Mar 4, 2016 | Member Services |
Lisa Hensen (Royal LePage Niagara Real Estate Centre) is presenting an Easter Egg Hunt to benefit the Grimsby Food Bank. The Easter Egg Hunt will be held Sunday, March 27 at 12:30 p.m. at Central School in Grimsby. Activities include face painting, crafts table, pictures with the Easter Bunny and more. Hot chocolate, coffee, tea and treats provided.
Entry fee: 1 food donation per child. Lisa will match all food donations. For more information, contact Lisa Hensen at 905.945.1234 or lisa@royallepage.ca.
Mar 4, 2016 | Member Services |
This one-day conference is filled with opportunities and events designed for REALTORS®, and you are invited to attend!
- Rebecca Mountain: Online Lead Generation: The Simple Solution
- Rick Shelley: Multi-Residential: The Ins and Outs
- Don Patterson: CREA Update and Information for the Commercial Practitioner
- Knowledge Pods in the Exhibit Hall – stop for a few minutes and learn
from the pros
- Lunch time Panel – Mary Lou Tanner, Director of Planning & Building for the City of Burlington and Jason Thorne, General Manager Planning and Economic Development Department for the City of Hamilton will take part in a lunch time panel discussion moderated by Hamilton Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Keanin Loomis
- CONNECTIONS Café – a place to meet and chat with colleagues about issues of the day
- Trade show with 55+ exhibitors
- RAHB Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Light breakfast and buffet lunch
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More COMMERCIAL content this year!
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For more information
Register online or contact Sheila at the RAHB office
– 905.529.8101 x234 or email sheilas@rahb.ca
* Members who register before 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 7 but do not attend REALTOR® CONNECTIONS (and do not cancel their registration in advance of the event – see cancellation policy below) will have a $35+HST administration fee charged to their RAHB account.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations will be accepted until 8:30 a.m., Monday, March 14.
Cancellations received after that date will not be eligible for any applicable refund.
Mar 4, 2016 | Member Services |
Laser Dimension Master II
- Fast, accurate indoor measurements up to 50 feet with 99.0% accuracy
- Instant digital readout displayed in feet-inches or metres
- Uses a narrow ultrasonic beam to measure at the speed of sound, even in areas with furniture or fixtures
- Laser pointer may also be used alone for presentations
- Sleek, easy-to-use design. Carry it in your pocket, purse or briefcase.
NOTE: Warranty voided if the device is left in your vehicle, exposed to temperature extremes. Final sale item. Limited quantity.
$42.50 ea.*
SQ. FT. Sticker
Red printing on white background, 3 ½” x 20”
.41¢ ea.*
Customer Appresiation Day Winner
Congratulations to Valerie Dalgetty-Righton (Coldwell Banker Community Real Estate), winner of the Realty Shoppe’s Customer Appreciation Day draw for a gift basket valued at $40.
Light refreshments and free give aways were enjoyed by all who dropped by on February 10.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Realty Shoppe will be CLOSED for all business on Wednesday, March 23
Visit our booth at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS at the Hamilton Convention Centre
New products! Show specials! Great prizes!
Remember to bring your business cards to enter the draws
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* All applicable taxes are extra. Prices subject to change.
Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
T.: 905.529.5979 F.: 905.529.7109 E.: realtyshoppe@rahb.ca
Mar 4, 2016 | Member Services |
The following information has come to RAHB and may be of interest to members. Please note that the opinions of the author are not necessarily those held by RAHB, its Board of Directors or staff.
Dear Editor:
There seems to be a theme with provincial legislation lately and it has to do with trails. Recently we found out about Bill 118 and now there is Bill 100, which has been voted on once and is moving forward through government procedure. Both of these Bills remove and/or undermine private property rights.
Bill 100 leads the private property owner into thinking they can allow things like snowmobile trails, atv trails, hiking trails, etc., across their property and yet retain the right to shut those trails down, if they want or need to. They will not be able to, if Bill 100 is passed.
