Tomorrow morning I am off to Scottsdale Arizona to start my CCIM Commercial Real Estate Designation. This requires four separate classes of 5 day periods with classroom work 8-5 each day. You also get to read and work on 350 pages of work before you get to each class. I will be in new York for the second class in November, and will do the last two in February and April of 2008. Why would an almost 60 year old REALTOR who is in the top 1% of RE/MAX want to do this? The answer is simple. You cannot know enough. CCIM is like a college degree in the real estate business. If you have been intrusted with investors money, then the right decision need to be made. In doing the work for the first class next week, I am already excited about what I can bring you in the coming years. If you need anything next week please call Orjana at the office. I can return calls and emails at night since the class does not allow for this during the day. On a local note, we have been leasing property before we find an investor for them. I will be bringing new rental stats to the seminar in San Francisco next month and they will be better than July. Also, for those of you who bought in The East Village project, we have leases already that I will be receiving today. The condos are finished on the second floor, and the lofts will be ready by the end of the month. At that time we can start occupying. Stay tuned for more information and pictures of the finished units. Model units are now open.