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Where your company is headquartered makes a big difference to your bottom line

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Real estate is unaffordable for many, competition for talent and investment is fierce, and high state and local taxes and labor costs quickly consume whatever capital startups have secured. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. About the Author.

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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Best regards, Jeffrey.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – The Government has Created a Monster

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With both banks highly concentrated in the weak Texas real estate market, the deal ended up helping neither bank. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Seidman’s concerns were warranted.

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

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Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. Generate relevant content that establishes your knowledge and experience in your practice area. Generate content that starts clients on their Buyer’s Journey to retaining you. Can You Create a Niche?

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Know When to Kill Your Brand

Harvard Business Review

Through the early 2000’s, Blockbuster served a valuable purpose to customers as well as movie studios, game makers, and other content producers – providing direct consumer access to entertainment content. Radio Shack could have also fulfilled its purpose through services and content.

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What’s That You’re Calling a Bubble?

Harvard Business Review

They’ve also characterized the San Francisco Bay area’s real estate market over a far longer period. The actual outcome for Cisco turned out to be a 156% increase in net income from fiscal 2000 through fiscal 2013. Yet neither has collapsed. That is, it was selling at a price that no plausible growth scenario could justify.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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