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January 22, 2008.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Deal Makers
March 5, 2008
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UPCOMING EDUCATION
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CCP
CoreConcepts
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GOLD PASSPORT:
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CRCBR DUES ARE DUE!
On behalf of the
Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS® Board of Directors, we
thank you for your support and participation in CRCBR this
year. We would like to remind you that CRCBR dues are due back
this Friday, January 25th. Please
be aware of the following information about dues payments:
• You have the ability to pay for your entire firm online at
www.crcbr.org.
• A $25 per person
reinstatement fee will be assessed for dues paid after January 25, 2008.
• Please return a copy of your invoice with your payment.
Invoices were sent to Brokers-in-Charge of each firm. If you need
another copy of your invoice, please email the CRCBR offices at
info@crcbr.org.
COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM CORECONCEPTS
LEVEL 100 SERIES CLASSES
Commercial Certificate Program CoreConcepts Level 100 Series classes are available for registration.
To see a complete list of classes,
Click Here.
2008 ALLIANCE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES STILL AVAILABLE
The Alliance Sponsorship program provides companies with the most
visibility in the industry. Become a 2008 Alliance sponsor today, and
promote your company to the fullest. Join the ranks of other
prestigious annual sponsors. For a sponsorship application,
Click Here.
2007 DEAL MAKERS REGISTRATIONS NOW AVAILABLE!
Join us on March 5, 2008 at the Westin Charlotte for the annual Deal Maker Awards Luncheon as we recognize
brokers and developers in the commercial real estate industry. Come
see who will win Top Producer Awards, Rookie of the Year Award, 10
year pin recipients, and more! You won't want to miss this
opportunity to support your industry peers. This year's emcee
will be Chase Monroe with Keystone Partners.
Registration fess are as follows:
• By 2/29/08 - $40 Members and $65 Non-Members
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After 2/29/08 - $55 Members and $80 Non-Members
• To
register online,
Click Here.
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For a printable registration form,
Click Here.
Once again, the
Charlotte Business Journal is our partner in promoting this event. They
will provide a special insert to the Business Journal, with a full list
of winners. There are many advertising opportunities for this issue.
Please contact Dawn Brown at the Charlotte Business Journal for more
information at 704-973-1118 or by email at
dtbrown@bizjournals.com.
 Greer & Walker,
LLP is the new auditing company this year. They are donating their time
to serve as the official collection point and to ensure credibility to
the tabulation process for all applications.
SPRING EDUCATION CLASSES REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE
Spring 2008 education courses have been confirmed. Classes
will be held from March 13 - June 6, 2008. For more information and to see a
complete list of classes,
Click Here.
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COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE CORECONCEPTS LEVEL 100 SERIES
Commercial Certificate Program (CCP) is designed to bring together a
faculty of industry leaders and top producers to teach the fundamentals of
commercial real estate. Eight courses are offered over four weeks,
two courses per day, one full day per week, allowing students to
concurrently attend to business while learning. A Certificate of
Completion is awarded to students who attend at least seven of the eight
classes.
Thursday, January 31 |
Thursday, February 7 | Thursday, February 14
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate
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(CE Approved)
8:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: Cindy Chandler, CRE, CCIM, The Chandler Group
Who are the players? What are the components of a commercial
development? Where can one find the numbers to determine value?
What do all those "buzzwords" means? This course takes you from basics
to advanced topics in order to acquaint you with the different elements of
investment real estate.
• To
register online,
Click Here.
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For a printable registration form,
Click Here.
Retail
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Peter B. Pappas, Crosland Retail; Debbie Currier, Currier
Properties, Inc.; and Ryan Preston, Crosland Retail
What does a merchant look for in a location? If you are leasing a
shopping center, where do you find these tenants? What is important to
them and what is a deal breaker? Learn the secrets of successful
retail leasing and development from an experienced panel of experts.
• To
register online,
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For a printable registration form,
Click Here.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
Negotiation Skills in Commercial Real Estate
8:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: David Segrest, CCIM, CIPS, Segrest International, Inc.
Now put it all together and make the deal! Are you trained to
negotiate the best deal for your client? Do you know the proper skills
and techniques to be an effective negotiator? Learn from the pros who
have "'been there".
• To
register online,
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For a printable registration form,
Click Here.
Financing Commercial Real Estate
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Hal Kempson, L.J. Melody & Company
"If you can finance it, they will buy." Very true in investment
real estate, but how many brokers understand the basics of finance and
valuation? Learn how the appraisers and underwriters value your
listings. This is a tool which sets an agent apart and allows that
agent to be a true deal maker.
