Dec 4, 2015 | Member Services |
What do you get for your membership dollar? How about lots of
up-to-date professional development opportunities?
Did you know that in 2015, RAHB offered five higher education or designation courses among the 25 new courses and seven courses repeated from last year? This is a huge member service for you! You may no longer need to take RECO courses at RAHB to maintain your license, but you can still take professional development courses to upgrade your knowledge and skills.
Here are the courses RAHB offered in its Professional Development program in 2015 (designation courses are in bold print):
New courses
- Accredited Buyer’s Representative
- Seller’s Representative Specialist
- Ethics and Business Practice
- Tax & Investment Planning for REALTORS®
- Rental Properties and Their Tax Issues
- LinkedIn Bootcamp
- Facebook Bootcamp
- Master iPad Bootcamp
- iPad Agent
- A Beginner’s Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Making a Video
- Introduction to Blogging
- Bill 55 – Bidding Wars
- Go Paperless
- How Money Works – Lunch and Learn
- HST for the Real Estate Professional
- Spring into Style with Home Staging
- 50 Top Sales Tips
- The Four Pillars of Income Real Estate Sales
- Social Media Sales Funnels: Turning Likes into Profits
- Estate Planning for the Real Estate Professional
- When Things Go Wrong
- Protecting Your Lifestyle – Lunch and Learn
- OREA 2015 Standard Forms and Clauses
- Increase Your Online Marketing – Point2
- Master Open House
Repeat courses from previous years:
- Consumer Certified Real Estate Consultant
- Accredited Senior Agent
- For Sale By Owner
- Apartment Expert
- Effective Listing Presentation
- Real Estate Errors and Omissions Insurance Protection
- GEOWarehouse/ViMo
Be sure to watch for more great courses – you will receive notifications via email and in issues of REALINFO. You can also find links to courses on Message of the Day (MOD).
Dec 4, 2015 | RAHB News |
Facebook –RAHB has a closed group exclusively for RAHB members. The closed page has over 660 members (and counting) – if you aren’t part of the group, ask to join now and get in on the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/6228669666/
LinkedIn – RAHB also has a closed LinkedIn group page. The LinkedIn group has 514 members. https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostRecent=&gid=1876507&trk=my_groups-tile-flipgrp
RAHB blog – the RAHB blog has all the latest articles from REALINFO plus other news such as CREA stats and forecasts. Use the handy tags to find information on particular subjects. Comment on the articles and get a conversation going! https://blog.rahb.ca
Twitter – follow RAHB on Twitter #rahbnews
Nov 18, 2015 | RAHB News |
If you need to take a leave of absence (for medical leave, maternity/paternity leave or compassionate care), remember that:
- your RAHB account must be paid in full before you will be granted a leave of absence;
- you are responsible for maintaining your license with RECO, including paying your E&O Insurance, license renewal, etc;
- you will pay only current membership dues when you return from your leave of absence.
Here’s what you need to be granted a RAHB leave of absence:
Medical leave: requires a completed form accompanied by a letter from your physician; good for 12 months, you do not have to remit any fees.
Maternity/paternity leave: requires a completed form accompanied by letter from your physician or midwife; good for 12 months, you do not have to remit any fees.
Compassionate Care: requires letter of notice from Brokerage signed by both you and your Broker of Record/Manager; good for eight weeks, you do not have to remit any fees.
Forms for leaves of absence are on REALTOR Link® under the Member Services tab. For more information contact Camryn at camrynh@rahb.ca or 905.529.8101 X258.
Nov 9, 2015 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
Are you missing the membership changes that used to appear on the last page of now defunct RAHB topsheets?
Miss them no more. All membership changes – additions, deletions, transfers, brokerage updates and obituaries – are now compiled and uploaded daily to REALTOR Link®. They appear on the Member Services tab, near the bottom of the page.
Oct 14, 2015 | Member Services |
As a member service, RAHB distributes the monthly copies of Real Estate Magazine (REM) to all offices – one printed copy per member in the office.
Lately we have received a number of calls from offices that would prefer that the quantities of this particular distribution be decreased, or cease altogether.
We hope that this means that everyone is still reading this publication, but prefers to keep informed on-line. So in the interests of taking the next step in the green evolution, we are happy to comply with requests to reduce the number of printed copies.
Any office that would like to adjust the number of copies of REM they received should contact Print Services (sueb@rahb.ca or 905.529.8101 x257) and we will
modify your office record accordingly.
Sep 9, 2015 | Member Services |
The RealTrack service is available for all members’ use in the RAHB Resource Centre.
What is RealTrack?
