The National Council of Moving Associations (NCMA) has elected CMSA President Steve Weitekamp as a director.

NCMA has been meeting since 1968. Members are comprised of bona fide associations representing movers: state associations, AMSA, International Association of Movers, Canadian Association of Movers, and van line agents associations. The Council’s mandate is to work together to improve the moving and storage industry, including educating consumers and our member companies. The Council meets formally once per year, communicates regularly by e-mail and conducts informal meetings at national events. CE2MPSYVN945

About the CMSA – California Moving and Storage Association:

Comprised of 12 Chapters strategically located throughout California, the CMSA is highly organized and provides effective leadership for the California moving industry. The CMSA also has effective committees focusing on topics such as Government Affairs, Insurance, and Military Affairs. These Committees provide the membership with valuable information and provide a voice for the membership.

As a condition of CMSA membership, each mover member must be licensed and agrees to abide by a Code of Ethics promising to provide California moving consumers honest, legal, and efficient service. Trained personnel, operating clean and safe equipment, are standard CMSA member service characteristics.

The CMSA also includes more than 140 associate member companies. These organizations provide California movers the very best in goods and services to assist in generating a quality service to the California moving public.

The CMSA also plays a valuable role for the California consumer. Through the establishment of membership criteria, consumers who choose a mover that is a member of the CMSA, are more likely to obtain a qualified mover that will provide excellent service.

For more information about the CMSA, or to become a member, call

(562) 865-2900 or (800) 672-1415

Here is a list of CMSA Chapters and Contact Information:

About Priority Moving – San Diego Movers

Priority Moving is an Award Winning San Diego moving company with professional San Diego movers.  Also an agent for Wheaton World Wide moving, Priority Moving performs over 3,500 moves per year.

Melody Easter is one of San Diego’s top real estate agents.  She is with Keller Williams Real Estate and succeeds by providing exceptional service to all her clients.

About Melody Easter:

A home is not a home because of its room dimensions or the color of the walls. It is about how you feel when you walk through the front door. And the way you can instantly envision your life unfolding there.

This is about more than real estate. It is about your life and your dreams.

Different by design

I take a different approach to real estate, one that is built on personal touches, win-win deals and positive results. 

By utilizing the latest technologies, market research and business strategies to exceed your expectations. More importantly, I listen and that means I find solutions that are tailored to you.

You can contact Melody Easter as follows:

Melody Easter, Realtor, DRE #01700422
Phone:
760-613-7740
Fax:
858-368-9740

About Keller Williams Real Estate:

Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is an international real estate company with more than over 600 offices located across the U.S. and Canada. The company began franchising in 1991, and following years of phenomenal growth and success, became the fourth-largest U.S. residential real estate firm in North America in 2006. The company has succeeded by treating its associates as partners and shares its knowledge, policy control, and company profits on a system-wide basis.

Structured for Success
The interdependent business model of Keller Williams Realty supports real estate agents and brokers working as a team to maximize results for our buyers and sellers.

Why Use a KW associate?
Because Keller Williams Realty Carlsbad has grown from the ground up within Carlsbad, our agents have unparalleled knowledge of our local real estate market and a deep appreciation for our community. Buying or selling a home does not have to be a stressful process – let us be your guide.

About Priority Moving – San Diego Movers

Priority Moving is San Diego’s Award winning moving company with professional San Diego Movers.  Moving over 3,000 households per year, local and long distance.

People have trusted the BBB (Better Business Bureau) for moving advice and information for years.  This article appeared on movers on the BBB website.

Spring is in the air and for sale signs are sprouting up along with crocuses and daffodils, as many families prepare to change residences. Those who decide to relocate may opt to leave the moving to professionals instead of doing it themselves. Be warned though, rogue movers are operating coast to coast, blending into the crowd of legitimate movers and luring unsuspecting consumers.

