LoopNet Commercial Real Estate Blog

A Commercial Real Estate Rock Star is Born

2013-03-08T10:21:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to David Williams of Lee & Associates. David is the lucky winner of the Fender guitar signed by the Grammy Award-winning band Train.

David won the guitar by participating in LoopNet’s recent promotion, following the LoopNet LA Traffic Jam held in downtown LA in January.

Ok – a guitar may not instantly make David a musical rock star but he is a rock star in commercial real estate. David is a Principal of Lee & Associates – Orange, CA, specializing in industrial and investment properties. He has been marketing his properties using Premium Lister for almost 10 years. He brokered over 19 deals in the last year, is the owner representative for 79 buildings and has 25 listings on the market. Congratulations David – keep up the good work in commercial real estate and no pressure, but we will all be looking for your first number one hit on the Billboard Music Charts.

While we can only have one winner walk away with the guitar prize, everyone can still see clips of the live performance by Train and witness the stunning visual effect that made a 12-story building vanish in downtown LA. This effect was part of our recent marketing campaign to demonstrate if a property isn’t advertised with LoopNet’s Premium Lister, it might as well be invisible. Watch the video.

Serving it up at the SF Ronald McDonald House

2013-02-28T14:45:00.000-08:00

Last night LoopNet employees helped prepare meals at the Ronald McDonald House in San Francisco. The dinner was delicious and residents of the house left with their bellies full.

On the menu, a Mexican themed taco bar! Diners made their own tacos (or nachos or taco salad) from all sorts of freshly prepared fillings. To top off the meal, homemade churros—a real crowd pleaser!

Many thanks go out to Joel Andrews, Jennifer Courtney, Maxine Bragg, Marc Rehberger, Tyler Wagner, Katy Wilson, Alex Rodriguez and Erin Wong who all worked together to pull off this successful dinner. Though the menu was ambitious, everything turned out perfectly and the residents of the Ronald McDonald house were very pleased and thankful for the home cooked meal. Plenty of leftovers were also left at the house for families who could not make it in time for dinner service.

A big thanks to those who spent the three hours after work with us last night to help prepare the meal. Your time and efforts are much appreciated by us and the families at Ronald McDonald house.

-Alex Rodriguez and Erin Wong

A Sizzling New Search Results Page

2013-02-25T10:31:00.000-08:00

LoopNet’s Results page has a new, slick, intuitive feel. But we’re not just some CRE search engine with a beautiful design. No, we’ve got all the goods now: the massive database of listings, a plethora of searchers looking for space and investments, and (now) a simplified interface to quickly connect those searchers to your listing.

Take a look at the new layout:

The Details
1. Instant Listing Snapshot – Click a pin for listing details to quickly assess the property.
2. Quick Find – Hover a listing and property details instantly pop up on map location.
3. Map & List View – Choose your preference: Toggle between a large map view or a list of properties.
4. Advanced Filtering –Instantly refine your search while staying on the page.

As someone marketing a listing, get excited - searchers will be gliding through the search results, finding your listing faster, and calling you to make an offer. We’ve cut down on the clutter and simplified the search process to help you close more deals.

Who said beauty is a curse??

Try It Now: Enter your search criteria, click search and check out these new features on the search results page.

LoopNet Makes a Building Vanish in Downtown LA

2013-01-24T13:19:00.000-08:00

Using the power of 3D projection, LoopNet made a building vanish from the LA skyline at their epic event, the LA Traffic Jam, on January 18th. The night featured a private concert by the Grammy award-winning band Train and a mind-blowing special effect. In a first-of-its kind experience, LoopNet demonstrated that ‘if your commercial real estate listings aren’t advertised with LoopNet Premium Lister, they may as well be invisible.’

The event was attended by top professionals in the industry including Michael McRoskey, Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle, and winner of the backstage meet and greet with the band. Michael also walked away with a $1250 Fender guitar signed by the band.

Now it's your turn! Watch the video for your chance to win a guitar signed by Train.

Holy crap, a listings map!