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register online,
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Office
8:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: C. Robert (Bob) Percival, SIOR, CPM®, Percival McGuire
Commercial Real Estate
Learn what's important to an office tenant and to the office building owner!
Certain terms in a lease (or those left out) can make the difference between
a home run and a strike out. This session goes from the basics to what
every office broker needs to know. Don't miss this!
• To
register online,
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For a printable registration form,
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Property Management -
(CE Approved)
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Steve Banner, RPA, CCIM,
CPM®,
NAI Southern Real Estate
Topics include responsibilities of the property manager, real property
vs. facility management, financial management, building operations,
administration, environmental and legal issues, and tenant relations.
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register online,
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Industrial Real Estate -
(CE Approved)
8:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: Jon Morris, Beacon Partners
This class
takes the participant through the development process for a warehouse
facility. It starts with "Where tenants come from...;" goes into an
interactive discussion regarding land acquisition, a brief finance
overview, construction and lease-up; and concludes with disposition
strategies.
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register online,
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Land Sales -
(CE Approved)
1:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Jim Teat, Jim Teat Land Sales
This course will explore how to determine site development potential
according to physical and legal constraints. Students will learn how
to assess sites for their highest and best use. Listing and marketing
land will also be discussed.
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SPRING EDUCATION
Spring 2008 education courses will be held from March 13 - June 6.
Below is the list of the classes being offered, along with the
scheduled dates. Please be on the look out for more
information to follow.
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Selling Environmental Amenities, Jerry Regenbogen
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BICAR Course, Garth Dunklin
April 22, 2008
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BICAR Course, Garth Dunklin
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Mandatory Update, Cindy Chandler
May 15, 2008
• The RCA-NCAR Commercial Forms,
Garth Dunklin
June 2, 2008
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March 27, 2008
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Mandatory Update, Cindy Chandler
May 7, 2008
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BICAR Course, Cindy Chandler
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Mandatory Update, Garth Dunlin
May 20, 2008
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Mandatory Update, Garth Dunklin
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Ethics, Cindy Chandler
June 6, 2008
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ETHICS WILL BE DUE AGAIN ON DECEMBER 31, 2008!
All REALTOR® members of CRCBR must take an Ethics Class before December 31, 2008. If
you have taken a class between January 1, 2005 until now, you are exempt
from taking the class. However, if you last took the Ethics class in 2004
or earlier, you MUST take an Ethics class to continue membership. Anyone
who has taken an Ethics Class not sponsored by CRCBR must fax, email, or
mail a copy of their Certificate of Completion to Emily Crespo. If you are a
broker-in-charge who needs to take the class, you have the option of taking the
class online, in order to prevent attending a third class during the licensing
year. For online instruction, please
Click Here. If you have any questions about the Ethics
requirement, please email Emily at
emily@crcbr.org.
GOLD PASSPORT
CRCBR has a fast, easy, and affordable way for you to keep up with your
continuing education requirements, and to stay abreast of what's going on
within commercial real estate. It's called the Gold Passport and it's
your ticket to incredible value and outstanding education!
Benefits
Gold Passport takes $20 off the already discounted member price for two CE
courses. You can use your Gold Passport anytime between the time you
purchase it and December 31, 2008. Pay no rescheduling fees if CRCBR is
notified by 12:00 pm the business day prior to the class date. Pay for
your continuing education once, and schedule classes at your convenience.
Gold Passport entitles you to eight hours of continuing education credits.
Please Note: Gold Passport holders cannot register
online for classes. All registrations must be done via fax or mailed
in.
Gold Passport Policies & Restrictions
• The Gold Passport is available to REALTOR® members only.
• Passport valid from the date of purchase through December 31, 2008.
(Please note that Gold Passport is based on the calendar year, not the Real
Estate Commission license year.)
• Passport not valid for the Commercial Certificate Program (CCP)
CoreConcepts Level 100 Series or CoreConcepts Level 200 Series.
• Passport not valid for CRCBR on-line continuing educations classes.
Cost
The cost of the Gold Passport is $110. To purchase a Gold Passport,
please check the appropriate box on the print registration form.
• For a printable registration form,
Click Here.
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Online Ethics Training
There are two online ethics training courses available on
www.REALTOR.org. Each
course meets the specific criteria and learning objectives required for either
new REALTORS® or existing REALTORS® as established in the Statements of
Professional Standards Policy #47 - New Member Orientation Program, and #48 -
Quadrennial REALTOR® Ethics Training found in the NAR
Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual. These courses do not
count as an elective for your license.
