Jul 10, 2017 | Member Services |
Held at RAHB – 505 York Blvd. Lower level room: C – Chambers M – McCullough
To register, or for more information, contact Angela at 905.529.8101 x233 or [email protected].
New Member Computer Training Level 1
Thursday, July 27 – C, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Thursday, August 10 – C, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Matrix Basic Training (hands-on, 2-hour courses) – C
Thursday, July 13 (2 p.m. – 4 p.m.) SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, July 19 (9 a.m. – 11 a.m.) SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, July 26 (2 p.m. – 4 p.m.) SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, August 2 (9 a.m. – 11 a.m.) SOLD OUT!
Wednesday, August 9 (9 a.m. – 11 a.m.) SOLD OUT!
Register with Camryn at [email protected] or 905.529.8101 ex 251.
*Please note there will be a $30+HST No-Show Fee applied to those who book a spot but do not show up.
Matrix Broker Load (hands-on, 1-hour courses) – C
Wednesday, August 16 (2 p.m. – 3 p.m.) SOLD OUT!
Thursday, August 24 (2 p.m. – 3 p.m.)
Register with Camryn at [email protected] or 905.529.8101 ex 251.
*Please note there will be a $15+HST No-Show Fee applied to those who book a spot but do not show up.
Broker Loading for Office Administrators and Member Assistants (hands-on, 1-hour courses) – C- $15+HST
Wednesday, August 16 (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)
Thursday, August 24 (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)
Register with Camryn at [email protected] or 905.529.8101 ex 251.
*Please note there will be a $15+HST No-Show Fee applied to those who book a spot but do not show up.
HST on New Construction – Mark Purdy (NEW!)
Wednesday, July 26, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
FREE
FINTRAC Legal Update – Mark Weisleder (NEW!)
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – Noon
$30+HST
Agency: Practical Facts for Dealing with Buyers – Hugh Foy (NEW!)
Thursday, August 17, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – Noon
$30+HST
REIC 2600: Ethics in Business Practice – Gareth Jones
Monday, August 28 – Wednesday, August 30, 2017 (3-day course) – M
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$625+HST
Master Open House – Amyn Chagan
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
9 a.m. – Noon
$79+HST Early bird (by September 5, 2017)
$99+HST Regular
Thank you to our sponsor:
Jul 10, 2017 | Member Services |
3D Sign Savers (Made of PVC type material, printed on both sides, 12” w X 4 ½” h with a ½” opening. Durable in both hot and cold weather conditions. – $9.35 each)
Door hangers (4” w X 8” h, printed on sturdy plastic to weather the elements. These bring attention to those important messages you would like your customers to see. – $5.20 each)
Open House Door Hangers (Let prospective buyers know they can come right in: Side 1: “Open House Please Come In” Side 2: “Open House Please Come In and Remove Your Shoes” – $1 each) Pets Inside Door Hangers (Can be put on front door or any interior door to let REALTORS® know where pets are: “Pets Inside Please Contact Listing Agent with Any Questions” – $1 each)
Save the Date!
The Realty Shoppe is celebrating 25 years of providing “All things REALTOR®” to our valued customers! Please plan to visit the Shoppe on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 to celebrate with us and enjoy light refreshments, giveaways, discounts and a draw for our anniversary gift basket. See you there!
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. T.: 905.529.5979 F.: 905.529.7109
E.: [email protected] * All applicable taxes are extra. Prices subject to change.
Jul 6, 2017 | DS, Member Services, RAHB News |
Does your daughter or son – or granddaughter or grandson – qualify for a Karan Barker Scholarship?
Does she or he…
1. attend, or have an acceptance to attend, university or community college?
2. demonstrate academic excellence? Get involved in school activities or the community?
3. show maturity, initiative and/or strength of character?
If this sounds like your child or grandchild have them complete an application for a 2017 Karan Barker Scholarship!
Application deadline is Friday, August 11, 2017.
Jul 6, 2017 | DS, Member Services, RAHB News |
Did you know that RAHB has its fingers on the pulse of what’s going on municipally, provincially and federally through its Government Relations Committee? And that RAHB has built relationships with business organizations to become an influential member of the community?
