Hawai'i Aloha Chapter of CRS

Survivor 2008

State Sellabration - August 8, 2008

The Hawai'i Aloha Chapter of CRS presents their annual State Sellabration featuring a program designed to help you "outwit," "outplay" and "outlast" to SURVIVE!

Here are your survival tools:

•CE Core: Real Estate Law Update and Disclosure Overview Part B

Instructor: John Connelley, CRB, CRS, GRI

•CRS Networking Luncheon & Annual Business Meeting

Network with fellow CRS's and distribute your favorite listing fliers.  The short annual business meeting will cover the election of CRS officers, and other new updates.

•"Getting Started with My Retirement Plan - Never too Young of Old"

Guest Speaker Mike Hogan will go over the general overview to retirement plans.  It's never too early or too late to think about retirement plans.  The important thing is that you PLAN.  Mike Hogan is the Senior V.P. of Bank of Hawaii's Employee Benefits & Financial Services.  He will educate you on the many options available to you, and talk about investments.

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Certified Residential Specialist

CRS 202 Sales Strategies

Core Course - August 28-29, 2008

Top sales associates enjoy a competitive advantage because they understand what motivates and influences their customers.  Sales Strategies gives students the inside track to win over prospective buyers by teaching them the necessary strategies that make their sales quick and efficient. Students will learn how to work with today's new buyer through counseling, salesmanship and negotiation.  These effective strategies will give agents customers for life.

Course Content: Understanding buyer motivation; Eliminating sales resistance; Creating trust and loyalty from buyers; and Negotiating skills.

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Certified Residential Specialist

CRS 204 Wealth Building

Core Course - September 16-17, 2008

Back by popular demand... Instructor Chris Bird!

More people have become wealthy investing in real estate than many other investments.  Agents who want to learn the specific secrets to smart real estate investments can discover them in this course.  Students will learn how to identify the right opportunities in a down market or an up market, compare real estate with other investments and create additional wealth – for themselves and their clients.  This high-energy course explores another way to generate sales that has been overlooked, and the results can be life changing!  This class is a must for any real estate professional looking to create wealth through residential real estate investment.

Course Content:

•Identifying money-making opportunities

•Comparing potential investment opportunities

•Retirement planning and investing

•Calculating initial investment to rate of return

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CE Credits for e-PRO Course

The Hawai'i Association of REALTORS® has obtained approval from the Hawai'i Real Estate Commission for three (3) hours of elective CE credits for the successful completion of the e-PRO course. Once you receive your e-PRO certificate as verification of completion of the course, you may submit your CE request form and $10 processing fee to the Hawai'i Association of REALTORS®.

You may receive CE credits only for the biennium in which you complete the course. Submit the e-PRO CE request form to the Hawai'i Association of REALTORS®. Please allow approximately 10 days to process your CE credit.

If you have any questions, you may contact the Hawai'i Association of REALTORS® at (808) 733-7060, from Neighbor Islands, (888) 737-9070.

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CCIM Institute

Cultural Diversity Education Program

Historically, minorities have had limited representation in commercial real estate.  That's changing, and one organization is at the forefront.  Since 2003, the CCIM Institute has helped minority professionals advance through education.

Through its Cultural Diversity Education Program (CDEP), CCIM Institute offers scholarships and vouchers good for CCIM Institute education.  Each year, CCIM Institute holds up to seven Introduction to Commercial Investment Real Estate courses through the CDEP.  These two-day courses focus on fundamentals: lease clauses, how to evaluate a mortgage loan, investment analysis tools, taxation and more.  Those accepted pay no tuition (exceptd for a $30 processing fee).  Those who pass are eligible for discounts on the more challenging, five-day CCIM Institute core courses.

The Introduction courses are held in major markets across the nation, and locations change annually.  CCIM Instructors, all practicing commercial practitioners, lead the classes.  Participation offers benefits beyond the curriculum presented.  The classes let students network, share information and create opportunities.  Since the CDEP inception, hundreds have completed the Introduction course and many have taken CCIM core courses.  Be part of this winning initiative.

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