Carea

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CAREA was formed 18 years ago in 1988. Its Articles of Association and bylaws were formally adopted on April 13, 1988. Its founding president, Arthur Tom, felt there was a need for an association for Chinese who were involved in the real estate profession in the Santa Clara Valley. He was able to secure the support of nine other Chinese-American real estate professionals to help found this association. Some of the other original 10 founding board members are still active in this organization today such as Larry Chew and David Chui. Others have moved out of the area or have become involved with a new profession. CAREA was formed primarily for the purpose of promoting the social and economic well-being of its members and to further the professional image of Chinese-Americans who are engaged in the field of real estate. To achieve this goal, we needed to instigate better and closer relationships between Chinese sales agents, developers, escrow agents, real estate loan agents, appraisers, and property managers. There is a definite synergistic value for these different groups of real estate professionals to know each other and to work together. It not only goes to the bottom line, but you also might enjoy this closer relationship. Therefore, the membership was opened not only to real estate agents, but also to these allied real estate professionals. When you are competing in a business world that is mostly made up of Caucasians and a field that is fairly new to Chinese...

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