Katie Rowan, Deborah Back and I just returned from The Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Annual Conference in Las Vegas at the beautiful Encore at The Wynn hotel. The theme of the conference was, “Leading the Revolution”.  Throughout the event the Beatles song, “Revolution” was played.  This was a terrific learning and networking experience.

Awards Dinner

We were busy all day everyday attending break-out sessions.  We all tried to attend different sessions so that we could bring back as much information as possible.  Some of the topics were: RESPA, Brokers Brainstorming, How to Recruit the Young Generation, Staying Calm and Productive Under Pressure, Social Media Networking, just to name a few.  The general sessions had some awesome speakers.  My personal favorite was FHA Commissioner, Dave Stevens.  He reported that 30% of all mortgages today are FHA and 80% of those are first time homebuyers as a result of the $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.

2010 After Party in Las Vegas

Of course, short sales were a popular subject and the message was that we all need to embrace them and gain as much knowledge as possible in order to sell more Kentucky houses, even though Kentucky houses have not been as much of that market as other states.  We attended the Annual Awards Dinner at which Milestone was awarded membership in the 2009 Global Alliance Club.  Thanks to Katie Rowan and all the Milestone agents that have participated in Relocation transactions. The closing event was a “Social Networking” event at the Revolution Lounge at the Mirage and then on to Cirque de Soleil’s “ The Beatles Love”.  It was a great evening!