Your association is very much part of the local and wider communities so that your interests – and those of home buyers and sellers – are considered and protected when decisions are being made.Your association is very much part of the local and wider communities so that your interests – and those of home buyers and sellers – are considered and protected when decisions are being made.
Here are just a few of the ways RAHB has been involved in local, provincial and national issues:
- RAHB’s leadership and Government Relations Committee representatives participate in annual CREA and OREA Political Action Conferences, where the big event is meeting with local MPs and MPPs to discuss real estate-related issues. These relationships are built further at local visits with the same representatives.
- RAHB worked to dissuade Hamilton City Council from adopting landlord licensing and to encourage the city to develop and present a program to encourage landlords to safely create secondary suites through simple, legal means. As this conversation continues at City Hall, RAHB has a voice at the table to ensure affordable housing is maintained in a safe way.
- In 2015, RAHB’s Government Relations Committee successfully lobbied City Councillors to discourage them from considering asking for powers to impose a municipal land transfer tax.
- RAHB partnered with the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and Hamilton-Halton Home Builders Association in the 2014 civic election. Together, as the Hamilton Business Leaders, the group hosted a Q&A with the mayoralty candidates.
- Representatives from RAHB are consistently invited to participate on committees, as part of focus groups and in other forms of stakeholder engagement in Hamilton, Burlington and beyond, allowing members voices to be heard as well and information to flow both ways.
- RAHB holds membership in all Chambers of Commerce of communities within its boundaries, and actively participates in Chamber activities in Hamilton and Burlington through sponsorship of events, including most recently, the Bay Area Economic Summit.
Thank you to our sponsor:
Jul 6, 2017 | Member Services |
Events Held at RAHB – 505 York Blvd.
T – Thompson P – Purnell
Charity Auction Task Force
Wednesday, July 12 – T, 10 a.m.
Governance and Bylaw Committee
Tuesday, July 18 – T, 9:30 a.m.
Finance Comittee
Wednesday, July 19 – T, 9:30 a.m.
Strategic Options
Thursday, July 20 – T, 9:30 a.m.
MLS® Committee
Tuesday, July 25 – T, 9:30 a.m.
Open Forums – Fall, 2017
9:30 a.m. Registration 10 a.m. Meeting
Caledonia
Wednesday, September 6
Grace United Church, 174 Caithness St. E.
Grimsby
Friday, September 8
Trinity United Church, 100 Main St. W.
Dunnville
Friday, September 15
Grace United Church, 301 Broad St. E.
Burlington
Friday, September 29
Appleby United Church, 4407 Spruce Ave.
Save the Dates!
Jun 8, 2017 | Member Services |
Held at RAHB – 505 York Blvd. Lower level room: C – Chambers M – McCullough
Computer Courses:
New Member Computer Training Level 1
Thursday, June 15 – C 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Professional Development Courses:
Tax and Estate Planning (Lunch & Learn) – Peter Bowen
Monday, June 5, 2017 – M FREE
10 a.m. – Noon (followed by lunch)
FINTRAC Legal Update (NEW!) – Mark Weisleder
Friday, June 9, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – Noon
$30+HST
Successful Email Marketing – Mark Brodsky
Monday, June 12, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – Noon
FREE
New Interactive Zoning Lookup Tool – Sue Rimac
Monday, June 26, 2017 – M
10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
FREE
HST on New Construction (NEW!) – Mark Purdy
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Master Open House – Amyn Chagan
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
9 a.m. – Noon
$79+HST Early bird (by September 5, 2017)
$99+HST regular
To register, or for more information, contact Angela at 905.529.8101 x233 or [email protected].
Jun 8, 2017 | Member Services |
Colonial “L” style – 2 pieces (choice of black or white, 31”w x 72”h – 11” shank with stabilizer bar, $38.45 ea.*)
Colonial – top only (Choice of black or white $19.05 ea.*)
Colonial – bottom only (Choice of black or white, 35”h – 11” shank w/stabilizer bar, $23.65 ea.*)
Double “H” style – 2 pieces (Black only, 24 ½”w x 54”h (14” shank), Holds 18”h x 24”w sign inserts, $35.95 ea.*)
Double “H” (bottom only $19.45 ea.*)
Open house “A” frame (Choice of black or white, Holds 18”h x 24”w sign inserts, $31.55 ea.*)
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. T.: 905.529.5979 F.: 905.529.7109
E.: [email protected] * All applicable taxes are extra. Prices subject to change.
