NYSCAR president's message: Albany event - A great success!

NYSCAR sponsored "Analysis and Marketing of Commercial Real Estate," at the Holiday Inn on Wolf Rd. in Albany on October 29. The course, instructed by NYSCAR education chair Bob Giniecki, CCIM, SEC, was held in cooperation with the Greater Capital chapter. Attendees earned 7.5 hours of continuing education credit and were able to network with colleagues from many areas including Long Island, Plattsburgh, Hudson Valley, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Massachusetts and New Jersey. The Greater Capital chapter held a successful marketing session on October 30th also at the Holiday Inn in Albany. Discrimination Issues in Commercial Real Estate On November 12, NYSCAR in cooperation with the Metro Long Island chapter of NYSCAR will sponsor "Discrimination Issues in Commercial Real Estate" instructed by Edward Smith, Jr., ITI. Since July 2008, renewing your real estate license requires 22 ½ hours of continuing education credit every two years, which must also now include 3 hours of Fair Housing/Discrimination education. The course includes the American Disability Act, understanding laws, adapting buildings and tax advantages for improving accessibility, an overview of fair housing laws, federal, state and local discrimination laws, definitions of illegal actions and inadvertent discrimination will be discussed. The course will be held in the morning and the chapter will sponsor a marketing session in the afternoon. The course and the marketing session will be held at the Holiday Inn in Plainview, New York. For details & registration form, please go to: http://www.nyscar.org. On December 8-10, there will be the Triple Play Conference and Expo sponsored by the N.J, N.Y. and Pa, Associations of Realtors in Atlantic City, N.J. Commercial courses include: Turning Real Estate Knowledge into Income By Tim Conley, CCIM, Trends in Green Buildings, Joe Scarpa; Analyze This: Determining to Buy or Not to Buy Investments, Prabhjit Singh; Reinvent Yourself, Billy Procida. There will also be a commercial marketing/networking session held on Thursday, December 10. Go to realtorstripleplay.com for a full schedule and to register. Save $10 by registering on line. Professional Standards Calendar Released: The NYS Association of Realtors will be offering Code of Ethic/professional standards training, as they have over the past few years. The course will carry continuing education credit and will be offered on the following dates and locations: Jan. 21, Buffalo, Marriott Amherst; Jan. 22, Rochester, Marriott, Rochester, West Ridge Road; Feb. 25, Syracuse, Doubletree Hotel, Syracuse; Feb. 26, Binghamton, Binghamton Regency; Mar. 5, Lake Placid, High Peaks Resort; Mar. 9, Tarrytown, Westchester Marriott; Mar. 12, Albany, Albany Marriott (registration form available soon at www.nysar.com). Maureen Wilson, CCIM, SIOR is the 2009 president of NYSCAR, Albany, N.Y.