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE)
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Retail Specialists' Senior Property Manager, Jason Clark, joined the podcast this week to talk about his career in commercial real estate which stems back to his internship with ACRE.
Ben Williamson, a senior associate at Live Oak, joined the podcast this week to share his insights and experiences in commercial real estate.
This week, meet the 2024 CORE President Carri Roper. Roper, a Bessemer, Alabama native, used the CORE program to jumpstart his career in real estate.
Joshua Davis, former CORE ambassador, joins the real estate podcast after taking a job as the Recruitment Associate at Retail Strategies.
Katy Lincoln, a commercial real estate professional and licensed broker, joins the podcast to talk about her career path and her new venture as founder and owner of Lincoln Holdings.
Seth Little, Senior Attorney at Dallas Anthony & Jeffords PLLC, joins The Real Estate Matters podcast to talk about the self-employed tax credit program.
Co-hosts James and Stuart discuss the 2024 housing market predictions by industry leaders such as NAR, MBA, and NHAB/
Sophie Williamson, President of The Academy and a senior at The University of Alabama joins the podcast to talk about her journey through the industry and the opportunities that the Alabama Center for Real Estate granted her.
Richard Henry, a commercial real estate investor and broker in Tuscaloosa, AL joins the podcast to talk about his transition from selling Druid City Properties to launching Right Space Commerical.
Alecia Cassidy, Assistant Professor of Economics at Alabama, joins the podcast to talk about her research, "Cleaning up the Great Lakes: Housing market impacts of removing legacy pollutants"
Charlie Norton, Vice President of the Transaction Services group at Harbert Realty Services, joins us again to discuss marketing with Stuart and James.
Hunter Harrelson, Owner/CEO of Beachball Properties, joins the podcast once again to talk about the pros and cons of COVID-19 on rentals in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach.
Bennie Waller, Instructor of Finance at the Culverhouse College of Business here at The University of Alabama comes on the podcast to talk about the pros and cons of renting and a little bit about growing up on a tobacco farm.
James Benedetto, Communications Coordinator at ACRE, joins the podcast to talk about his background and his new position at ACRE and what is planned for the future here at ACRE.
John Coley, Broker, and Owner at Lake Martin Voice Realty, joins the podcast to talk about the waterfront market at Lake Martin and new amenities such as the new golf course right on the water.
Clint Thompson, production manager with Mortgage Banc, joins the podcast to discuss mortgage strategies that buyers can use to offset rising mortgage rates and home prices, demographic trends that support housing demand, and his outlook for inflation and interest rates.
Charlie Norton, leasing and brokerage associate at Harbert Realty Services, joins the podcast to discuss Birmingham's commercial real estate market and the effects of rising rates to CRE activity.
Lochrane Chase, Director of Leasing & Business Development with Sloss Real Estate, joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of Birmingham's commercial real estate landscape. Topics include historic preservation, Pepper Place, walkability, urban shopping, and the growing demand for rooftop bars & restaurants.
Selma Hepp, Deputy Chief Economist at CoreLogic, joins the podcast to discuss recent trends in the housing market, the impact of rising mortgage rates, and her outlook for 2023.
Hunter Harrelson, Owner/CEO of Beachball Properties in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, joins the podcast to discuss the vacation rental market, Baldwin County, and the growing regional economy.
Helena Johnson, ACRE's CORE Coordinator, joins the podcast to discuss the CORE program and to share student success stories from the first year.
Today on the podcast we are joined by Rhett Loveman, founder and owner of Terramoor. We talk entitlements, acquisitions, and development.
Brock Corder is the President of The Builders Group, a diversified residential construction company established in 2001. Brock joins the podcast to discuss recent projects, the "missing middle," and the various amenities offered by the Tuscaloosa area.
Alecia Cassidy, assistant professor of economics with the Culverhouse College of Business, joins the podcast to discuss her recent research including the effects of energy efficiency disclosure on home values.
Russ Richardson, owner of Richardson Appraisal in Tuscaloosa, joins the podcast to discuss residential market conditions, the effects of rising mortgage rates, and the different approaches used to determine value.
Tony Lee, compliance supervisor and business development specialist with the Alabama Housing Finance Authority, joins the podcast to discuss changes to AHFA's Step Up program and how Mortgage Assistance Alabama helps those affected by the pandemic.
Kartik Desai, Evan Watts & James McCormick of D&A Companies join the podcast to discuss recent projects in Birmingham. Topics include the appeal of Birmingham, their unique approach to design and architecture, and the importance of passive design and sustainability.
Hunter Harrelson, Owner/CEO of Beachball Properties in Gulf Shores/Orange Beach, joins the podcast to discuss the vacation rental market, Baldwin County, and the growing regional economy.
Helena Johnson, ACRE's CORE Coordinator, joins the podcast to discuss the CORE program and to share student success stories from the first year.
Today on the podcast we are joined by Rhett Loveman, founder and owner of Terramoor. We talk entitlements, acquisitions, and development.
