Commercial

This appeared in the April/May issue of Commonwealth magazine.

With more and more electronic communication being done in public — the “social” part of social media — you’ll find that you can never really remove your Realtor hat. That means you need to be extra careful when you’re writing an e-mail, crafting a blog post, or replying to a tweet.

And I don’t just mean “always be professional.” I mean that there are disclosure rules from both the Virginia Real Estate Board and the Realtor Code of Ethics that apply online whenever you engage in “advertising.”

And believe me, the definition of “advertising” is pretty broad.

Here’s a chance to earn four hours of CE/PL and probably learn about something different — and something a lot of folks don’t know about.

The Virginia Realtors Land Institute and Virginia Tech have partnered to offer “Real Forestry for Real Estate” — a course that will help you not only sell land to prospective clients, but be able to give them useful information about managing their property. (No prior knowledge of trees is necessary!)

Virginia commercial Realtors are invited to attend a free webinar to learn the core functions of RPR Commercial:

• Searching properties/viewing property details,
• in-depth market analysis, and
• mapping/reporting.

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 10 a.m.
Cost: Free