2012-09-12T11:47:00.000-07:00

You don’t have to hit the pavement to familiarize yourself with a particular market, city, or neighborhood. Just conduct a search, expand the map from the search results page and hone in on an area’s listings. Draw a polygon to focus the search to your exact specifications, or get an aerial or bird’s eye view of a listing.

And if you are out and about, use the free LoopNet App to Map Search on-the-go. The app defaults to search for properties nearby or you can conduct a custom search.

We love Map Search so much we wrote it a nice little poem:

An Ode to LoopNet Map Search
Map Search, oh, Map Search, how I love you.
You make it so easy to do what I do.
You capture my spirit to get out and explore,
Yet you allow me to do it without leaving the door.
I could get out my phone, laptop or ipad,
And search what’s nearby until my clients are glad.
Or I could see what’s for sale and what is for lease,
Without sitting in traffic and having to pee.

I can draw out a polygon of all the right streets
And it filters the listings without missing a beat.
I zoom and I pan around the whole map
And search by location when using the app.
And once I have narrowed it down to a few
I can check out the buildings in “Bird’s Eye View.”
Yes, I can search high and low, or near and far.
Until I find that perfect property… then head to the bar.

Start searching!
-The LoopNet Team

Get LoopNet’s New Android App

2012-08-22T16:51:00.000-07:00

(We’ve put the “fun” back into functional)

Thanks to your feedback and ideas, the LoopNet Android app is fast, fresh and ready for you to install and update now. Tap into millions of commercial listings from your phone.

If you’ve opened up LoopNet’s Android app in the last couple months you’ve probably noticed a few glitches. Thanks to your feedback and some late nights of development work we’ve made a ton of changes. Although we’re still in beta, we’ve updated the app to make it easier for you to search commercial properties (from your phone). And with some under-the-hood tweaks we’ve made it not only work, but faster than ever!

1. If you have it, uninstall your current LoopNet App
2. Download the New LoopNet Android App
3. Enjoy searching millions of commercial properties on the go.

As always, we appreciate your feedback and ideas. Help us take LoopNet to the next level and send your feedback. If you like what you see, please be sure to rate our app!

We hope you enjoy our updated app!
-The LoopNet team

LoopNet’s My Listings Page Got a Facelift

2012-07-02T16:35:00.000-07:00

We’ve cleaned up the page with a new sleek and organized design.

Better Navigation: Quickly access tools to edit, promote and track all listings
Select All Listings: Take bulk actions by selecting listing across multiple pages
More Filters: Search by keyword, listing exposure and more

Better Navigation
Everything you need to edit, promote or track your listing is now available with our improved page design. Discover new marketing tools under the “Promote” drop down menu.

Select All Listings
Take bulk action across multiple listings when renewing or approving listings. Simple click “select all properties in this list”. As always, you can select multiple listings to create reports, flyers and email campaigns.

More Filters
Improve efficiency by finding a listing faster than ever with new filters. Search by keyword (including street address), listing exposure, contact name, country and state.

Are You Smarter than the Average Broker?

2012-06-07T09:31:00.000-07:00

Now that you've seen the videos from Vegas . . . we invite you to test your knowledge of CRE. Duke Long prevailed at RECon 2012, but now it's your turn to show us what you know . . .

Are you the #1 CRE Expert?
Prove it! You could win $500 and the title of CRE Expert of the Month.

Receive an extra entry into the $500 drawing when you share with your friends.
*Maximum 2 entries per person.

LoopNet Cash Ride Video Poll Results Are In!

2012-06-06T15:35:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Duke Long! Although all of our contestants showed off their knowledge and proved they were CRE experts, Duke received the most votes for his video on Facebook. As the winner of LoopNet's Cash Ride contest he is the official CRE Expert from RECon 2012.

We want to thank all the participants and congratulate you for a job well done. You all know your stuff.

Check out all of the videos.

Property Comps Is Better Than Ever!

2012-06-01T13:31:00.000-07:00

We’ve improved our sales comps again—based on our members' feedback!
Here are a few of the updates that should make your job easier:

Enhanced search – Search by cap rate or range to target results
Save your search – Easily go back to your saved search criteria to save time
Create and label folders – Organize and sort your saved sales comps

Enhanced Search
Find the right comps faster with these new features.

