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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We value your expertise in the commercial sector and believe this upcoming session will provide significant value to your business. You can register with the link below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The C.A.R. Commercial Investment Forum will conduct its next session on zoom on Tuesday, January 20 at 10:30 a.m.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Since you have participated in the C.A.R. Commercial Investment Forum in the past, we thought you would be interested in attending. Please take just a moment now to register, and plan to join us for an important discussion on January 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>To register in advance for this zoom meeting, please <a href="https://carorg.zoom.us/meeting/register/YZuDeXJkRiKFSATzU6W9QQ">click here</a>.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> You will receive a confirmation email from zoom with instructions to join the meeting, and to add the event to your calendar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If the link above doesn’t work for you, please copy and paste the URL into your browser.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://carorg.zoom.us/meeting/register/YZuDeXJkRiKFSATzU6W9QQ">https://carorg.zoom.us/meeting/register/YZuDeXJkRiKFSATzU6W9QQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This important session will be an open discussion for interested C.A.R. Members and local Association staff regarding the future direction of the C.A.R. Commercial Investment Forum. C.A.R. truly wants to hear from you about the topics, speakers, format and timing of these educational and informational sessions, and how they can bring added value to your real estate practice, or whether there is a better way for C.A.R. to support the needs of the segment of our membership interested in commercial real estate practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you know of another C.A.R. Member who may be interested in the future of C.A.R.’s engagement with commercial or investment real estate practitioners, or with agents seeking to expand their business into commercial or investment real estate, please forward this invitation to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The mission of the Commercial Investment Forum is to seek opportunities to unify, network, and collaborate with interested REALTORS® through communication, education, outreach and the promotion of professionalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you very much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Rick Shumacher<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>915 L Street, Suite 1460<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sacramento, CA 95814<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone: 213-739-8310<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:ricks@car.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ricks@car.org</span></a><br><a href="http://www.car.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.car.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Pronouns: he, him, his (<a href="https://www.glsen.org/activity/pronouns-guide-glsen"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Why is this important?</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><img border=0 width=313 height=157 style='width:3.2638in;height:1.6388in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DC80CB.BC03E300" alt="A blue and white sign with white text
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