Author: Stephen Bye Website: www.StephenBye.com Author Comment / Biography: Steve Bye is currently a fiction writer, who published his first novel, ‘Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror’ in July of 2018. His second book, "The Developer" a 1977-1980 saga of a fictional Denver real estate developer, was published in August 2920 and a sequel, "The Developer Phase II" was published in January 2022. Steve is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the RMFR Professional Authors Alliance. Over 40 years, Steve’s career was focused on arranging capital for large commercial real estate projects across the United States. He founded the Denver Regional office of NorthMarq Capital, LLC in March 1983, one of the largest commercial mortgage banking firms in the U.S. Under his direction, the office generated production volume in excess of $13 billion, encompassing 1,800 transactions prior to Steve’s retirement in April of 2017. Steve’s personal production volume over this period was approximately $3 billion involving over 300 transactions. In addition to arranging traditional mortgage debt, Steve structured and negotiated many institutional joint venture common equity partnerships, preferred equity structures, mezzanine debt, institutional pre-sales, tax-exempt bond enhancements, construction and bridge loans, and sale/leaseback transactions. From 1980 to 1983, Steve Bye was Assistant Vice President and Manager of Coldwell Banker Real Estate Financial Services in Denver. He held the position of Real Estate Officer for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Denver from 1978-1980. He was Manager of Real Estate Appraisal and Staff Underwriting for Verex Assurance Company in Madison, Wisconsin from 1975-1978. Prior to that, he held staff appraisal positions for an MAI firm and for First Federal Savings in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1976, he was appointed to the Planning Commission of the City of Madison, Wisconsin by the mayor. Steve Bye holds an M.B.A.in Real Estate Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin – Madison as well as a B.B.A. in Urban Land Economics, also from UW-Madison. He has been a member of many real estate organizations including the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association, the Burns Counselor Board at the University of Denver, the Colorado Chapter of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). He has served on the real estate mortgage correspondent advisory councils for 4 major life insurance companies and was formerly a licensed Colorado Real Estate broker. In 2018, he received the Legacy Broker Award by the Colorado Chapter of NAIOP. He has authored many articles for various real estate publications and has been a speaker, lecturer, or consultant for several real estate trade groups and other organizations including NAIOP, Urban Land Institute (ULI), The Federal Reserve Bank, Colorado State Land Board, CLE International, Colorado Real Estate Journal Conferences, Commercial Property News, University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business, the School of Real Estate-Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, and the Colorado Association of CPAs. Steve Bye is a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin and in 1969, was awarded an Evans Caddie Scholarship sponsored by the Western Golf Association and the Evans Scholars Foundation to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also been a volunteer coach for boys' and girls' baseball, softball, and basketball. He has been married to Karen for 47 years and they have four adult children and ten grandchildren. His hobbies include golf and NBA Basketball, as well as collecting rock-and-roll and sports memorabilia. He currently lives in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

Displaying 21 to 30 of 37 articles < Back | Next > Pages: 1 2 3 4  Articles by Stephen Bye  21. Airline Toilet Challenges (Part II) August 02, 2019 Airplane Toilet Challenges (Part II) How often have you had the urge to pee on an airplane when the attendants block the aisles behind your row with service carts? Obviously, the only option is to use the first-class toilet. However, one problem…the purser has d... 22. Airplane Toilet Challenges (Part I) May 30, 2019 Airplane Toilet Challenges (Part I) Most of you have flown on an airplane at some point in your life and probably had to use the toilet facilities on a flight. Most of the older planes were better designed for travelers, however, as time has passed, the airlines have added more rows, shrunk ... 23. Baseball...America's Favorite Nap-time March 31, 2019 Baseball…America’s Favorite Nap-time The long, boring Major League baseball season has started and once again, the old fogies who control the rules rejected ideas about speeding up the sport…so baseball still barely edges out watching paint dry or grass gr... 24. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 14 March 17, 2019 Report # 14: An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye, a former Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous thirteen reports on the seven-month history of the transformation that has occurred in Laicos Coun... 25. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 13 February 14, 2019 Report # 13; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous twelve reports on the six-month history of the transformation that has occurred at the three Laicos County p... 26. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 12 January 31, 2019 Special Report # 12; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous eleven reports on the six-month history of the transformation that has occurred at the three Laicos ... 27. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 11 January 12, 2019 Special Report # 11; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous ten reports on the five-month history of the transformation that has occurred at the three Laicos Co... 28. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 10 December 23, 2018 Special Report # 10; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous nine reports on the five-month history of the transformation that has occurred at the Laicos County ... 29. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 9 December 09, 2018 Special Report # 9; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. Please refer to the previous 8 reports. (December 10, 2018) The Laicos County Golf Course Executive, ‘Duff’ Hacker, held a... 30. The Mirror Rearview; Report # 8 November 25, 2018 Report # 8; An on-going series from Stephen P. Bye; Correspondent for the Mirror Rearview, a fictional newspaper in Laicos County, an imaginary USA municipality. (November 25, 2018) After my brief discussion with Jim Nasticks two weeks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Sausage Creek Links, I... < Back | Next > Pages: 1 2 3 4

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