2014 Seminar Cruise January 5

Seminar Cruise January 5 - 12, 2014
Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas

To accommodate individual needs seminar are sold separately. Four 3 CE credit seminars and three non-credit courses will be offered.

Cassandra Agnew Walker will facilitate the courses. As a broker with more than 30 years of real estate practice and over 10,000 thousand hours of teaching Cassandra makes seminars interesting and relevant.

On past Seminar Cruises we were able to offer the six credit mandatory RECO Real Estate Update (Residential). Due to changes in the continuing education requirements brought about by the Registrar, REBBA 2002 and effective August 1, 2013 the course can no longer be offered. As of that date the mandatory course is only offered online through RECO.

Seminar registration will take place in October 2013. Seminar Cruise participants will be notified by email when registration opens.

Professional Development Seminars (no CE credits):

Keeping Deals Together - this course explores practices for reducing problem areas within deals and looks at approaches for handling problems that do arise. (2 hours)

You Be The Judge - imagine you are hearing a real estate law suit, discipline, or arbitration case. You get to consider the facts and the law in reaching your decision. The interesting part is seeing how your thinking matches what actually happened. (2 hours)

Offer Presentations & Negotiations - it is the most important activity of anyone who makes a living trading in real estate. There is law that applies and professional standards that must be observed. This seminar takes an advanced look at practices and procedures to enhance the potential for successful negotiations and which reduce the opportunity for problems to arise before completion. (2 hours)

CE Credit Seminars

Success & Compliance in Advertising, 3 hours, 3 CE credits. This course examines the laws and regulations that must be taken into account when advertising or soliciting one's services and listings. In that context it then looks sets out basic principals for developing more effective advertising.

Stigmatized & Unusual Property, 3 hours, 3 CE credits. While most properties are unique, there are those with features that present more challenges or opportunities in marketing. This course takes a look at various unusual characteristics that may impact the manner in which a property is present for sale. Issues surrounding discovery and disclosure of these characteristics are explored, as are techniques for marketing. A number of case studies are used to explore the topic.

Clause Writing to Show Representation, 3 hours, 3 CE credits. This course looks at clauses and lays out the factors that contribute to writing ones which best represent the interests and intent of the parties.

Forms (Update), 3 hours, 3 CE credits. Every year forms are tweaked and new ones appear. This course takes a look at recent changes in standard forms.

Seminars are open to all Ontario Registrants. Continuing Education Credit seminars are administered by REAS Group. All seminars are approved for CE credit by the Registrar, REBBA 2002. A processing fee of $150 is applicable if you do not book your cabin as part of our Seminar Cruise group.