Jun 8, 2017 | Member Services |
RAHB members receive a $100 discount on the regular price of $350!
RAHB Members are invited to the 2017 Bay Area Economic Summit! The Summit will feature 30+ expert speakers on intercity cooperation, business opportunities, real estate development, and more!
To get your $100 discount off of your tickets, use the code BAESNRH. Go through the registration process and then use the code at the “Registration check-out” screen – your discount will be applied at that point.
To register and learn more, visit http://www.bayareasummit.ca
Jun 8, 2017 | Member Services |
RAHB makes it easy to pay your monthly account and your quarterly dues.
How can you pay? Let us count the ways!
In person:
If you are at the RAHB office, you can pay your account either at the Realty Shoppe on the lower level or ask at reception for one of our corporate services staff. You can pay your invoice using Visa, MasterCard, Interac, cash or cheque.
By phone:
Just give Karin a call (905.529.8101 x258) and give her your Visa or MasterCard number and she’ll take care of the rest.
Online:
There are three ways to pay your account online.
- Use the link called RAHB Education/Account Services on your dashboard (SSO) (rahb.starrs.ca – look under the RAHB News and Membership Services section). The link will take you to Membership Director*, where you will have to use your Fusion login and password to get to the My Services menu; use the Pay/View Bill Online option to see your account. Pay using Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or Visa Debit.
- Through Fusion – go to the Resources widget, click on SmartLinks, then click on Education/ Account Services. You will go straight to My Services where you can view and pay your bill online. Pay using Visa, Mastercard, AMEX or Visa Debit.
- For CIBC/PC Financial, Royal Bank, Scotia Bank and TD Canada Trust customers – contact Karin for assistance in setting up your payment through your bank.
Pre-authorized payments:
You can make pre-authorized payment through your Visa or MasterCard or by from your bank account. Forms are available on REALTOR Link® (look under the Forms and Member Changes section), the RAHB website (rahb.ca > Membership Benefits > Join RAHB Today button > Forms and FAQs section) or from Karin – give her a call.
Use the payment method most convenient for you!
*While you are in Membership Director, why not see what else you can do in this program?
This is where you can:
- View your one-year invoice history for an overview of what you’ve paid inclusive of HST. (We do not advise using this for your taxes.)
- Print your monthly statements and even an annual statement for your taxes – just put in a specific date range and you will see your purchases and charges itemized within that date range. For your taxes, use the date range of January 1 – December 31 of the tax year. This handy program will even break out the HST as a separate item!
- See the record of RAHB committees on which you’ve participated.
- View RAHB’s calendar of upcoming courses.
- View your education/history records.
- Register for RAHB’s professional development courses using your Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or Visa Debit.
Thank You To Our Sponsor:
Jun 8, 2017 | Member Services |
The City of Hamilton is undertaking a Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) to fulfill the requirements of the provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
Through this process, the City is reviewing Employment Land designations within the Urban Hamilton Official Plan. The purpose of this exercise is to identify if there are any Employment Lands that may warrant conversion to a non-employment use. The Growth Plan permits the conversion of Employment Land to non employment uses only through the MCR process.
The City is inviting members of the public to submit requests for sites currently designated “Employment Area” to be considered for possible conversion. This review excludes any lands that fall within the Airport Employment Growth District, which was recently approved in 2015. Only sites in areas that are mixed-use and located along the edges of Employment Areas may be considered for conversion. Additional evaluation criteria will also be applied to each conversion request.
Please include the following information with your submission:
- Property description (include address and past/current uses); and,
- Rationale for conversion request (i.e. How does the conversion request satisfy the evaluation criteria?What is the proposed use of the site, if not employment?)
Additional studies/information may be required by City staff. The costs of these studies will be the responsibility of the applicant. There is no guarantee that the submission of a request, or the preparation of the additional studies, will result in staff’s recommendation and /or Council’s decision to convert lands to non-employment uses.
The deadline for submissions is September 15th, 2017.