The Better Business Bureau System logged more than 9,000 complaints in 2006 against movers. While there are thousands of reputable moving companies, there are times when the experience is not so positive.

Rogue movers can be hard to spot. They often give low-ball estimates over the phone or Internet without ever visiting your home or seeing the items you want to move. Once your household goods are on their truck, they demand more money before they will deliver or unload them. Consumers tell BBBs that their goods have been held hostage and many have been forced to pay more than the initial estimate they agreed to in order to get their goods back.

The BBB and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration suggest that your best defense is to recognize a rogue mover before they have your household goods. Here are some “red flags” to look for:

• The mover or broker does not offer or agree to an on-site inspection of your household goods. They only give you an estimate over the phone or Internet. The estimates often sound too-good-to-be-true. In reality, they usually are.
• The moving company’s only form of acceptable payment is cash or a large deposit before the move.
• The company’s Web site has no local address and no information about licensing or insurance.
• The company claims all goods are covered by their insurance.
• The mover does not provide you with a copy of “Your Rights and Responsibilities When You Move,” a booklet movers are required by Federal regulations to supply to their customers in the planning stages of interstate moves.
• Offices and warehouse are in poor condition or nonexistent.
• On moving day a rental truck arrives rather than a company-owned and marked fleet truck.

The BBB advises consumers to:

• Obtain a cost estimate in writing, preferably after a walk-through of your home or apartment.
• Don’t select a mover based on price alone. In many cases, you get what you pay for.
• If you have a bad feeling about your mover’s tactics or charges, stop the move before your household goods are loaded on the truck; and,
• Start planning your move by reviewing BBB business reliability reports at www.bbb.org to help you find trustworthy carriers before making any hiring decisions or signing any contracts.

Here is a Great YouTube Video on Avoiding Rogue Movers:

About Priority Moving – San Diego Movers:

Priority Moving is an Award winning San Diego Moving Company performing over 3,000 moves per year.  As a San Diego agent for Wheaton Worldwide Van Lines, Priority Moving provides local San Diego moves, long distance moving and secure storage.

Priority Moving – San Diego Movers is an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau

Adam Lowy is the Executive Director of Move for Hunger.  Recently Adam announced the following:

I am pleased to announce that we now have more than 85 movers in 30 states working with Move For Hunger. In just under one year, we have collected more than 30,000 pounds of food for our local food banks. This is a tremendous accomplishment in the effort to fight hunger across the country.

As we enter the busy summer season, there’s no time like present to increase our collection amount. I challenge each of you to collect at least 50 pounds of food by the end of June. The food we collect makes a significant difference to those who truly need it. Remember, even one pound of food can go a long way in feeding a hungry neighbor in need.

Move For Hunger not only benefits the local food banks, but also can have a positive impact on your business. Let your customers know what you are doing as a good corporate citizen to give back to the community in which you serve. Move For Hunger is a unique program and an excellent tool to help boost sales.  

Are you up to the challenge? If everyone does their part in collecting food from customers, we easily can reach a total of more than 4,300 pounds of food collected by the end of June.

MOVE For HUNGER has been created to help strengthen the efforts of our community’s food banks.  By teaming up with moving companies across the United States, MOVE For HUNGER will bring a tremendous amount of relief to those most desperate for our help.

Approximately 40 million people relocated in the United States in 2008.  MOVE For HUNGER will enlist those who are selling their homes and  relocating to donate unopened food that they will not take to their new destination. Our professional moving staff will assist in  boxing the donations.  MOVE For HUNGER will then make arrangements for these items to be delivered to local food banks throughout the country.  With your help, we will turn the average food drive into one of the nation’s largest, year-round service programs influencing millions across this great country.

It is during these trying times that our nation’s charitable organizations most need your support.  Your donations will directly impact thousands of families living locally throughout your own communities.  MOVE For HUNGER is truly thankful for your generosity

About Move for Hunger:

Founded in Neptune, NJ, by the Lowy family, Move For Hunger was established to strengthen the efforts of our communities’ food banks, while actively engaging in America’s hunger fight. By using our unique knowledge and experience, Move For Hunger will leverage its existing national network of transportation companies to create one of the nation’s largest, year-round service programs. 

