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Announcing Upcoming National Member Survey
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
REIC is working hard to ensure that it delivers to its members the
kind of service and commitment that exemplifies the best in
professional associations. As we begin to look at what the REIC vision
for the future involves, we are happy to announce that we will be
performing a national member’s survey later this month. Do you have
ideas you would like to share with the national office, services you’d
like to have us perform, member benefits you would like to enjoy, or
knowledge and information that we could provide you with that will
help you in your business or career?
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Christine Stanley, CPM®
CMOC
REIC 2006/2007 President

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Captivate Your Mind, Captivate Your Senses!
Join REIC in
Ottawa,
Ontario at your 2007 Annual Meeting
We
are very excited to be hosting the 2007 REIC Annual Meeting in
Ottawa,
Ontario
and it is our pleasure to invite our members from coast-to-coast to
Captivate Your Mind, Captivate Your Senses with us on
May
1-6, 2007!
Being held at the Ottawa Delta Hotel and
Suites,
REIC’s 2007 Annual Meeting is the perfect event to bring your spouse
or colleagues to. Stay a few extra days and explore all that Ottawa
has to offer, or take advantage of the special REIC rate at the
Ottawa Delta Hotel and Suites.
More …
Maura McLaren
Executive Director

2007 pursuit of excellence awards program
The
REIC Pursuit of Excellence Awards Program was developed to recognize
excellence in a wide variety of areas as they relate to the
Institute. Our 2007 Awards Winners will be announced at the Annual
Dinner & Dance on Saturday, May 5 in the Delta Ballroom of the Delta
Ottawa Hotel & Suites.
View the 2007 Awards Program

Property Management – Keeping your eyes on the ball
those ABC’s
Good property management has always been about applying common sense
to the administration of investment real estate. This also applies to
condo/strata administration which, even though its ownership
objectives are not profit driven, still too must be done with safety,
comfort and economy as the major tenets. However, as we know, common
sense isn’t all that common!
Read the complete member article…
by John J. Molnar, BA
FRI CRP CPM®

In MEMORIAM
REIC wish to honour those members who have passed. We extend our
condolences to their families and friends.
View Obituaries…

Announcing New Designation
Commercial Property Managers Offered New IREM® Credential
In
partnership with the Institute of Real Estate Management
(IREM),
the Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC) has launched the first new
IREM® credential in 25 years, the ACCREDITED COMMERCIAL
MANAGER certification. Designed for managers of small- to mid-size
commercial properties, the credential requires that applicants manage
a commercial portfolio of at least 20,000 square feet and have a
minimum of 12 months of commercial real estate management experience…
Learn
More…

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
On
behalf of the REIC's Board of Directors, members and staff, we extend
our congratulations to those individuals who have achieved their
designations in recent months, demonstrating their commitment to
professionalism and excellence in all facets of real estate.
View list…

Behind the scenes
Behind the Scenes is a brief overview of what National is working on
to ensure REIC thrives as both an education body and membership
organization. This feature will be published in our April and
December issues of Exchange.
Find out about New Member Benefits, Free Technical Support For Your
Home & Business, Education Programs and more...

www.reic.ca statistics
--- Q1 2007
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Hits for the month of January were 350,947 with a daily average of
11,321. This is an increase of 5.7% over January 2006.
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Hits for the month of February were 307,784 with a daily average of
10,993. This is an increase of 8.5% over February 2006.
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The total hits for Q1 2007 so far is 658,731 with a daily average of
11,165 per day. On this pace we will exceed 4 million hits this
year.
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The last quarter of 2006 finished with total hits of 751,868 with a
daily average of 8,172 hits. This is an increase of 1% over Q4
2005.
We
remain ranked #1 on Google web-wide and Google.ca for keyword search
on "real estate education"!
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