Search by Cap Rate
Target your comps searching with a cap rate range.

Save Your Search
We know there are searches you do often and don't want to re-enter. Now you can save time by saving your search criteria. Simply click "Save This Search."

You can then easily access and update your saved searches from My LoopNet at anytime.

Create Custom Folders
Now you can keep your saved sales comps organized. Create and label folders by customer name, property type or region (or whatever other labels you can come up with).

More Details Included
We’ve added important details to our comps to make your job eaiser.

Estimated days on market
Cap rate at time of sale
More original listing flyers included

You asked. We listened. And we are still listening!

Try our new features out and tell us what you think. We’re listening and looking for suggestions on how to enhance this product even further.

Your Vote Counts - Choose the Winner

2012-05-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

Attendees of ICSC RECon 2012 were quite surprised when they jumped in our free limo.
Little did they know they were about to be quizzed on their CRE knowledge. Not only did they get a free lift and drinks back to their hotel, but for every correct answer they won cash!

Watch the videos of the CRE Experts and vote for your favorite!

Wanna Get Lucky in Las Vegas?

2012-05-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

Take the ride everyone will be talking about.
If you’re attending ICSC RECon this year, you’re in for a surprise. LoopNet won’t have a booth, but we’ll be offering FREE limo service – first come, first serve.

But there’s more . . .
Once you’re in we’ll take you to your destination and treat you to drinks, fun and a chance to get lucky.

Free Limo Availability
Monday & Tuesday
11:30 am – 5:30 pm
Pick up location: outside the convention center

How do you find LoopNet at RECon?
Be on the Lookout: LoopNet reps will be walking around outside the Leasing Mall.

Follow us: we’ll be posting updates during the show on Facebook and Twitter.

LoopNet’s Property Marketing Derby is on – You could win an iPad!

2012-05-02T17:28:00.000-07:00

The Kentucky Derby, the most exciting two minutes in horseracing, is this weekend. So we thought we’d launch the most exciting race in commercial real estate:

How to Enter
You’ll be automatically entered to win an iPad when you do at least one of the following.
Go to My Listings and use Pro Tools to:

Create a Property Flyer
Create a Property Website
Send an Email Blast

You can get one entry in the drawing for each activity. So you’ll maximize your odds of winning by doing all three!

Triple Crown Prize
iPad 4G LTE – one lucky winner will be selected from participants.

Race ends: Friday, June 8, 2012

So put your listing lengths ahead of the competition in this exciting property marketing race to the finish.

Official Contest Rules

Get Instant Results with Pro Tools Flyers—recently enhanced!

2012-04-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

Pro Tools allows you to create customized branded collateral—including offering memorandums, flyers, brochures, and postcards. Check out enhancements to this popular feature!

New flyer templates
Infinite color possibilities
Editable text

NEW PHOTO FLYER TEMPLATES
Sleek, modern, professional designs feature your logo prominently.

COLOR CUSTOMIZATION TO MATCH YOUR BRAND
Use the color picker to select colors that complement or match your brand.

EDITABLE TEXT
You now have the ability to edit all of the text in your marketing brochures on the fly. Want to customize your flyer for a specific client? Changes can be made instantly from within your template to save you time and your LoopNet listing details will remain unchanged.

Is it really that easy? Don’t take our word for it!

John Anderson, Senior Commercial Specialist, European Equities, Clearwater, FL
Premium Lister with Pro Tools

John Anderson on the Marketing Flyer Benefits of Pro Tools
John is a retail broker. His firm produces detailed, custom flyers that include his listed properties, other retail locations and very detailed demographic information. For most of his listings, Pro Tools helps him produce high-quality marketing materials faster than ever before.

“In just a couple of clicks, I can create branded marketing flyers without having to re-key my listing information.”

Sabina Holtzman, President, Stephen Frank Associates, LLC, Saint Louis, MO
Premium Lister with Pro Tools

Sabina Holtzman on the Marketing Flyer Benefits of Pro Tools
Sabina is the president of her company and a seasoned broker. She appreciates that she does not need to have artistic ability or a lot of time to create professional branded collateral.

“My clients think I spent hours making their flyers, when it really only took a few minutes.”

