Mackie Room
12:30 – 1:15 pm

ADT: The Nexus Lane for Listings
FVREB Manager, MLS® - Cheryl Camara
If you want your listings to get uploaded ahead of the rest, then ADT is for you!  With ADT, you upload your completed listing contract and data input form from WEBForm™ directly to MLXchange, which means that you fly past the other listings that are waiting to get entered by MLS® staff. Learn how to fast-track your listings, avoid common mistakes during entry and navigate the approval process with your office.

Innes Room
1:15 – 2:00 pm

The Mobile REALTOR®
FVREB Manager, IT – David Pedersen, TRS Infotech Services – Nick DeKoning
This session will provide an overview of the current mobile applications available to FVREB members and the public. An overview of the trends in mobile computing will also be presented, including what it means to be in the “Cloud” and some ways to use the “Cloud” in your day-to-day business. The presenters will also share a list of useful mobile apps.

Mackie Room
2:00 – 2:45 pm 

REALTOR® Value Toolkit - Promoting "Your" Value!
FVREB Past Director – Bonnie Moy
In a constantly changing market, REALTORS® will have to evolve their practices and communicate their value beyond placing a listing on the MLS®.
Learn what consumers need to know in order to value you as a professional REALTOR®.
Discover...

• the words to share that express your value;
• the tools to use with consumers to support what you're saying;
• the reasons why you should share this with consumers; and
• the immediate benefits to you.

Innes Room
2:45 – 3:30 pm 

The Mobile REALTOR®
FVREB Manager, IT – David Pedersen, TRS Infotech Services – Nick DeKoning
(Repeat of 1:15 – 2:00 pm session)

Mackie Room
3:30 – 4:15 pm 

Private Wells – Inspections & Flow Testing
EDS Pumps & Water Treatment – Dave Mellis
Water is a valuable resource and can greatly impact the sale of a property. There are important considerations that vendors and purchasers should be aware of when buying or selling a home with a private well.  Dave Mellis will present a brief overview on the guidelines and tests required to determine quantity and quality of private well water.

Innes Room
4:15 – 5:00 pm 

Investment Properties to Incorporation: Great Strategies to Grow Your Business in 2012
Investors Group Financial Services Inc. – Kevin McNamara
Learn creative ways to help your clients finance the purchase of investment properties and knowledge to mind your databases for potential new buyers.
We work with REALTORS® and their clients on structuring financing so that when that perfect property becomes available the client can take advantage of the deal.
This seminar will also explore the pros and cons of incorporation for a REALTOR®; how you can tax defer income without investing in RRSP’s and how to take income out of the company tax free.