RealTrack is a licenced database for searching commercial real estate transactions of $500,000 and over, for properties located in Ontario. Compiled from land title documents, telephone interviews, site visits and other sources, RealTrack collects, confirms and publishes the information of over 93,000 property transfers dating back to 1996. The database grows at a rate of 100-150 new transactions every week.
Property information includes:
- address/location
- transfer date
- consideration details (cash and assumed/vtb debt)
- party contact information
- street level and aerial photos (with site boundaries)
- dynamic maps
- property descriptions including type, size and number of units
- description of site boundaries
- financing details
- broker/agent contact information
Access to RealTrack in the RAHB Resource Centre is by chance or by appointment (one user session at a time). Contact Kathy (kathyr@rahb.ca) or Nancy (nancyd@rahb.ca) to reserve your time today!
Sep 9, 2015 | RAHB News |
The quarterly RAHB dues have been billed and emailed to you as part of your August monthly invoice. Please note that dues are due and payable no later than September 30, 2015. 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:
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, Scotiabank, TD Canada Trust – for assistance in set-up, please call Karin at 905.529.8101 x258.
Pre-Authorized payment subscribers will be processed on Monday, September 21, 2015.
* 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.
Jun 17, 2015 | Member Services |
The City of Hamilton launched their new website in June and, as a result, the property tax inquiry page has moved.
Go to Property Inquiry page then click “Property Inquiry Tool”. You will have to accept the terms of use before you can search by address or roll number.
The link to this information in Fusion > WebTools has been updated.
May 6, 2015 | Member Services |
The RealTrack service is now available for all members’ use in the RAHB Resource Centre.
What is RealTrack?
RealTrack is a licenced database for searching commercial real estate transactions of $500,000 and over, for properties located in Ontario. Compiled from land title documents, telephone interviews, site visits and other sources, RealTrack collects, confirms and publishes the information of over 93,000 property transfers dating back to 1996. The database grows at a rate of 100-150 new transactions every week.
Property information includes:
- address/location
- transfer date
- consideration details (cash and assumed/vtb debt)
- party contact information
- street level and aerial photos (with site boundaries)
- dynamic maps
- property descriptions including type, size and number of units
- description of site boundaries
- financing details
- broker/agent contact information
Access to RealTrack in the RAHB Resource Centre is by chance or by appointment (one user session at a time). Contact Kathy (kathyr@rahb.ca) or Nancy (nancyd@rahb.ca) to reserve your time today!
Mar 5, 2015 | RAHB News |
Members who have or wish to have an unlicensed assistant should note the fee for the unlicensed assistant is $15.00 per month plus HST.
When your assistant leaves, please notify the Association within 48 hours, as per the RAHB Bylaw:
Section 7, sub section 7.10
The Broker of Record of each Brokerage shall notify the Association within forty eight (48) hours after any individual who has been provided with Access Codes and/or Access Programs ceases to be employed by the Brokerage.
Send your notice to Camryn at camrynh@rahb.ca or 905.529.8101 x251.
Feb 20, 2015 | MLS®, Stats & Technology |
The Southern Georgian Bay Association of REALTORS® (SGBAR) has just joined CONNECT. Members can now use CONNECT to search for current and recent MLS® information for the areas covered by the Southern Georgian Bay association – Midland-Penetanguishene, Victoria Harbour, Port Severn, Oro-Medonte, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Blue Mountains, Meaford and points in between.
Feb 3, 2015 | Member Services |
On Monday, January 26, Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger and Premier Kathleen Wynne met and discussed funding for Hamilton’s rapid transit needs. The result was an announcement of full funding for the project.
Since 2008, the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington has maintained a position in support of light rail. In the six years since, our position hasn’t wavered because, even in the early days, it has been apparent to the leadership that this is more than just a state of the art transportation system; it is an investment in the future.
We need to be forward-thinking in our plans for the future, and we believe that light rail is one of the best ways to achieve many of the city’s goals. These include continued revitalization of the downtown core, intensification along main corridors, further economic development and a broadening of the tax base.
The Rapid Ready report provides positive numbers, with the following financial benefits from LRT:
- Reduction of scheduled and unscheduled backlog capital works in the order of approximately $79 million.
- Tax benefit from new development by LRT estimated at $22.4 million.
- Potential for 6,000 construction jobs (provincial); 3,500 directly in Hamilton.
- Potential for 1,000 permanent jobs (provincial); 300 jobs in Hamilton to deliver regular operations and maintenance.
- B-Line LRT investment may result in an estimated increase of more than $443 million in Ontario’s GDP.
With the funding commitment from the Province, it is now the City’s turn to solidify its buy-in. If you support this project, please let your councillor know: http://www.hamilton.ca/YourElectedOfficials/WardCouncillors/