Care to share? Send us your success stories.

Take Control with Private Listings

2012-04-12T11:19:00.000-07:00

You now have the ability to add your listings privately on LoopNet and take advantage of our new marketing tools. LoopNet’s Pro Tools allows you to create flyers, property websites and email campaigns for your key contacts with security options that protect your listing information.

3 Ways to Use a Private Listing
Our recent webinar featuring tips to make you a marketing genius introduces 3 ways LoopNet customers are using private listings:

PITCH IT – Gain the exclusive
REVIEW IT – Go over listing and campaign details with your client
MARKET IT – Reach out to exclusive contacts privately

View the recorded webinar

PITCH IT – GAIN THE EXCLUSIVE
Utilize private listings and Pro Tools to position yourself as the best broker for the listing contract. Instantly pull your private listing details into professional flyers, a property website and an email campaign branded with your photo and logo. Approach the property owner with your campaign, and get the signed exclusive listing agreement.

Once you’ve gained the exclusive, add more photos and confidential attachments to your property website. And password-protect sensitive financial information provided by the owner.

REVIEW IT – GO OVER LISTING & CAMPAIGN DETAILS WITH CLIENT
Review the final listing details and marketing collateral with your client before actively marketing the listing to your contacts.

MARKET IT – REACH OUT TO EXCLUSIVE CONTACTS PRIVATELY
Secure your property website so only qualified leads can view it. Then drive your high-value prospects to your site with an email campaign.

When you’re ready. . .
Broaden exposure for your listing by adding it to the LoopNet marketplace—it’s easy.

Get more tips on how to be a marketing genius from LoopNet’s Property Marketing Makeover Series.

Recorded webinars:
4 Tips to Create & Market Your Property Website
Optimize Your Email Campaigns

NEW Security Option for Your LoopNet Listing & Property Website

2012-04-04T08:49:00.002-07:00

LoopNet now gives you the ability to lock the financial details on your commercial real estate listing.
Use a password to control access to sensitive data such as:

Income & Expense Information
Debt & Equity Details
Major Tenants & Lease Terms

Whether your listing is public on LoopNet’s marketplace, or is being marketed privately, you are in control. When you chose to password protect the financial details, you are restricting that information from being shown on both your LoopNet marketplace listing and your property website created through Pro Tools.

It’s easy to add financials to your existing listing, or to a new listing.

STEP 1 From “My LoopNet”, click “Edit Listing” for a property.

STEP 2 Scroll down the page and click “Show Additional Fields”

STEP 3 Next to Access Control click “Yes” to require password to view financial information

STEP 4 Enter a secure password

You can send the password to your contact list through a Pro Tools email campaign. Or, you can wait for serious prospects to contact you for more information.

Optimize Your Email Campaigns

2012-03-28T15:59:00.000-07:00

Sending email announcements to your contacts is a great way to broaden exposure for your listing. Pro Tools makes you look like you have a team of marketers behind you designing professional branded campaigns for your listings—when really it’s all you and all it takes is just a few clicks!

Property Marketing Makeover Webinar Series
In our 2nd of 3 webinars featuring tips to make you a marketing genius, Mike Manning, LoopNet’s VP of Marketing, outlines 3 best practices for email marketing. View the recorded webinar.

1. SEGMENT YOUR LIST OF CONTACTS
How well do you know your audience? Keeping your emails relevant will lead to improved results and engaged prospects.

Define what matters to your contacts: property type, location or building size/price
Organize lists into clearly defined groups to simplify your send process
Send only relevant listings and/or information

2. TAILOR THE CONTENT IN YOUR EMAILS TO YOUR AUDIENCE
Provide clients with the details they need to be informed.

Write eye-catching subject lines to increase the number of people opening your email
Be concise – focus on what matters like property highlights
Feature photos that will appeal to your contacts
Give them a link to a property website, or other Call-To-Action, for more information
Experiment to find what has the most impact

3. MEASURE RESULTS AND IDENTIFY ENGAGED PROSPECTS
Track who is opening and clicking on your emails.Then focus your energy on these engaged prospects.
Identify the most interested parties by viewing:

Open rate
Click-through rate

Creating & Sending Email Campaigns with Pro Tools is Easy
Have a listing on LoopNet? If so, you can send a Pro Tools email campaign to market your property. Upload your contacts, then go to “My Listings” to get started. If you’ve already started a campaign, but haven’t scheduled the send, you can access your draft from “My Reports & Marketing”.

