Nar Convention in Orlando,

The World's largest Real Estate Convention for Real Estate Professionals, will be held November 07 - 10, 2008 with a number of meetings that compliment but are not part of the official agenda during the week prior to the 7th.

Linda and I will be attending this amazing gathering of information, resources and networking again this year. Last year was in Las Vegas, this year it is Orlando Florida.

With Linda now having completed the course and almost ready to get licensed this years convention will take a completely different perspective and dimension for us both.

For Linda, it will be an eye opener to sit in and listen to all this information, sessions workshop and practical learning. For both it will be a week of hard work in regards of networking, shaking hands, promoting Canada and Victoria in particular as a great place to refer buyers and sellers to, in addition we will be seeking new and strengthening existing relationships with those we have great relationships with.

I will be attending a re-certification class for teachers of a class that we hope to be able to teach in BC soon, called Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR). This course is currently being reviewed and edited for introduction in BC by BCREA, as one of the continuing education courses.

We will also try to attend a similar recertification course for course specializing in working with Seniors (SRES), again BCREA is working toward introducing these course to BC Canada, over the next year or so.

We hope to be able to tell you more about these courses soon.

for those wondering why we would go to a convention in the USA, an earlier statement should have answered it for you, but in short "REFERRALS" we expect to generate enough new referrals from agents to make this event once again worth our while.

The education, the fellow ship, the networking, insight, understanding and opportunities etc all play an additional important part in staying on top of the market and events that may or will affect us locally.

A question to Active Rain realtor bloggers, are there any Active Rain activities and events scheduled at the Convention, and if so where and when?

How about all Active Rain supporters, making and wearing an Active Rain Badge (be creative) during the convention and meetings? I wil make this suggestion a seperate post as well.

It is our intention to post some updates and possibly pictures and information from Orlando while we are there, but in the mean time, if you are confirmed to go, or are planning to go, let us know and may be we can connect while amongst the thousands.

check out this years itinerary at http://www.realtor.org/convention.nsf/

between Lance Armstrong, Lionel Ritchie, and Cool and the Gang, the entertainment alone is likely worth the price of attending, but you decide.

In any event if you ever have a possibility to attend regional or national events organized by either your own company or by regional or national real estate organizations, there are so many benefits in attending that I can only urge you to consider it.

as always live a pfanntastic life,

Peter and Linda Pfann