The
Southwest
Riverside County Association of Realtors® Young Professionals Network
received their official charter today from the National
Association of Realtors®. The Young Professionals Network
is a growing group of young career-minded real estate professionals
across the
country who want to stay abreast of the latest tools, resources and
networking
opportunities.
Recognizing
that the average Realtor® is about 55, the average buyer is under 30, NAR started an aggressive recruiting
effort under President Richard Gaylord from Long Beach. The program was
officially inaugurated in October, 2007. There are fewer than 20
chartered
groups In California with the state association itself just being
chartered in
September.
Connie
Lynch, SRCAR CEO is ecstatic. “Our effort here really got its genesis
in 2008
as a pet project undertaken by Chair-elect Wes Ives. Wes has been very
supportive of this group and those efforts really paid off.”
“Their
first meeting was in May of this year and the energy has just been
amazing.
Zack Smith, Dane Wunderlich and Luz Acosta just kind of took the ball
and ran
with it and today our meetings have 20 – 30 young professionals – even
more at
their mixers. This group constitutes the future leaders of our industry
and our
community. Our Association is very proud of the work they’ve done to
get
recognized.”
Chair
Wes Ives was equally pleased to see this effort come together. “I think
it’s
just terrific. At a time when everybody in our industry is down, we’ve
got
these young people who are charged up and building good solid
businesses. The
real estate industry is undergoing some major changes today and these
kids are
going to be on the leading edge of what emerges.”
“Mentoring
and networking are big components of what we are about”, according to
2009 YPN
Chair Zack Smith. “Dane and I went to Sacramento in June for
Legislative Day
and while we were there we attended one of the first statewide YPN
meetings and
found there were hundreds of people just like us looking for this
opportunity.
The Association has been very supportive and we are really pleased to
have
reached charter status in just 6 months. We’ve got some great members.”
The
S.R.C.
Chapter of the Young
Professional Network is operated in conjunction
with the Hemet/San Jacinto Association of
Realtors®.
Membership in the group isn’t limited by age, more by mental age and
members
must be affiliated with the real estate industry – Realtor®, lender,
escrow,
home warranty, etc.. For more information on meetings and events,
please
contact SRCAR YPN at 951-894-2571 or visit SRCAR.org.. To find out more
about forming chapter in your area visit: http://www.realtor.org/ypn
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