Here are a few of the commonly asked questions we’ve received about sending emails through Pro Tools:

How many contacts can I upload? As many as you like! There’s no limit.

Can a contact be in multiple groups? Yes. This will help you segment your lists appropriately so sending emails will be easy.

Are my contacts secure? Yes. LoopNet does not share your contacts’ info. Their information resides securely on your account for your eyes only.

Want more marketing ideas?

Join us for the third webinar in the Pro Tools Property Marketing Makeover Series.

Tues, April 10 @ 11 AM – Take Control with Private Listings

LoopNet Bracket Challenge - And the #1 firm is...

2012-03-27T16:20:00.005-07:00

There might not be any Cinderella stories in this year’s NCAA final four but the LoopNet Bracket Challenge brought its own excitement and an underdog victory.

Who came out on top this weekend?
Only one stood victorious at the end of the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8.

Congratulations Tim Mocny from NOSS Co!
Tim pulled ahead after the Sweet 16 and was able to keep his lead in the next round by correctly picking all the winning teams in the Elite 8. He is now the proud owner of the latest iPad and a $100 Amex gift card.

Can Tim keep keep his company in the lead?
The Madness is far from over and the challenge is close. Find out where you rank.
Don’t forget you could still have a chance. The later rounds are worth more points.

The Madness is far from over and the competition is tight.
Here are the top brackets after the Elite 8.

Rank	Name	Company	Location
1	Tim Mocny	NOSS Co.	Cleveland, OH
2	Tom Bax	Tyash, LLC	St. Louis, MO
3	Terrance Gist	Gist My PC	Dayton, OH
4	David Kontny	DJK Realty	Palatine, IL
4	Marianne Chan	State Farm	Gaithersburg, MD
4	Richard Rodgers	ManateePAO	Bradenton, FL
4	Larry Vecchio	VRI Commercial	Hazlet, NJ
8	John Shollenberger	Stonersville Fire Company Flames	Lorane, P
8	Corey Evenstad	White Residential	Inglewood, WA
8	Todd LaPlante	Five Points Commercial RE	Huntington Beach, CA

The Final Four starts Saturday, March 31. While you're waiting for the games to start back up, voice your opinion and hear what other commercial real estate professionals are saying on our smack talk board.

4 Tips to Create & Market Your Property Website

2012-03-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

Having a professional property website showcases your listing and makes you stand out from the crowd. But many professionals don’t have the resources to produce a high-quality website.

Enter LoopNet’s Pro Tools, a complete marketing engine offering websites, flyers and email campaigns. Now brokers can market their listings immediately, producing professional-quality materials with their branding.

Property Marketing Makeover Webinar Series
In our 1st of 3 webinars featuring tips to make you a marketing genius, LoopNet introduces 4 tips to create & market your property website. View the recorded webinar.

TIP 1 - BRAND IT
On your Pro Tools property websites, LoopNet branding is removed, so this is your time to let your brand shine.

Add your logo & company name
Include your photo
Select a template that compliments your logo/colors
Add to your LoopNet Profile to highlight your expertise – it gets added to your website

TIP 2 - COMPLETE IT
Your listing details automatically populate your Pro Tools property website, so make sure they’re complete.

Add as many property and location details as possible
Make sure to include a property name, which doubles as your website title
Feature photos, floor plans (where applicable), and any other attachments you’d like
Add financial documents and password protect them if needed

As a bonus, complete listings on LoopNet get double the views and have more qualified inquiries.

TIP 3 - SNAP IT
Put your best foot forward with photos that make your property shine.