Move For Hunger enlists those who are relocating to donate unopened food that they will not take to their new destination. As you are aware, many people throw out a good deal of “stuff” during the moving process.  Unfortunately, some of this “stuff” is food that could be delivered to a family in need rather than thrown away. 

Every time our movers go out on an estimate or perform a move, they leave behind a box for food items. You can pack it yourself, or their professional moving staff will pack it for you. Move For Hunger then makes arrangements for these items to be delivered to the local food bank, where it can be distributed to families in need.  Click Here to find a moving company in your area working with us to fight hunger.

You can follow Move for Hunger on Facebook by clicking below:

About Priority Moving, Inc. – San Diego Movers

Priority Moving, Inc. is an Award Winning San Diego Moving Company.  Performing over 3,000 local and long distance moves per year, Priority Moving – San Diego Movers is proud to partner with Move for Hunger.

Moving to or from Chula Vista?  Then you need Chula Vista Movers

If you live in Chula Vista or are moving to Chula Vista, you have found your Chula Vista movers. Priority Moving is the highest rated mover in Chula Vista and performs more Chula Vists moves than any other moving company.

It is easy to check us out on Yelp and Kudzu for example. Take a look and see what other customers needing Chula Vista Movers say.

Please feel free to contact us at 858-689-2525 for your Chula Vista  move. You won’t be disappointed.

We are Award Winning Chula Vista Movers and you can watch us work in the Fox 6 News story about us.

The Houston Team of Real Estate Professionals is One of San Diego’s Top Real Estate Professional Groups

About Julie Houston:

Julie Houston is the Managing Partner and Agent Specialist – she is a seasoned professional focused on bringing buyers to get your home sold. She has been working north county San Diego for over eleven years, thus providing a knowledgeable, dedicated, and highly qualified team member. She has the patience integrity and devotion to maximize the potential buyers to your home. This combined with her technical expertise with the MLS and SOAR MLS; she diligently works to sell your home for the highest price in the shortest amount of time!

Julie recently was moved by Priority Moving – San Diego Movers and she noted “Thank you!  I will refer all my clients to your company!!!”

About The Houston Team:

Prudential California Realty- The Houston Team
3247 Camino De Los Coches
Carlsbad, CA 92009
760-436-6484

Recent Listing of The Houston Team:

About Priority Moving – San Diego Movers:

Priority Moving is San Diego’s Award Winning San Diego Moving Company, performing over 3,000 San Diego moves per year.  Priority Moving provides local and long distance moving and secure storage.

Priority Moving, Inc. has a long history of moving The Alan Shafran Group’s valued clients. 

In addition, Priority Moving, Inc. has personally moved many of The Alan Shafran Groups employees, most recently Sarah Heckler, Escrow Manager at The Alan Shafran Group.

After Sarah’s move she noted:

“Thank You!! The guys were great!!  They did a great job and did it quickly!!  As always, your company is awesome!! I will continue to refer you out.  Thanks.”

About The Alan Shafran Group:

Are you thinking of selling or buying a North San Diego County home?

Buying or selling real estate can be a time-consuming and draining process – both mentally and emotionally – so you will want to work with a strong team of knowledgeable and friendly real estate professionals to help you close the deal with the least amount of stress possible.

That’s where the Alan Shafran Group comes in.

Sell your North San Diego County home in a flash!

The Alan Shafran Group specializes in listing and selling North San Diego properties. Whether you’re listing a Carlsbad home for sale, an Encinitas home for sale, Oceanside home for sale, or any other North San Diego properties located in Olivenhain, Del Mar, San Marcos, Vista, Rancho Bernardo, Escondido, Scripps Ranch, or Poway – you are guaranteed to receive the highest level of service with us.

