The following are Barry Slatt Mortgage Company’s primary takeaways from this week’s California Mortgage Bankers Association Western States Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The general mood across the majority of participants at this year’s event is one of positivity and optimism in regards to the current lending market. The focus of the conference was west coast financing. Most major real estate markets on the west coast are viewed as healthy and desirable. All lending segments…