Category: Course

Drones, technology, and ethical use of social networking

Drone photograph taken over downtown ABQ

On Thursday, July 20th, Cantera Consultants & Advisors will offer its 8 hour course “Ethical use of social networking, technology (and drones)”

This course counts for 8 hours of CE (Training) and fulfills your license renewal requirement with the NMREC for a 4 hour ethics course.

Topics covered in the course:
– latest in effective use of technology for real estate – including:
– how to develop a paperless office, and the Internal Rate of Return for doing so
– which laptop to buy
– how to incorporate tablets into your day to day business
– 100 apps in 60 minutes (iOS and Droid)
– overview of social media by platform
– the demographics drivers behind social media marketing
– what works and what doesn’t
– development of your marketing plan
– incorporating ethics into your social media marketing plan
– retooling your marketing program (includes a copy of the NM Apartment Advisors Inc marketing program that has been used to sell over $450M of apartment investments)
– developing metrics to track your marketing programs results
– drones – is it time to have one – includes hands on time with three different drones (and a drone pilot on hand to answer your questions)
– (yes you read that correctly – you will get a chance to be hands on with one of 3 drones)

Seating is limited at this amazing downtown Albuquerque course facility (location shared after registration) – register for this course at http://www.canteraconsultants.com/courses

8 Hours – Ethical Use of Social Networking, Technology (and Drones) – 7/20/2017 – 8am – $129 – http://www.canteraconsultants.com/courses

Thanks,
Todd Clarke CCIM
CEO
Cantera Consultants & Advisors Inc

 

Course: Advanced Excel Wizardry – 4 training hours

Whether you are a beginning or advanced Excel user, this course will demonstrate how you can be more efficient, productive and improve your presentations.

Topics covered in the course include:
– Formatting
– Making stunning custom graphs
– Key formulas
– Database normalization
– Using Pivot Tables
– Using Goal seek to find the solution
– Conditional formatting as a tool to make legible and cool looking spreadsheets
– Creating macros to make your spreadsheet work more efficiently

* bringing a laptop with any version of Microsoft Excel is highly recommended

An example of an apartment dashboard tool created in Excel:
AdvancedExcelWizardryExample

Register for this or any other course at www.canteraconsultants.com/cca2015 .

Additional information about your international award winning instructor can be found at www.toddclarke.com

Course: Ethical use of Social Networking and today’s latest technology

This day long course covers the ins/outs of navigating the social networking minefield as well as the latest in technology and how to use it to make you more efficient in your daily work.

Learn how to:
– Develop a social networking policy for you and your agents
– Determine which social networking tools will work best with your customers
– How to tap in to the Gen Y market and what they are looking for in terms of information and content
– What software and tools you can use to manage social networking
– How to engage clients using social networking
– What tools you need to take your office paperless
– The latest in market trends and how they impact your business
– The latest tech to separate the time wasters from those tools that can make you more efficient
– How to make your iPad or Droid tablet an effective marketing/presentation and business tools (including top apps)
(You can see Todd Clarke and Todd Kuhlman present over 100 mobile apps in 90 minutes at the national CCIM conference in Denver, CO – click here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjj3bhxHS44)

One of my former students kindly offered this testimonial:

“Todd’s got his eye on the ball when it comes to technology. He knows what works and perhaps more importantly knows what doesn’t work and can help you steer away from traps.” – Richard E. Juge, CCIM, SIOR (National CCIM president 2010)

Register for this or any other course at www.canteraconsultants.com/cca2015 .

Additional information about your international award winning instructor can be found at www.toddclarke.com

Course: Confessions of a Commercial Real Estate Consultant – 8 hours of CE training

The course is hands on discovery course that covers how you can offer additional non-transaction services to your clients and shift some of your income from commissions to assignment or hourly fees.

Additional topics include:
– Where does a consultant add value?
– How to negotiate services and pricing
– Discovering hidden value in clients properties
– Common services offered by consultants
– Overview of market feasibility, site/location feasibility, financial feasibility and political/legal feasibility in the development process
– Discussion on running stakeholder meetings and/or focus group sessions
– Information resource for assignments
– How to avoid conflicts of interest
– Skill sets and experience levels required
– S.W.O.T. analysis of your potential to migrate some of your business away from commission based to pre-paid hourly engagements

Register for this or any other course at www.canteraconsultants.com/cca2015 .

Additional information about your international award winning instructor can be found at www.toddclarke.com

Course: Understanding NM’s Property Tax System

Did you know at one time in NM’s history, your political affiliation impacted the amount of your property tax bill? Are you confused by Tax Lightening? Uncertain as to what surprises next year’s property tax bill will hold? Do you want to understand why it is “fair” for two similar properties to have different assessed values? Confused by the media news and the latest legislation? Need the straight scoop on the property tax law? Then plan to attend this course!

Learn how:
– To build a credible case for protesting your property’s tax value
– To calculate your property tax bill
– What you should provide and what you shouldn’t
– How the assessors in each county approach value
– The basis of the property tax law and how it impacts your tax bill
– How to conduct your negotiations at informal and formal hearings
– Includes a review of the latest legislative laws/updates
– Includes Fifth edition book “Understanding NM’s Property Tax system” a $50 value.
– Book includes case study and mock informal and formal hearings
– You will leave this course with the tools you need to file a protest

This course has been utilized by owners of property to lower their values as well as real estate professionals looking to understand the process and offer additional services to their clients. The course includes the 5th Edition, 360 page book titled “Understanding NM’s Property Tax System”, a $50 value, free of charge (PDF version is free, printed version is $50). This must-have text book includes sample case studies, and cites state statutes that are important to know for any settlement or formal hearing. (if you don’t need the CE and want the textbook – it can be ordered here: www.canteraconsultants.com/books)

Register for this or any other course at www.canteraconsultants.com/cca2015 .

Additional information about your international award winning instructor can be found at www.toddclarke.com