We have over 20 years of experience selling North San Diego properties and have accumulated a wealth of knowledge that will make the home selling process as easy and efficient as possible from start to finish. When you list your Carlsbad home for sale, Encinitas home for sale, Oceanside home for sale, or other North San Diego properties with us, we will prep both you and your home for a quick and painless sale. Our team will ensure your home has been properly staged to boost buyer interest while consulting you behind the scenes to keep you updated on the sales progress.

We combine the latest technology with the most aggressive marketing strategies to offer you award-winning service to get your North San Diego Properties sold in the least amount of time for the most money. Our effective marketing strategies and smart negotiation tactics lead to the sale of over 175 North San Diego Properties in 2009!

For all your real estate needs, call The Alan Shafran Group at 800-390-3444.

Follow The Alan Shafran Group on Twitter at http://twitter.com/alanshafran

Here is but one of The Alan Shafran Groups video listings:

About Priority Moving,:

Priority Moving works with most of the top real estate agents in San Diego.  Priority Moving performs over 3,000 moves per year and is San Diego’s Award winning moving company, as featured on Fox 6 news.  Priority Moving a San Diego Moving Company with professional San Diego Movers.

Specializes in selling Downtown Condos such as Electra, The Grande North, The Grande South, Park Place, Pinnacle, Bayside, La Vita, Treo, Sapphire, Breeza, City Walk, and City Front Terrace

About Stephanie:

Specializing in Downtown San Diego Condos and San Diego coastal properties, Stephanie is a highly qualified sales professional who will work for you. You can be assured of getting a current, realistic assessment of the markets and be informed about the many details involved in today’s real estate transaction. Stephanie is dedicated, passionate, a market-savvy professional who puts her clients’ satisfaction before all else.

A real estate transaction is really about managing people, their desires and their finances. It is an intricate and consequential negotiation. Stephanie knows that it is not only important to secure the most able buyer, but also the one that is most likely to close the deal. When so much is at stake, Stephanie is the one you want to represent you. Her fare yet aggressive negotiating style and protectiveness of her clients’ best interests and ultimately, their assets, has gained her respect with colleagues and clients alike.

She understands that the home buying and selling process can be a time of excitement and can also be intimidating. The experience, knowledge and personal skills that Stephanie brings to the Real-Estate profession have been the largest contributing factors to client loyalty. Stephanie is always on top of the process ensuring that all is running smoothly through the close of escrow and beyond.

Stephanie’s warm, caring yet efficient business style will turn you, too, into a client for life.

Stephanie says, “My first priority is to give my clients not only great service but superior service and I am constantly striving to learn more to create the best possible experience for my clients.”

Outside of the office, Stephanie pursues many passions, tennis, and golf are just to start, and she also enjoys weight training, cooking, entertaining and gathering with family and friends

Stepahinie works out of the Downtown office of Willis Allen:

360 5th Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

About Willis Allen Real Estate:

Willis Allen Real Estate’s local roots are as deep as the Pacific Ocean that laps at San Diego’s pristine shores. Independent and family-owned, we have been guiding clients in the homeownership process since we were founded 95 years ago by an excellent businessman, Frederick L. Brown. He built the company on timeless values that are as important to our clients today as they were in 1914–superior service, knowledgeable agents and ethical business practices.

In 1924 our company helped found the Real Estate Broker’s Association of La Jolla, created to promote industry ethics and professionalism. In 1940 the company’s namesake, Willis Allen, Sr., bought the business, changed the company name and grew with the city. Under his strategic stewardship the company opened its second location in Rancho Santa Fe in 1952 and expanded to Del Mar in 1973.

