B. Scot Smith and DB Wilson to present local forecast at fall conference

Re/Max of Boulder is proud to welcome B. Scot Smith and DB Wilson, who will provide the local real estate forecast at the 2009 Fall Real Estate Conference set for Nov. 19.

B. Scot Smith joined The Colorado Group, Inc. in 1982 and has always been one of the top annual producers in the company. He has been involved in commercial real estate in Boulder for more than 30 years and is a recognized leader and expert in commercial sales and leasing along Colorado’s Front Range. In 1995, Scot became one of only 3 percent of all commercial real estate agents to earn the designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).

DB Wilson, managing broker at RE/MAX of Boulder, Inc., is a graduate of the University of Colorado. Licensed since 1976, Wilson is past president of the Boulder Area Realtor Association; BARA Realtor of the Year, 1994; and Distinguished Realtor of the Year for the Colorado Association of Realtors, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997. He also served as manager of IRES (regional MLS for Northern Colorado), 1997-2006; is a past member of the National Association of Realtors’ Professional Standards Forum; past member of CAR Grievance Committee; member of the BARA Grievance Committee 1995 to present, current chairman. Wilson has also served on the Colorado Real Estate Commission task forces on Single Licensing and Designated Brokerage and Technology in Real Estate, and is past Manager of the Year for RE/MAX, Mountain States.

Fall Real Estate Conference Speakers

November 19, 2009 is the date for Re/Max of Boulder's Fall Real Estate Conference. Here's just a teaser on the speakers - more will follow. But Save the date!

FEATURING:

Paul C. Bishop, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Real Estate Research
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

Paul Bishop is the Managing Director of Real Estate Research at the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS^®. Dr. Bishop leads the Research Division’s survey and market research activities including analysis of real estate business and policy issues.

Prior to joining NAR in 2001, Dr. Bishop was a Senior Financial Economist in the Division of Insurance at the FDIC. Between 1991 and 1996, Dr. Bishop was a Senior Economist at the WEFA Group in the Regional Consulting and Forecasting Group where he managed the state and metropolitan area forecasting service and worked with clients on numerous consulting projects.Dr. Bishop earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

Brad Blackwell

Executive Vice President, Retail National Sales Manager

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Brad attended the University of Colorado and started his career in Boulder as a loan officer in 1983. Drawing on his 28 years of mortgage lending and banking business experience, Blackwell focuses on capturing opportunities to strengthen Wells Fargo Home Mortgage’s retail market share and market profitability within all 50 states.

Blackwell was named executive vice president, retail national sales manager in June 2004 after serving three years as a senior vice president, national sales manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage’s Pacific Markets. He led efforts to double Wells Fargo’s retail share on the West Coast.

Blackwell is responsible for leading WFHM’s Distributed Retail sales team of more than 10,000 home mortgage consultants who originate residential mortgage loans in more than 800 stores throughout the country. The Distributed Retail sales team strives to increase market share using WFHM’s innovative lines of prime, subprime,renovation,reverse, builder and private mortgage banking products and programs.