Lynch Incoming BCREA Vice President

Elected At BCREA AGM April 2012 Posted: April 27th, 2012 Former Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) President and 2011 REALTOR® of the Year Jennifer Lynch, can add one more accolade to her resume – Vice President of the British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA). Lynch, who has been a REALTOR® since 1994 was elected Vice President for the year at the BCREA Annual General Meeting in Victoria April 24th. “It speaks well of the REALTORS® on Vancouver Island that one of our own would be elected to such an important position at the provincial level,” stated VIREB President Guy Bezeau. “Jennifer has always demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in her business and in her relationship with the Board. We’re all very proud of her, and it’s no stretch of the imagination to say that they don’t get much better than her.” Lynch, a Gabriola Island based REALTOR®, had previously spent four years as a member of the VIREB Board of Directors and served as Board President in 2007. In February of this year she was awarded REALTOR® of the Year for 2011 for her outstanding community involvement and her dedication to excellence which has had a profound influence on the professional image of Vancouver Island REALTORS®. She begins her term of office May 1st. Posted File: lynch_elected.pdf Blog Courtesy of the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board

Realtors Safety

I was alarmed to hear of the death of a young Realtor in Victoria, earlier this year. Coming from a small community, we tend to feel very safe in our surroundings; it’s one of the islands attributes that I like best! It’s unfortunate that something so drastic occurred before beginning to review & consider the way we do our business…
Around the office we started discussing safer business practices; meeting with clients at the office, keeping showing hours during daytime, client screening, & accountability measures. On the island, open houses are a rarity so we are blessed not to have the additional safety concerns associated with sitting alone in a home – which I am thankful for.

Today I had the opportunity of taking the SAFER program offered down in Victoria, which provided some additional ideas to Realtors in their day to day practices, focusing on awareness & prevention, we’ll be taking that information, along with researching what is being done for Realtors safety elsewhere throughout BC & abroad, to a newly struck, Realtor Safety, task force & bringing recommendations back for the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board of Directors to consider.

I feel fortunate to belong to part of an organization that cares about its member’s safety!