What are the main points of Bill 100? Bill 100 short titled Supporting Ontario’s Trails Act, 2015, includes 3 sections and 6 Schedules. Schedule 1 is the Ontario Trails Act, 2015, and has 16 sections.
This Act is by the Minister of Tourism and the Bill states the purposes of this Act are: to encourage the use of trails, to enhance trail experience, to protect trails, and to recognize trails.
Nothing in this Act is for the protection of the private property owner, and would seem to mislead the private property owner into entering into agreements where an easement would be registered against the title of the private property. This easement cannot be removed by the private property owner; it can only be removed by an “eligible body”, which under this Act is a “nominee.”
A “nominee” seems a very unusual term, and the reasoning for this term could seem quite the trick. When an “eligible body” approaches a private property owner about allowing a trail to cross their land, if the owner of the land agrees, then the owner is the one actually asking this “eligible body” to put an easement against the owner’s title. Unknowingly the private property owner has just turned over his rights to the eligible body, and because of this Act that eligible body can now go and register an easement against the title of the property.
“Eligible bodies” include, exerpt right from the Act: The Crown in right of Canada or Ontario, including an agency, board or commission of the Crown that can hold an interest in land: an aboriginal band (within the meaning of the Indian Act of Canada), community or organization prescribed under this Act: a municipality: a conservation authority: a board under the Education Act: an incorporated registered charity under the Canada Corporations Act: a trustee of a charitable foundation and/or a donnee registered under the Income Tax Act: a qualified organization, under section 170 (h) Internal Revenue Code (United States)[(3)Future interests in tangible personal property… For purposes of the preceding sentence, a fixture which is intended to be severed from the real property shall be treated as tangible personal property.], etc.,: any other person or body prescribed under this Act.
Also, if a private property owner did allow an easement, that easement can be transferred from the eligible body, you have entered into an agreement with, to any of the other “eligible bodies” on that list, and you wouldn’t even know. So, in good faith, you enter into an agreement with the local snowmobile club and the next thing you know a municipality or conservation authority has an easement against your property. Is that what a private property owner wanted? No, but that’s what this Bill can do.
This Bill could also be a detriment to those who have had a really good working relationship with private property owners, because if a private property owner feels they are going to have an easement registered against their property that they haven’t any control over, or can’t remove, why would anyone allow any association, federation, or organization the privilege of putting a trail across their property. I know I wouldn’t, so this Bill does just the complete opposite of what its purpose is, to promote trails.
Bill 100 needs to die on the floor of Queen’s Park for the protection of everyone’s private property rights.
Elizabeth Marshall,
Director of Research Ontario Landowners Association, President All Rights Research Ltd., Director Canadian Justice Review Board
NOTE:
Don Johnson (Right at Home Realty Inc.) will be speaking on this topic at a Knowledge Pod at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS on March 23.
Mar 4, 2016 | Member Services |
WEBForms® – with Lynn St-Germain, CREA Product Training Specialist
Thursday, March 10, 2016
1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Flying Drones and Real Estate
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Cost: Free
Registration
Problems with Older Homes
Friday, April 8, 2016
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Cost: Free
Registration
iPad Agent
Monday, April 18, 2016
9 a.m. – Noon
Cost: $79+HST Early Bird (before April 11, 2016); $99+HST Regular Price
Registration
Social Media for Agents *New
Monday, April 18, 2016
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: $79+HST Early Bird (before April 11, 2016), $99+HST Regular Price
e-PRO® Day 1 – Certification Course
(Note: Day 2 completed online)
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $199 + HST
Registration
HST for the Real Estate Professional
Thursday, May 12, 2016
10 a.m. – Noon
Cost: Free
Registration
SRES® – Seniors Real Estate Specialist®
Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 and 26, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day
Cost: $299+HST
Registration
All courses will be held at the RAHB office, McCullough Room (lower level).