Brock Corder is the President of The Builders Group, a diversified residential construction company established in 2001. Brock joins the podcast to discuss recent projects, the "missing middle," and the various amenities offered by the Tuscaloosa area.
Alecia Cassidy, assistant professor of economics with the Culverhouse College of Business, joins the podcast to discuss her recent research including the effects of energy efficiency disclosure on home values.
Russ Richardson, owner of Richardson Appraisal in Tuscaloosa, joins the podcast to discuss residential market conditions, the effects of rising mortgage rates, and the different approaches used to determine value.
Tony Lee, compliance supervisor and business development specialist with the Alabama Housing Finance Authority, joins the podcast to discuss changes to AHFA's Step Up program and how Mortgage Assistance Alabama helps those affected by the pandemic.
Kartik Desai, Evan Watts & James McCormick of D&A Companies join the podcast to discuss recent projects in Birmingham. Topics include the appeal of Birmingham, their unique approach to design and architecture, and the importance of passive design and sustainability.
Bill Barnhill & Stuart LaGroue of Omega Properties join the podcast to discuss all things self storage. Topics include the growth of self storage in markets across the Southeast, current and upcoming developments, and how the business cycle impacts the industry.
David Fowler, owner and managing partner of Development Solutions in Birmingham, joins the podcast to discuss the medical office market. Topics include recent projects, the trend towards mixed-use, and the impact of Covid to the medical office sector.
Dr. Alan Tidwell, the Alabama Association of Realtors Chair of Real Estate at UA, joins the podcast to discuss his recent paper about the relationship between political uncertainty and residential development.
John Coley of Lake Martin Voice Realty joins the podcast to discuss recent activity and trends in Lake Martin’s waterfront market.
Nadia Niakossary, Business Development Manager at RCP Companies in Huntsville, joins the podcast to discuss MidCity District, a mixed-use development by RCP Companies. Nadia describes the evolution of Huntsville and the important role that a city's culture plays in attracting businesses and residents. Additional topics include the Huntsville Amphitheater, the city's growing culinary scene, Trader Joe's, and Topgolf.
Mark Ritter, CEO of MBFS and Nu Direction Lending joins the podcast to share his insights on how credit unions can be a source of funding for real estate investors and small business owners. Mark discusses the advantages of using a credit union, commercial real estate lending through a credit union, and negotiating small business and commercial loans with your lender.
Orchestra Partners Principal Hunter Renfroe and Development Manager Caroline Jenkins join the podcast to share how Orchestra Partners' mission and approach sets them apart from other Alabama developers, how Orchestra Partners has evolved over the last six years, the projects they currently have going on in Birmingham, and what's next for the company.
James Lomax, director of asset management and leasing at Corporate Offices Properties Trust (COPT) joins the podcast to share his perspective on office and retail commercial properties post-pandemic and his insights on what to expect in these sectors in the future.
AT COPT, James is responsible for market performance of revenue generating assets at Redstone Gateway, a 468-acre amenity-rich office park joint venture development adjacent to Redstone Arsenal as part of an Enhanced Use Lease with the federal government.
He believes leadership is best displayed through community service. In addition to his role at COPT, James has served as past president of Rotaract Club, was a local Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year nominee in 2017, 2019, 2020, and was a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year nominee in 2015. He is currently a board member of the Huntsville Rotary Club and the treasurer of the North Alabama Commercial Real Estate Association (NALCOM). He was appointed by the Huntsville City Council to the Medical Clinic Board - Fifth Avenue in 2016 and re-appointed in 2020. James is a featured regular contributor to the Alabama Center for Real Estate Blog.
COPT is a member of ACRE's Alabama Cabinet.
EXIT Realty Regional Owner Troy Dooley joins the podcast to share information about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and how independent contractors and small businesses with 20 employees or less can take advantage of these forgivable loans.
Troy and his wife Kathy have set up a website to help walk people through the process of applying for a PPP loan including the ability to apply directly from the website. Visit pppopportunity.com to learn more.
Roger Ball, senior real estate analyst with Commercial Valuation Services and ACRE Advisory Board of Trustee member joins the podcast to discuss the real estate appraisal industry including what appraisers do, how to get started in the industry, where he thinks appraisal is headed post-COVID, and his insights into the current real estate market.
ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses economic development with Don Erwin, former economic development manager for the Alabama Power Company and vice president of corporate development for Barber Companies.
Erwin earned his bachelor of science in economics at the University of Alabama in 1978 and also studied business and German at UAB. He began working for Alabama Power as a writer and editor for training manuals while in college and began working in IT technical support in 1980. He joined the company’s economic development department in 1990 and helped expand the utility's efforts to recruit businesses from Europe, including its coordination with the state in landing Mercedes-Benz US International in 1993.
