Boracay! Here we come!

REALTORS! Get your summer wear and binoculars ready weare going to Boracay for the 13th VisMin Regional Conference. To be hosted by Aklan Board of Realtors, the conference will be held from MAY 22-23, 2009. Our venue will be at LA CARMELA DE BORACAY RESORT HOTEL, BORACAY ISLAND, MALAY, AKLAN ( http://www.lacarmeladeboracay.com/index.htm ). Check out this site every now and then for updates!

The DBRFI Concluded a Successful Comprehensive Real Estate Seminar

The Davao Board of REALTORS® Foundation Inc., recently concluded its first batch of Comprehensive Real Estate Seminar last March 28, 2009 with 68 graduates. This seminar was organized in coordination with the Department of Trade & Industry, in preparation for the May 31, 2009 Real Estate Brokers Licensing Exam to be conducted through the joint effort of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) and the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC). (click on the image to enlarge)

What is the MLS?

Everyone who has even a passing interest in real estate might have seen or heard of MLS®. But very few know exactly what MLS® is or understand the important role it plays in the real estate industry.

The MLS® system, also known as the Multiple Listing Service® is a complex information-sharing system and a cooperative marketing network created by REALTORS® several decades ago to help the public buy and sell homes. While it is computer-based today, it began as an exchange of paper listing information and photographs.

The MLS® is a member-based service. The REALTORS gather exclusive listings and pool them into one database, the local MLS system, which the REALTORS Board administers and operates. The local MLS system is linked with the MLS systems of other REALTORS Boards thereby creating a bigger system, the national MLS system, which the Philippine Association of REALTORS® Board (PAREB) administers and operates. The national MLS system is linked with other national MLS systems thereby creating an internationl system, which the NAR-USA administers and operates.

REALTOR® uses the MLS®.. Because if he does and you give him the exclusive authority to act as your selling agent, he will input your requirement in the MLS. That means detailed information about the property you are selling will be broadcast to all the REALTOR Boards. Dealing with one REALTOR will be like mobilizing all the REALTORS to find you a buyer. Your property will get maximum marketing exposure. You can expect inquiries from different REALTORS to come your way.

If you are buying a property, check whether your REALTOR® uses the MLS®.. Because if he does and you give him the exclusive authority to act as your buying agent, he will input your requirement in the MLS. That means your search criteria on the property you are buying will be broadcast to all the REALTORS. Dealing with one REALTOR will be like mobilizing all the REALTORS to find a property to buy. Your requirement will get maximum exposure. You can expect listings from different REALTORS to come your way.

All participant REALTORS to the transaction can only be too glad to contribute to the satisfaction of your requirement. After all buying, selling and leasing real estate property is their business, and the trademark MLS® symbolizes co-operation and fellowship among REALTORS®. Your REALTOR can only be too glad to entertain offers from other REALTORS, even if they come from other REALTORS Boards. It will hasten the satisfaction of your requirement. And the sales commission, if ever, will be divided between the selling agent and the buying agent.

The MLS is more than a research tool for property listings. It actually is a comprehensive compilation on real estate information and services that supplements the REALTOR's in-depth knowledge of the current market and neighborhood conditions, which he uses to help his clients come to a knolwedgeable choice. Needless to say, the MLS® has proven its value over the decades. source: http://www.realtor.org.ph/multiple-listing-service-mainmenu-42.html

Directory of Davao REALTORS® as of October 2008

1.Joaquin Angeles
REB Lic # XI*06-299

2.Amelia Mae P. Enriquez- Baay
REB Lic # XI-06-240

3.PNP Silvestre D. Belen
(2006 PAREB National President)
REB Lic # XI-06-153

4.PP Ruby S. Bernardo
REB Lic # XI-06-208
Email add: prof_beng@yahoo.com

5.PP Maximo L. Calolot
REBL XI-06-292
REA XI 06-023
Email add: mlcalolot@yahoo.com

