What CRE or real estate specific forums or blogs do you read to get professional advice or find out about market trends?
About a year ago I followed Duke Long's blog, but now he no longer has one. What other sources for wisdom would you recommend?
[{"id": "gyjlr3n", "text": "!RemindMe 3 days", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gyjz4me", "text": "I've been using grayreport.com for multifamily market trends, research and news.", "replies": [{"id": "gyjzn7j", "text": "&gt;!RemindMe 3 days\n\nThank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "gyryahz", "text": "Honestly, you have to be in the industry to really be able to track it. Those daily conversations with brokers, lenders and other owners is what keeps me up to date.\n\nOr meet and get that information from them\n\nI\u2019m happy to share for a few min what I see every day", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gyk0uh0", "text": "!RemindMe 3 days", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gyk434t", "text": "!Remindme 30 days", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gykapcr", "text": "!RemindMe 3 days", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gykcg91", "text": "I just read therealdeal. It is very up to date in my market.", "replies": [{"id": "gykfhsu", "text": "Thanks, noted.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "gymhye7", "text": "Nyc?", "replies": [{"id": "gymkbd6", "text": "So. Fla.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gykgagu", "text": "Take your favorite local broker out to lunch. This does not scale nationally if looking at multiple markets though.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gykh6u6", "text": "RemindMe! 30 days", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gykqk80", "text": "Globe street, rentv, biznow, costar, real estate alert, local cities have a business journal, and cities will post their meeting minutes online so you can follow projects through the approval process.", "replies": [{"id": "gyksv4q", "text": "Thanks!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "gzo6y6e", "text": "This has it covered.  Read your local paper or skim headlines, looking at business or real estate section.  Biz. Journal is reliably one of the best sources to keep up to date as they tend to have a heavy CRE focus to them.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gylqy0n", "text": "Go on the big brokerage websites (CBRE, JLL, C&amp;W, Marcus &amp; Millichap) and download their free research reports. They typically update them quarterly and have detailed metrics on office, resi, and industrial stats/trends for different markets and regions.", "replies": [{"id": "gyltpnl", "text": "Thank you for the idea!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gyuhh3o", "text": "Commercial Mortgage Alert and Real Estate Alert. Costs money but is second to none. Usually if you work professionally in this space your firm will pay for it.", "replies": [{"id": "gyuzzt9", "text": "Thanks, will try.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]