As part for the enhancement of each broker to serve the clients fully with ease, completeness, excellence, and honesty, the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) has come to its accomplishments.  This is required for all the brokers to be, to finish all the 24 units in CPE. This is a must to all of those licensed brokers aspirants, before taking the exam. Well, it is just to say, “Attendance for every topic to be discussed is a MUST!” Just recently, the REBAP staff had once conducted a seminar for all the licensed brokers in the Philippines mainly here in Cagayan de Oro, last Saturday, August 21-22, 2010 in Budgetel, Corrales Street. It was participated by few personalities in diverging professions. There were Architects, lawyers, Businessmen, Realtors, and Appraisers, who are licensed brokers.   On the first day, program started at 8 o’ clock in the morning and ended up at 9 in the evening.

The day was done with the series of lectures as well as review for those who were done with the topics discussed. The  sessions below will show the topics with its corresponding speakers. The seminar covered not only the rules, acts and duties only of the brokers. It also talked about the development of the City of Cagayan de Oro and its prospect projects within its vicinity. Thus, it shows that our city is having its dynamic functions, vision and mission, and its prosperity as well, which benefited to every Kagay-anons. One thing which caught my attention is the emphasized facts by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (Northern Mindanao Region), regarding the bases of how they would approve every developer’s project. That was so substantial, that every participant had absorbed and understood those bases well.

FIRST DAY AUGUST 21, 2010 SESSION:

Property  Management (CRB  Francis D. Del Rosario)
Code of Ethics & Responsibility
Buyers and Developments Financing Under Pag-Ibig Fund (Reynaldo E. Qwue)
Update on HLURB Planning (HLURB Rep. Era Uy)
Development on Zoning (City Planning Head, CDO Mrs. Estrella Zagaral)
Land Valuation & Basic Appraisal (CRB Gem Galupe)
Fundamentals of Property Ownership (CRB Robinson Masangcay)
Real Estate Brokerage Practice (CRB Earlvin Ravacio)

On the second day, the seminar had lined the legalities of every act by each broker and the things which should be in mind always. It talked about the finances and the other essential reminders to be enacted and not to be enacted by the brokers. It also viewed how to deal with the property dealings properly and legally in all means.

SECOND DAY AUGUST 22, 2010 SESSION:

Real Estate Taxation (Atty. Dottie Javier)
Basic Principle of Ecology (Realtor  Jose  Gatus)
Leasing and Team  Relations (CRB  Mequesa M. Chan)
Legal Aspect of Sales, Mortgage & Lease (Atty. Dottie Javier)
Real Estate Finance & Economics (CRB Earlvin Ravacio)
Condominium  Concept (Condo. VP- Marketing Harris “ ZACKIE” Lalwani)
RESA LAW & It’s Opportunities (Realtor  Jose  Gatus)

TOTAL: 24 UNITS

The seminar served again, as the guide for every broker to promote good, ethical and just serves to every client. Thus, the seminar’s topics above viewed the lenient and just acts, and rules, which is in compliance and accordance of our constitution for the said profession.

The seminar ended on the second day at almost around 7:00 P.M, with its served dinner for every one. As the secretariat of the said CPE Seminar, I would say that, “It was an awesome and informative event! Congratulations to the REBAP staff and members for the successful CPE seminar!”