Nov. 8-9th: Oregon Commercial Real Estate Confernece //  Location:  Central Oregon Association of REALTORS(R) Office // 2112 NE Fourth St., Bend, Oregon 97701

 November 8th

9:00 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9:30 AM: Technology:  A Game Changer of the Entire Commercial Real Estate Industry (Emily Line, Vice President of Commercial Services Realtors Property Resource)  

Learn how to more efficiently gather and analyze a myriad of data that is rapidly becoming a critical element in the future of commercial real estate. It's time to talk big data and systems for managing information to improve Commercial Practitioners' workflow.  

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM-How Millennials are Impacting Traditional Leases and the Rise of Co-Working (Turner Levison, CEO CommissionTrac & BOD/Investor SharedSpace)

The entrepreneurial Millennials are bringing a different lifestyle and approach to the workplace. They want support and mentorship, flexibility in where they work, a clear path for advancement and high earnings potential. Get tips on how to adjust your business practice to better understand and serve the needs of this growing demographic soon to dominate the workplace.

3:00 PM: Crowdfunding: A New, Interesting Alternative Avenue to Finance Commercial Developments (Darren Powderly, CCIM/Co-Founder CrowdStreet) 

Crowdfunding is connecting investors with professionally managed properties by pooling their resources online in the same manner that has been done for decades through syndication. This session will take a look at the investment options crowdfunding offers investors, the benefits of this emerging platform and leave you considering some thoughts about it's role in your business.

 5:30 PM: Networking and Cocktails at the Riverhouse

November 9th:

8:30 AM- Breakfast

Success Strategies for Commercial Real Estate Sales and Leasing: (Michael Bull, Host of America's Commercial Real Estate Show) 

In his first presentation Michael will share “The Top Ten Success Strategies for Commercial Agents”. In the next session he will present “Promoting Your Services & Brand”. These sessions will quickly provide hundreds of takeaways to add value to your business.

• Build a business that grows every year
• Become the go-to-broker in your chosen area of expertise
• Win more assignments
• Have clients ask you for services

11:30 AM- Conclude

8.5 CE

$75 for members of OAR/$100 for non-members. Non-members please call 541-382-6027 to register.

COAR Members, be sure to login for correct pricing.

Taught by Carolyn Bostwick

12 CE

$200 Non-members/$175 COAR Member/$150 Ed Club

This is the core course to obtain your Accredited Buyer's Representative Designation. The overall goals of the ABR® Designation Course are to:

• Prepare real estate professionals to thoroughly represent buyer-clients in real estate transactions and provide the quality of service and degree of fidelity to buyers that sellers have customarily enjoyed.
• Offer ideas and methods for building a buyer-representation business.
• Develop a self-customized tool for conducting a buyer counseling session
• For information on obtaining the designation, click here.

We are also offering the Pricing Strategies Advisor Course in March, which is an ABR elective. Click here for more information.

Register Here

The Bend Chamber presents its 28th annual real estate forecast breakfast, featuring insights from leading experts both nationally and locally. This popular event will feature the National Association of Realtors Vice President of Research, Dr. Paul Bishop, who will speak about national trends and their impacts on the local market, as well as a local response panel of industry experts analyzing the outlook for Central Oregon area real estate.

Topics will include:

• Key emerging trends that will shape the real estate market in 2018
• Outlook on the future for real estate investment and development
• Outlook for U.S. real estate property sectors, finance and capital markets

Come hear a lively, provocative, wide-ranging discussion and have the chance to ask your own questions.

8:00 – Doors Open – Registration, Networking & Buffet Breakfast
8:30 –  Welcome
8:40 –  Dr. Paul Bishop – National Trends & Their Impacts on the Local Market
9:15 – EcoNorthwest Market Analysis presentation

9:35 – Emerging Trends in Real Estate presentation
10:00 – Q&A
10:30 – Adjourn

Bend Chamber members – $59
General Admission – $79

Table Sponsor with 10 seats – $790
Table Sponsor without seats – $200

(Seats are $10 more at the door)

 $100 Ed Club/$125 Members/$195 non-members