For more information about submission requirements, evaluation criteria, employment areas, and other questions you may have, please review our project website at: www.hamilton.ca/employmentlandreview
To speak to project staff, or to submit a request, please contact:
Heather Travis, Senior Project Manager, Growth Management Strategy
Policy Planning and Zoning By-law Reform Section,
Planning Division
Planning and Economic Development Department
City of Hamilton, 71 Main St. W, 4th floor, L8R 2K3
Phone: 905.546.2424 x4168
Email: [email protected]
Catherine Parsons, Planner
Policy Planning and Zoning By-law Reform Section,
Planning Division
Planning and Economic Development Department
City of Hamilton, 71 Main St. W, 4th floor, L8R 2K3
Phone: 905.546.2424 x2634
Email: [email protected]
May 5, 2017 | Member Services |
Disclosure – a quick Q & A
Q. If my brother lists his property through his good friend who also works in my brokerage, does the friend (who is the listing salesperson) have to provide a registrant’s statement?
A. Yes! Remember the listing agreement is with the brokerage and not the individual salesperson. Because you work for the same brokerage, you would be considered to be representing the seller, and so disclosure of your relationship is required.
Nine ways to show your professionalism
Being professional is good for your real estate business. But what about your colleagues? Here are nine steps to take so your colleagues will treat you as a fellow professional.
- Always use proper phone etiquette. Leave your full name, brokerage name, and return number when you call or page a fellow salesperson. Let them know a good time to call you back.
- Keep all phone messages short and to the point. Check your voice mail and email messages often during the day.
- Promptly return phone calls and emails from other salespeople. They may have an offer or need additional information to enable them to prepare an offer. Failure to return calls may be perceived as rude, and may also stand in the way of business getting done, possibly damaging your reputation and career.
- Keep your commitments. If you say that you will call a colleague by a certain time, then call by that time.
- Call ahead if you will be late for any meeting. Let the listing salesperson know if your buyers have changed their minds and don’t want to see the property.
- Respect another salesperson’s privacy.
- Avoid making late night phone calls about things that can wait until morning.
- Don’t make “urgent” phone calls or leave “urgent” messages or emails unless the matter is truly urgent.
- Extend a courteous and positive attitude to the staff in your own office and at other brokerages.
These tips are excerpts from “A Mentoring Kit for New Salespeople”, produced by the OREA Real Estate College.
This content has been reproduced with permission from the Ontario Real Estate Association.
May 5, 2017 | Member Services |
Investing in the next generation
The Karan Barker Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2000 as a way to honour the significant and ongoing contributions of Karan Barker, RAHB’s Executive Officer at the time, and to help the children and grandchildren of RAHB members and staff pay for their secondary education.
That same year, a task force, which included Karan, was set up to develop criteria and eligibility requirements for scholarship applicants. A fundraising effort was also begun, and by the end of the year, over $1,100 was in the fund. The goal was to
eventually raise $100,000.
Sadly, Karan Barker passed away in February of 2001. By November of that year, the fund nearly reached its $100,000 goal thanks to gifts from more than 120 donors, with many of the donations made in Karan’s memory. The first scholarship was awarded at the end of 2001, to Abbie Howdon, daughter of Ron Howden (now of Chase Realty Inc.).
Since 2001, the scholarship fund has continued to grow from donations from individual member donors and from the proceeds from the RAHB annual charity golf tournament, the HBDREB income trust and staff “casual day” fund. Today, the scholarship fund is a healthy $200,000, which allows scholarships to be paid from the interest accrued.
Karan Barker Scholarships are presented annually at the RAHB Annual Election Meeting. To date, $86,500 has been invested in 65 students.
The Karan Barker Scholarship application is now available – see page 15 for a link to the application form and find complete details for submitting an application on the form.
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
Applications for the 2017 Karan Barker Scholarships are now available!
Next time you are at the RAHB office, check the donor and recipient wall opposite the members’ resource centre on the main floor!
Does your daughter or son – or granddaughter or grandson – qualify for a Karan Barker Scholarship?
Does she or he
1. Attend, or have an acceptance to attend, university or community college?
2. Demonstrate academic excellence? Get involved in school activities or the community?
3. Show maturity, initiative and/or strength of character?
If this sounds like your child, have them complete an application for a 2017 Karan Barker Scholarship!
Download the 2017 scholarship application from REALTOR Link® (look under the Forms and Member Changes tab) or here.
Application deadline is Friday, August 11, 2017.
