Stop Leasing: Own Your Business Property

Leasing or buying? Which path is the most effective in helping your company grow?

Jim West of Coldwell Banker Commercial will give an overview of how many  companies make commercial property ownership part of their business model.  You’ll also learn the most effective ways      to find properties with good value.

Learn key fundamentals from expert Eric Bergeson, Vice President of Commercial Banking  with Pacific Continental Bank .   Eric will outline the process of preparing company financial information for presentation to commercial lenders, and how that information will help strengthen your operation.

Jim Bright of Northwest Business Development Association  will show you how the SBA 504 loan, with 10% down and a twenty year fixed rate of interest may be your best tool in acquiring a commercial property.

Learn how to make a partner of your county or city and overcome development pitfalls. Debby Bennett of RSV Building Solutions will provide an overview of the process and a single point of contact to manage your projects.

Wednesday March 28th 4:30pm
Register at the link below!

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5ium62wa8ec3db0&llr=tjiggocab

Economic Forecasts For Breakfast – A bigger plate?

OPTIMISM…. yes outright optimism seems to be breaking out almost like our optimism that spring will arrive soon.   In January I posted about attending the Columbian’s Economic Forecast breakfast. There John Williams - President of the  Frederal Reserve Bank in SanFransisco summed up our status up this way –  We saved the country from a depression and we’ll see more slow improvement mirroring the past two  and a half years.  Pretty routine stuff.

Let’s roll forward to March, a mere six weeks later.  Alan Beaulieu  spoke Friday March 2nd at a breakfast  event sponsored by the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.  Beaulieu  speaking for the third  year in a row boldly told the room to  expect strong growth over the next  two years.  If you want to grow your company invest in people or technologies that will allow you to take on more customers.  Beaulieu claims his forecasts are 95 % accurate.  Front page article in the Columbian on Tuesday March 6 highlights the results of an Associated Press survey conducted of leading economists that the economy is picking up steam, consumer confidence is growing and almost across the board these economsists were forecasting unemployment numbers for 2012 significanlty below their projections even six months earlier.

In our Commercial Real Estate world we are seeing more people every day make decisions to move forward with plans that will strenghten their position over the next few years. Many are leasing,  some are buying , and others are aquiring investment properties.

http://yourfuture-own-it.com/economic-forecasts-for-breakfast-a-bigger-plate/