Watts Happenings: News & Blog

(This article, in slightly different form, originally appeared in Wealth Management Real Estate—formerly National Real Estate Investor.)https://www.wealthmanagement.com/property-management/how-property-managers-have-approach-risk-new-normal One of the essential mandates for...

By Tony Wilbert CoStar News December 29, 2020 | 11:45 AMAs the new president of the Institute of Real Estate Management, known as IREM, Chip Watts knows the group's 20,000 members will play a key role as companies across the United States and globe begin bringing employees ba...

Uncertainty in the office sector sometimes makes long-term planning seem next to impossible these days. Yet even if leasing activity has slowed to a crawl in many cases, office operators and property managers have plenty of opportunity to get out in front of the trends that are c...

The following article was featured in National Real Estate Investor Magazine.The path of our careers is much like our very lives. As they mature, different needs come to the forefront. Early on, we might be looking for ground-level education, recognition, and establishment. Later...

New IREM President Chip Watts lays out his vision for how commercial real estate associations can work together and with stakeholders in meaningful partnerships.                                 &...

Along with representatives from the Institute of Real Estate Management as well as the National Association of Realtors,Chip Watts of Watts Realty Co. Inc. and IREM president elect met with officials on Sept. 15 to voice their concerns.The group told officials at the National Eco...

Chip has been involved in national discussions regarding rent abatement and concessions as well as the impact of such concessions/abatements on the back-end with landlords failing to pay mortgages due to lack of rental income. It's a 15-minute podcast with great information!&...

Chip's excited about IREM's new video! 

Top 3 on Watch ESA's - Marijuana - Flood Insurance “The biggest issue is education,” says Watts. “Every state is different in its approach to legalization. Property managers need to be educated on what their states’ laws are with regard to medical...

Watts Realty continues to form relationships outside of the United States in the hopes of opening doors in Alabama to more international investment opportunities.  To this extent, Chip had the distinct pleasure of inducting two new international CPM®s while in Canada in ...