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Jackie Colson-Miller is awarded the CIPS designation for International Real Estate

By Jackie Colson

Real Estate Agent with Homeward Real Estate

May 28, 2007 01:41 AM

JACKIE COLSON-MILLER, Keller Williams Realty South Tampa has been awarded the prestigious Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation and joins a worldwide referral network of elite global Cips logo_black white

real estate practitioners with expertise in working with international clients as well as immigrants. The CIPS Designation is awarded by the National Association of REALTORS®(NAR), which represents over 1,300,000 REALTORS®in the United States.

It is a designation awarded to less than 1% of all Real Estate Professionals. Jackie Colson-Miller will be formally recognized at NAR's Annual Convention in Las Vegas on November 14, 2007. Members of the CIPS Network are crucial players in today's global real estate market. The CIPS designation recognizes members who have achieved the necessary training and experience to work successfully with international clients and properties. To earn the CIPS designation, REALTORS®complete rigorous coursework devoted to learning cultural differences and international business practices.

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Dayton, OH

Congratulations Jackie! May it bring you everything you want it to bring you.

May 28, 2007 01:47 AM

Ken Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick, Sale & Rental Management - Killeen, TX

Congratulation Jackie,

Any referrals to Fort Hood TX would be appreciated.

Ken Kirkpatrick
kenkirkpatrick@kw.com

www.killeenforthoodarea.com

May 28, 2007 01:51 AM

Jennifer Steck

Rocky Mountain Homescapes, Keller Williams, Denver Colorado - Denver, CO

Denver Real Estate

Bravo Jackie! When I am ready to buy that villa, I'll give you a call!

May 28, 2007 02:22 AM

Jackie Colson

Homeward Real Estate - Tampa, FL

Miller,Tampa Real Estate - www.RealEstateSizzle.com

Thanks..put you all on my "blogroll"...

May 28, 2007 02:23 AM

Peggy Edwards

Future Home Realty - Westchase, FL

REALTOR - Green Designation, e-PRO, Tampa Bay, FL

Hi Jackie, CONGRATULATIONS! This is a tremendous achievement and you should be very proud. Good luck with those international clients!

May 28, 2007 03:04 AM

Mary Pope-Handy

Christie's International Real Estate Sereno - Los Gatos, CA

CRS, CIPS, ABR, SRES, Silicon Valley

Jackie, congratulations!! I have been thinking of doing that designation for awhile. Recently I was at a CRS class in Sacramento and a gentleman at my table had his CIPS too (sorry, I don't have his card next to me and am not recalling his name). Anyway, I asked him if it had made a difference to his business and he said, "yes, right away I began to get referral business after I met agents in Paris". He sold me! It is now on my list of things to do after Project Blogger. Are you coming to SF for Blogger Connect? I would love to hear more about it if so. I'll be there.

May 28, 2007 04:10 AM

Mary...I am definitely coming to SF if I win!! ha ha I am going to the NAR convention in Las Vegas in November and the FAR in August. You should read all the requirements for the CIPS designation as it is a little more complicated than any other designation..you need 100 points in other "things" besides the education requirement. I think the people who are successful with the CIPS are the ones who make a point to network on an international level. I belong to the local International Council and I am going to the International Congress next month. I am planning to do 3-4 international conferences each year. I will tend to refer business to agents that I meet vs. picking them out of a directory. I already referred someone to a fellow classmate in Austria.

If you decide to get the CIPS, take the classes in a foreign country...that is where you will start networking with agents from other countries. There were only 4 Americans in my class in Vienna! I could have saved money by taking the class in Denver or Honolulu, but I would not have made the same connections with foreigners.

May 28, 2007 04:28 AM

Jackie, thanks. I will check it out. I appreciate the head's up. I will have to check the schedule and see when/where the classes are offered. I speak Italian (almost fluently) and so any excuse to go to Italy is one I want to take!

Whether you win or not, you are doing a great job with your blog(s). Keep up the great work and hope to see you in SF!!!

May 28, 2007 03:41 PM

Mary:

I speak French and have also studied Spanish, but I really want to pick up another language. Maybe German...

May 29, 2007 12:04 AM

A. Grey

Vidlisting.com - Bremerton, WA

Real Estate Video Mentor - Vidlisting.com

congrats jackie...keep up the international flavor on your blog.

Tony

Jun 02, 2007 06:58 AM

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