C.A.R. provides valuable services such as:

• Delivering real estate commercial education, professional development, and networking opportunities with other commercial REALTORS®.
  
  
• Offering the opportunity to "pitch" listings to other commercial REALTORS®, to allow them quickly sell or lease real estate products for the clients.
  
  
• Offering meetings and seminars to share information with other commercial REALTORS®.
  
  
• Introducing commercial REALTORS® to many services provided by the National Association of REALTORS® and the California Association of REALTORS®.
  
  
• Introducing commercial REALTORS® to affiliates include commercial lenders, property title, appraisers, inspectors, architectures, trainers, and the like.

Other services that C.A.R. provides to its Commercial members are:

• Access to the National Association of REALTORS® news and information for their marketplace.
  
  
• Access to the CARETS Commercial, a premiere website resource for Commercial REALTORS® in Southern California, to find properties for Lease and For Sale databases.
  
• Strategic alliances with Commercial real estate vendors.
  
  
• Legislative advocacy on the state and national level.
  
  
• Free use of zipForm® 6 (electronic forms software, Forms Advisor®, Forms Tutor®, Electronic Signatures, zipVault®, and ePUBS® with the "Commercial Property Owner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety" booklet.

NAR Commercial

To find out What's New in Commercial Real Estate, visit the NAR Commercial Home Page at www.realtor.org/commercial.

The Source, NAR Commercial’s Blog
http://blog.commercialsource.com

NAR Commercial Research
http://www.realtor.org/research-and-statistics/research-reports/commercial-real-estate

NAR Five commercial affiliates:
CCIM Institute – www.ccim.com

Counselors of Real Estate -- www.cre.org

Institute of Real Estate Management – www.irem.org

REALTORS® Land Institute www.rliland.com
Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® - www.sior.com

PUBLICATIONS

The Home Front (usnews.com)
Why Fannie and Freddie Should Exist in the New Mortgage Market By Jason Gold

RESOURCES

AIR Essentials

NAR Commercial

Find a commercial practitioner

CommercialSource.com

Free Commercial Webinar
Recorded 6/28/10
Playback or Download Webinar (must download ARF player first): Free Commercial Webinar. Boston College Professor Frank Parker, Esq. presents this month's free commercial webinar on the various human initiated and environmental disasters and their potential imact on commercial real estate property values. This webinar seeks to provide commercial real estate decision makers with an analysis of the monumental events taking place currently in the environmental sector. Understanding their implications should allow the audience to make comprehensive forward thinking decisions in their forthcoming commercial real estate transactions. Practical examples of current approaches with their strengths and weaknesses will be emphasized.

ARTICLES and REPORTS

Sacramento AOR Commercial Report
     March 22, 2013

     March 8, 2013    

     February 22, 2013         

UPCOMING EVENTS  

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Commercial Marketing Session
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
3rd Wednesday of Every Month
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location: Beverly Hills/Grtr LA AOR
6330 San Vicente Blvd, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Tel: (310) 967-8800 | Fax: (310) 967-8808

Guest Speakers:
TBA

Moderator:
TBA

Both Members and Non-members may bring their listings to this presentation by reservation. You may also attend even if you do not have a property to offer and investors are welcome. Come see what's happening in the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Commercial Real Estate Market.

Register Online: www.bhglaar.com

Class #5 In A Series of 11 Commercial Classes Scheduled for 2013

Southland Regional AOR
Property Management for Apartment Buildings
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: SRAR Auditorium
7232 Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91406
818-947-2268

Jim Walls, Walls Property Management

 • Legal Requirements/Licensing
 • Rent Control Issues/Evictions
 • Trust Funds/City Inspections/Reporting
   Requirements
 • Landlord Tenant Relationships/Keeping
   Tenants Happy
 • City Inspections/Different Rules by City
 • Qualifying Tenants
 • Insurance Issues/Workman’s Comp/On-site
   Managers
 • Keeping the Landlord Out of Trouble

Pre-REGISTRATION STRONGLY ENCOURAGED 818-947-2268

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Commercial Investment Network Meeting
3rd Wednesday of Every Month
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Time: 8:15 a.m. - Networking & Breakfast
8:30 a.m - Introductions
8:45 a.m - Speaker
9:15 am - Haves/Wants
9:30 am - Meeting Adjourns
Location: SRAR Auditorium
7232 Balboa Blvd. Van Nuys, CA 91406
818-947-2268 or 818-786-2110

Guest Speaker: Richard Bozzi, KW Commercial
How do you prepare a proper Letter of Intent and What Does it Mean?

 • How is it important in a commercial
   transaction?
 • How do you use it as part of the
   negotiation?
 • Is only for leases or do you use it for
   purchases also?
 • What should be included in it?
 • Who prepares the document?
 • Is it legally binding?
 • What about the “minor” clauses in the
   contract?
 • Where can you get the form?
 • Come ask your questions!

Promote your listings & wants.
Continental Breakfast Free Parking

For additional information contact:
Brian J. Hatkoff, CCIM (818) 701-7789 or
Arnie Garfinkel (323) 728-7700

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PRESENTATIONS

2012 California Commercial Market Forecast by Robert Kleinhenz, deputy chief economist for C.A.R. - September 21 PPT PDF

Trends & Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate Presented by Bill Ukropina at the Arcadia Association of REALTORS®. November 3, 2011 PDF