Erwin's role in securing George Barber's Barber Motorsports Park led to him moving to Barber Companies as a member of the executive board with responsibilities for corporate development and government relations in 2002, after almost two years with the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. While working for Barber's commercial real estate operation, they did a deal in 2005 that resulted in the Innovation Depot, a 140,000 sq. ft. international award-winning incubator that currently houses more than a hundred companies and 1,300 employees in downtown Birmingham. Erwin retired in 2020.
Erwin's first novel, Buffalo Hunting in Alabama, draws from his experiences as a corporate recruiter. The book was self-published in 2020.
ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton talk to D. Scott McLain, CCIM, principal and managing broker of Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate about real estate and economic development in north Alabama including updates on retail, multi-family, land and residential sectors.
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D. Scott McLain, CCIM, of Huntsville, Alabama, is Principal and Managing Broker of Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate. McLain has served as Southern Division Chair of Governmental Affairs for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Additionally McLain serves as Chair of the Retail Group of Coldwell Banker Commercial globally and also has served as member of the Coldwell Banker Commercial National Advisory Board. McLain is a retail developer, an advocate for downtown redevelopment, and a proponent of adaptive reuse of existing real – estate improvements. Very active in local, state, and national civic, political, and professional activities, McLain holds a degree in Public Policy from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law. Most recently, McLain graduated from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) for the Advanced Management Development Program (AMDP) designation in commercial real estate (2007), and serves on the Harvard GSD Alumni Council.
Scott is a member of ACRE's Leadership Council.
Callan Childs, Director of Design and Development for Sloss Real Estate and Amanda Loper, Principal at David Baker Architects, join ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton to share how they partnered together to create a unique space with intentional design at Pepper Place in Birmingham.
As urban placemakers, they create unique spaces to draw people back to Birmingham’s urban core. Working together, their synergy has been instrumental in the design and connectivity of Birmingham’s creative Pepper Place district. Their latest project was bringing James Beard award-winning ice cream maker, Jeni Britton Bauer, to Birmingham with her first-ever Alabama-based store and the first ground up building in Pepper Place in over 10 years. Childs and Loper talk through the space evolution, decision making process and lessons learned.
The focal point of Birmingham’s Lakeview Design District, Pepper Place is among Birmingham’s 24 commercial revitalization districts that are subject to design review protection. This highly visible renovation project has been celebrated in numerous newspaper and magazine articles and a CNN television feature.
2021 CCIM Global President Tim Blair joins ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss CCIM's plans for 2021, his outlook for 2021, and the pandemic's impact to CRE development and brokerage activity.
Tim Blair is a partner at Shannon Waltchack in Birmingham, Alabama. Shannon Waltchack is a full-service real estate firm that manages, brokers, develops, and acquires property across the southeast. Blair leads the firm’s commercial real estate capital preservation fund which is focused on purchasing neighborhood centers in affluent communities with necessity-based service tenants. A veteran real estate professional, he has been in the real estate industry for more than 25 years and a principal at Shannon Waltchack since 2010.
In addition currently serving as CCIM Institute’s Global President in 2021, Blair was the 2017 National Association of Realtors Commercial Advocate of the Year and is also a Life Member of the Birmingham Association of Realtors’ Commercial Million Dollar Sales Club. Blair received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and his MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Blair is actively involved in multiple local non-profits including Mainstreet Alabama and the YMCA. After being Board Chair for several area branch YMCA’s, he currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the Birmingham Metro YMCA Association. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children and attend St. Francis Xavier Church.
ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton interviews Lument Senior Managing Director & Southeast Regional Director, Originations Chad Hagwood about how he became interested in commercial real estate, his viewpoint on how coronavirus is affecting commercial real estate finance, and about Hunt Real Estate Capital's transition to Lument. Lument is a member of ACRE's Alabama Cabinet.
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CHAD'S MANTRA – “Go above and beyond every day!”
CHAD'S MISSION – It’s my mission to deliver outstanding value and exceptional service and results to my customers! I use my years of experience, knowledge, and deep relationships with the commercial real estate capital markets to ensure that my customers receive the best possible deal terms and that their transactions are closed with efficiency, certainty, and integrity and continue to serve their needs after the close.
RESULTS MATTER - "Customers pay for results, period. Results come from passion, expertise, and closing a lot of deals over many years and cycles in this business. CONSISTENT RESULTS alone are the ultimate standard that cut through the noise and separate those that can do from those that cannot." Chad Thomas Hagwood
WHAT CHAD DOES – I am a direct lender and an expert in financing multifamily properties and manufactured housing communities (MHCs) across the nation. I am an advocate for my great customers and carefully guide them through the nuances and pitfalls of commercial real estate finance while providing them with the white-glove service they expect and deserve. I am a leading specialist in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and CMBS loans. My team and I pride ourselves on delivering what others cannot, and by doing what we say we will do, when we say we will do it. Most importantly, I love what I do!