For more information and access to each course, use the links below. You must be
a registered REALTOR.org user with an ID and password to access the following
links. You may need to wait one hour before access the course if you just
registered for REALTOR.org.
New Member Code of Ethics Orientation: Course for new REALTORS®.
Quadrennial REALTOR® Ethics Training: Course for existing REALTORS®.
Instructions
on Taking the FREE Online Ethics Training
For step-by-step instructions on how to take the free online ethics
training classes,
Click Here.
Questions
If you
have any questions about online ethics training, please contact the CRCBR
offices at info@crcbr.org.
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Key Meeting Dates
REBIC has compiled a list of key meetings happening this week that
are of concern to our industry which you might want to attend:
Tuesday, January 22nd
6:30 pm - Cabarrus
County Commissioners Mtg
7:00 pm - Union County Board of Commissioners Mtg
Wednesday, January 23rd
10:00 am -
Charlotte Chamber Speaker Series w/Fred Smith
Thursday, January 24th
6:00 pm - Gaston
County Commission/Planning Board Mtg
Developers of The Epic Withdraw a Petition to Rezone
Developers of the The Epic, ParkWest Stone, surprised Harrisburg
council members and mayor when they withdrew their petition to rezone
200 acres just south of Lowe's Motor Speedway, citing a desire to
maintain its working relationship with Speedway Motorsports Inc.
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Village Developer Proposes to Widen I-77 Even More
Developers of The Village at Lake Norman has already proposed adding
a third lane from exit 23 to 28 of I-77. Now they want to propose
adding a fourth lane between exits 25 and 28.
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Orange County Commissioners Face Tax Issue Dilemma
Orange County Commissioners have until February 29th to decide
whether to ask voters to approve a quarter-cent sales tax increase or a
0.4 percent land transfer tax.
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Fort Mill Impact Fees Exemption Feud Heat Up
After York County rejects an appeal from a Fort Mill-area retirement
community that wants to be exempt from paying school impact fees,
attorney for the developer argues the decision is unconstitutional,
citing, "it is illegal to assess impact fees when there is no impact".
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Charlotte
Business Journal's 2008 Green Awards
The
Charlotte Business Journal
and the
Charlotte Chapter of the US Green Building Council want to recognize
those who are going green at the inaugural 2008 Green Awards Event.
The awards event will honor those in the Charlotte area who make
efforts to incorporate environmentally sustainable practices into
their businesses and community work. By doing so, they show others
how to strengthen the environmental health of our region.
The Green Awards will recognize individuals, businesses, government leaders and
entities, and nonprofit organizations in two main categories — General Awards and
Green Building Awards. Within those two categories, there are a total of 20
awards. Work or projects completed from January 2007 to December 2007 will be
considered.
Nomination Deadline: February 22, 2008
• For a printable flyer,
Click Here.
• For more nomination information,
Click Here.
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SC Firefighters Advocate State Sprinkler Bill
After
the tragic death of nine Charleston firefighters last year, fire officials are pushing for a
bill that requires all commercial buildings have sprinklers to
prevent dangerous blazes that could take more lives.
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CB Richard
Ellis Group, Inc. Issues Fourth Quarter 2007 Office Vacancy Index
Report
The CB Richard
Ellis Office Vacancy Index measures the vacancies, construction
completions and net absorption in downtown and suburban areas of the
United States. The index is based on a quarterly survey of
competitive office buildings. The vacancy rate is computed as a
percentage, dividing vacant space for lease by the total square
footage of competitive nonmedical, multi-tenant office space in each
market.
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The following is a list of recent commercial real estate
transactions completed by fellow CRCBR members:
Flagship Capital Partners, LLC - Bill Transou
Flagship Capital Partners, LLC- Bill Transou, Partner and Chief
Investment Officer, lead the disposition of One and Three Corporate
Centre buildings in Myrtle Beach, SC. Totaling over 68,300 SF of
class A office space, the multi-tenant office buildings are situated
on approximately 5.6 acres in Horry County, just off Highway 17
North, at 21st Avenue and Grissom Boulevard in Horry County. Myrtle Beach Farms
Company was the buyer in the acquisition of the asset. Mr. Transou
represented the Seller(s) and First Colony Corporation in the sale
of each asset.
