02 May Busting of Industry Myths Busting of Industry Myths Thursday, May 2, 2024 (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) 3.5 CE Hours FLC Auditorium, Shelton, Washington Class, Courses, Education This is part of a Full Day Education Event with Operation Evolve 2.0 Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocationInstructors There is too much involved with the provision of RE Brokerage Services for brokers to learn everything they need to know in classes. Thus, brokers will learn much about how to practice RE sales from their mentors and peers, including brokers on the “other side†of the transaction. Often, best practices and other industry truths are handed down from one broker to another by oral instruction or through modeling the behavior of a broker who is thought to know more. This can be productive and helpful in creating competent, well-educated brokers. However, it also tends to perpetuate bad, erroneous practices. “We’ve always done it this way†is a refrain that illustrates resistance to change even when change is appropriate. This class will dismantle common myths within the industry by demonstrating their falsity and explaining a correct approach. The “myths†identified below are set out in no particular order and could be substituted for other “myths†that appear to be more timely or to be causing more trouble within the current industry. FLC Auditorium FLC Auditorium1212 Connection StreetShelton, WA 98584 Map & Directions Annie Fitzsimmons Annie Fitzsimmons is a lawyer whose entire post-adolescent life has focused on the Washington real estate market place in one form or another. When she was 11 years old, her parents opened a real estate company and she worked in the office first as the cleaning crew, later as a receptionist, bookkeeper and typist and ultimately as a real estate licensee. At age 23, she school at the University of Washington and upon graduating, began her legal career with the Tacoma law firm of Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim. She was one of the firm’s primary residential real property lawyers until 2001 when she left to open her own office and since has served as Washington Realtors Legal Hotline Attorney as well as providing a variety of other legal services for WR. She served on the task force that drafted the Agency Law from 1994 to 1996 and the task force that worked in 2004 and 2005 considering revisions to the Licensing Law, RCW 18.85. She has sued and defended real property owners, buyers, sellers and brokers across the state but has recently made it her personal priority to ensure that no Washington REALTOR® is ever sued again for something they could have avoided. Believing that education is the best way to achieve this goal, she is here today. So, take advantage of her experience and ask questions that are important to you. Raise your hand and focus discussion on issues that are challenging you today.