CCIMs using the latest tools to conduct business worldwide

The STDBonline's web based tools can help you prepare the needed information necessary to help your clients make the right real estate decision. The site-to-do-business team is always working to improve the site that provides CCIMs with the necessary tools to transact business now and in the future. The maps and demographics applications provide clients and prospective clients with high quality information for the decision making process. In addition, all designees have free access to REIWise, which is an online analysis tool that generates custom reports.  The new CCIMNet commercial property information exchange, powered by www.Loopnet.com, allows CCIMs to post for sale and for lease listings and search for properties that have been posted on the exchange. All listings that CCIMs post on Loopnet also receive visibility on CCIMNet.com. Leveraging the technology will give maximum exposure and visibility to available properties. Converting local, regional and national information into market knowledge is critical for success in today's real estate market. Another technology benefit offered to CCIMs is the online RERC/CCIM Investment Trends Quarterly (www.ccim.com/ITQonline/rerc.html). At this site you will find national capitalization rates, market fundamentals and transaction volume in 40 U.S. markets. You will also find useful information specific to office, industrial, retail, hospitality, multifamily transactions and quarterly economic summaries on real estate activity. The real estate market is now a global market! CCIM partners will be hosting three face-to-face networking events this year. This is an opportunity for CCIMs to develop new business with other CCIMs. This CCIM networking platform is giving CCIMs a competitive advantage in the commercial and investment real estate markets.  Upcoming CCIM networking events: The office and industrial CCIM partners deal-making event Aug. 28-29 in Seattle, and investments CCIM partners deal-making event Sept. 18-19 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The next partners deal-making event will be in Chicago at the 2008 CCIM & IREM Success Series Conference Oct. 17-18. The CCIM Institute brings the best commercial and investment real estate education to practitioners around the world! Now the Robert L. Ward Center for Real Estate Studies advance education courses, offers in-depth analysis on leading industry topics. The center's advance negotiations for commercial real estate have sold out across the country! There are several new courses debuting this year, so stay tuned.   Joe Larkin, CCIM, CIPS, SIOR is the 2009 education presidential liaison for the CCIM Institute and serves on all education committees of the CCIM Institute. He is also on the Board of Directors of the CCIM Institute, he servers as 2008 VP of the NYS CCIM Chapter.