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| >Home>>About Niho >> Who is Rudy Nielsen?
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Education Rudy was licensed as a realtor from 1964 to 1984. He opened his
first real estate office in 1972 and obtained his diploma in Urban Land Economics
in Appraising from the University of British Columbia in 1972. He is a member of
the Real Estate Institute of British Columbia, and a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute
of Canada. He also has attended numerous seminars on appraising and marketing, both
in Canada and the United States.
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Appraising: Over the past 35
years, Rudy has been a fee appraiser for numerous companies including: Canada Safeway,
Imperial Esso, Gulf Oil, Texaco, Standard Oil, Touche Ross, Royal Bank of Canada,
Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Nova Scotia, Montreal Trust, Toronto Dominion
Bank, Tilden Rent-a-Car, Uniroyal Tires, Van Tel Credit Union, Roman Catholic Church,
Can-Corporation, Imperial Pacific Resources, Imperial Life City of Prince George,
Royal Trust, Pacific Rim Mortgages, and Seattle First Bank. His specialty is using
maps, satellites, and air photos. He has appraised ranches, farms, islands, and
both commercial and industrial properties, and in 1990, he valuated the 500,000
acre Douglas Lake Ranch for a client.
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Timber: Rudy spent a number of years appraising and valuating timber for
B.C. Forestry and has also completed timber valuation reports for clients throughout
B.C.
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Speeches: Rudy has shared his
experiences in recreational real estate with the BBC, CBC Radio, CFUN and CKNW Radio
in Vancouver, CKMX and CHQR Radio in Calgary, and 680 AM and CFRB Radio in Toronto.
He has been featured on Rogers Cable Television
"Money Talks", City TV's "Realty Television", CBC News, and
Report on Business Television. Rudy and NIHO Land & Cattle Company have been
the subject of two hour-long episodes of the popular "Wings over Canada"
program which aired across North America.
He is also recurring guest speaker and anchor
at his friend Ozzie Jurock's "LandRush" seminars. The main topic of his
speeches is how to find and valuate recreational land using the new technology in
today's real estate environment. He regularly gives speeches for the Real Estate
Institute of B.C. and he was a special guest speaker at the 1995 REIBC Senior Level
Conference and Seminar.
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Over the years, he has given numerous speeches
to the real estate and appraising industries, investment clubs, credit unions, The
Mortgage Investment Association of British Columbia and other local groups. Rudy
has also held seminars on wilderness survival techniques.
Articles: Rudy has written
articles for Real Living Magazine, Western Investor and Cottage Magazine. Articles
have been written on him and Niho Land and Cattle Company in The Globe & Mail,
The National Post, South China Morning Post, Cottage Magazine, Western Investor,
BC Business, Cottage Magazine, The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Province, Business
in Vancouver, The Calgary Herald, the in-flight publications of WestJet and Air
Canada, as well as other numerous publications.
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Committees: Rudy has served
and chaired committees on multiple listing boards, native Land Claims, and served
as Vice President for All Points Relocation for Western Canada.
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Real Estate: For many years
Rudy owned the largest real estate firm in Northern British Columbia. He has trained
many real estate salesmen over the years and has given seminars on real estate,
sales training, and motivation both in Canada and the U.S.
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Sales: Rudy has marketed and
sold all types of real estate over the past 40 years including ranches, farms, ocean
and fresh water islands, resorts, and timber properties. This includes the largest
land company in BC to Imperial Life of Toronto. This sale included ranches, resorts,
islands, and timber holding.
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Other Niho Companies: Niho
either owns or partners with the following companies:
Landcor Data Corporation and LandQuest
Realty
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