WHAT LUMENT DOES - LUMENT is a leading nationwide direct lender in multifamily, manufactured housing and commercial real estate finance. We are an entrepreneurial and customer-focused lender. WE ARE DEAL MAKERS - NOT BANK BUREAUCRATS. We are one of a small number of lenders to offer Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA loans along with (real) bridge programs. Our proprietary loan options include our fixed-rate loans, bridge loans for acquisitions and rehabs, and mezzanine loans. LUMENT is also a leader in SBL, affordable housing, seniors housing, and healthcare loans.
ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton is joined by Derek Waltchack, a Birmingham commercial real estate broker and developer and founding partner of Shannon Waltchack, to discuss his podcast Brokerlord. Derek is traveling the country to interview successful brokers from each of the 50 states for the podcast.
The goal of the podcast is to educate brokers looking to add rental income to their portfolios—but Brokerlord is not only for brokers. The ideas, advice and concepts are useful in any industry.
Most young people aspire to buy their first home. Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Dezember spent a decade trying to get rid of his. In UNDERWATER: How Our American Dream of Homeownership Became a Nightmare, Dezember provides a powerful, incisive story that chronicles the 2008 housing crash and its aftermath from a fresh perspective—the forgotten, middle-class homeowner.
Dezember joins ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton on the podcast to discuss how decisions on Wall Street and in Washington played out on his street in a corner of the Sunbelt that was convulsed by the foreclosure crisis.
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RYAN DEZEMBER is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, writing about financial markets and investors. He previously wrote about the oil industry from the Journal’s Houston bureau. Before that he worked as a reporter for the Mobile Register, reporting on the real-estate boom and bust for coastal Alabama’s daily newspaper. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential new construction for July 2020. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential new construction, starts and building permits for June 2020. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
CompStak Senior Market Development Manager Lucy Burt joins ACRE Data Analytics Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss CompStak's leading crowdsourced commercial real estate data platform that handles millions of data points each week to create a comprehensive, robust CRE data set and what she's been seeing happen on the platform during COVID-19.
For more information about CompStak, email Lucy at lucy@compstak.com
The Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AFHA) Business Development Manager Cathy James joins our podcast to provide information on their foreclosure prevention program Hardest Hit Alabama. The program provides up to $30,000 in short-term mortgage payment assistance to eligible homeowners who have lost employment or income due to COVID-19.
AHFA was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1980 to serve the housing needs of low- and moderate-income Alabamians and create housing opportunities through the affordable financing of single- and multifamily housing. Since 1980, AHFA has provided funding for more than 48,000 rental housing units and helped more than 70,000 Alabamians purchase a home.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential new construction for May 2020. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for May 2020. For more information, view the corresponding webinar.
Alabama Real Estate Commission (AREC) Education Director Ryan Adair joins ACRE's Director of Education, Marketing & Communications Cherie Moman to share a brief update on how coronavirus has affected CE deadlines, content delivery and testing along with information on how the CE requirements will be changing for the next renewal cycle.
ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares his personal experience buying and selling a home during COVID, and offers some insight on what to expect with the Alabama housing market moving forward into the fall.
ACRE Director of Research KC Conway speaks with real estate developer and Capstone Real Estate Investments, LLC, Chairman Mike Mouron about his downtown Birmingham Federal Reserve building and Greyhound bus terminal adaptive reuse projects and his thoughts on changes to CRE post-coronavirus.
Mike Mouron is a graduate of the University of Alabama and a CPA. In 1990, he founded Capstone Development Corporation and led it to its position of leadership within the student housing market niche until January 1, 2012, when the company was divided into four separate but synergistic companies. Mike remains involved with all the successive companies in a variety of roles. Mike and his wife Kathy are also involved in several philanthropic endeavors, including leading the fundraising campaign for the Stran-Hardin Arena for adapted student athletes at The University of Alabama.
The first in a new topic series from ACRE, Research Coordinator Stuart Norton interviews his father Tom Norton on his multi-decade real estate career and the impact of coronavirus on the current market. Norton specializes in real estate investment and valuation, commercial real estate investment and redevelopment. He is the past chairman of the Mountain Brook Board of Zoning Adjustment, passed the Alabama State Bar in 1979 and practiced as a real estate attorney, and obtained his Alabama Real Estate Brokers License in 1982. He is also a member of ACRE's Leadership Council.
Dr. Alexa Chilcutt joins the podcast to discuss how the disruption from coronavirus affords you as a leader the opportunity to "reboot" and re-direct. She describes three steps you can take to create a re-entry plan for your team to improve communications, address lingering issues and pursue an innovation process as we move back into the workplace.
Alexa Chilcutt, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of the Public Speaking Program at the University of Alabama and an Executive Education faculty member for Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and provides professional development training for corporations.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for March 2020 and discusses the coronavirus impact on the market. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
Long-time ACRE Leadership Cabinet member John Coley joins Stuart Norton to discuss the uniqueness of the Lake Martin market. As home to two very different residential markets: “the waterfront” and the “off the water” markets, it offers everything from on-the-water secondary homes to large tracts of rural land for farming or recreation. The podcast also discusses the potential impact of coronavirus on the Lake Martin real estate market.