6.Julian Cañete
REB Lic # XI-06-315

7.Roberto L. Carabuena
REB Lic # XI
Email add: eaglenet808@yahoo.com

8.Ricardo T. Casiño
REB Lic # XI-06-235
Email add: rtc_realty@yahoo.com

9.PP Jeffrey F. Catotal
REB Lic # XI-06-267
Email add: catotal@skynet.net

10.Carlene C. Collado
REB Lic # XI-06-332

11.Charisse C.Crisostomo
REB Lic # XI-06-330

12.PP Ben Cruz
REB Lic # XI-06-219

13.Ofelia R. Dacudao
REB Lic # XI-06-146
Email add: cilledax@mozcom .com

14.Romeo Dela Cruz, Jr.
REB Lic # XI-06-338

15.Emily Jane B. Domingo
REB Lic # XI-06-159

16.Maria Luisa P. Enriquez
REB Lic # XI-06-241

17.Vivien Fenete-Lapidez
REB Lic # XI
Email add: vivienfenete@yahoo.com

18.Bonifacio C. Fernandez
REB Lic # XI-06-115

19.Romeo C. Francisco
REB Lic # XI-06-303

20.Concepcion F. Gatchalian
XI-06-158

21.Leonora P. Gutierrez
REB Lic # XI-06-309
Email add: npg0731@yahoo.com

22.PP Ernesto O. Jamora, Jr.
REB Lic # XI-06-102
Email add: erniejamora@yahoo.com

23.Gemma Asumna C. Lagria
REB Lic # XI-06-367
Email add: gem_acl@yahoo.com

24.Ramon D. Lasay
REB Lic # XI-06-331
Email add:R.D.LasayRealty_2331940@yahoo.com

25. Ricardo B. Liangco
REB Lic # XI-06-212
Email add: ricliangco@yahoo.com

27. Jaye May D. Mangubat
REB Lic # XI-06-314
Email add: jm_mangubat@yahoo.com

25.Alfonso T. Nonato
REB XI-06-055®
REA XI-06-008
Email add: al_nonato2004@yahoo.com

26.Nicitas O. Occeña
REB Lic # XI-06-106
Email add: nicy@skynet.net

27.Samuel C. Occeña
REB Lic # XI-06-077

28.Jyss Alma L. Panganiban
REB Lic # XI-06-266

29.Elena E. Parreño
REB Lic # XI-06-082
Email add: parreno_realty88@yahoo.com

30.IPP Liza Elsie E. Parreño
REB Lic # XI-06-160
REA Lic # XI-06-031
Email add: leepar19@yahoo.com

31.PP Leah Theresa E. Parreño
REB lic #: XI-06-122®
REA XI-06-017
Email add: leaparreno627@yahoo.com

32.PP Lucia E. Pelayo
REB Lic # XI-06-016
Email add: lucypelayo@yahoo.com

33. Danilo G. Peña
REB Lic # XI-06-254
Email add: dgpena888@yahoo.com

34.Roy C. Rabor
REB Lic # XI-06-156
Email add: roy_rabor@yahoo.com

35.Teodoro V. Reyes, Jr.
REB Lic # XI-06-287
Email add: Jehutradingcorp@eudoramail.com

36.Efren S. Reyes
REB Lic # XI-06-247
Email add: efrenreyes@yahoo.com

37.Rodolfo Sinco
REB Lic # XI-06-154

38.PP Norman A. Sison
REB Lic # XI-06-069
Email add: norman-sison@yahoo.com

39.Eileen M. Ong-Sugano
REB Lic # XI-06-273

40.Charito G. Torefiel
REB Lic # XI-06-057

41.Rosendo Villareal
REB Lic # -06-324

42.Marilou C. Yap
REB Lic # XI-06-02
Email add: malou_yap@yahoo.com



*PNP - past national president
*PP - past president
*IPP - immediate past president
*REB - real estate broker
*REA - real estate appraiser