San Francisco’s epic condo boom is turning into a bust
Few housing markets are crazier than San Francisco’s. But what had to happen is starting to happen: while house prices continue to soar, a phenomenal…
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The Importance of Offering Classes in Sales
I’ve recently been asked to become a real estate professor at a university. This is something that I have wanted to do for a long…
Starboard TCN Closes Major Commercial Real Estate Deal in Prime San Francisco Location
Starboard TCN, privately owned and locally based San Francisco commercial real estate firm, announced the closing of a major deal for commercial property located at…
Starboard TCN, Leading San Francisco Commercial Real Estate Firm, Celebrates 25 Years of Serving the Bay Area
Starboard TCN, San Francisco’s largest independently owned commercial real estate firm, this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. In 1991, Hans Hansson, Doron Baruth and four…
Ten Tips for a Successful 2016 As a Salesperson
As a young broker, I made an important strategic decision that hugely impacted my success. It didn’t have to do with a deal I closed,…
How Digital Communication is Affecting Office Design
Walk into almost any office today and listen. Among colleagues chatting and the sound of typing, what don’t you hear? Phones ringing… From sales offices…
Bay Area: Is 2016 the Bust of Our Boom?
There is a great saying attributed to developers that have failed during an economic boom: “Please God give me one more boom market and I…
Executing a Success Business Plan in 2016
As we are approaching the end of another year, salespeople are starting to work on developing their business plans for 2016. For those of you…
We Are Only As Good As Our Talent
San Francisco’s Modern Day Tech Boom and Future Bust Surging rents, skyrocketing real-estate prices and booming tech companies––sounds like San Francisco in 2015, right? It…
The Clash of San Francisco’s Unceasing Growth and The 1986 Proposition M
In November of 1986, San Francisco voters passed Proposition M, a citizen-sponsored initiative that created the first annual limit on high-rise development in the country…