1. Listings Battleground on the Web--Part II. ... As I mentioned in the last Dispatch, brokers and owners seeking net exposure will want to consider regional Internet listing services, as well as the national services. Often regional players will contain more extensive information. ... TJ Anderson's attractive COMMREX listing service is a good example of a regional Internet site. COMMREX has developed web sites for various regions, e.g., AZ, FL, HI, OH and the Rocky Mountains, as well as many CCIM Chapters, which all get rolled up into COMMREX. COMMREX includes over $35 billion of properties for sale and 115 million square feet for lease.

For metropolitan Chicago, Kevin Travers publishes The Chicago Office Bulletin. His service enables you to search for office space, browse Chicago-area brokers and services, and track news on lease and sales transactions. ... M/PF Research publishes an interactive newsletter and database of office, retail and industrial properties for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex with "over 10,000 commercial properties" in 27 sub-markets updated monthly.

The "data feed" theme that emerged from PikeNet 98 raised the possibility of a new class of data provider, what I call the data integrator, to make accessing various data sources (including listing services) easier. ... Bruton Information seems to be doing just this. Bruton has launched MSA Map™, an online information subscription service offering several layers of data integrated with a GIS mapping tool. According to Bruton, data has been licensed from Jamison Research, Apartment Market Data, Market Statistics, On Target Mapping, Geographic Data Technologies and BLR Data. The system currently covers Dallas, TX.

2. Web News--REITNet.com. ... Newly launched, REITNet.com is a joint venture between ASSETrac Information Services and the Center for Real Estate Studies at Indiana University's School of Business. You'll find a huge database of information on REIT securities, REIT personnel and over 16,000 abstracts of real estate articles. The site is divided into three sections: free, basic service and premium service. The REITMonitor, which tracks about 20,000 REIT-owned properties, is not part of the service currently, but is planned as a future addition. Also planned, according to Cinda Smith of the Center, is the ability to purchase CB/Richard Ellis Torto Wheaton's MSA Profiles. Thus, you'll find real estate and securities information all gathered in a central place.

3. Jobs Channel and Atlanta, Dallas, DC Market Toolkits. ... I added a new Channel for Jobs and Executive Search with links to web sites and to the Message Board for Jobs and Consulting Assignments. Among the links is realestatejobs.com, a new web site from Gillham & Associates, aimed at the commercial real estate industry. ... You'll also note three new cities--Atlanta, Dallas and Washington, DC--have been added to the Market Toolkits, currently on the Billboard on the home page. ... All Channels and Market Toolkits provide the opportunity for targeted banner placement. For full details, click the online "Media Kit" under the Billboard on the home page or use the hyperlink below:

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

4. Web Success--Clarke Posts Aerial Shots. ... Todd Clarke, a CCIM Investment Broker at Grubb & Ellis-Lewinger Hamilton in Albuquerque, NM, publishes a very informative web site, the New Mexico Apartment Report. ... You'll find extensive information for each property. "Each of our listings has aerial photos and using DHTML we show the location of the property on the aerial photos - and the balance of the page shows 'linkages' (a concept I teach in CCIM 201) - or surrounding business/amenities/parks, etc." Clarke uses the same concept for NM Apartments Online. This database features over 1,000 rental communities with aerial photos. ... Do you have a Web Success story? Send e-mail to or use the following URL:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=WebSuccess08

5. Knowledge Base--MailKing Rules. ... Need to quickly generate an e-mail merged letter? Check out MailKing. You can import a variety of file types, including Act! databases, Eudora Address Books and Outlook Address Books. ... For step-by-step instructions on how to send a merged e-mail to an Outlook Address Book, visit the PikeNet Knowledge Base (top of home page) under the Web Related section. The URL below will take you straight there:

http://www.pikenet.com/pike?func=showPublicPage&page=
questions/questions/question085

6. HTML Option for Dispatch. ... Remember that you can now receive the PikeNet Dispatch in HTML format, so that it looks just like a web page with all web sites and e-mail addresses hyperlinked. ... Not every e-mail program can receive HTML mail, but Netscape, Eudora 4.0, Outlook 98 and Outlook Express can all receive it correctly. ... If you would like to receive future Dispatches in HTML format, edit your User Profile by going to the home page and clicking the "Edit User Profile" link under the PikeNet logo, or use the following URL:

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

7. Sponsor. ... The Annual Apartment and Housing Outlook conference, produced by the Real Estate Conference Group, on November 16, 1998 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles will feature more than 40 real estate industry leaders sharing their views on the apartment and housing markets. Speakers include Robert M. Becker of NRT Incorporated; Heidi K. McKibben of Fannie Mae; and Stephen O. Evans of Equity Residential. I'll moderate a panel on technology and real estate. Full details are available at www.realestateoutlook.com or call 310-285-5327.

--Peter Pike