John Coley is a full-time real estate agent specializing in waterfront property on Lake Martin, Alabama. He is the Broker and Owner of Lake Martin Voice Realty and has a website called Lake Martin Voice where he blogs about Lake Martin real estate and area information.
ACRE Trustee Jonathan Goode joins ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss how coronavirus is impacting the rural land industry. Jonathan also offers his advice on best practices for real estate professionals based on his experience working through the Great Recession.
Jonathan Goode is a an associate broker with Southeastern Land Group, LLC (SELG) and is the Responsible Broker for the company in Mississippi. Jonathan is an Accredited Land Consultant (ALC), working with Southeastern Land Group (AlaLandCo) since 2008, serving Alabama and Mississippi. He is a member of the Alabama and Mississippi chapters of the Realtor’s Land Institute (RLI), and is a Past President of the Alabama RLI Chapter. He is Co-host of the weekly radio program, “The Land Show”. Jonathan currently serves as Vice Chair on the Advisory Board of Trustees for the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE) representing the land industry across the state. Jonathan was named the 2018 Alabama Land Realtor of the Year.
ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton interviews Sean Baird, director - national student housing group at Colliers International and Ryan Lang, vice chairman at Newmark Knight Frank and head of its student housing division about the short and long-term impact of coronavirus on the student housing sector.
ACRE Leadership Council member David C. Skinner, Esq. joins ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss how commercial tenants are trying to avoid or delay paying rent during the COVID-19 crisis through deferral, abatement and forgiveness, and also considers the future of density requirements for restaurants post-coronavirus.
Skinner's legal and consultation work revolves around real property — leasing, financing, succession planning, individual rights, land-use and environmental issues. His firm is well recognized for representation Commercial Landlords of all sized and levels of sophistication. It is known throughout Alabama for its Ad Valorem tax work and representation for resolving issues with land title both in and out of court.
James Lomax, Corporate Office Properties Trust director of asset management & leasing, joins ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss how COVID-19 is impacting the commercial office space, including how to continue to manage buildings, how working from home will affect the industry, and what tenants should be considering during this time.
ACRE Director of Research and Corporate Engagement K.C. Conway joins ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss how coronavirus has already begun to impact the real estate industry and what we can expect moving forward for both the commercial and residential real estate sectors as well as the overall Alabama economy.
ACRE will continue to post updates and commentary on the impact of COVID-19 on the WIN, on our media platform exploRE and on our LinkedIn page.
Cathy James and Tony Lee from the the Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA) podcast to provide an update on the AFHA's programs and educational opportunities.
AHFA was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1980 to serve the housing needs of low- and moderate-income Alabamians and create housing opportunities through the affordable financing of single- and multifamily housing. Since 1980 AHFA has provided funding for more than 48,000 rental housing units and helped more than 70,000 Alabamians purchase a home.
For more information about AHFA's programs or to set up an education event, call Tony Lee at 334.244.9200 or email him at tlee@ahfa.com. For more information about Community Heroes, email Cathy James at cjames@ahfa.com.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for January 2020.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares information from his ALAres 2020 data-driven presentation, focusing on past trends and future projections regarding Alabama’s residential real estate.
Real estate photographer/videographer and marketing expert David Moman joins the podcast to answer questions such as how to stage for photography, how photo licensing works and how to effectively market using media. For more tips from David, check out his stories on Instagram @crimsonhomesphotography.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for November 2019.
Cherie Moman, director of education, marketing & communications, joins in to share details about the 4th Annual Alabama Residential Real Estate Conference - ALAres - being held on Thursday, February 6, at The Club in Birmingham.
ALAres features a distinguished lineup of speakers presenting on social media and technology, cybersecurity, communicating and selling to Gen Z, and Alabama residential data trends and forecasting:
Marki Lemon Ryhal, ReMarkiTable LLC Marki Lemon Ryhal will deliver the opening keynote at ALAres 2020. She is a licensed managing broker and REALTOR® and has earned several sales awards. She holds an MBA degree from Saint Xavier University and has over 50 certifications, designations, and licenses in social media and real estate. She travels the country teaching social media courses for the National Association REALTORS®, REBAC, ASI, and others. She is a six-time REALTOR® Conference and Expo featured attendee, one of 100 speakers selected to speak the REALTOR® Conference and Expo six times, and an Inman closing keynote speaker. Her ALAres keynote “Change Your Business Trajectory with Social Media and Technology” will show REALTORS how to earn up to a 2,682% ROI on their marketing dollars, implementing FREE and low-cost social media strategies.
Russ Ward – University of Alabama Huntsville Russ Ward is the Chief Information Security Officer at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Russ has been engaged in cybersecurity for the last 18 years, including academic, government, corporate and legal domains. He focuses on a holistic security approach including architecture, design, implementation, incident handling/response, forensics, code analysis, web applications testing, auditing, and training. Throughout his career, Russ has trained college students, law enforcement and DoD personnel, while conducting security operations and research. Russ is currently 1 of 232 people that hold GIAC’s most prestigious certifications, GIAC Security Expert (GSE). In addition, he also holds 12 other professional certifications. He will discuss current cyber threats along with ways to mitigate the risks and protect data.
