Friday I attended the National Apartment Association educational conference in Las Vegas at Mandaly Bay. The conference featured a large number of sessions focused on helping the multi family operator own, manage, operate thier business in a 2.0 way. 

 I sat in on a few sessions and learned some great things and heard some funny stories. What I did sit in on that I think you should hear and see was the panel discussion moderated by the founder of Politico.com, Jim VandeHei, and the panelists Ric Campo, Chairman and CEO of Camden; Bob Faith, CEO of Greystar; and Christopher Lee, President and CEO of apartment consulting firm CEL & Associates.

 I recored the panel and hope to get it up for you in one of my next posts. 

In an article in the LA Times, KB Homes is reporting that it has narrowed losses and that new home orders are up 59 percent.  Here is what CEO Jeffrey Mezger had to say. 

"Despite the increase in new orders, CEO Jeffrey Mezger remained cautious, saying only that "We are beginning to see signs that some negative housing market trends may be moderating at both the local and national levels."

 It's Friday, and hey it's something. Enjoy enjoy the weekend. 

Good Morning, if your are a CRE professional and you happen to be in Las Vegas today there is a place you should be, the National Apartment Association Conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. It looks like it will be a great place to learn the news information and management techniques on how to run your multi-family properties more effciently. I am going to stop by and talk to some vendors, participants and take a few photos to bring it back to REIJ2.0

Troy  

I just spent a great couple of days in Chicago at the Realcomm 2009 Conference. I talked with many great people including, Jim Young CEO of RealComm. We saw an amazing set of new products and services that we will be soon bringing to you. Keep an eye out 

Troy 

Well the Real Invest 2.0 team is off to Chicago to get the latest on Real Estate Investment at Realcomm. Tune back in later to hear Troy Hicks interviewing some of the industry's thought leaders on their take on the state of the economy and how its impacting real estate investment.

A fine Sunday morning in Las Vegas. I was reading the Las Vegas Review Journal and found an article on Vestin a local Las Vegas REIT. Have a look 

 Vestin, CEO surviving hard times for lenders 

 T  

The Real Invest 2.0 team is  off to Chicago for the RealComm Conference , June 22-23, this show is a place where you can see some true innovations for our industry. We will be out in force with a video crew and are looking forward to talking to to you.

 See ya next week