THIS WEEK AT WEIR MANUEL

There are two upcoming WMR events that I would like to highlight in this issue of our RE Weekly. One is our first annual Awards Presentation Breakfast which will take place on Wednesday, January 14. At that time, the 2008 Eagle and Sherwood Awards recipients will be named as well as the 2008 President’s Circle. It is the one opportunity we take each year to formally recognize those among us that have achieved excellence.

In addition to the awards presentations, this year’s event also includes a short presentation on online social networking by Tom Chisholm from Facebook. This is an extremely relevant topic and I think Tom will enlighten all of us as to how online networking can help us create more business.

Another way in which we build our business is by providing service to our clients and prospective clients in ways that are ancillary to our core brokerage business. We will be doing that in February with our Property Tax Seminars. The seminars we held last year were an overwhelming success and this year we have expanded the program to include four sessions. We are expecting that every agent will bring at least one client or prospect to one of the sessions.

The content of these sessions is valuable to any property owner, but particularly those who have purchased in the past several years or those who are contemplating selling or purchasing residential property this year. These seminars are yet another example of the corporate support provided to Weir Manuel sales associates that will enhance their individual ability to provide trusted advice to our clients. Agents are encouraged to begin contacting their clients now in order to get reserved seating for the seminars in advance. See your manager for details.