Lexi Edwards – University of Alabama Lexi Edwards is a marketing professor at the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Business and is also a director of the college’s sales program. In that role, she teaches the advanced sales courses and manages the relationships with corporate partners. The Program teaches over 1,500 students each year, engages more than 100 stakeholders, and provides upwards of $300,000 in student scholarships annually. Her session will describe the preferences, goals, and experiences of Gen Z and introduce sales techniques that will improve agents’ ability to work with the Gen Z home buyers.
Stuart Norton – Alabama Center for Real Estate As research coordinator, Stuart Norton manages ACRE’s residential market research, producing monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports on 26 residential markets across the state, monthly new construction reports that track new construction building permits and housing starts, and the center's Alabama housing affordability index. He will review trends from 2019 and provide a 2020 forecast for inventory and sales.
Registration is open for ALAres 2020 on the website at alares.io. For information about conference sponsorships or registration, contact Cherie Moman at 205.348.3324 or cmoman@culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton speaks with Director of Research & Corporate Engagement KC Conway about ACREcom, ACRE's 20th annual commercial real estate conference and expo, which will be held on Friday, February 7, 2020, at The Club in Birmingham. The 2020 conference theme is “Building the Future.” 1999 brought Y2K concerns. 2009 ushered in the Great Recession. And 2019 reintroduced us to the impact from tariffs and a trade war not seen since the 1920s. What followed in 2000 was the biggest housing boom in our history that burst and resulted in a Financial Crisis unlike any since the Great Depression that influenced the next decade.
What is ahead in the third decade of the 21st Century? Are tariffs and a trade war with China behind us? Can the longest recovery on record run another year and surpass 135 months in 2020? Will Impeachment influence the 2020 elections resulting in a rollback of the benefits to our industry from the 2017 Tax Act? Will Opportunity Zones survive and thrive? And what is the outlook for the cost and availability of capital to commercial real estate? After all, capital is the fuel for commercial real estate transaction activity.
ACREcom20 will dissect these topics so industry participants from lenders and brokers to developers and investors will be ready for a new decade influenced by the Gig-economy, ESG, Zebras, Adaptive Reuse, Retail e-Volution, and Logistics. Come get prepared for the next decade of disruption and understand which influencers are likely to determine both the direction and performance of commercial real estate.
For more information or to register, visit ACREcom.info
LinkedIn is growing by leaps and bounds and is consistently rated as the most trusted social media network. ACRE social media intern Rayven Lane talks to ACRE's Director of Education, Marketing & Communications Cherie Moman about how to effectively use LinkedIn Ads to break through the noise, grow your network and establish yourself as an authority on the platform.
Cherie will be presenting on how to build your organic presence on LinkedIn at ACREcom20 on February 7, 2020, at The Club in Birmingham, Ala. Register today!
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for October 2019.
ACRE and Campus Development intern Baylor Bearden joins ACRE research coordinator Stuart Norton to share a UA student's take on the student housing market in Tuscaloosa.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for September 2019. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for Q3 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for September 2019.
ACRE Leadership Council member Doug McCullough, executive vice president - brokerage at NAI Chase Commercial in Huntsville, Ala. joins the podcast along with his mentees Erik Amason and Doug McCullough, Jr. to discuss mentorship including how to get started, how both parties benefit from the mentor-mentee relationship, and pitfalls to avoid.
ACRE Director of Research & Corporate Engagement KC Conway chats with Ronnie Lee Phillips, CIPS, principle advisor at RealStar Realty Advisors about the six phases of the CRE market cycle and how to make the correct decisions for investment during each one.
Phillips’ commercial real estate career spans property maintenance, property and asset management, leasing, development, brokerage, investment, and advisory. Presently, Phillips speaks for real estate professionals and presents his proprietary accelerated real estate learning programs on a national and global basis.
ACRE Leadership Council member and gkhouses Founder/Director of Market Development Matthew Whitaker joins ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss single-family property management, finding opportunity in the recession, training millennials, and setting big hairy audacious goals.
gkhouses started at the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis by default. When the bottom fell out of the residential housing market Matthew was left holding 30 rental houses that he wanted to sell, but couldn’t. So he set out to find a property manager with similar beliefs and management preferences as to his own. It was not a successful hunt. Later that year, Matthew started gkhouses. As word spread, other industry friends brought gkhouses properties they couldn’t sell. The gkhouses reputation for excellence began to spread. Since that time, gkhouses has grown to become the largest property manager in Birmingham and a regional company with offices in Nashville, Chattanooga, Little Rock, Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins. During the time between 2008 and 2019, the gkhouses team grew as well. From three to over 40 team members dedicated to providing owners the best property management experience around.
