1. NEW AND NOTABLE. One of the more intriguing sites I’ve seen, RealBuyer is a database of buyers' requirements and professionals' experience and an e-mail network to facilitate transactions. Henry S. Miller Commercial, based in Dallas, TX, provides brokerage, management, appraisal, development, financing and tenant representation services. Realty Information Group, (RIG), a nationwide provider of commercial real estate information launched its new web site this week.

Paradyme Learning Corp develops software tools for the commercial real estate brokerage industry for presentation, due diligence and reporting. Paradyme’s excellent site demonstrates how an effective web presence can enhance a marketing program. Coldwell Banker Commercial Van Schaack offers brokerage services in Denver, CO.

2. WEB SUCCESS. Que Martyn, who operates the National Real Estate Exchange Network, and Joe Silvestro of Charles Burt Realtors in Joplin, Missouri sold a $1.7 million apartment building in Joplin to a Nebraska REIT. Que, who is based in Hawaii, presented the property to buyers primarily originated from his web site. He never met the actual buyer or seller or saw the property. Both Que and Joe agreed that without the Internet, this transaction would not have occurred.

3. REAL ESTATE NEWS ON THE WEB. How has the traditional real estate print media reacted to the growing importance of the web? Most publications have developed a web site and, unless they have sold electronic publication rights, are moving aggressively to publish content on the web. These are a few examples. The Internet Review Online, features daily news stories and the full text of its monthly publications, the National Real Estate Investor, Commercial Real Estate South, Midwest Real Estate News, and Shopping Center World. Commercial Property News posts about a dozen "Breaking Stories" every Monday and all "front page" stories from the current and archived issues. American City Business Journals has announced the coming of its new Real Estate Journal with local news from around the country available each Monday. There are a number of other web-only news services which will be covered in a later PikeNet Dispatch.

4. CAREERS/RESUMES. Landauer, Cognetics and RIG have all been added to the Careers category of PikeNet. Click "Category Search," then "Careers/Resumes" for the current hit list. E-mail me, if you know another site that should be included.

5. ADVERTISING BANNERS. Consider buying a banner at PikeNet to drive traffic to your web site and customers to your service. Last month advertising banners at PikeNet were seen over 26,000 times. Buy a banner at the Top Level or over your Market Area. Full details are available by clicking the "Banner Advertising" hyperlink at the bottom of the PikeNet home page.

6. EVEREST UPDATE. Congratulations to the Colliers International/Lotus Notes Mount Everest Expedition which summited Mount Everest on May 23, 1997 when Jamie Clarke and Alan Hobson arrived at the top. For full details, visit the expedition's excellent web site, Everest97.

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