May 28, 2009: News

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

Florida's existing home, condo sales rise

April existing home sales increased 18% over year-ago numbers, and condo sales rose 21%. National sales also climbed. Read more.

Governor signs $8K homebuyer credit into law

On July 1, first-time Florida buyers who quality for the federal $8,000 tax credit can use it toward a downpayment. Read more.

Survey: Economists see recession end in '09

More than 90 percent of economists predict the recession will end this year, although the recovery is likely to be bumpy. Read more.

Growthink / 3 eye group

JZ : LAX to MIA (5/23 - 5/28) / Miami meetings J & J

5/26/09 : 1pm e.s.t

Growthink, LA - Kick-off for rock bottom property. Discussion: Phase 1- strategic plan, business model, and concept. Seeing the value proposition and the niche. Great start!

5/27/09 : 10am e.s.t

3 Eye Group, Miami - Meeting with Maria. Getting ready to launch the rock bottom property miami site in the next few weeks. Extensive discussion on key questions, concepts and implementation.

Growthink, LA

Great article by Dave Lavinsky on Growthink's Blog:
http://www.growthink.com/content/how-dare-you-susan-boyle

CB meeting, Miami

In Florida, approximately 63% of mortgages have negative or nearly negative equity share. In California, 59.2%.

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com

CB / Growthink

5/13 Coldwell Banker office meeting at Capri (nice new building on the bay in sobe, views of downtown, beautiful finishes, high ppsft., unique buyer will pay. Guest speakers, Duff Rubin from cb commercial.

Henry Ensler from sunbelt title; a look at short sales, the numbers - the reality.

5/14 Go to Meeting with Growthink 7pm e.s.t; impressive proposal for rock bottom.

www.gotomeeting.com

5/18 CC with Growthink 7pm e.s.t; contract overview and green light. kick off set for 5/22.

Growthink, LA

Conference call with Growthink (Jeff/Ryan), intro. Great questions and answers. Overview. Feedback. Direction. They get it.

http://www.growthink.com/

CB / RB Team, Miami

Working at Coldwell Banker office today. Met with our broker regarding forming a team. Excited about this next step.

3 eye group, Miami

Great conference call with Maria at 3 eye group - Friday afternoon. Thanks for the detailed PPT. Looks like we're making progress. Design wise we are close to completion, programming will take us some time. Hope to have the website up by the end of June.

http://www.rockbottomproperty.com/


Web Design / Development

http://www.3eyegroup.com/

Growthink, Los Angeles

Excellent meeting with Growthink - good job JZ. Getting to the next step, corporate structure, refined business plan and raising capital.

www.growthink.com

PST >> EST

What time is it? East Coast time. West Coast time. On the Pacific - do you get more done because of this time difference? The day is almost over here but not out there...

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, SO CAL ::: welcome