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Take advantage of discount offer for five courses!
Registration is now open for the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®’ 6th Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) Institute on September 11-15. The CIPS Institute will provide the training and tools to position yourself as a global expert. Upon completion of the five courses, you will have the opportunity to earn the prestigious CIPS designation, the only international designation offered by the National Association of REALTORS®.
What will it cost?
SILVAR is providing a deep discount for the entire CIPS Institute, which includes five courses.
- $450 – Paperless Option. Bring an electronic device to class each day and you will be provided with a link to the PDF of the manual for each course which you can download.
- $500 – Paper Option. This includes a hard copy manual for each of the five courses.
Continental breakfast and lunch each day, courtesy of our Sponsors of the Day:
Darrell Monda, with TourFactory
Janet Case, with Proxio
Kyle Chuang, with Farmers’ Insurance
Anita Rodal with AFEX and SBPI Services
Suzette Reboton with HSBC
* This offer is being extended to both members and nonmembers for a limited time. Regular price for the CIPS Institute is $600.
What will I learn?
- International business transactions, roles and expectations
- Currency conversion
- Cultural awareness
- Legal and tax requirements
- Ownership and transaction principles of international real estate
- Specifics about the real estate markets in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
Who is the instructor?
2012 and 2009 National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) International Instructor of the Year David Wyant, CIPS, CRS, GRI, ABR, RSPS, TRC, AHWD, SFR, SRES, MRP, GREEN, e-Pro, who is assisted by his wife, Patsy, will be returning to Cupertino to teach the CIPS Institute. The Wyants travel abroad each year teaching CIPS in other countries and are able to share the latest developments taking place in real estate markets around the world.
How do I register?
- Complete the registration form below and email or fax to SILVAR.
- Members may register online for the paper option at ims.silvar.org.
- Non-members and those who want the paperless option may register by contacting SILVAR Public Affairs and Communications Director Rose Meily at (408) 200-0109 or email rmeily@silvar.org.
CIPS CLASS SCHEDULE AND REGISTRATION FORM
PLEASE CALL TODAY! VOTE COULD BE MONDAY!
The California Association of REALTORS® is OPPOSING SB 231 (Hertzberg), a bill that allows local governments to circumvent the State Constitution and Proposition 218 to tax property owners directly for costs related to stormwater infrastructure projects without the legally required public vote. C.A.R opposes SB 231 because it uses legal “sleight of hand” to allow local governments to impose new taxes without required voter input. The bill will be considered by the ENTIRE Assembly as soon as Monday, June 19th.
WHAT TO DO: Call your Assembly Member TODAY! Urge them to vote NO Vote on SB 231.
Call 1-800-798-6593. Enter your Assembly Member’s PIN number to be connected to their office.
When staff answers the phone, you can use the following script: “Hi, this is (insert your name). I’m a constituent. Please ask the Assembly Member to Vote No on SB 231. Don’t allow local governments to impose sewer taxes by side-stepping voters.”
The Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR), presented scholarship awards to 18 graduating seniors from public high schools in Silicon Valley at the end of the 2016-2017 school year. Each recipient received a $1,000 scholarship.
Now on its 18th year, Charitable Foundation’s scholars program recognizes students who have exemplified outstanding achievements in academics, extracurricular/employment activities and community involvement. The selection committee includes representatives from the local business community, area high schools, area colleges and SILVAR.
Students who received scholarships, the schools from which they graduated, and the colleges and universities they plan to attend are: Manasa Gogineni, Cupertino High School (UC Davis); Meryem Esa, Fremont High School (Santa Clara University); Archer Olson, Gunn High School (UC Berkeley); Yu-Ying Chua, Homestead High School (UCLA); Madeleine Gibbons-Shapiro, Leigh High School (Georgetown University); Simge Yildiz, Los Altos High School (UC Davis); Ginger Wang Brown, Los Gatos High School (Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo); Carolyn Zhong, Lynbrook High School (Carnegie Mellon University); Megan McDonnell, Menlo-Atherton High School (Northwestern University); Lucas Chang, Monta Vista High School (Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo); Shayla Joy Tonge, Mountain View High School (Chapman University); Zoe Dellaert, Palo Alto High School (University of Chicago); Aryan D’Rozario, Prospect High School (UC Santa Cruz); Megan Bettencourt, Santa Clara High School (UC Davis); Julie Cai, Saratoga High School (New York University); Ariana Sadar Ghahary, Westmont High School (UC San Diego); Poojita Dasika, Wilcox High School (UCLA); and Rogelio U. Sanchez, Woodside High School (UC Riverside).
“The seniors selected this year are very deserving of recognition not only because of their academic accomplishments, but also for their contributions to their communities,” said Charitable Foundation Scholarship Chair Nina Yamaguchi. “We are happy we are able to assist the deserving winners in the beginning of their college careers.”
The Charitable Foundation thanks the following members who presented the scholarships to the recipients at their respective senior award ceremonies: Chris Alston (Keller Williams), Mark Burns (Referral Realty), Nina Daruwalla (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Mary Kay Groth (Sereno Group), Penelope Huang (Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty), Young Jacob (Intero Real Estate Services), Theresa Loya (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), Bill Moody (Referral Realty), Russell Morris (Coldwell Banker), Moise Nahouraii (Referral Realty), Jose Padilla (Alain Pinel Realtors), Robert Reid (Keller Williams), Mary Tan (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage), David Tonna (Alain Pinel Realtors) and Denise Welsh (Alain Pinel Realtors).
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SEE 2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS HERE
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