CCIM
rests predominately on a three legged
stool:
N: Networking
E: Education
T: Technology
Networking:
The CCIM organization offer many areas
where members can Network to interact
with other CCIM Designees, Candidates
and other interested real estate
professionals. Networking
opportunities with CCIMs can take place
at local Chapter activities and events;
Regional marketing programs; National
events and conferences; Industry
conferences and meetings; Through CCIM
Mail Bridge; Through
www.CCIM.com directory and other
methods that are constantly being
introduced to encourage CCIMs to work
with and “do deals together”.
Another great networking opportunity
takes place between students attending
various courses. CCIMs feel
comfortable that when they contact
another CCIM knowing their CCIM
counterparts have gone through the same
CCIM education, training and development
of the “win/win” philosophy.
Education:
CCIM was initially founded on the basis
of providing commercial real estate
practitioners with a detailed education
program that used discounted cash flow
analysis to put commercial real estate
on an equal basis with other investment
vehicles like stocks and bonds.
Over the years the curriculum has
transformed with changes in the
investment world and now integrates
technological tools in providing an
analysis of the investment value of real
estate. The courses are taught by
real estate practitioners that are
active in their own day-to-day real
estate businesses and not by full time
educators. The requirements to
obtain the CCIM designation today
include 4 core courses, an advanced
interest based negotiations course,
submission of a detailed resume showing
competency, an optional 2 day Course
Concepts Review course (the few days
before the Comprehensive Exam) and a
Comprehensive Exam. Courses are
now offered over multiple platforms that
include: Traditional 5 day in class
format; on-line self-study format;
hybrid format that includes instructor
led 2 and ½ days of information in an
on-line format (over a few week period)
followed by 2 and ½ days in a classroom
setting. Education is an ongoing
requirement and most states now require
some form of Continuing Education in
order to maintain licenses, with the
constant change taking place in the real
estate practices and techniques, the
CCIM Institute recently created the
Robert L. Ward program to provide and
create webinars and 1-2 day classes on a
broad range of real estate activities.
These are geared to Designees as well as
others, to learn new skills or sharpen
skills that have gone dull over the
years.
Technology:
As detailed presentations, computers and
now other hand held devices have become
more prevalent in the marketing, sale
and management of real estate, the CCIM
Institute a number of years back created
the Site to Do Business Online (STDB) as
a member service to provide its members
a cornucopia of services that
individually would cost an individual
thousands of dollars to obtain
comparable services. Some of these
include: Detailed Demographic
information; Quality aerial photographs;
Pictometry Oblique Imagery; Mapping
capability; Ability to annotate
presentations; Traffic counts;
Walk/Transit scores; Downloadable
detailed business lists and many other
services and programs some for
substantially discounted fees. A
few years ago STDB integrated in the new
CCIMREDEX program which was developed as
a provider neutral data program for
listings and properties and changed its
name to CCIM Tech reflecting its new
broader capabilities. The bottom
line is CCIM Tech is a broad based
technology services platform that is
ever changing and proves members of the
CCIM Institute the most up-to-date
technological presentation and
information services available in the
marketplace today and tomorrow.
