Fund News and Alerts

On May 21st, drones ruled the skies over the rooftop terrace at the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors®

Manny Farach, presented his very popular Annual Real Estate and Business Case Law Update to the Polk Area Real Estate Council on May 5^th.

New REC Presidents for 2019!

By: René Rutan, Manager, Events & Affiliate, REC & Realtor® Relations

After a year of historic real estate activity fueled by a combination of demographics and the pandemic, the Florida real estate market appears to be taking a pause.  Add to that, a flurry of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve, to get a handle on the highest inflation in 40 years, and you’ve got yourself a good old fashioned economic slowdown.  While you may not want to celebrate that, it does present some opportunities to focus on aspects of your practice that you may have been neglecting – like Marketing.

We hope you and your family enjoyed a safe and happy holiday season.

It's hard to believe it's 2017 and a year has passed since we published the first issue of Council Connections. We hope that the introduction of this newsletter has kept you “connected” to the Real Estate Council community since creating a community of real estate attorneys is at the heart of what we are trying to achieve. Our profession is confronted with many challenges including an ever-changing regulatory environment and a marketplace that does not always value the involvement of a real estate attorney. The RECs provide a vehicle for all of us to work together to address these challenges in way that each of us, acting alone, might not be able to accomplish.

On July 4th, America celebrated her 241st birthday. It’s hard to imagine that a small group of motivated people were able to pull together the leaders of thirteen colonies (without Facebook or Twitter!) and declare independence from what was then the most powerful country in the world.

The Florida ARECS Board of Directors met on February 24th in Orlando and reviewed our strategic objectives and how the organization can best serve REC members going forward. Since its inception in 2014, Florida ARECS has focused on these strategic priorities:

On May 11th The Florida ARECS Board of Directors hosted its annual REC Leadership Forum preceding the start of Fund Assembly in Orlando.

On May 10^th the Board of Directors of the Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida hosted the Annual Florida ARECS Leadership Forum at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort in conjunction with Fund Assembly.

We were recently asked by Florida Realtors® to describe what Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida (“Florida ARECS”) does in 35 words or less for a promotional piece that will go out later this year.