Community of Practice
The Managing Broker Community of Practice offers a virtual space for associate brokers and managing brokers to connect, access crucial information, listen to guest speakers, and exchange best practices.
A Space for Managing Brokers
The Community of Practice, offered multiple times per month, highlights key speakers talking about topics that are top-of-mind for associate brokers and managing brokers. Join us!
Upcoming Sessions
The Community of Practice sessions are currently held via Zoom webinar on Wednesdays at 10 am.
June 12, 2024
Top Sector Trends and Practice Guidance with BCREA's Professional Services Team
June 26, 2024
Community Resilience in BC with FireSmart BC and BCFSA
The views expressed in these presentations are those of the speakers and do not reflect the views of BCREA or its member boards. Please note, the content of these presentations was current as of the date of each session and we cannot guarantee the accuracy of information provided in past sessions.
Latest Session
On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, CREA’s Lynn St-Germain and Mike Lomond joined us to share CREA’s Tech Tools for REALTORS® and CREA’s new Brokerage Training Hub and how these powerful tools can be used to empower your agents to generate more leads and enhance their impact.
- Session slide deck (Lynn St-Germain: CREA’s Tech Tools for REALTORS®)
- Session slide summary (Mike Lomond: CREA’s Brokerage Training Hub)
- Session slide deck (BCREA)
Follow-Up Questions:
- Is there an option to add comments when forwarding MLS® statistical links to our clients? When using the Member App, since we use native sharing on the device, members can add additional comments when sharing a report with their clients. It is possible to select “text message” as a sharing option (click here for a visual example). Comments cannot be added when sharing takes place from the desktop version of member.REALTOR.ca or when the member selects the scheduled option for ongoing delivery of reports to their clients.
- When the last sale price of a property is included with the listing information, what is the source and is a date of sale noted? The data shown on REALTOR.ca, including sold data information, is determined by the local board (or sometimes the provincial regulators). The date of the final sale may not appear on REALTOR.ca.
- How do I update my REALTOR® profile? What is the profile word or character limit? Can I do profile updates through my real estate board, or must I go through CREA? Profile data is given to CREA by member boards. Therefore, a member’s board is the first place to go to update their profile information. There are some boards that allow profile information to be updated on member.REALTOR.ca such as the member’s profile picture, adding videos, and including additional descriptions. Some boards do not allow these changes, so it is best for the member to login to their member.REALTOR.ca profile page to see what can and cannot be updated directly. The length of the profile description is 500 characters.
- I am licensed only as a property manager, but my office is a local board member. Can I post rental ads? It is best to contact your local board for more information as it relates to BC requirements.
- As an individual REALTOR®, do I need to register or join to access Data Distribution Facility® (DDF®), or is it included in my brokerage membership? All services provided through DDF® are part of CREA membership dues. An individual REALTOR® cannot join DDF® on their own, as their brokerage needs to opt-in and set permissions first.
- $2,500 for 100 users per month for the Brokerage Hub Service may be a bargain for large brokerages, but it’s a challenge for small brokerages. Can we combine it with another brokerage? Can our board provide this service? How are the 100 users per month calculated, by individual or per login? The Brokerage Hub Service subscription is per brokerage and can’t be combined with other brokerages. The service can be combined in cases where a brokerage has multiple offices. Member boards aren’t able to provide this service to brokerages as they access a different service, called the Multidomain Service, which has more features that provide learning to the entire membership, not just brokerages. 100 users per month breaks down as follows:
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- The brokerage can have 100 active users per month.
- An active user is a user who uses the Learning Management System (LMS) to interact with or access a learning object in a brokerage course in a one-month period.
- The active user can then use the LMS an unlimited number of times per month to access brokerage courses and is only counted as one active user.
- If the user interacts with or accesses a learning object from a CREA or BCREA course, they are not counted as an active user for the brokerage.
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Additional Resources:
BCREA Open House: The Newsletter
- Open House: The Newsletter is a new bi-monthly newsletter sent directly to REALTORS® – there’s no need to subscribe. Open House is a space to bring us together as a community by sharing news, celebrating our successes, learning from each other, and having a little fun along the way. The next issue is tentatively scheduled for distribution on May 21, 2024. Check your inbox!
BCREA Managing Broker Resources
- Managing Brokers’ Portal: contains links to resources most used by managing brokers. Click here for more.
- Managing Brokers Policies and Procedures Manual Template: provides a structured framework to help brokerages achieve regulatory compliance. Designed to be fully customizable. Click here for an automatic Word document download.
- Managing Broker Support Line: a pilot program offering tailored guidance and support to help brokers and member boards and associations tackle challenges they may encounter and identify opportunities to enhance professionalism. Click here for more.
