Western Investor Network Celebrates a Great 2018!

To celebrate the great year Western Investor Network had and in honor of the holiday season, Tony treated the staff and their dates to dinner at the Capital Grill.   While there were several entrees to choose from, everyone had a filet mignon.   Wow was it delicious!   Thank you Tony!! Cheers to another…

Take WIN out to the Rockies and watch them WIN!

Yesterday, the WIN Team and the WINPRO Team  got to see the Rockies WIN another game against the Phillies.    Tony is sure his purchase of a Trevor Story jersey right before the game led Trevor to hit a home run in the 2nd inning. Everyone had a great time, we sang and we cheered..…

Commercial Economic Update and Property Tour Highlights

Tony attended the Commercial Economic Update and Property Tour present last Friday sponsored by the Colorado/Wyoming chapter of CCIM.     KC Conway, Director of Research & Corporate Engagement at the Alabama Center for Real Estate and a Chief Economist  discussed: The national economy with an emphasis in real estate transactions, emphasis on areas of…

On Top of Colorado –

Tony is one mountain closer to  fulfilling his goal to climb all the Colorado fourteeners.   This weekend he took on Mt. Elbert.   Mt. Elbert is the highest of all the Colorado 14’ners at 14,440 and Tony said it was a quick walk up.  Up next Mt. Massive, second highest 14n’er. If you are…

Invest with a company know for their honesty and integrity

Don’t put your hard earned money at risk!  Unethical money managers still exist: Judge freezes assets of embattled real estate investor Invest with individuals known for their honesty and integrity. Invest with “WINPRO”! With combined experience of 55 years in commercial real estate, Tony Hemminger and Stan Wood have just launched their second fund in…

Colorado’s Tight Labor Market

Written by Matt Ritter: In October 2010, more than 243,000 unemployed people were actively looking for a job in Colorado. In May 2018, only 85,095 people were actively looking for work, (out of a labor force of 3.06 million).  Despite Colorado’s low unemployment, job growth in Colorado is on track to add 70,000 new jobs in…

The state of the commercial real estate lending market

How much longer will this commercial real estate market last? This question without a doubt is on every CRE professional’s mind and now big banks are becoming increasingly wary of the market. According to Bisnow, “Commercial real estate lending increased by $26.4B in Q1, but research shows the nation’s largest 25 institutions are beginning to back away from the market.”…

Tony Makes It Big In Vegas

After years of training and playing solitaire on his computer while at work, Tony felt he was ready to hit Las Vegas this week. The first part of this might be a joke, but Tony did travel to Vegas for the tenth time to make valuable new connections at NCE. The National Council of Exchangors (NCE)…

Colorado Unemployment Rate: Low and Steady

If the beautiful scenery of Colorado does not draw you into the state then the opportunities for work will. The statewide unemployment rate of 3% as of February 2018 is lower than the United States rate of 4.1% and the month of February illustrated this when over 8,000 jobs were added which exceeded prior months. Along…