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REALTORS® Launch Initiatives To Better Serve Global Presence in Brevard

By Christine Edwards posted 09-13-2018 10:13

  

REALTORS® Launch Initiatives To Better Serve Global Presence in Brevard


Christine Edwards
Communications Director
Space Coast Association of REALTORS®
2950 Pineda Plaza Way
Palm Shores, FL 32940
321-242-2211

REALTORS® Launch Initiatives To Better Serve Global Presence in Brevard


PALM SHORES, FL - September 11, 2018 - The Space Coast Association of REALTORS® Global Committee has launched several initiatives to better serve international buyers and sellers. Some of their efforts are already showing promise, and the committee is just getting started.

The Global Committee was founded in 2010 with ten members and in the last two years has grown to a robust 30-member force. The committee's leadership has laser-focused its efforts to enhance the service international clients receive when they work with Brevard County REALTORS®. Each committee meeting agenda is chock full and the items the committee executes are being met with warm reception.

One of these efforts was to create a directory search for the Association's website enabling visitors to find bilingual Association members. Another was to increase the number of Certified International Property Specialists (CIPS) within the Association by offering the rigorous 5-day training course here in Brevard County. The Global Committee didn't stop there. Instead, they began inviting experts on pertinent issues related to international real estate to come to the Association to speak to all REALTOR® members. Today, more than 10 subject matter experts have shared their knowledge and resources with Space Coast REALTORS® regarding international insurance, global business, taxes, visa requirements and other important topics.

Some of the Global Committee's efforts are already yielding benefits. The directory language search is a great example.

"Our Global Committee sought to make a language filter tool available to aid Space Coast buyers and sellers, and I think it's a really great resource," said Leah Selig, CEO of the Space Coast Association of REALTORS®. "Buying or selling a home is a big undertaking and this is one more way that our Association can help make the process a tad easier. Our site visitors can now search our directory and find REALTORS® and Business Partners who speak 19 languages, in addition to English."

The CIPS training is another initiative that is proving to be a worthwhile endeavor. When REALTORS® complete CIPS, they are certified and ready to help buyers and sellers with currency and exchange rate issues, regional market conditions, investment performance and tax issues. It's one step toward the CIPS designation, which requires additional course work. To date, 30 Space Coast REALTORS® have completed all of the training and were awarded the designation.

Information is a critical resource and one that the Global Committee is ardently working to share with local REALTORS®. The committee tries to schedule a speaker to visit the Association every month to share their insights into real issues that international buyers and sellers are dealing with. In the past, global business directors, asset managers and attorneys have imparted their knowledge, thereby better preparing Space Coast REALTORS® for the issues they will face in the field.

“International real estate transactions can be very complicated for buyers and sellers," said Donna Roane, Global Committee member. "The Global Committee helps me be more informed and prepared for these transactions through guest speakers, information about continuing education and through building relationships with my peers at our meetings. It makes a real difference.”

The future is both busy and exciting for the Space Coast Association of REALTORS® Global Committee. On September 19, 2018, the committee will attend a Pinellas Park Association meeting about properly conducting international business. Next month, they will hold a Global Night Out, a networking event with a cultural twist, at Fiesta Azteca in Melbourne.

“Our Global Committee has made some substantial efforts of late to help REALTORS® be more informed and better able to serve international buyers and sellers," said Claes Carlsson, Global Committee chair. "I'm excited to see how much more we will have accomplished by this time next year.”

For more information contact the Space Coast Association of REALTORS® at 321-242-2211.

About the Space Coast Association of REALTORS®


Since 1959, the Space Coast Association of REALTORS® has been a professional trade association that provides services to our local REALTOR® community. Our membership base is comprised of more than 4,100 REALTORS® and Business Partner Members that service Brevard County and adhere to a strict Code of Ethics when working with one another and the general public. The Space Coast Association of REALTORS® takes an active part in community programs and pursues projects our members support to further real estate interests. The protection of private property rights is always our top priority.

For more information, contact Christine Edwards at 321-242-2211 or via email at christine.edwards@space321.com.

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