| | |  Puerto Vallarta Real Estate | October 2008 
Texas Real Estate Trade Mission an Unqualified Success
 John K. Glaab - CIPS
| | The Texas Association of Realtors Trade Mission to Guadalajara was the largest mission ever to come from a US state to a foreign country. | | |
According to Elena Carillo, Strategic Account Manager for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), The Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) Trade Mission to Guadalajara was the largest mission ever to come from a U.S. state to a foreign country. It was an event produced by three groups, The Texas Association of Realtors, (TAR) The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the Guadalajara Section of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI).
The Texas contingent was led by NAR's Presidential Liaison to AMPI, Adrian Arriaga, and the Chair of TAR's International Operations Committee Louise Hull Patilla.
The five day event, titled, "Business Beyond Borders," included two NAR courses Trans National Referral Certification and Doing Business in Mexico. On the Friday of the event, the Guadalajara Section of AMPI staged its 18th Annual "Foro Inmobiliario" (an all day educational seminar and Trade Show.) Members of AMPI and NAR had daily Networking sessions.
Members of the trade mission toured residential and commercial properties, including a Sunday tour to nearby Chapala/Ajijic.
Social events included a ball and cocktail party at the closing of the "FORO" and a trip to Tequila, Jalisco, billed as, "Mundo Cuervo" The group went to an agave field for a demonstration of harvesting, then on a tour of the agave distillery and a meal and entertainment at the historic Cuervo Hacienda, where they were met by a Mariachi group and a charro and his family, who provided a show of lariat twirling and horsemanship.
At the luncheon, Guadalupe Duran from the Yucatan peninsula, made a presentation promoting AMPI's Annual Conference to be held in the Mayan Riviera. Adrian Arriaga, NAR's Presidential Liaison and a member of the Texas Real Estate Commission announced that planning is underway for a reverse Trade Mission from AMPI to Texas.
AMPI National President Sergio Duenas had this to say, "The Trade Mission was a great success. For five days the TAR members and our AMPI members from all over the country had a wonderful opportunity to network, to share information and establish relationships that we are sure will benefit both of our associations. We are grateful to TAR and its hard work along with all our AMPI Guadalajara and Chapala members that made this happen. We hope to be able to make Trade Missions between the NAR and AMPI an annual event around the country."
 John Glaab has been a member of NAR's International Section for over a decade. He has earned the Certified International Property Specialist designation and is a founding member of AMPI Los Cabos. He spends half the year in La Paz, Baja California Sur and the other half in Uruapan, Michoacan. For further information, contact John at John.Glaab(at)settlement-co.com. |
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