Contact Angela (905.529.8101 x 233 or angelam@rahb.ca) for more information or to register.
Mar 4, 2016 | RAHB News |
RAHB’s annual conference and trade show – known first as REALTORS® without BORDERS and now as REALTOR® CONNECTIONS – has been one of RAHB’s most important member services for the last 15 years, and was rated as RAHB’s Number One event in the Member Satisfaction Survey in 2014.
Prior to the first fully-fledged REALTORS® without BORDERS Conference and Trade Show, RAHB offered various forms of education days both alone and in conjunction with other real estate associations. Then came the first REALTORS® without BORDERS in 2001, which offered professional development (and MCE Credits) and a large trade show.
In 2010, the event underwent a name change to REALTOR® CONNECTIONS and in 2012 it was combined with the RAHB AGM to give members a one-day, everything-in-one-place event.
The focus of the event has always been bringing members the best in professional development, vendors in the trade show and other features to assist members in their roles as REALTORS®. A more recent addition is a focus on member engagement and developing two-way communication with members.
Here’s a quick look at how REALTOR® CONNECTIONS has developed from 10 years ago:
Quick Facts:
Most exhibitors: 70 (2014) Highest registration fee: $45 (2007-2010)
Highest attendance: 585 (2004) Lowest registration fee: FREE (2011-2016)
No matter what you call it – Education Day, REALTORS® without BORDERS or REALTOR® CONNECTIONS – this is the event that focuses on what members need and want to do their business better.
Online registration to this year’s event is open until 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 14. REALTOR® CONNECTIONS 2016 is FREE for members who register by 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 7.
For more information about REALTOR® CONNECTIONS 2016, please visit our website.
Mar 4, 2016 | RAHB News |
The quarterly RAHB dues have been billed and e-mailed to you as part of your February monthly invoice. Please note that dues are due and payable no later than March 31st, 2016. If payment is not received, suspension will be immediate as per RAHB Bylaw Article 4, Section 3, Sub-Section 3.01.
Acceptable methods of Payment are as follows:
In Person: Visa, MasterCard, Interac, cash or cheque
By Phone: Visa or MasterCard
Online through Fusion: Visa, MasterCard or AMEX
Online: CIBC/PC Financial, Royal Bank, Scotia Bank, TD Canada Trust – for assistance in set-up, please contact Karin at 905.529.8101 x 258.
Pre-Authorized payment subscribers will be processed on Monday March 21st, 2016.
*To meet the Senior Membership criteria, you must be 65 years of age and a 25-year RAHB member. If you meet the criteria, please contact Camryn in the Membership Department with proof of age (e.g. driver’s license) – camrynh@rahb.ca or by fax to 905.529.4349.
Membership Terminations: Article 4 – Section 1, 1.02
It shall be the Brokerage’s responsibility to ensure that notice of all Membership resignations and/or other Membership terminations for Members registered with such Brokerage are received at the Association office within seven (7) business days of such termination. Notice of any resignation and/or other Membership termination received after such date, shall be subject to a penalty in the amount of $50.00 per incident, which sum shall be payable by the Brokerage to the Association.
Mar 4, 2016 | RAHB News |
The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington extends a warm welcome to its newest members (January 22 to February 23).