K.C. Conway, ACRE director of research & corporate engagement and CCIM chief economist, shares details from his latest CCIM Insights report "Retail e-Volution: Predictions for 2025." This report details K.C.'s five predictions for the future of retail and debunks four myths behind the plethora of retail bankruptcies and store closings that occurred in the past decade.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton discusses data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for August 2019.
Student Support is one of ACRE's five guiding principles. ACRE's Executive Director Grayson Glaze joins the podcast to introduce ACRE's next level in student support: the Collegiate Career Assistance Program (CCAP). CCAP represents the Center's platform for serving the next generation of real estate talent and the firms that provide experience and employment opportunities while benefiting in the process. Learn more at acreccap.com.
ACRE's Director of Education, Marketing and Communications Cherie Moman discusses the Mars Opportunity Rover, Darwinism and the growth of PropTech on this week's episode of Real Estate Matters!
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for July 2019. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton and ACRE research intern Spencer Sellers discuss data and insights about Alabama's residential real estate market for July 2019.
ACRE Director of Research and Corporate Engagement K.C. Conway discusses the Alabama economy as he sees it in 2019 including the big business headlines and Alabama's four strengths: affordability, workforce availability, logistics infrastructure and low taxes with pro-business leadership.
Real estate teams are a growing trend that allows REALTORS® to share workload and responsibilities. A well-functioning team can create greater efficiency and productivity than a single agent working alone. However, when not constructed thoughtfully, teams can have an adverse effect. Lake Homes Realty CEO Glenn Phillips and COO Doris Phillips discuss the importance of respectful communication among team leaders, how to resolve conflict, and what to look for in a team member.
Based in Hoover, Ala., Lake Homes Realty is a tech-enabled, full-service real estate brokerage licensed in 26 states. It is also is one of the fastest-growing businesses in the country (listed on 2017 and 2018 Inc. 5000).
Lake Home Realty is a member of ACRE's National Network and Glenn serves on ACRE's Advisory Board of Trustees.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for June 2019. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for June 2019.
ACRE Leadership Council member and longtime real estate investor Tom Norton joins his son ACRE Research Coordinator Stuart Norton for a discussion on how to start investing in real estate. Topics include who to include on your team and how to find properties.
The Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA) was established by the Alabama Legislature in 1980 to serve the housing needs of low- and moderate-income Alabamians and create housing opportunities through the affordable financing of single- and multifamily housing. Since 1980 AHFA has provided funding for more than 48,000 rental housing units and helped more than 70,000 Alabamians purchase a home. AHFA Business Development Manager Cathy James joins our podcast to provide information on the AFHA's homeownership programs and home buyer resources.
Happy 4th of July from the Alabama Center for Real Estate! We are celebrating the holiday with a different take on the Real Estate Matters podcast. Join Stuart and Cherie as they reflect on the real estate career of one of our nation's wealthiest presidents... and it's not who you think! George Washington amassed more than 70,000 acres across seven modern states and the District of Columbia and was considered the wealthiest president to serve until Donald Trump took office in 2017.
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ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for May 2019.
Dr. Alan Tidwell shares information about the new minor in real estate offered by the Culverhouse College of Business at The University of Alabama. Previously offered as a finance specialization, the real estate minor provides a background in real estate fundamentals and decision making through different academic disciplines including economics, finance, sales, management, and law. As the Alabama Association of Realtors® Chair of Real Estate at Culverhouse, Tidwell also discusses his vision for the future of the 80-year-old real estate program and how it is preparing workforce-ready graduates.
According to NAR's Real Estate in a Digital Age 2018 Report, 92% of REALTORS® prefer to communicate with their clients through text messaging. As texting boasts higher open rates and quicker response times than email, it is easy to understand why people are choosing to engage in text.
Matt Tompkins joins ACRE's Cherie Moman to discuss how to remain compliant when texting in transactions, what to watch out for, and what is required to market through SMS messaging.
Matt is a shareholder with Rosen Harwood, P.A, in Tuscaloosa, specializing in real estate, and the attorney for the Tuscaloosa Association of REALTORS® and the West Alabama Multiple Listing Service.
Dedra Cabaniss currently serves as NAR's federal political coordinator (FPC) for Representative Terri Sewell, Alabama 7th Congressional District. Dedra recently attended the NAR Midyear Conference in Washington, D.C. and shared information from her time there along with an explanation about what an FPC does. Dedra is a REALTOR® with Pritchett-Moore Real Estate in Tuscaloosa and has served the real estate industry in positions at the local, state and national levels.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential new construction market report for April 2019.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for April 2019.
Jack Kubiszyn joins ACRE's Stuart Norton to discuss the Alabama Supreme Court's recent reversal on its ruling of GHB Construction and Development Company, Inc. v. West Alabama Bank and Trust. According to Kubiszyn, "This revised opinion by the Alabama Supreme Court has provided clarity moving forward on several fronts. Legally, guidance exists as to when a future advance mortgage is created for priority purposes when compared to other liens. More importantly, the lending and the title industry have certainty that the loans being made and title policies being written are valid and enforceable, which is essential for construction matters in the future."
