Register for the annual CMSA convention

Pre-registration closes Monday, June 1. Rates increase on Tuesday, June 2. Keep reading for details.

San Francisco to the Midwest by Boat

I celebrated my 42nd birthday with my family over the long weekend by renting a house in Discovery Bay, a community located on the Sacramento River Delta 70 miles from San Francisco. While the girls drove, my son and I went up by boat.

Big Easy showed early seeds of transparency

The MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference I just attended was much more about business issues that servicers face (covenant violations, defaults, foreclosures and a general lack of liquidity) than how technology can help solve those issues. While words like transparency and efficiency were sometimes used, the belief that technology is need to achieve these goals seemed […]

C-MISMO to create rent roll and operating statement standards – Flaherty to chair

We announced at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference in New Orleans that C-MISMO has authorized the creation of new standards for rent rolls and operating statements. To better aid all CRE investors/lenders, we have reduced our focus on the CMSA’s CMBS-centered IRP 6 (which we support) to instead concentrate on establishing broader commercial real estate […]

CMBS Leads is launched; now off to the Big Easy

CMBS Leads launched on Friday! It feels great to have the launch push behind us. Now we can focus on selling! This week I’m headed to New Orleans for the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference. I am speaking on three panels: 1. MISMO® – Data Standards for the Brave New World of Transparency & Efficiency […]

CMBS Leads Launch!

We plan to launch our CMBS Leads product at the end of the week. We are currently putting the finishing touches on the tool, and we are really proud of it.

C-MISMO Update

I sit on the Commercial Mortgage Industry Standards and Maintenance Organization’s Commercial Board of Governors (C-MISMO BOG) and we have been active this month working on two things: Creating a MISMO action plan to make MISMO relevant and to help the CMSA get IRP 6 approved. Preparing for our panel session at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing […]

Centralized Underwriting or Increased Transparency?

The CMBS Investor Group has a new proposal to improve the CMBS market. This is the same group that spoke at the January CMSA conference. I applaud the group for being proactive in trying to solve the crisis, and they have come up with many valid points. In their latest round of comments, they introduced the idea […]

Rocking in Joshua Tree

Our family just enjoyed a great spring break. While my wife and daughter went to Disneyland, my 10-year-old son Andy and I went to Palm Springs and hung out in the desert. We started by renting a hot red Dodge Charger and going to the local Walmart for essential supplies: 1) An adapter so we […]

New business, new office and new product

We have had a very active few weeks around CMBS.com — just not much blog writing!