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Information and News You Can Use January, 2006


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Year End Wrap Up for 2005

Fed's Notes Offer Hope of a Brake on Rates

Two Leaders who place values at the top

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$12,154,350
Land Development Loan
16.26 Acres
Commercial Property
Henderson, NV


$10,337,925
Land Development Loan
13.83 Acres
Commercial Property
Henderson, NV


$1,000,000
Bridge Loan
4,800 sq.ft. Warehouse Bldg. and Vacant Commercial Lot
Las Vegas, NV



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  • Year End Wrap Up for 2005
  • Thank you for making 2005 a successful year for Cornerstone Commercial Mortgage. With your help we were able to arrange over $92 million in commercial real estate loans for 2005. We value your business relationship and strive to provide the best customer service possible with the most integrity in the industry.

    We look forward with optimism to 2006.

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  • Fed's Notes Offer Hope of a Brake on Rates
  • New York Times (01/04/06) P. C1; Andrews, Edmund L. The minutes from the Federal Reserve's December meeting indicate that the central bank could soon stop hiking interest rates, though officials note that there is a great deal of uncertainty about the economy. Additionally, the minutes reveal that policymakers could change the language in their post-meeting statements to stop hinting at future policy decisions. Experts believe the Fed was able to provide guidance about its course of action in recent years because of low inflation and historically low interest rates. According to Bank of America senior economist Peter Kretzmer, "What they really highlighted is that what they do will depend more on the data."

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  • Two Leaders who place values at the top
  • When John Wooden coached basketball at UCLA, he hardly ever visited prospective players at home. He made exceptions, though.

    Once, he visted a talented kid with the idea of offering him a scholarship. Wooden had the papers in hand. But as he watched how the player treated his mother, Wooden recognized a trait that didn't belong on his team: disrespect.

    Wooden often passed on great talent if the player lacked character.

    "Just because the talent and giftedness is there doesn't mean you're going to be able, as a coach, to bring it out," Wooden says. " But if their values are there....you can bring the best out of them every time."

    So, how do you hire and keep people who share your mission, work ethic and what you believe in? When leadership coach and author John C. Maxwell moved his company from San Diego to Atlanta, he sat his employees down and went over this starter set of values:

  • "It's everybody's responsibility to grow. It's the leader's responsibility to help."
  • "Every person ought to do something that makes a positive difference."
  • "Everyone around me needs to love what they do as much as I do. I have no desire to motivate people. I'd rather beg them to find another job."
  • "We need to set the bar higher for ourselves than anybody else will."
  • "The only way to build a great organization is by developing a great team."
  • "Without integrity, everything else is meaningless."

    -Adapted from "Values 101," John C. Maxwell, Leadership Wired, wwwlinjoy.com/leadershipwired/.
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    • About Cornerstone
    • Cornerstone Commercial Mortgage specializes in commercial real estate finance. We act as mortgage consultants, focusing on providing the appropriate financing solutions for each client. We work with investors and developers on all product types from Land loans to permanent loans providing the best financing option available.

      John P. Lloyd, President
      Phone: (702) 385-2658
      Cell: (702) 379-3468
      Email: john.lloyd@cmlv.net

      See our Web Site for more information http://www.cmlv.net