Adam Bauer has been with Northwestern Mutual for 15-years and leverages his company’s staying power of 160-years.  Here are a few takeaways from his Morning Zoom with BRA. Adam shared his philosophy with the exclusive BRA audience, explaining that clients often approach him with an “Investment Strategy”.  He dials it back and asks his clients […]

Tom Tognoli, real estate industry legend, joined BRA for a Lunch & Learn on Zoom.  Mr. Tognoli was born and raised in Sunnyvale, CA.  He still resides there and is hunkering down in his vacation home, located in Northstar Mountain – Lake Tahoe, CA. Tom began his 30-minute chat with a quick overview of his […]

Barry Sloane explained that like most, Century Bank has been extremely busy.  He said, “We’ve planned for redundancy and resilience. We’ve planned for numerous scenarios related to our facilities. However, we never planned for a pandemic and people not working. The safety of our staff has always been paramount.  As such, we proceeded accordingly and […]

Howard Anderson joined the BRA Morning Zoom and gave a great talk about Adversity.  He began by saying that some overreact, while others underreact – neither works.  The following are other takeaways from the balance of his presentation. Mr. Anderson referenced a Mormon tradition of storing food for 6-12 months and reminded the group about […]

Thank you Eric Schlager  from Bulfinch for joining the BRA Morning Zoom. Key takeaways include: As a landlord, we are joined at the hip with our tenants and the same goes for our lenders. We all learn more in a downturn than during an upswing. The next four to six quarters will be a career defining […]