Network with your colleagues at our annual conference

We hope you have made your reservation for the upcoming 8th Annual NYS Commercial Real Estate Conference at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona. If you still need to register, please visit www.nyscar.org to download a brochure. Included with this info is the registration form for the CCIM Intro Class and instructions for submitting a package for the marketing session. If you have any questions, please email Sherry Marr at [email protected]. The conference is hosted by the NYS Commercial Association of Realtors, the NYS chapters of CCIM and SIOR and The Society of Exchange Counselors. Joseph Rowley, Jr. (CBRE/Rochester) serves as the conference chairman. We have an array of speakers which you will not want to miss. Jim Wilson, CCIM, SEC and Bill Stonaker, CCIM, SEC will return to lead the marketing session, which begins on June 1. If you have not attended a marketing session, Wilson is running a special program for first-time attendees the morning of June 1. The session will prepare you so you know what to expect at the session. We have outstanding speakers for the networking lunch on June 3. Billy Procida, president, WPI, will tell you "How to Reinvent Yourself...Taking it to the Next Level." NAR economist George Ratiu will give an Economic Commercial Real Estate Outlook and NYSAR's director of governmental affairs, Mike Kelly, will give a legislative update. You have several choices for classes on June 3: Turning Real Estate Knowledge into Income, instructor: Tim Conley, CCIM, SIOR; Economic Principals to Generate Real Estate Transactions that Close, instructor: Wilson; Pricing Commercial-Investment Real Estate for Successful Marketing, instructor: William Hafner, MAI; Update on Real Estate Tax Strategy and Estate Planning, instructor: Peter Karl, III, Esq., CPA; Trends in "Green Buildings" in the Northeast, instructor: Joseph Scarpa, LEED AP, ecobroker. Many thanks to our current sponsors: Diamond: CBRE-Upstate offices; Platinum: Pyramid Brokerage Co., Silver: BL Cos., Inc., CCIM Institute, Exchange Authority, Flaum Management, Gill Abstract Corp., Key Bank, LaBella Associates, PL, NYREJ, Synapse Risk Management, Tranzon Real Estate Auctions, Upstate SIOR chapter and Wilber National Bank. In April, two continuing education classes were offered. On April 16, Creative Equity Marketing & Exchanging of Commercial Investment Real Estate, instructed by Wilson and Bob Giniecki, CCIM, SEC was presented in Fishkill. On April 23 in Amherst, the Investment Property Analysis and Creative Transaction Formulas class was held with Giniecki as the instructor. Special thanks to the H.V. chapter and WNY chapter for hosting these classes! On May 28 in Albany, NYSCAR will present "All About Leases," instructed by NYSCAR past president, Edward Smith, Jr. of L.I. The class is sponsored in cooperation with the Greater Capital chapter of NYSCAR and CIREB. The class will be held at the Italian American Community Center on Washington Ave. Ext.in Albany. This is a great opportunity for you to earn 7.5 hours of continuing education credit. See you at the conference! Maureen Wilson, CCIM, SIOR is the 2009 president of NYSCAR, Albany, N.Y.