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 1. More on E-mail
Lists. ... E-mail lists come in two 
basic flavors--those lists that allow any list
member to e-mail all other members and those that
only allow the list "owner" to e-mail
to other members. You would use the latter, of
course, for your firm's own mailing list. The
former type of list, commonly known as listservs
(for list servers, I guess), can generate a huge
volume of e-mail back and forth, as potentially
hundreds or even thousands of members can send
e-mail to each other ever day. But, if you're
prepared to wade through a bunch of irrelevant
messages, you may find a nugget. No pain, no
gain! There
are dozens of commercial real estate e-mail
lists. Here are some of the well known ones. ...
Ted Kraus of DealMakers operates one of the oldest (if not
the oldest) real estate mailing lists. If you
sign up for the Commercial Real Estate forum,
you'll receive dozens of e-mail messages each
day. ... Jack Peckham's Real Estate Cyberspace Society offers a mailing list open
to both members and non-members. ... The Commercial Investment Real Estate
Institute
has created an active platform for its CCIM
members to interact with each other. Any member
can broadcast an e-mail message to other members.
More company
mailing lists. ... Like a growing number of
REITs, Kranzco offers visitors to its web
site the opportunity to sign up for its mailing
list for "press releases, quarterly reports
and other noteworthy news." Kranzco also
promises that your e-mail address will not be
"distributed or sold to any outside
parties." Always look for this type of
commitment before signing up for any e-mail list!
... American Investment
Property Exchange (AIPEX) sends out e-mails on
properties offered for sale. ... Cambridge Realty Capital which specializes in
senior housing, healthcare and medical property
financing, sends regular updates on its
activities to groups of clients. ... Hotel Online sends daily hospitality
industry headlines to its readers.
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2. E-mail Saves Clark
Marketin Dollars. ... Todd Clarke of Grubb & Ellis/Lewinger
Hamilton
in Albuquerque, NM, is one of the more wired
brokers on the planet. So it was good to receive
his recent e-mail, "For the last several
years I have had a subscriber list of 1,200 or so
to my NM Apartment Report , sent free to
subscribers. The average cost to me was about
$40k in production/research (not including the
time it took to write it!). Last year I switched
to a quarterly fax/email for free (just like
quarterly printed version was) while monthly
subscriptions for detailed info are $769. ...
Amazing the changes it has made! Subscribers have
signed up by the droves! And my production costs
are driven down." ... Do you have a Web
Success story? Send e-mail to Peter Pike at ppike@pikenet.com. ... Click here for recent Web Success
stories.
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3.
eGroups.com--Instant E-mail Groups! ...
Wow, this is a cool service. In just a few
minutes you can create your own e-mail group for
free at eGroups.com. You can define who can
subscribe, who can post, who can read, etc. If
you do not wish advertising banners to appear,
you can pay $4.95 per month for the service. ...
For step-by-step instructions, see the Web Related
section of the PikeNet Knowledge Base (left side
of home page).
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4. PikeNet 99--Road
Warrior Pre-Conference. ... Consider
attending the optional pre-conference session,
"The Road Warrior, or How I Learned to Live
with Technology." Led be three industry
experts, this session will focus on how
technology can make you more productive (Is that
true?). PikeNet 99 is scheduled for Apr 29-30/May
1 at the New York Hilton. Full details and online
registration available at the PikeNet 99 web site.
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5. Sponsor.
... DataMerge Announces CyberLoan
2000--the Electronic Loan Application/Submission
System. ... Instantly submit your deal to over
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... DataMerge's online loan submission system
eliminates weeks from the loan application
process by transferring information in electronic
format directly to lenders nationwide. It uses a
standardized "lender approved" summary
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commitments can be received in as little as 24
hours. ... Call 800-580-1188 or visit www.financingsources.com.
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--Peter Pike
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