- Lower Mainland: 604.520.9440
- Toll-Free: 1.844.414.8655
- Email: [email protected]
Past Sessions
April 10, 2024 – Government Relations Advocacy Update
March 20, 2024 – The Makings of a Complete Compliance Program
February 14, 2024 – BCREA Economics Update
January 17, 2024 – Update from BC Assessment
December 6, 2023 – Indoor Air Quality and Radon Gas in Real Estate
November 22, 2023 – Top Findings from BCFSA’s Audit of Real Estate Brokerages
November 1, 2023 – Managing Brokers Policies and Procedures Manual Template & Standard Forms Launch
October 11, 2023 – Real Estate Transactions involving Tenanted Properties
September 13, 2023 – Real Estate Transactions Involving Indigenous Lands
September 6, 2023 – FINTRAC Q&A
August 23, 2023 – BC Strata Amendments Explained
August 9, 2023 – WorkSafeBC and Real Estate
July 19, 2023 – BCFSA’s Regulatory Roadmap, Data Insights, Rules Amendments, and Stakeholder Engagement
July 5, 2023 – FINTRAC Compliance and Preparing for Examinations
June 21, 2023 – Distracted Driving: What to Know as a Real Estate Professional
June 7, 2023 – Cybersecurity Best Practices for Brokerages
May 24, 2023 – Climate Crisis Impacts on Real Estate
May 10, 2023 – Mental Health in Real Estate
April 26, 2023 – BCREA Government Relations Update
April 12, 2023 – Errors and Omissions Q&A
March 29, 2023 – Title Fraud in Real Estate – What You Need to Know
March 1, 2023 – Errors and Omissions – Insurance Changes, Trends, and Tips for Mitigating Risk
February 22, 2023 – The Path to Recovery in the Housing Market
February 15, 2023 – Data Collection in Real Estate
February 8, 2023 – Managing Broker Research Insights
January 18, 2023 – Foreign Buyer Ban with CREA and AUTOPROP
January 11, 2023 – BC Assessment 2023 Highlights
November 16, 2022 – 2023 Regulatory Changes and Standard Forms Launch
November 2, 2022 – Home Buyer Rescission Period with BCFSA
October 26, 2022 – Professionalism and the Leadership Role for Managing Brokers
September 28, 2022 – Housing Panel with Municipal-Nominees Across BC
August 17, 2022 – BCREA Updates
July 13, 2022 – The Cullen Commission Report: What REALTORS® Need to Know
June 15, 2022 – BCREA Government Relations and Advocacy Update
June 1, 2022 – FINTRAC – Receipt of Funds (no recording)
May 18, 2022 – BCREA Government Relations and Advocacy Update
May 4, 2022 – Risk Mitigation and Insurance Through Wildfire Season
April 20, 2022 – An Inside Look at Conveyancing
April 6, 2022 – Enhancing your Cyber Security with MFA
March 16, 2022 – Understanding Challenges With Assignments
March 2, 2022 – BCREA Consumer Protection Recommendations
February 2, 2022 – Let’s Chat – Darlene Hyde Talks Past, Present and Future at BCREA
January 19, 2022 – BCREA’s Economic Outlook
January 5, 2022 – BC Assessment 2022 Highlights
December 1, 2021 – REEOIC Recap of Top Claims and How to Avoid Them
November 17, 2021 – Mandatory Cooling Off Period and Other Real Estate Transparency Measures
November 3, 2021 – Standard Forms Pre-Launch
October 20, 2021 – REALTOR® Professionalism & REALTORS® Care week
October 6, 2021 – Post-Election Sectoral GR and Advocacy Update
September 22, 2021 – Risk Management in a Red Hot Market
September 1, 2021 – Corporations, Corporate Records, & Identifying Beneficial Interests
July 28, 2021 – Integrated Regulator of the Financial Services Sector: BCFSA
June 16, 2021 – Vaccines & the Restart Plan – What You Need to Know
May 19, 2021 – FINTRAC Compliance Resources and the Upcoming Changes (no recording)
April 21, 2021 – Land Owner Transparency Registry
April 7, 2021 – E&O: Mitigating Risks in a Hot Market
March 31, 2021 – Emerging Issues in a Hot Market
March 17, 2021 – Legal Defence Reserve
March 3, 2021 – Cyber Security and Technology: What Brokers Need to Know
February 24, 2021 – REALTORS® and the BC Energy Step Code
February 3, 2021 – BCREA Update on Cullen Commission
January 13, 2021 – RECBC Licensing Fee Changes
December 16, 2020 – 2020 Year-In-Review and Looking Ahead to 2021
November 18, 2020 – What Would You Do? Presentation Series: Conflicts of Interest and Misrepresentations
November 4, 2020 – Administrative Penalties
October 7, 2020 – Land Owner Transparency Registry
September 23, 2020 – Risk and Insurance for Real Estate Brokerages
September 9, 2020 – Anti-Money Laundering & Fostering a Culture of Compliance
August 19, 2020 – New Forms and Form Revisions Fall 2020
August 5, 2020 – What Would You Do? Presentation Series: Working in Your Area of Expertise
July 22, 2020 – Rising Strata Insurance Rates in BC
July 8, 2020 – Update from the Superintendent of Real Estate
June 24, 2020 – REALTOR® Brand & Reputation Management
June 17, 2020 – Guidance and Support for Returning to Safe Operations
June 10, 2020 – What Would You Do? Presentation Series: Implied Agency
June 3, 2020 – Managing Broker Panel Discussion on Returning to Safe Operations
May 20, 2020 – FINTRAC Update and Return to Safe Work Plan (No Recording)
May 13, 2020 – E&O Coverage and Claims During COVID-19
May 6, 2020 – Economic Outlook and Market Update
April 29, 2020 – The Virtual World and Live Tours
April 22, 2020 – Professional and Regulatory Changes: Principle-Based Practice
April 15, 2020 – Provincial and Federal Advocacy During COVID-19
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