1. "Put Up a Soapbox." … Guy Kawasaki, the tech venture capitalist, writes a great column in the current issue of Forbes (June 15, 1998) on how to develop an effective corporate web site. … "Build an on-line community that will foster communication to the point of anarchy: employees, customers, venture capital sources, sales prospects, industry experts and even competitors, all interacting unfettered." … Who’s going to be the first in commercial real estate?

2. Web Success--Clark Facilitates Albuquerque RFP. … Todd Clarke, a broker with Grubb & Ellis-Lewinger Hamilton Inc., maintains a database of over 115,000 apartment units in New Mexico and publishes a large web site, the NM Apartment Report. … Earlier this year he conducted a feasibility study and helped the City of Albuquerque prepare an RFP for a downtown housing development. … Based upon his research, the city is "talking about prices $2/sf to $10/sf (depending on the site/project) over their original goals." Check out the RFP posted at his site. … Do you have a Web Success story? … Send me e-mail.

3. Knowledge Base--Finding Market Statistics from Cushman & Wakefield. … Cushman & Wakefield publishes market statistics for office and industrial space, including vacancy rates, average rents, absorption and construction activity for major metropolitan areas, and, together with BOMA, International publishes the MarketIntelligence Report downloadable from the BOMA site. … For step-by-step instructions, look in the Knowledge Base under the Property and Market Information section, or use the URLs below:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
questions/questions/question069

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
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4. Question? … Post to the PikeNet Question Board. … I receive many messages each week asking where to find real estate information on the web or elsewhere. … Often I think that there may be PikeNet visitors that know the answers. … So I’ve launched the PikeNet Question Board. … Post your questions here or answer other visitors’ questions. … Use the link below, or just click the hyperlink below the PikeNet logo on the home page. … Thank you!

http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee6b6ef

5. New Market Toolkit--Seattle. … I added a Toolkit for the Seattle market, which joins Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. … Remember that each Toolkit features links to the best market research and listing information available on the web. … Note that The Boulder Group in Chicago and Evergreen Title in Seattle have bought Toolkit Mini-Banners for those markets. … I’ll run multiple Mini-Banners over each Toolkit. … To visit the Seattle Toolkit, click the Seattle hyperlink in the PikeNet Billboard on the home page, or use the following URL:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=TK_WA_Seattle

For Toolkit Mini-Banner information, click the online "Media Kit" under the Billboard, or use the hyperlink below:

http://www.pikenet.com/advertising/advertising.html

6. PikeNet Top 10 Sites For May. … The top ten sites visited from PikeNet in May were as follows (in descending order): Marcus & Millichap, Allocate Demographics, REIS Reports, Colliers International, Realty Information Group, CB Richard Ellis, Office Buildings Magazine, AMB, Julien J. Studley, and the Korpacz Real Estate Source Directory. … For the current Top 50 Sites for the month of June, click the hyperlink at the top of the PikeNet home page or use the URL below:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=Top50

7. Build Your Brand--Sponsor a PikeNet Dispatch. …Want to broadcast your message and URL to over 5,550 real estate professionals? … Sponsor a PikeNet Dispatch. … For full details on advertising at PikeNet, click the online "Media Kit" under the Billboard on the home page or use the hyperlink below:

http://www.pikenet.com/advertising/advertising.html

--Peter Pike