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Download the CE Tracking Sheet, which lists the required Education needed to maintain/renew your license. The NYS Department of State has stated, effective September 21, 2022, all licensees will be required to successfully complete 22.5 hours of approved continuing education that includes at least 2.5 hours on the subject of ethical business practices, at least 1 hour of recent legal matters, at least 3 hours of instruction pertaining to fair housing and/or discrimination in the sale or rental of real property or an interest in real property, at least 1 hour of instruction pertaining to law of agency except in the case of the initial two-year licensing term for real estate salespersons 2 hours of agency related instruction, at least 2 hours of instruction pertaining to implicit bias awareness and understanding, and at least two hours.

Calendly is your scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails for finding the perfect time — and so much more. This is great for agents to attach in an email signature or have linked in their website for consulting with prospective clients. With a paid version, you can set up even more events and teams.  Find out more at Calendly

Broadcast Emails through the NYSCAR e-mail function located on the RAC NYSCAR Homepage is a great way to announce new listings, remind the market of listings that have gone stale, announce auctions and calls for offers and search for those challenging tenant and buyer requirements. This system is a great way to reach a large amount of people quickly – the broadcast emails can be as broad as all of NYS or targeted to specific NYSCAR Chapter areas. If anyone would like instruction in how to operate the Broadcast Emails system, you are welcome to reach out to Patrick Wahl.

Need to show people how to use a website or web application for research but need it to be printable as PDF? Check out Scribe. It's a way to record your actions and make a quick guide of how to do things on websites and web apps. It takes screenshots of your mouse actions and records your keystrokes. Once you are done recording, it lets you go back and clean up the instructions to make sure they are what you meant to do and get rid of unneeded clicks. Then, go ahead and save and share your PDF how-to guide.
~ From the Desk of the Technology Committee Team

RAC NYSCAR's Technology Committee provides an unbiased Technology resource to our RAC NYSCAR membership to answer the needs of new and changing Technology trends affecting Commercial Real Estate.  Our goal is to make relevant Technology information available to members each month.  Below are links to various materials, platforms, etc.

The Rochester Area Chapter of the New York State Commercial Association of REALTORS® (RAC NYSCAR) is very pleased to announce our three new Board members for 2023:  Thomas C. Latta, Buckingham Properties, has joined as Vice-President. Dexter T. Craig, North Star Real Estate, and Justin Merriam, Flaum Management Company, Inc., have joined as Directors.  They join new President, Christopher McCarthy, Keller Williams Realty GR; new Treasurer, Peter J. Gillett, Flaum Management Company, Inc., and new Secretary, Alex Amorese, CBRE|Rochester, all of whom served on the Board in 2022.  Remaining Directors continuing for 2023 include Anthony J. Cashette, Leverage Properties, LLC, Matthew M. Drouin, ROC Real Capital, LLC, and  Christopher J. Passero of Passero Realty Services LLC.  RAC NYSCAR would like to thank our outgoing Board members, Dara Petralia, Peter Burke and Harry Gleason for their fine service during their tenure on the Board.

RAC NYSCAR will be holding their 2023 Kick-Off Luncheon on January 19, 2023 at the Jackrabbit Club in Downtown Rochester.  Our keynote speaker will be Patrick Dutton of Fortified Real Estate, who will speak on the unveiling of his company’s exciting vision of transformative redevelopment in Downtown Rochester and open a discussion around how Rochester's brokerage and development communities can improve engagement to uncover additional opportunities in the Rochester market.   Guests are always welcomed and encouraged to attend any of our events.  Please RSVP to admin@rochesternyscar.com to attend.

RAC NYSCAR is a group of approximately 120 Commercial Real Estate Broker and Affiliate members dedicated to promoting the interests of Commercial Real Estate professionals in the Rochester Region. The jurisdiction of the Rochester Area Chapter is the geographic area of Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Steuben, Yates, Seneca, and Eastern Orleans (east of Route 98) counties.

 

Click for our 2023 Events Calendar, which is currently a work-in-progress. Wish to host an event? Contact Events Chair, Chris Passero, at Cpassero@passerorealty.com.

From the Desk of the Technology Committee Team:

Holiday season scams and phishing emails are at an all-time high.  Make sure your website shows security by having the SSL certificates current on your site to give consumers the confidence that their information is safe.

And, when shopping, make sure the sites you are using have current SSL certificates.

We honored our best and brightest within the Rochester Commercial Real Estate business in 2022 at our President's Dinner on November 15. Please join us in congratulating our awardees:

  • Virginia A. Squire, CCIM -- Commercial Realtor of the Year
  • Alex Amorese -- Deal of the Year for Sale
  • Thomas C. Latta -- Deal of the Year for Lease
  • Frances L. "FL" Gorman, Esq. -- Affiliate of the Year
  • Christopher J. Passero -- Meritorious Service 
  • Justin Merriam -- Best New Talent in Commercial Real Estate

If you have been in the brokerage business long enough, you have probably received a long-winded e-mail from someone explaining a complicated subject or strategy or, perhaps, expressing frustration with how a deal is progressing. The Tech Committee would like to remind everyone ... Continue reading

 

Entrepreneurs, who ever thought you would have to go and register your phone number with different databases that manage caller identification and provide call spam protection. Did you know robocalls can hijack or spoof your number resulting in the number being blocked and damaging your company's ability to contact customers? Commercial real estate agents (cough), this means to plan out the use of all the phone lines you use. Four (4) databases that take the lion’s share are: Learn more ...

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