Kubiszyn is a partner at the Christian & Small law firm where he specializes in commercial real estate. He is also a lifetime member of ACRE's Leadership Council.
Brenda Wallace is an Associate Broker at Roberts Brothers Inc on the Gulf Coast as well as a real estate trainer for the Baldwin County Association of REALTORS school and the Academy of Real Estate. She has written a book on REALTOR safety titled "Avoid Danger: Think Safety First!" which will be available on Amazon in July. On the podcast, Brenda shares some information from her book on personal, environmental and cyber safety.
Tracy Gatewood reports on the ICSC Food for Thought conference in New Orleans on April 16 - 18, 2019. Great dining concepts strengthen and stabilize real estate assets and from fancy Food Halls, to food trucks to brew pubs to fine dining, where we dine has become where most of us seek experience.
Tracy is a commercial broker with Alabama-based Gatewood Retail that specializes in consumer real estate. Tracy works in multiple Alabama markets with business owners of retail, restaurant, hotel and student housing concepts that are 1) unique 2) consistently work in excellence 3) first to market 4) passionate about their product. You can contact Tracy attgatewood@gatewoodretail.com or through Linkedin messaging.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for March 2019.
ACRE Leadership Council member Richard Henry of Druid City Properties joins Research Coordinator Stuart Norton to discuss the pros and cons of short term rentals in Alabama.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for February 2019.
ACRE research intern Christian Schoerner and ACRE research coordinator Stuart Norton review their five Alabama residential real estate markets to watch in 2019.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for January 2019.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares his ACREres presentation - "The State of Alabama Real Estate" featuring a 2018 year-in-review along with his 2019 outlook for residential real estate in Alabama. Click here to view the slides from his presentation. The data is also available on ACRE's residential research webpage.
ACRE's Director of Research & Corporate Engagement K.C. Conway and Research Coordinator Stuart Norton share insights from their inaugural research paper into matters and trends impacting the future development of commercial real estate. "Logistics Infrastructure: Transformational Opportunities" is the first in a series of papers to come annually on topics that impact our commercial real estate industry at large, as well as the Southeast, Gulf Coast and ALMA (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi & Arkansas) economic regions. The paper will be available on the ACRE website beginning February 1, 2019.
ACRE is pleased to announce that the nineteenth annual ACREcom CRE conference and expo will be held on Friday, February 8, 2019, at The Club in Birmingham. The 2019 conference theme is “Glass Breakers.” ACRE Director of Research and Corporate Engagement and ACREcom master of ceremony KC Conway states, “We have been talking a lot these past few years about disruption. However, it is no longer about disruption but transformation at every level. The old models have been shattered including the compositions of leadership.” At ACREcom19, attendees will learn in detail about the business strategies and leadership opportunities saturating the modern commercial real estate industry. Get more information and register at acrecom.info
ACRE's Director of Research & Corporate Engagement KC Conway shares his insights on the economy and commercial real estate as we begin 2019.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for November 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for October 2018. View all ACRE's commercial and residential data research at acre.culverhouse.ua.edu.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for October 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential building permits and housing starts numbers for September 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for Q3 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for September 2018.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential new construction market report for August 2018.
ACRE research intern Christian Schoerner and ACRE research coordinator Stuart Norton analyze data from the last economic downturn through today to understand the relationship between national and Alabama real estate market trends.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for August 2018.
Aerial photography and videography can be a great addition to your marketing plan. Real estate photographer, videographer and certified drone pilot David Moman joins Cherie to review rules, regulations and best practices for using drones in real estate.
ACRE Leadership Council member Jason Will joins Cherie to discuss the upcoming inaugural Agent 251 Podcast!
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Cherie Moman, ACRE director of education, marketing & communications, joins the conversation to discuss HUD's recent complaint against Facebook and how Facebook's ad targeting is changing to curtail discriminatory advertising practices.
ACRE's Director of Education, Marketing & Communications Cherie Moman is joined by Dr. Alexa Chilcutt, director of the public speaking program and The Speaking Studio at the University of Alabama to discuss how you can more effectively communicate with your clients and fellow real estate professionals by improving your listening skills.
ACRE's Research Coordinator Stuart Norton shares data and insights on Alabama's residential real estate market for July 2018.
KC Conway and Stuart Norton examine the trend of adaptive reuse in real estate. For more information, read KC's CCIM white paper: “Adaptive Reuse: Turning Blight into Bright,” which represents the first step to redefine and quantify the adaptation of obsolete commercial properties for new uses as an institutional-grade product category.
ACRE's Director of Research & Corporate Engagement KC Conway shares his insights on the economy and commercial real estate as we transition from the dog days of summer to the reality of tariffs, rate hikes and the dearth of housing inventory despite really good fundamentals.