Real Estate and Appraisal Organizations, Associations, Societies, Institutes and Councils

ARES - American Real Estate Society - Discover out what applied real estate researchers are looking into

AREUEA - American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association - Discover what real estate economists are thinking and doing. Also, check out archived information from their journal, Real Estate Economics

ASA - American Society of Appraisers - Get fresh appraisal info

The Appraisal Foundation - The source of Appraisal Standards

Appraisal Institute - The "Smithsonian Institute" of Real Estate Appraisal

BOMA International - Building Managers and Owners Association - Locate special studies on office tenants, custodial issues, and building maintenance and operating expenses

CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Members affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS^® bring you Forums (discussion groups) and commercial real estate listings -- with more on the way

CRE - Counselors of Real Estate affiliated with the National Association of REALTORS^® bring you summaries of articles that have appeared in their tri-annual publication, Real Estate Issues, and other information relevant to the counseling and advisory aspects of real estate

IAAO - International Association of Assessing Officers - Find inside info about the people who assess your property and more

ICSC - International Council of Shopping Centers - Find jobs, gross leasable area data, demographics, and discussion groups on mall and shopping center properties, as well as articles from Shopping Center Today

IRWA - International Right of Way Association - A professional organization dedicated to right-of-way and land acquisition work

IREM - Institute of Real Estate Management - The nation's leading real estate management organization brings you a comprehensive listing of related publications including articles from their own publication, Journal of Property Management

JREFE - The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics - An in-depth, topical, peer review journal focusing on real-life real estate finance and economic issues

LAI - Lamda Alpha International is a professional "honorary land economics society," whose members are chosen by invitation, based on achievement

LILP - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Dedicated to land policy, zoning, and land tax issues. The site includes LandLines, the Institute's bi-monthly newsletter

MHI - Manufactured Housing Institute - National trade association for manufactured housing. It represents manufacturers, suppliers, retailers, community owners and operators, state associations, and financial institutions involved in the lending and insuring of manufactured homes amd communities

MBA - Commercial Finance Mortgage Bankers Association of America - Commercial Finance Section - Events, courses, news, and research

NAIOP - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties - Office and Industrial development information

NAREE - National Association of Real Estate Editors - Find their newsletter, membership directory, and information about those who write about the real estate industry

NAREIT - National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts - Find out all about REITs and check out their database of REITs

NCREIF - National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries Home Page

PREA - Pension Real Estate Association - Devoted to issues involving the ownership and investment of real estate by pension funds managers, portfolio managers, and advisers. Find related articles, interviews and membership information

RERI - Real Estate Research Institute - Investment real estate research

SIOR -Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS^® - Features publications, course and seminar offerings -- with more on the way

ULI - Urban Land Institute - Once you get past all the opening images, you'll find a summary of articles from Land Use Digest, preiews from Urban Land and more

 American Motel-Hotel Brokers - Listings of motels and hotels for sale, and views on the hospitality industry by those who sell them

Appraisal Today - Appraisal news, appraisal links, appraisal tips, and appraisal humor brought to you by appraiser Ann O'Rourke, SRPA, of Alameda, CA

ESRI - GIS maps and databases from Environmental Systems Research Institute: Free GIS software download available

LoopNet - LoopNet is the self-proclaimed "largest commercial real estate listing service on the Internet". Listings include properties for sale as well as properties for lease. Searches can be made by location, property type, square footage, and price, etc

Marshall and Swift - Marshall and Swift - The building cost people give you a quarterly building cost review, a newsletter, as well as info about their services

McCary Stevens Associates - A commercial real estate lender. The site includes useful mortgage rate information, particularly on larger recently-closed deals, including nursing home, retail, office, and other property types

National Real Estate Investor - A monthly national magazine including "hot" investment real estate topics; mortgage surveys; and full length, in-depth articles covering a wide range of real life, topical investment real estate subjects and issues

NNN Leased.Com - Listings of available NNN leased properties (fast food, freestanding drug stores, video stores, office supply and department stores, etc.) including prices, cap rates, and archives of previously available properties

Peckham's Real Estate Investments On-Line - Available investment real estate. Occasionally unusual -- always interesting

Pike Net - A directory of commercial real estate Web Sites with many sites rated and reviewed as well as stratified by State

Self Storage Network by Argus - Listings and a quarterly newsletter about the self storage industry

Shopping Center World - A publication covering a wide range of topical shopping center information with full text articles and interviews

TerraServer - Aerial photographs and satellite images over the web. Uses USGS photos that can be downloaded free