“As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?” —Lyndon B. Johnson (Editor’s Note)

Volume 36, Number 2 Originally Published: Fall 2011 By Peter C. Burley, CRE In the late 1960s, in the middle of the cold war, I was fortunate to join a small group of about a dozen high school students from The Bay Area, New York and Chicago on a summer tour of the Soviet Union… Read more

Dispute Resolution for All Counselors? A New Way of Looking at Our Business

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 features Abstract: As American business is faced with a more litigious environment and the cost of litigation has soared, more interest is being shown in Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation. In this article, the authors discuss how the counselor may add this component to the practice of real estate… Read more

LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE: Stepping Up the Game to Bring More Sophistication to Counseling in an Expanding, Shifting Market

Volume 31, Number 1 Spring 2011 Panelists: John J. Leary 2011 CRE Chair of the Board President, Leary Counseling and Valuation, Inc. New Haven, Conn. Arthur P. Pasquarella 2010 CRE Chair of the Board Executive Vice President, COO, BPG Properties, Ltd. Philadelphia, Pa. Kenneth P. Riggs, Jr. 2011 CRE First Vice Chair President, CEO, Real… Read more

RESOURCE REVIEW: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: In this review of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (which remains a bestseller) by Michael Lewis, CRE William P.J. McCarthy gives a big thumbs up to the author, referring to him as a “brilliant chronicler of business affairs,” in his story about what occurred on Wall Street… Read more

Monasteries, Mutuals and Investment Banks

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: Henry VIII’s dissolution of the English monasteries in the early 16th century and the expropriation of their wealth has odd parallels to some modern developments in American banking and finance. In this article, the author looks at how the large scale conversions of mutual savings institutions to publicly owned… Read more

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Reverse Mortgages: Should the Elderly and U.S. Taxpayers Beware?

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: Reverse mortgages are becoming popular in America, and although they are only a small niche in the multi-trillion dollar banking industry, they have begun to attract the interest of banks, mortgage brokers, insurance companies, and Wall Street investors who are looking for new profit centers in the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown. Here, the authors discuss why seniors who might be considering these... Read More

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