Alec Danch
Alan Brown Real Estate Brokerage
Mabel Huang
Apex Results Realty Inc., Brokerage
Roopa Sharma
Century 21 New Age Realty Inc., Brokerage
Adam Consoli
Coldwell Banker Community Real Estate Inc., Brokerage
Cynthia Featherstone
Coldwell Banker K. Miller Real Estate Inc., Brokerage
Cindy Zupanovic
Heritage Realty Inc., Brokerage
Jackie Ruth Chong
Homelife Professionals Realty Inc., Brokerage
Anahita Atta
Dan Corcoran
Katherine Budreau
Keller Williams Complete Realty Inc., Brokerage
Steve Dixon
Emily Jones
Keller Williams Edge Realty Inc., Brokerage
Mohammad Uddin
Kingsway Real Estate Brokerage
David Medeiros
Leanne Giles
RE/MAX Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage
Sydney Borsi
Joanne Miller
Jamie Kovacs
RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc., Brokerage
Cheryl Buis
Zizi Farhan
Royal LePage Burloak Real Estate Services Inc., Brokerage
Jonathan Sommer
Rob Kutlesa
Royal LePage State Realty Inc., Brokerage
Christopher Toste
Royal LePage Supreme Realty Inc., Brokerage
Bram Goldman
Shanon Knights
St. Jean Realty Inc., Brokerage
Mark Wessman
Irina Clairmont
Your Choice Realty Corp., Brokerage
Mar 4, 2016 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
Have you been reading your copies of The Shift, RAHB’s newsletter about all things Matrix? The Shift is delivered right to your email inbox and it contains helpful information about what you can do to prepare for Matrix. It also has, in every issue, links to useful information, like samples of the Data Input form you will be using once RAHB cuts over to Matrix.
All issues of The Shift are posted on REALTOR Link®, so if you have missed one or some, you can still catch up. Just look under the “MLS®” tab, and look for “The Shift”. You can also check out everything RAHB has published about the Regional MLS® system in that same section.
Mar 4, 2016 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
If you have been using CONNECT to access listings from Cambridge, Kitchener-Waterlook and Oakville-Milton, you will notice these feeds are no longer being updated in the CONNECT system and have been be removed from the CONNECT interface. These feeds are no longer necessary for RAHB members because that data is now available within Matrix. Matrix provides a much richer and more detailed set of data and also contains additional historical listing data which was not available within CONNECT.
If you haven’t yet logged in to the new Matrix system, you should head on over to http://onregional.ca to see what you are missing!
Mar 4, 2016 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
Were you unable to join the Matrix webinar on Tuesday or Thursday, February 23 and 25? Don’t despair – the webinar was recorded and you can watch the presentation at your own convenience. Check it out at https://youtu.be/KtFAgTU-ipE.
Mar 4, 2016 | RAHB News |
from RAHB CEO George O’Neill
It’s March: the beginning of the spring market and the perfect time to re-energize and focus on the busy market ahead.
It’s also the time to attend REALTOR® CONNECTIONS on March 23, 2016 at the Hamilton Convention Centre. This event has lots to offer to help you succeed in your business.
REALTOR® CONNECTIONS is a great time for you to learn more about your association, meet with sellers of services you can use in your day-to-day business as a REALTOR®, learn something new in a professional development session or Knowledge Pod and meet with your colleagues, your Directors and the RAHB president.
And there’s more – Realty Shoppe specials and draws, a lunchtime panel of City Planners talking about their city’s’ plans for the future, two sessions on Matrix, lots of commercial content … every member should find something of interest and value at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS.
Here are my top three reasons you should attend REALTOR® CONNECTIONS:
- The RAHB Annual General Meeting. Our AGM is the best way for you to hear about initiatives for the coming year, to receive an update about Matrix and the Regional MLS® System and to learn about RAHB’s financial position. The more you know about your association, the more you will understand how to maximize the value of your membership.
- CONNECTIONS Café. This is the place to come with your ideas or questions and discuss them with a RAHB Director, RAHB President Kim Alvarez or with me – we will all be at CONNECTIONS Café after the AGM, until noon. Oh, and there will be an espresso machine in the room – you can come and enjoy a coffee, too.
- Value for the money. Or for no money, if you have registered before the March 7 deadline for free registrations. Even if you have to pay the $35 plus HST fee after that date to attend, there is so much value packed into the day that you will get more than your money’s worth.
I am looking forward to meeting you at REALTOR® CONNECTIONS – I hope you are planning to attend.
Regards,
George