In 1981 Willis Allen’s current president and CEO, Andrew E. Nelson took the helm. A former Naval officer who flew in the back seat of F-4 Phantom Fighter Jets, Nelson drew on that leadership experience and training to help the company flourish, even in trying times. Under his leadership the company, which he bought outright in 1995, has more than doubled in size. Willis Allen Real Estate opened a Point Loma office in 1988, a Coronado branch in 2002 and in 2004 expanded to revitalized Downtown San Diego. Most recently Willis Allen Real Estate expanded north and east, adding a Fallbrook location in 2007 and acquiring a branch office in Santaluz in 2008.

About Priority Moving – San Diego Moving Company:

Priority Moving is San Diego’s Award Winning San Diego Moving Company.  Priority Moving works with San Diego’s top real estate professionals.  We perform many moves in downtown high rise and high end condos.

Here is the review as posted on Yelp:

About Bryce Aberg:

Bryce Aberg

CAREER SUMMARY• Specializes in institutional property leasing and sales, in all central San Diego Submarkets, including Miramar, Kearny Mesa, Sorrento Mesa, Sorrento Valley and Rancho Bernardo.NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Achievement of SIOR designation (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors)EXPERIENCE•2003 – Present: Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial, San Diego, CAIndustrial Landlord and Tenant Specialist•2000 – 2003: Lee & Associates, Newport Beach, CAIndustrial Landlord and Tenant SpecialistEDUCATION• University of San Diego, San Diego, CA (2000) – B.A. in Business Administration, Emphasis in Finance and Marketing

• Part of a co-broker team responsible for over 4 million square feet of industrial space in the Central San Diego area.

• Over 9 years experience in commercial real estate focusing on representing landlords and tenants in negotiating all aspects of a purchase or lease transaction.

• Working with specific investors and understanding their acquisition platforms to achieve their intended goals.

• 2008 – 76 Total closed transactions for a total consideration of $77M

• 2007 – 76 Total closed transactions for a total consideration of $52M

• 2006 – 82 Total closed transactions for a total consideration of $47M

• 2005 – 78 total closed transactions, for a total consideration of $72 million Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial

• 2004 – 98 total closed transactions YTD, for a total consideration of $28.8 million Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial

• 2003 – 67 total closed transactions, for a total consideration of $13.5 million Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial

• 2002- Rookie of the Year – Lee & Associates in Newport Beach

• Top Producing Sales Associate – year end 2002 Lee & Associates in Newport Beach, CA

• Top Producing Sales Associate – 4th quarter 2002 Lee & Associates in Newport Beach, CA

• Top Producing Sales Associate – 3rd quarter 2002 Lee & Associates in Newport Beach, CA

• Top Three Producing Sales Associate – 2nd quarter 2002 Lee & Associates in Newport Beach, CA

• Top Three Producing Sales Associate – 1st quarter 2002 Lee & Associates in Newport Beach, CA

 About Priority Moving – San Diego Movers:

Priority Moving is San Diego’s award winning moving company performing over 3,000 moves per year

Priority Moving, Inc. San Diego’s award winning moving company works with many of San Diego’s top Real Estate agents.

Many of these agents are 5-star real estate agents.  Most are members of the San Diego Association of Realtors.

This year representatives from Priority Moving – San Diego Movers will be attending the San Diego Association of Realtors 2010 Real Estate Expo.

About the Expo:

Expo 2010

Presented by the San Diego Association of REALTORS® (SDAR), REALTORS® will enhance their knowledge and gain valuable new tools to help their clients.

Packed with exhibits, industry experts, ideas and valuable information the Expo will attract thousands of attendees from all over San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles County and Riverside County.

It is held at:

The Town & Country Resort and
Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108

You Tube video of Last Year’s Expo

Many other realtors blog about the San Diego Association of Realtors Expo including http://activerain.com/blogsview/1592738/san-diego-association-of-realtors-sdar-real-estate-expo-is-friday-april-23-2010

About Priority Moving, Inc.

Priority Moving Inc. is a San Diego Moving Company with Award winning service.  The highest rated mover on Yelp, Priority Moving performs over 3,000 moves per year.