The Promise of AI

Is artificial intelligence an industry game changer or a wizard behind a curtain?
Q&A: Jason J. DeJonker, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The banking crisis and office issues haven’t disappeared
Larger investors influence the single-family rental sector

The single-family rental (SFR) housing market was once a relatively niche sector of commercial real estate that was typically reserved for small-scale investors. Today, however, it is increasingly emerging as a power player in the landscape for institutional owners of residential properties. While single-family homes historically were the exclusive purview of owner-occupants with the goal […]
International Investments: Switzerland

Switzerland — the Alpine European country of luxury watches and hefty offshore bank accounts — has a lofty reputation when it comes to its engagement in international finance. Indeed, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Swiss-based companies have historically been active in exporting funds in the form of overseas direct investment. The famously neutral nation is, […]
Modernize Your Marketing Efforts

All types of financial institutions can raise their profile via social media
Dollar stores are helping to revitalize strip malls

In the risky world of retail development, there are preciously few sure things. But for more than a decade, one portion of this asset class that has performed well is the once overlooked strip mall. JPMorgan Chase, for instance, didn’t mince words in a commercial real estate report about the success of strip malls that […]
Residential Spotlight: Great Lakes Region

These six states wield economic and political clout.
Q&A: Katie Sweeney, Association of Independent Mortgage Experts

AIME confronts the challenges that brokers face
Artificial intelligence should be respected but not feared

Cars pull up at a drive-through restaurant and food orders are given to a computer that can understand human speech. A small flying machine sweeps over crowded city streets to deliver a package. A college student turns in an essay that was written by an invisible robot. Science fiction pioneers H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and […]
A Mother Lode Waits at Your Fingertips

Learn to leverage your contact databases for a bonanza of opportunities