First Ever Long Island Residential Real Estate Conference to Take Place on Oct. 19, 2006

Conference Will Offer Information and Education in One Dynamic Day of Panels and Special Events

A new, one-day real estate conference called "Real Estate Next: Key Trends in Residential Real Estate and What You Need to Know About the Changing Market on Long Island" is set to take place on Oct. 19, 2006 at the Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Uniondale, N.Y.

The conference -- the first of its kind ever on Long Island -- will offer an information-packed day of education, debate, discussion of new trends, and networking opportunities. The 17 panels will offer discussion of diverse topics such as making affordable housing a reality, home financing of the future, the housing bubble, the future of marketing in residential real estate, trends in senior living communities, challenges of relocating employees, revitalizing suburban downtowns, serving the luxury home market, and the future of suburban residential development.

The panels will include nearly 100 of the local real estate market's most influential real estate agents, mortgage brokers, bankers, developers, architects, political leaders, designers, academics, housing advocates, and attorneys. They include Dr. Pearl Kamer, chief economist with the Long Island Association; Frank Petrone, town supervisor for the Town of Huntington; Marshall Tracht, vice dean for the Hofstra University Law School; Peter Elkowitz Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Long Island Housing Partnership Inc.; Dottie Herman, president and chief executive officer of Prudential Douglas Elliman; Henry and Carolyn Weber, president and vice president, respectively, of RE/MAX of New York; James Retz, senior vice president of marketing and technology at Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty; appraiser Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel Associates; and Ronald Stein, president of Vision Long Island.

"I'm thrilled to be a part of Real Estate Next," says Kamer, who will be a member of the panel that addresses affordable housing. "This conference offers local real estate professionals a unique opportunity to learn about the changing market."

Real Estate Next is being co-produced by Long Island real estate experts Ron Roel and Laura Koss-Feder. Glen Cove, N.Y.-based Roel, who was a reporter and editor for Newsday for nearly 20 years, most recently oversaw the newspaper's residential weekly real estate and Act Two retirement sections. He is president of Roel Resources, LLC, a writing and editorial consulting company. Oceanside, N.Y.-based Laura Koss-Feder is a freelance business and features writer who has covered the real estate industry for Newsday, Time, The New York Times, Money, Business Week, Crain's New York Business, Investor's Business Daily, and a host of other major publications. She has been a journalist for 20 years. Koss-Feder is president of Koss-Feder Associates, a consulting company.

"Ron and I have utilized our many years of covering and understanding the local market to create an exciting event that can address the needs of so many who work in the real estate industry," Koss-Feder says. "We hope to see Real Estate Next become an annual event here on Long Island."

Roel adds: "With the housing market changing so rapidly, real estate professionals of all kinds deserve their own forum to help exchange information and learn about the latest trends on Long Island. Real Estate Next will be that forum."

So far, corporate sponsors for Real Estate Next include Century 21 Metro NY/LI Brokers Council, Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty, Hofstra University, Hofstra University Law School, HSBC, Long Island Board of Realtors Inc./Multiple Listing Service of Long Island Inc., Long Island Builders Institute, National Association of the Remodeling Industry-New York City/Long Island Chapter, Newsday, Prudential Douglas Elliman, and RE/MAX of New York Inc.

Registration for the day -- which includes all panels, breakfast, lunch, and a cocktail reception -- is $195 per person for pre-registration by Sept. 12. The fee for those who register after Sept. 12 is $225; registration at the door is $235. To register, please mail all checks to Roel Resources, 19 St. Andrews Lane, Glen Cove, N.Y. 11542. For more information about the conference or registration, e-mail Ron Roel at roel@optonline.net or Laura Koss-Feder at kosfeder@optonline.net.

The Long Island Marriott is located at 101 James Doolittle Boulevard in Uniondale, N.Y.

For more information, contact:

Ron Roel, President
Roel Resources, LLP
(516) 671-7412
roel@optonline.net

Laura Koss-Feder, President
Koss-Feder Associates
(516) 536-9187
kosfeder@optonline.net

Laura Koss-Feder