MEMBERS MEETING & EVENT
CALENDAR 2010 AT A GLANCE:

Wednesday, March 10 2010
- Business Morning at the Capital

Thursday, March 11 2010
- Loan Restructuring Seminars
- March Membership Meeting

May 2 - May 5 2010
- CCIM Capitol Hill Visit

Thursday, May 13 2010
- Site To Do Business Training Class
- May Membership Meeting

Thursday, August 26 2010
- Britt's Pub Lawn Bowling

September 2010 (Date TBA)
- Golf Event

Thursday, September 16 2010
- Annual Real Estate Symposium

Thursday, December 9 2010
- Holiday Social & Program
- December Membership Meeting

Your Chapter Leadership in action
 

CI 101 serves as your introduction to the CCIM Cash Flow Model. Learn to apply the CCIM Cash Flow Model to make your investment decisions based on wise investment fundamentals. Some of the concepts you will explore include IRR, NPV, Cap Rate, Capital Accumulation, and the Annual Growth Rate of Capital.

This class will also introduce you to two other important tools – the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, the fundamentals behind the numbers, and the CCIM Decision-Making Model, a process for analyzing and making real estate decisions.
 

Your Chapter Leadership in action

Help shape the future of the commercial investment real estate industry when you attend CCIM's Capitol Hill Visit Day. Join CCIM and IREM May 5 (orientation is May 4) in Washington, DC, and share the CCIM/IREM legislative agenda with members of Congress.

You can make a difference! Here are just a few of the results of CCIM and IREM's lobbying efforts over the past few years:

• You acquired a permanent ban prohibiting banks in real estate 
  -- 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act
• You received an extension to energy tax incentives
  -- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• You obtained an extension of the 15-year cost recovery period for leasehold improvements
  -- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• You are able to acquire terrorism insurance
  -- The Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision Act of 2007
• You received significant tax cuts on capital gains
  -- The Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
  
  To get complete details and reserve your space at the 2010 Capitol Hill Visit Day, go online now or contact Julia Anderson, CCIM's Legislative Liaison, at (800) 837-0706, ext. 6033. There is no cost for CCIM members to attend this event.
   

What is the schedule?
On Tuesday, May 4, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, there will be an Orientation at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C. It is very important to be at the briefing! The visit to Capitol Hill will take place on Wednesday, May 5, with meetings throughout the day.

What can I expect from a Hill Visit meeting?
You will be meeting your congressperson along with your fellow IREM and CCIM Institute members. The larger the group – the more effectively you will convey your legislative agenda. You will appoint a group leader and separate issue leaders at the Orientation on Tuesday; however, everyone will have the opportunity to speak if they so choose. Always remember that even if you don’t feel comfortable speaking to the issues, you are the experts in your industry and legislators need to understand your business in order to understand your issues!

What happens once I register?
Once you register for the IREM & CCIM Institute Capitol Hill Visit Day you will be directed to contact your chapter. Each chapter will appoint a “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator” who will work with chapter members to schedule appointments on Wednesday, May 5, with senators and representatives from their state. Issue papers, instructions on how to schedule meetings, and a master schedule of Hill Visit meetings, will be made available at http://www.ccim.com/content/capitol-hill-visits. An Orientation Manual, voting records, maps, an NAR Congressional Directory, and “Leave Behinds” will be provided to you at the Orientation on Tuesday, May 4.
How do I schedule a meeting with my Congressperson?
Your “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator” will set up the meetings with your congressperson. To schedule a meeting with your Congressperson you must follow these 3 steps:
1) Visit www.congress.org to look up your senators and representative by using your zip code. Find the D.C. office fax number under the “contact” tab and look under the “staff” tab for the Scheduler/ Appointment Secretary.
2) Draft a letter to the legislator’s office in care of the scheduler. For a sample letter, go HERE
3) Fax letter to the D.C. fax number listed.
Congressional offices require all requests for meetings with the congressperson to be in writing. The legislator’s Scheduler will call to inform you of the Congressperson’s schedule and facilitate your request. *Important for your “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator”* If you have not heard from the Scheduler within two weeks of faxing your letter, you should call him/her directly, reference your letter and inquire as to the status of your request.
 