Take pics during daylight hours for clearer shots
Check your camera settings if your photos look pixelated

Set image size to 1024 x 768 pixels, high resolution, or large or medium

Use the zoom and drag features in Pro Tools to adjust your image
Horizontal photos tend to work best

TIP 4 - PROMOTE IT
Link your property website to highlight listings

Add it to your email signature
Post it on your social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter
And most importantly, send it to your contacts using the email campaign in Pro Tools

Want more tips?
Join us for our next webinar in our Property Marketing Makeover Series as Mike Manning, VP of Marketing at LoopNet, will present best practices in email marketing.

Tues, March 27 @ 11 AM - Optimize Your Email Campaigns

Personalizing LoopNet For You

2012-03-21T15:39:00.004-07:00

Today we're introducing a new way to stay informed of activity in your market. It's called Local Info and it just might be where you start every day.

Here is what it looks like for Houston, TX:

Coverage

Local Info is available for 750 different markets. Visit LoopNet.com and click Local Info in the top navigation bar.

Different Types of Info

We are just getting started, but Local Info already has information such as:

Newest listings
Featured blog posts (do you blog? add your posts)
Questions from members
Most viewed listings
New unlisted bank-owned properties
New pre-foreclosure properties
Updated market trends
Local news

Personalized For You

With Local Info, we want to start proactively presenting you information based on your interests to make sure your time with us is efficient. Once you’ve logged in to LoopNet, you can personalize information on your dashboard. Use the links in the top left corner to update your preferences. For example, if you are strictly an office lease broker, update your interests and we'll make sure that the information you see is relevant to your specialty. You’re already off to a great start – we’ve set up your interests based on you previous LoopNet activity. Just log into your account to view your dashboard.

Change cities or click Personalize for more

Setup your CRE interests to personalize your local info page

Local Real Estate at http://www.loopnet.com/local/

What else do you want on this page? Let us know below.

LoopNet Bracket Challenge Update - The #1 Firm is...

2012-03-19T12:26:00.003-07:00

Two rounds down. Where do you stand and which firm is on top?
It’s called March Madness for a reason. Upsets, injuries and buzzer beaters showed this weekend that the NCAA tournament is full of surprising moments and that a game really can go either way. Even though 14 of the remaining teams in the Sweet 16 are from the power conferences, there were still a few unexpected upsets – leaving quite a few bracketologists left wanting to pull their hair out.

How did the upsets affect Commercial Real Estate Professionals this first weekend?
We’ll let you be the judge. Half way through the first round of 64 there were 9 people tied for 1st. At the end it was down to 3. At the completion of the second round there was only person in 1st but 7 people tied for 2nd!

Find out where you rank. If you find yourself tragically low, don't despair! The later rounds are worth more points, so you are still in the running. The Madness is far from over.

Here are the first and second round winners in the LoopNet Bracket Challenge.

Round 1
Congratulations to all 3 winners! You have each won a $25 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card.

• Jeff Gilbert	-	Wagener Equities Inc.	Libertyville, IL
• Gary Gross	-	Miami Real Estate Co.	Coral Gables, FL
• Tyler Ryon	-	Dunton Commercial	Denver, CO

Round 2
Great job Chris! Not only did you finish out the weekend in first but you have also scored a LoopNet 3 pointer. You will get 1 month free access to Premium Search, Property Comps and Property Facts.

• Chris Atkinson

Snappy Jacobs Real Estate Management LLC

Prairieville, LA

Who will end up on top?
Can Chris Atkinson hold on to 1st place and keep Snappy Jacobs Real Estate Management LLC in the running for the 2012 CRE MVP Title?

The Sweet 16 starts Thursday, March 22nd. While you're waiting for the games to start back up, voice your opinion and entertain yourself by posting on our smack talk board.

Bracket Challenge – Which Commercial Real Estate Firms are on Top?

2012-03-16T16:50:00.003-07:00

In life there are winners and losers – In March, it’s JustMadness...

It's that time of year again as the top teams in College Basketball square off in the NCAA Tournament, fighting it out to play in the Superdome for the 2012 NCAA Basketball National Championship. The big dance has begun and the first round is over half complete – how is your bracket holding up?

LoopNet hosted a Bracket Challenge for the Commercial Real Estate Industry this year and the competition is tight.

Which firm is going to be #1? So far 9 are tied...

