It’s diamonds for Global Real Estate Council of Orlando
Aft er securing platinum-level recognition for six years, ORRA’s biggest special interest lands NAR’s highest honor
The Global Real Estate Council of
Orlando — a special-interest group of the
Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association
— has been presented with the Diamond
Global Achievement Program Award from
the National Association of REALTORS®.
The award recognizes the highest level
of sustained service to REALTORS® who
work with foreign national homebuyers
and sellers. It was presented in November
during a festive evening gala for international
real estate practitioners as part of
NAR's 2018 REALTOR® Conference & Expo
in Boston.
This is the first year that the Global Real
Estate Council of Orlando has received
Diamond level recognition; it earned a
Platinum level award each year from 2013
to 2018 and a Gold level award in 2012.
The Diamond level is awarded to
those councils around the country that
for a minimum of six years have shown
the highest level of service to its global
members by consistently providing them
with the tools they need to handle international
real estate and by connecting the
council to the global community in the
Orlando area.
ORRA's council hosts monthly education
and networking sessions
that feature discussion about
doing business with those from
featured areas of the world.
In addition, the council sends
representatives to international
homebuyer expos in locations
such as Toronto and the United Kingdom,
where many of Orlando's international
homebuyers originate. It even provides a
valuable guide to international
investing in Orlando real estate,
and in 2018 the guide was translated
into both Spanish and
Portuguese!
Visit orlandorealtors.org/
international for more information
about the Global Real Estate Council
of Orlando and a schedule of its upcoming
events.
NEWS
REALTORS®, aff iliates bring home the bucks
ORRA’s expo participants leave with tons of gift cards, magazine ad space
ORRA members were
the big winners of ORRA’s
tailgating-themed 2018
REALTOR® Expo. Not only
did they enjoy networking
with vendors who filled
the tradeshow floor;
watching as our charismatic
CEO Cliff Long
delivered a state of the
association address; and
chowing down on food
and drink, they took home
tons of dinero!
The first 100 who
showed up at the doors
were handed $10 Publix gift cards. Then, four attendees at the state of the association
presentation each found a $250 VISA gift card under their seat. Next up was the Global Real
Estate Council of Orlando’s “Selling Orlando” panel, which treated four listeners to $100
VISA gift cards.
Finally, five members were drawn from a hat to receive VISA gift cards starting at $100
and progressing up to $500 by the end of the Expo.
Even the ORRA aff iliate members who displayed their products and services were treated
to a prize courtesy of the association. Pillar to Post won the event’s coveted “Best Booth”
award and is the recipient of a complimentary half-page ad in a 2019 issue of Orlando
REALTOR® magazine.
ORRA CEO Cliff Long (l) and 2018 ORRA President
Lou Nimkoff (r) join 2018 Global Real Estate Council
of Orlando Chairman Cleberto Copetti (c) in receiving
the council’s Diamond Achievement Award.
Best booth honors went to Pillar to Post
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