Sunday, February 14, 2010

Benefits Of CCIM Designation

For over 40 years, the CCIM Institute has been the leading authority for commercial real estate, offering its more than 15,000 members a wide range of benefits at every level of their career. Being a member of the CCIM Institute and a local chapter means constant access to colleagues in your business community and worldwide. It means connecting and communicating, sharing experiences, solving business dilemmas and building long-term professional relationships and friends on an international level. As a CCIM you will have access to the following benefits:

Networking: CCIM Designee and Candidate members work in every state and in more than 30 nations worldwide. This means a CCIM has resources to close a deal or provide a referral across town or around the world. More.

Education: CCIM courses teach you the core knowledge expected of a commercial real estate practitioner. The principles covered in these courses include; Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, User Decision Analysis and Investment Analysis. More.

Technology: CCIM Institute provides members with a comprehensive suite of online marketing and analytical resources. With these resources at their fingertips, CCIM'S have the tools they need to compete in today’s commercial real estate marketplace. More.

Local Chapter Membership: As a member of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter, I’m pleased to report the high level of support from the local CCIM Designee's , which include professionals specializing in Office, Retail, Industrial, Multi-Family, Resorts, Hospitality, Land, Development, and Medical Facilities. More

Local Networking: A minimum of 6 times a year, the Los Angeles Chapter holds networking events on timely topics affecting the commercial real estate industry. A few of these programs are jointly held with other professional groups such as; The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), and others. Chapter members receive special discounts for all chapter meetings. More

Local Education: The Los Angeles Chapter offers the entire CCIM Institute course curriculum; Intro, CI 101 -104 and many elective courses throughout the year. Member’s benefit by not having to travel to other states to complete the education requirements for the CCIM Designation. To make the resume’ process easier to achieve the Designation, twice a year our chapter conducts Candidate Guidance portfolio workshops.

Online Technology: The Los Angeles CCIM Chapter web site includes an event calendar, membership contacts, education course schedule, membership applications, useful links, program sponsor’s, and much more to help our member's stay plugged-in to the chapter’s networking activities. On a national level, the Chapter’s web site is linked to the CCIM Institute, providing your business an international platform to support your client’s real estate needs on a local or worldwide basis.

Chapter Involvement: Chapter members are invited to join a committee and add their voice to an area of your interest. Your level of involvement is completely up to you; the more you are involved with the chapter, the greater the CCIM Designation will enhance your professional career.

Outstanding Leadership: We are proud of our elected leadership. They are selected from the best of the best of CCIM Designees and Candidates. The President, Officers, Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, Past Presidents and staff are dedicated to serving our members professional success.

Professional Directory: Our Chapter publishes a high quality Chapter membership directory. Thousands of these directories are distributed to key people of influence in our marketplace. Our members benefit by local professional exposure.

The value of achieving the CCIM Designation is immeasurable. CCIM is the most coveted and respected name in commercial investment real estate industry and will exponentially advance your professional career and you will make many good friends along the way. For more information on how a CCIM Designation can take your commercial real estate career to the next level, please contact our chapter today.

Greater Los Angeles CCIM Chapter
433 N. Camden Drive, 6th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Office: 866-572-5874
ccimla@ccim.net
Chapter Web Site

Looking forward to hear from you.


Carmela Ma