Merrifield Partners -
Jon Jarrett
AJ&R Partners, LLC has purchased a 2.31-acre site (sales price
$184,800) at Old Hickory
Business Park, a Crosland project developed by Merrifield Partners. The
location will be the site of Piedmont Instrument and Controls, Inc., a
distributor of process valves, instrumentation, analytical instruments,
calibration equipment and related services to the manufacturing
industry. The 225-acre business park is located on Indian
Trail-Fairview Road in Indian Trail, Union County, NC. Jon Jarrett of
Merrifield Partners represented the seller in this transaction. Mark
Wright of Walt Perry Realty represented the
buyer.
Sperry Van
Ness/Lighthouse Commercial Realty - Troy A. Legge, CCIM
Sperry Van Ness/Lighthouse Commercial Realty sold a 14,550 SF absolute
net leased, freestanding Walgreens drug store located in Portsmouth,
Virginia. Troy Legge of Sperry Van Ness represented the seller, which
developed the property. An exchange buyer located in Florida purchased
the property for $5,065,000.
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hear about your successes! Get
your commercial transactions into the Voice!
Below is the basic format of how your transactions will be listed.
Make sure to give us your name, company and all of the information
pertaining to the transaction:
Commercial RE Company - Jane Doe
XYZ Company leased 5000 sq. ft. of flex space at 123 Plaza Center.
Jane Doe of Commercial RE Company represented the tenant and John Smith of
John Smith Real Estate represented the landlord.
You can email your transaction information to CRCBR at
info@crcbr.org
or you can fax it to 704-377-8983. If you have any questions about
submitting your transactions for the Voice, please call CRCBR at
704-377-8982.
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Did
you know that there are eight different committees in which members of
the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of REALTORS® can actively
participate? The heart of our association is active member involvement,
and we encourage everyone to become involved in a committee or project.
We also solicit your comments and suggestions throughout the year! Each
committee is designed to cover one facet of the organization, and with
the variety of committees, we are sure there is one to cater to your
particular personality and talents!
Each committee is an integral part of our association, and helps CRCBR run efficiently, while growing in both number and positive reputation
throughout the Charlotte Region. We strive to show and remind
members and other prospective brokers in the community, the integrity of
the Real Estate career while helping them succeed at their goals through
programs, networking events, and education.
If you are
interested in joining a committee, please email
info@crcbr.org.
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As a member of
the North Carolina Association of REALTORS®, you receive the
benefit of a free subscription to REALFAST Forms. However, in order
to have the most up-to-date forms and software, we recommend that
you update your forms every quarter. In order to change your
information on the forms, here is a link to information:
http://www.ncrealtor.org.
You must sign in with your email and member number to access the
forms.
This link provides detailed directions if you have recently changed
companies, changed your company name or changed your company's
address, as you will need to change this information in your Realfast desktop product.
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NAR Helps
Realtors® Manage Multiple Technology Tools
The
National Association of Realtors® Center for REALTOR® Technology
has released a free software toolkit to facilitate open
standards-based Single Sign-On. SSO is an authentication process
that allows users to enter one username and password to access all
online real estate applications.
With SSO
technology, Realtors® no longer have to login separately to their
multiple listing services, transaction management tools, form and
virtual tour providers and email and web accounts. This
streamlines the login process and reduces the number of usernames
and passwords required for logins.
[More]
• The SSO
software toolkit is available for free on NAR's Web site, at
http://code.crt.realtors.org/projects/websso.
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Training for CPE
will be held on the following dates at the CRCBR offices from
2pm - 4pm:
February 21
March 20
This
training is for current subscribers to the system. In order
to sign up for training, please sign into
www.charlottecpe.com,
and click 'Sign up now for a training session' from the main
page. Classes are free, but pre-registration is required. A
confirmation email will be sent to your attention 2 days
before the course. Thank you for your
continued support of CRCPE!
Questions
If you
have any questions about CPE training, please contact the CRCBR
offices at info@crcbr.org.
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Technical
Support will be provided by Karnes!
Email Karnes
at
support@karnesco.com. Or
call 800-879-7172 or 704-940-9550 to receive CPE support during
normal business hours. Simply dial the number, then dial "1"
for Commercial Property Exchange Information, and dial "1"
once more to be directed to one of Karnes' Charlotte CPE
technical support representatives.
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Charlotte Region Commercial Board of
REALTORS®
212 S. Tryon Street, Suite 1150,
Charlotte, NC 28281
phone: 704.377.8982 fax: 704.377.8983
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