In-depth understanding of the real estate market comes from regular contact with all building owners and tenants in the marketplace, collecting data, and keeping up on market changes. The resulting database provides tenant lease expirations, and occupancy and absorption rates for all major market segments, allowing us to anticipate changes and opportunities.

Many homeowners feel that because a home sold for so much last year, their home automatically is worth an additional some thousands this year. But, one must know that this pricing strategy does not apply in today's market. It is getting very important to know the importance of the location, have a working knowledge of all applicable laws and restrictions, financing alternatives, valuation techniques and comparable market data. As a fairly general rule, homes appreciate about four or five percent a year. Some years will be more, some less. The figure will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region.