The NAR Commercial Intelligence Briefing Podcast continues with a conversation with James Hochman, Real Estate Partner with Coman & Anderson P.C. Jim is one of NAR Commercial’s Signature Series speakers for 2012. He offers several seminars in the Signature Series dealing with the kinds of legal agreements that are pivotal to commercial real estate transactions, including lease agreements, purchase and sale agreements, and exclusive listing agreements. He also conducts workshops on how to avoid litigation, broker lien rights, license portability issues for interstate commercial real estate transactions, and effective negotiation skills for brokers. ; Biography As Coman & Anderson’s Real Estate Partner since July 2005, Jim Hochman represents many commercial real estate brokerage firms, receivers, landlords, tenants, and real estate investors by assisting in commercial and residential real estate transactions. Prior to joining Coman & Anderson, Jim was Senior VP & Senior Counsel for CB Richard Ellis for 22 years, representing CBRE in all aspects of real estate services for 20 states in the Central United States. Jim is a speaker on real estate broker-related issues for real estate organizations across the nation and in Canada. He also teaches for SIOR nationally and Lewis University. He co-akuthored and sponsored the [...]