Resources/Links

Books Recommended

Bergsman, Steven. After the Fall: Opportunities and Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the Coming Decade.

Bergsman, Steven. Maverick Real Estate Financing: The Art of Raising Capital and Owning Properties Like Ross, Sanders, and Carey.

de Roos, Dolf. Real Estate Riches: How to Become Rich Using Your Banker's Money.

Gallinelli, Frank. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know about Cash Flow.

Lewis, Michael. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine.

Shroeder, Alice. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life.

Zuckerman, Gregory. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History.

Articles Recommended

Plunging home sales could sink recovery

Fewer Mortgages Are in Default

Buyer Jockey for Stuyvesant, Linlin Wei, The Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2010.

Korpacz Survey Q1 2010

Move it or Lose it!, Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., Colony Capital, August 9, 2010.

Industry Companies & Associations

Recruiting Firms
   Whitney Group
   Advisory Group
    Altus Bank Recruiting

Appraisal
   ASA SoCal Appraisers
   Appraisal Foundation
   Appraisal Institute
   CBRE
   Integra Realty Resources
   BREO Inc

Advisory
   Real Estate Investment Advisory Council
   RREEF
   Lendlease Real Estate Investments, Inc.
   Pension Real Estate Association
   Counselors of Real Estate
   ARGUS (RE analysis software)
   Heitman Real Estate Investment Management
   The Blackstone Group
   Walton Street Capital L.L.C.

Development
   Urban Land Institute
   Urban Land Institute - LA Chapter
   Urban Land Institute - Orange County Chapter
   California Department of Real Estate
   Catellus
   KB Homes

Investment/REITs
   NAREIT
   Equity Office Properties (office-focused)
   AMB (industrial-focused)
   ProLogis Trust (industrial focused)
   General Growth Properties (retail-focused)
   Simon Property Group, Inc. (retail-focused)
   Equity Residential (apartment-focused)
   Avalon Bay Communities (apartment-focused)
   Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute
   Certified Commercial Investment Member
   National Association of RE Inv. Managers

Mortgage Backed Securities
   Commercial Mortgage Securities Association
   Mortgage Bankers Association of America

Property Management
   Institute of Real Estate Management
   Builders Owners and Managers Association
   Cushman & Wakefield
   CB Richard Ellis
   Jones Lang LaSalle
   Julien J. Studley
   Trammell Crow

Full Service Companies
   Cushman & Wakefield
   CB Richard Ellis
   Jones Lang LaSalle
   Grubb & Ellis


Industry Organizations

Industry News
   Globe Street
   Commercial Property News
   Real Estate Alert
   Real Stock Review
   National Real Estate
   CNN Money Real Estate
   Bloomberg
   FOX News
   Bloomberg Business Weekly Real Estate
   

Investor
   Multifamily Executive
   Biz Journal
   FM Link
   International Real Estate Digest
   Mr Office Space
   Real Estate Forum
   Realty Times
   OC Register Real Estate
   Inman News

References
   Real Estate Dictionary
   InRealty
   Michelson Real Estate Resources
   Realtymall
   REITNet Online
   PikeNet
   Real Estate

Research
   ICSC Demographics
   The Financial Forecast Center
   Texas A&M Real Estate Center
   Green Street Advisors