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sador from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) to AMPI and a member of the Texas Real Estate Commission, is the currently Chair of NAR’s Global Business Alliances Group. He brought greetings from NAR President. Ron Phipps. NOTE: AMPI and NAR signed a joint venture agreement in 2006. Under the agreement, AMPI members can legally use the word REALTOR® The event was held at the Hacienda de Los Morales, in Mexico, d.F. A cocktail-reception followed the inauguration. It was attended by over 300 people including political and real estate industry dignitaries.
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Immediately before the TOMA the Mexican Section of The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) gathered for a short meeting. during our FIABCI meeting Adolfo Kunz made a review of all his years in FIABCI. He fondly remembered the World Congresses held in Mexico in the 60’s and 80’s, and his wonderful experiences meeting dignitaries from all over the world in Europe, South America, Canada, and the United States, and different business opportunities he encountered through his FIABCI Membership. Adolfo, an attorney, is a Past President of FIABCI Mexico and was a deputy in Mexico’s Congress.
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Glaab to aMPI INteRNatIoNal coMMIttee John Glaab, CIPS from the La Paz Section of the Mexican Association of Professional Realtors (AMPI) has been appointed to that association’s International Committee. The purpose of the committee is to foment relationships with other real estate associations world-wide, with a particular focus on the United States National Association of Realtors® (NAR). That association has affiliations with seventy organizations in fifty-five countries. He has been an AMPI member for nearly twenty years and is a founding member of AMPI Los Cabos. He is active in NAR’s Global Business Alliances Group. In making the appointment, Lupita duran of AMPI Tulum and Chair of the Committee said,” We are please to have a person with John’s real estate background and international experience on our team.”
about the author: JOHN GLAAB, CIPS is a founding member of AMPI Los Cabos and Vice President International Marketing at The Settlement Company®. A Certified International Property Specialist he is active in the National Association of Realtors® Global Business Alliances Group. John was recently appointed as a member of Amp’s International Relations Committee. For further information: john.glaab@ settlement-co.com or visit our web site at: www.settlement-co.com.