Identifying and Managing CRE Investment Opportunities

ENotes and other electronic loan documentation are now routine in residential mortgage lending and have gained more acceptance in commercial real estate lending. The industry is gradually moving toward the digital transformation of the mortgage lifecycle: application, closing, documentation, notarization, recording, and securitization. ESIGN and UETA establish the legality of electronic records and signatures. MERS provides a platform for filing and tracking transfers of "control" of real estate notes from one party to another. However, electronic documents must comply with the UCC and recording statutes (which might require a paper original of the mortgage) and other applicable state laws. If litigation ensues surrounding electronic loan documents, counsel must understand and address enforceability, authentication, and admissibility issues of electronic communications and e-signatures. Listen as our authoritative panel discusses the use of eNotes and electronic loan documentation in commercial and residential mortgage lending. The program will also examine legal and practical issues regarding transferability, UCC perfection, the authentication of electronic signatures, and the admissibility of electronic communications and e-signatures in litigation.

Social media marketing, today’s “word-of-mouth,” is a tool that many agents aren’t fully using to their advantage. In this webinar, we reviewed some of the most common social media sites and simple strategies you can employ to grow your business.

Automating commercial real estate ‘back end’ tasks is a major objective for running the enterprise efficiently and freeing up important resources for strategic planning and catalyzed innovation. This series kicks off with a deep dive into the digital infrastructure of most commercial real estate companies. It continues with reviewing opportunities for investment management automation and introduces proven use cases of process automation in commercial and corporate projects. Thought leaders from some of the most automated real estate organizations in our market share insights on their integration initiatives and talk about the challenges and benefits of their own process automation projects. When evaluating ‘back end’ automation opportunities there are many options for increased efficiency and enhanced business insight through data integration, normalization and interaction. This session addresses the best opportunities for automating ‘back end’ processes such as leasing, AP/AR, budgeting and forecasting, document management and others.

The U.S. commercial real estate market posted a record first quarter for deal activity but conditions for investment have changed rapidly in recent weeks. Accelerating inflation, rising debt costs and recession fears are some of the challenges facing investors. Please join Jim Costello, Chief Economist of MSCI Real Assets, for a discussion on: Record-high property prices under pressure Investment pullback in the second quarter - not all a function of interest rates Changing liquidity and more normal patterns of buyer participation Investors’ continued focus on industrial and apartments despite challenges