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		<title>SOCAL MULTIUNIT REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT – SEPTEMBER 2010</title>
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By Jodi Summers
 
This month, we’ll look at the big picture for multiunit properties – SMILE *&#60; : ) -  it’s all good.  Apartment properties should continue to be a bright spot in your real estate investment portfolio for years to come. President George Bush’s tax cuts are set to expire on December [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=837</link>
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		<title>THE GOVERNMENT HAS $72 BILLION FOR GREEN REAL ESTATE</title>
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By Jodi Summers
Experts have calculated that the Obama administration has put together more than 30 programs worth $72 billion that can be used to increase energy efficiency in commercial buildings and multifamily housing.

&#8220;The Obama Administration has tremendous, untapped opportunities to use legal tools already at its disposal to enhance the energy efficiency and sustainability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=765</link>
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		<title>LOS ANGELES IS AWARDED $30 MILLION FOR RETROFITTING REAL ESTATE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Summers
All the banter that Los Angeles mayor, Antonio Villiarigosa has been causing in Washington with his green / energy saving ideas for Los Angeles are paying off. Recently, Vice President Biden announced that Los Angeles County was awarded $30 million to “ramp-up” energy efficiency building retrofits.

Los Angeles was one of 25 communities selected [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=748</link>
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		<title>REAL ESTATE RETROFITTING STATISTICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Jodi Summers
 * Residential and commercial buildings consume 40 percent of the energy and represent 40 percent of the carbon emissions in the United States. Building efficiency represents one of the easiest, most immediate and most cost effective ways to reduce carbon emissions and save money on energy bills while creating new jobs.
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		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=752</link>
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		<title>GREEN WALLS KEEP MULTIUNIT PROPERTIES COOLER</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GREEN WALLS KEEP PROPERTIES COOLER
 
By Jodi Summers
 
We discussed green roofs, now let’s cover green walls. Covered in vegetation, green walls can be 25% cooler than regular building walls in summer, remove air pollutants, and they look great.
 
Historically speaking, green walls aren&#8217;t exactly a new idea: The Romans planted grape vines along building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=595</link>
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		<title>SOCAL MULTIUNIT REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT –  AUGUST 2010</title>
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By Jodi Summers
 
It seems the Los Angeles multiunit market has turned the corner. No longer are owners and developers sitting idly by waiting for the loan market to change.  A velocity study comparing three years of first quarter multifamily transactions in Los Angeles County, shows that sales velocity declined 10.6% in 2008 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=820</link>
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		<title>SEE…DOE…HUD…DOT…EPA…NGA… IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING? SOCIALIZING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Summers
 
Loyal readers of this blog are well aware that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) are working together in hopes of helping American families gain better access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs by creating affordable, sustainable communities.
 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=731</link>
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		<title>SAM ZELL’S INVESTMENT STRATEGIES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAM ZELL’S INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
By Jodi Summers
Expectations of a crash in commercial real estate market are “greatly exaggerated,” noted media and real estate magnet Sam Zell recently in Chicago. “Everyone is waiting for the grave dancer to come and exercise his magic potion, but you need two to tango.”

Speaking at the at the first “Invest for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=633</link>
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		<title>LOS ANGELES WINS THE ENERGY STAR GRAND PRIZE…AGAIN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Summers
Bravo to all of you greening your properties. According to our friends at the environmental protection agency, approximately 3,900 commercial buildings earned the Energy Star rating in 2009, representing annual savings of more than $900 million in utility bills and more than 4.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Impressively, nearly 9,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=735</link>
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		<title>SOCAL MULTIUNIT REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT – JULY 2010</title>
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by Jodi Summers
 
Apartment properties hover in that weird netherworld between residential and commercial properties. Oftentimes, the two markets are working in tandem, so it’s no big deal, but lately in Coastal Los Angeles, activity in the residential market has been on the rise while the commercial market continues to languish.
 
June statistics for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalmultiunitrealestateblog.com/?p=793</link>
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