I just came back from a week long CCIM course.  I drove up to Pleasanton, CA.  Going there I took the I-5 but coming back I took one of my favorite roads; CA-1, or otherwise called the Pacific Coast Highway.  The weather was great as was the driving.  The course was well worth it and it will provide me with more tools to help our clients.  Here is some of what I learned:

Essential Skills

•	Understand how supply and demand factors impact a market forecast.
•	Gain insight into site feasibility, market dynamics and market pricing.
•	Learn and apply the Market Analysis Model in making real estate decisions.
•	Understand how to collect and use market data and mapping software using your computer.
•	Analyze retail, office, residential and industrial uses for a site.
•	Apply the principals of market analysis, economic base analysis and related commercial real estate subjects to real-world applications