Real-estate event to link lenders, developers

Those seeking money for a promising construction project or other capital-intensive venture must have the right answers to negotiate their way to financing, while those offering money must ask the right questions to ferret out the fools and frauds. Phoenix real-estate analyst Jim Belfiore organized a one-day conference in September 2009 that sought to bring the two groups together for mutual education. Belfiore, president of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting, said interest on both sides - he had planned for 250 attendees and more than 350 showed up - persuaded him to make it an annual event. As a result, Belfiore said he has organized the second annual Financing Real Estate Today conference, to be held 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix.

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