It has been more than 10 years since I last attended the weekend long Council of Shopping Center's (ICSC) Las Vegas.
Back then, I did my best to attract Buyers, Sellers, Landlords and Tenants in my attempt to establish a career for myself as a Commercial Real Estate Broker (CRE).
Back then, the cost for the entire weekend was +$600 for full access.
Yes, they had good seminars, panels, and key note speakers.
I learned a lot about what I already knew.
I tried very hard to meet and begin relationships with national credit tenants, landlords and investors.
To this day, all that work added up to $0 in earned commissions.
So, when I see an article like this: Six Take Aways from ICSC Las Vegas, I wonder why I ever went in the first place.
The Meet & Greets (that I was invited to) were nice. Since I live and work in Las Vegas, going to a casino wasn't or didn't have the same thrill to it as for those who wandered here to represent their companies - and then find themselves lost in the shuffle of the gaming floor.
I'm sure going to ICSC is beneficial for the representatives of the various companies who regularly attend. But, when you are a CRE Broker, it's a hard time to even get them to even press flesh (get a hand shake); get some one on one face time (exchange business cards); and/or even interested in doing business with you (because they do their own real estate deals; OR, they already have their real estate being handled by a national real estate firm).
So, I take articles like his with a huge grain of salt.
I don't even go anywhere near the Las Vegas Convention Center this time of year.
(My brother in law works there as a fire inspector. He says it's a mad house.)
But, I keep pressing on phone calls, emails and even try to re-kindle long term (former) clients to see if their last deal we did was still working for them.
I'm moving on without the cost or effort it takes to attend ICSC.
To Contact David Howes try: davidATdavidhowesDOTnet OR; 7 0 2 5 01 9 3 8 8 AND Please #Follow David on Twitter: @DavidAHowes Have a nice day!
Back then, I did my best to attract Buyers, Sellers, Landlords and Tenants in my attempt to establish a career for myself as a Commercial Real Estate Broker (CRE).
Back then, the cost for the entire weekend was +$600 for full access.
Yes, they had good seminars, panels, and key note speakers.
I learned a lot about what I already knew.
I tried very hard to meet and begin relationships with national credit tenants, landlords and investors.
To this day, all that work added up to $0 in earned commissions.
So, when I see an article like this: Six Take Aways from ICSC Las Vegas, I wonder why I ever went in the first place.
The Meet & Greets (that I was invited to) were nice. Since I live and work in Las Vegas, going to a casino wasn't or didn't have the same thrill to it as for those who wandered here to represent their companies - and then find themselves lost in the shuffle of the gaming floor.
I'm sure going to ICSC is beneficial for the representatives of the various companies who regularly attend. But, when you are a CRE Broker, it's a hard time to even get them to even press flesh (get a hand shake); get some one on one face time (exchange business cards); and/or even interested in doing business with you (because they do their own real estate deals; OR, they already have their real estate being handled by a national real estate firm).
So, I take articles like his with a huge grain of salt.
I don't even go anywhere near the Las Vegas Convention Center this time of year.
(My brother in law works there as a fire inspector. He says it's a mad house.)
But, I keep pressing on phone calls, emails and even try to re-kindle long term (former) clients to see if their last deal we did was still working for them.
I'm moving on without the cost or effort it takes to attend ICSC.
To Contact David Howes try: davidATdavidhowesDOTnet OR; 7 0 2 5 01 9 3 8 8 AND Please #Follow David on Twitter: @DavidAHowes Have a nice day!
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