The rent roll and operating statements standards we’ve been working on for the past six months are finished. They are posted on MISMO’s Commercial Mortgage Specifications page. Now it’s time to promote the benefits of compliance to ensure widespread industry adoption.
I will be at the CMSA Conference next week in Washington, DC and the MBA CREF Conference in Las Vegas in early February drumming up support. If not now, when?
Keep reading for the MISMO press release.
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January 12th, 2010 : Posted in Industry News, Industry Standards | No Comments »
The MISMO rent roll and operating statement committee which I co-chair finished its work on the XML schema today (thanks to all committee members!).
The schema we propose is capable of handling all common data templates for both Rent Rolls and Operating Statements. The schema will be made public around the first of the year for its 30 day Intellectual Property Review period and then, hopefully, be ready for finalization by the MBA CREF Conference in early February.
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December 16th, 2009 : Posted in Industry Standards | No Comments »
The redesigned Backshop site reveals the depth and power of our industry-leading commercial real estate enterprise software.
We are especially proud of the new Software Tour, which combines screen shots with descriptions of functionality to show how Backshop can aid loan origination, asset management and fund management.
Check out the new www.backshop.com

New Backshop home page.
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Software Tour > Pipeline Management
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Jim Flaherty is CEO of CMBS.com and the creator of the Backshop loan origination system. He is a trained credit professional with experience installing enterprise underwriting systems for commercial real estate lenders, rating agencies and investors.
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November 30th, 2009 : Posted in Company History | No Comments »

I spent Thanksgiving in New York City this year with my family.
My kids had never been to NYC so we sampled some of the great things The City has to offer including the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the museums and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
A week like that certainly makes you thankful.
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November 29th, 2009 : Posted in What's Going On | No Comments »
I am just back from our 2009 Backshop user conference in New York. Bank of America hosted it in a beautiful board room overlooking Bryant Park. About 10 clients invested the day with us to go over our accomplishments from last year and help set priorities for next year.
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November 17th, 2009 : Posted in Company History, What's Going On | No Comments »