Sale Lease Back Strategies

I have a good friend by the name of Greg Finley. He is a commercial broker with Sperry Van Ness Fiducia in Garden City MO. I have been following his blog and read a very informative article of his regarding Sale-Lease backs. I am putting a link for you here so that you may also benefit from his expertise!

Alex Ruggieri Is Featured in CCIM Magazine

Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine is the premier national Trade publication for commercial real estate. Recently I was contacted by CIRE magazine. The editor asked if I would be willing to share some of my thoughts on marketing and public relations with their readers. The demographic for CIRE includes real estate professionals from all strata's of the real estate profession including bankers, developers and syndicators. Their readership also includes commercial real estate practitioners as well as a very high percentage of CCIM's. The elite designation of some of the most professional commercial brokers in the country. Naturally I readily agreed. The piece turned out better than I expected because it was set to be a Q and A type interview but when the article came out it was really something more. A full color two page spread featuring a couple of photographs of yours truly. Anyway it was a humbling experience to be asked and I felt it a privilege to be asked to participate is such a prestigious publication. If you would like to read the article click on the photo of CIRE magazine and see pages 12 and 13 or click here.

New Show on Business leadership to Premier on Channel Three This Sunday at 10:00a

I've been telling you all about the new TV show we have been recording episodes for these past weeks. Well the very first show will air this Sunday on Channel three at 10:00a and will feature Dr. Rick Workman. Dr. Workman is President and CEO of HEARTLAND Dental Care a collection of more than 250 hometown dental practices located in multiple states throughout the country. In addition, Heartland Dental Care has served consulting clients throughout the United States, in Puerto Rico and in Canada.. Heartland Dental Care is currently affiliated with more than 320 dentists and more than 2400 team members. In addition to publishing numerous articles in trade and industry publications Dr. Workman has also received many acknowledgements of his achievements in business including the Dental Executive of the Year by Excellence in Dentistry Inc Magazines Top 500 fastest growing companies in America and the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Master category. Put simply Dr. Workman in an amazing guy and I feel that he is a great example of both entreprenuership and business leadership. What a better way to start seasom four of the show and to begin on a new network than with an exceptional interview with Dr. Rick Workman! Hope you all tune in!

Great Teachers make a BIG difference!!

I have the priveledge of interviewing one of the great teachers in our area this week. He comes in to the studio tomorrow at Channel 3. His name is Craig Lindvahl. Craig is a nationally recognized filmmaker and educator. His television work is regularly seen on PBS stations across the country, and has been seen on NBC, CNN, and The Learning Channel. His latest documentary is slated to air on the Major League Baseball Network in December. He is the recipient of twelve Mid America Emmy Awards, for producing, writing, camera work, and composing, and the Studs Terkel Award for contributions to the humanities. He is a recipient of the prestigious Milken National Educator Award, has twice been recognized as a finalist for Illinois Teacher of the year. He was recently named the Illinois “teacher-preneur” of the year, and was also recently honored with a “Leaders in Learning” Award from the cable television industry. In more than thirty years of teaching, Lindvahl has taught every grade k-12, and in his work as a filmmaker and musical director he has worked in nearly 20 countries and with young people from more than 25 countries. Along with his teaching partner, former Illinois Teacher of the Year Joe Fatheree, Lindvahl has participated in a number of groundbreaking educational endeavors, including the establishment of a nationally known filmmaking program and a new, multi-district entrepreneurship class that is funded almost entirely by business investors. Both Lindvahl and Fatheree devote a great deal of time to mentoring teachers, encouraging young people to enter the field, and assisting schools in hiring and retaining the best possible teachers. I am so looking forward to meeting. I will certainly post you on when his program will air so that you can tune in!!!!