Help shape the future of the commercial investment real estate industry when you attend CCIM's Capitol Hill Visit Day. Join CCIM and IREM May 5 (orientation is May 4) in Washington, DC, and share the CCIM/IREM legislative agenda with members of Congress.

You can make a difference! Here are just a few of the results of CCIM and IREM's lobbying efforts over the past few years:

• You acquired a permanent ban prohibiting banks in real estate 
  -- 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act
• You received an extension to energy tax incentives
  -- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• You obtained an extension of the 15-year cost recovery period for leasehold improvements
  -- Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• You are able to acquire terrorism insurance
  -- The Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision Act of 2007
• You received significant tax cuts on capital gains
  -- The Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
  
  To get complete details and reserve your space at the 2010 Capitol Hill Visit Day, go online now or contact Julia Anderson, CCIM's Legislative Liaison, at (800) 837-0706, ext. 6033. There is no cost for CCIM members to attend this event.
   

What is the schedule?
On Tuesday, May 4, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, there will be an Orientation at the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C. It is very important to be at the briefing! The visit to Capitol Hill will take place on Wednesday, May 5, with meetings throughout the day.

What can I expect from a Hill Visit meeting?
You will be meeting your congressperson along with your fellow IREM and CCIM Institute members. The larger the group – the more effectively you will convey your legislative agenda. You will appoint a group leader and separate issue leaders at the Orientation on Tuesday; however, everyone will have the opportunity to speak if they so choose. Always remember that even if you don’t feel comfortable speaking to the issues, you are the experts in your industry and legislators need to understand your business in order to understand your issues!

What happens once I register?
Once you register for the IREM & CCIM Institute Capitol Hill Visit Day you will be directed to contact your chapter. Each chapter will appoint a “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator” who will work with chapter members to schedule appointments on Wednesday, May 5, with senators and representatives from their state. Issue papers, instructions on how to schedule meetings, and a master schedule of Hill Visit meetings, will be made available at http://www.ccim.com/content/capitol-hill-visits. An Orientation Manual, voting records, maps, an NAR Congressional Directory, and “Leave Behinds” will be provided to you at the Orientation on Tuesday, May 4.
How do I schedule a meeting with my Congressperson?
Your “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator” will set up the meetings with your congressperson. To schedule a meeting with your Congressperson you must follow these 3 steps:
1) Visit www.congress.org to look up your senators and representative by using your zip code. Find the D.C. office fax number under the “contact” tab and look under the “staff” tab for the Scheduler/ Appointment Secretary.
2) Draft a letter to the legislator’s office in care of the scheduler. For a sample letter, go HERE
3) Fax letter to the D.C. fax number listed.
Congressional offices require all requests for meetings with the congressperson to be in writing. The legislator’s Scheduler will call to inform you of the Congressperson’s schedule and facilitate your request. *Important for your “Chapter Hill Visit Coordinator”* If you have not heard from the Scheduler within two weeks of faxing your letter, you should call him/her directly, reference your letter and inquire as to the status of your request.
 

Your Chapter Leadership in action
 

Please mark your calendar and watch for additional information

You can’t make intelligent real estate decisions without learning about the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model for investors, lenders, developers, brokers and other real estate professionals. Learn how financial analysis and market analysis are two separate, yet completely interrelated components of the strategic analysis process.

Work with four case studies covering each of the major property types; office, industrial, multi-family, and retail. Each case study will build around the CCIM Strategic Analysis Model, which contains four components – Market and Competitive Analysis, Political and Legal Analysis, Location and Site Analysis, and Financial Analysis.
 

Your Chapter Leadership in action