• Gary Gross	-	Miami Real Estate Co.
• Jeff Gilbert	-	Wagener Equities Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.
• Mark Pustka	-	McAllister & Associates Real Estate Services
• Robert Ratcliff
• Marcus Morris	-	First City
• Ralph Meyer	-	Parway Realtors
• Paul Forman	-	Forman Associates Inc.
• Tommy Rodwell	-	Scientific Properties
• Tyler Ryon	-	Dunton Commercial Real Estate Company

How do you rank?

Check the leaderboard to see where you stand and how you compare to LoopNet and other Industry Leaders in the featured entry section.

Round 1 Prizes will be announced on Monday!

LoopNet Bracket Challenge - You Could Win a 70" HD TV and the new 4G iPad LTE

2012-03-07T13:39:00.002-08:00

It’s Madness Time!

It’s almost here…the buzzer beating shots, the upsets, the heartbreak, and the glory…

Get ready for college basketball’s big dance and take your shot at winning a 70” TV, ipad HD, and more in LoopNet’s 2012 Bracket Challenge. All LoopNet members are invited to fill out a free bracket to compete against other commercial real estate professionals nationwide.

Pre-Register Now - It's Free

LoopNet will be giving out prizes at the end of each round and ranking the top players on the Leaderboard.

Prizes Include:

GRAND PRIZE PACK:
70" HD TV
2012 CRE MVP Title
Coveted "HoopNet" Trophy & picture in LoopNews
Lunch for your office on LoopNet*

ELITE 8 PRIZE: The new 4G LTE iPad

SWEET 16 PRIZES: $100 AMEX Gift Cards

1st & 2nd ROUND: Gift Cards & Free LoopNet Products

Which office will produce the champion?

Bragging rights and free exposure for the winning office on LoopNet are on the line.

The Grand Prize Winner takes home the 2012 CRE MVP Title and 70” HD TV for themselves. They also get to be the office hero bringing them the coveted “HoopNet” trophy, a picture in LoopNews, bragging rights and lunch on LoopNet.

Increase your office’s odds and recruit your coworkers to fill out a bracket.

Not a basketball fan?

Anyone can win. Fill out a bracket and test your luck.
Upsets happen every season so even the most dedicated fans have no real advantage.

Don’t miss out!

Pre-Register Now

This challenge is open to all commercial real estate professionals with a free LoopNet membership. LoopNet Bracket Challenge Terms & Conditions

Become a Marketing Genius with LoopNet's 30 Minute Webinars

2012-03-07T13:17:00.001-08:00

Property Marketing Makeover Series

Dive deeper into Pro Tools. Register once for all 3 Pro Tools Webinars and be entered to win the new iPad.

In each webinar, you'll

Check out new Pro Tools features
Learn marketing best practices
See before & after examples

4 Tips to Create and Market Your Property Website
Get effective marketing strategies to create and promote a professional website
Tuesday, March 13 at 11:00–11:30am PST

Optimizing Your Email Campaigns
Get tips from email expert, Mike Manning, LoopNet's VP of Marketing
Tuesday, March 27 at 11:00–11:30am PST

Take Control with Private Listings
Utilize private listings to review content, control exposure or even get the listing
Tuesday, April 10 at 11:00–11:30am PST

5 Most Unique Commercial Properties

2012-02-15T15:44:00.000-08:00

Commercial properties come in all shapes and sizes but some are truly one of a kind.

Check out the 5 most unique commercial property records we found on LoopNet. (Click on any of the photos to learn more about the properties.)

1. Longaberger Company “Basket” Building – Newark, OH

(Find out who works in this office building)

2. Wonderworks building – Pigeon Forge, TN

(Check out the mortgage)

3. Shoe House – Hellam, PA

(See the owner information)

4. Kansas City Public Library – Kansas City, MO

(View more photos of this library)

5. Dog Bark Park Hotel – Cottonwood, ID

(View the property details)

What are some of the unique buildings in your area? Search our property records to find other interesting buildings. You can look up virtually any commercial property in the US to find:

Owner & Tenant Details
Mortgage & Lender History
Tax Records & Assessed Values
Historical Listing Information
Property Details & Photos
Asking Price & Asking Rent Trends