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February 23, 2007
Our current education schedule is now available. To register for classes online simply visit our Class Listing Page. This is a great opportunity for resident licensees to get their credits early. Non-resident licensees must complete 15 credit hours of continuing education no later than April 30, 2007. Delaware currently accepts elective continuing education credits approved by the Maryland Commission exclusive of any course relating specifically to Maryland laws. View our full Education schedule through April and register here >> To register for any of our classes online, you may also visit our webpage at www.scaor.com. At our website, click on "Members" then "Class/Event Registration" for a complete list of classes.
RPAC EVENT
The Spanish course being offered in March is now full. If you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please give the SCAOR office a call at 302-855-2300. SCAOR plans to offer another course in a few months. Look for details in At A Glance.
The REALTOR® Community Service Committee will once again offer its grant program to assist the needy of Sussex County. The grant guidelines and application forms are available at www.scaor.com. If you know of an organization that supports programs that assist needy children of Sussex County, please ask them to visit our website for details. Applications must be submitted by April 20th. SUSSEX COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
The Sussex County Habitat for Humanity has scheduled three orientations for families wanting to apply for a Habitat Home. The orientation will answer questions on how to apply and how to become a homeowner. In order to receive an application, interested parties must attend an orientation session. Dates and locations are listed below:
FROM NAR'S INFORMATION CENTRAL
Check out these websites for up-to-date information on a variety of subjects.
Learn about the effort underway by industry groups and in Congress to address the availability of terrorism and natural disaster insurance important to commercial real estate professionals in the latest NAR commercial white paper. To read the report, click here. What are the real estate implications of the $2.9 trillion proposed fiscal year 2008 budget that President Bush submitted to Congress in early February? That proposal serves as the opening move of the multifaceted process through which Congress crafts the federal government's final fiscal year budget. For NAR's preliminary look at the potential impact of the administration's proposal on programs important to real estate practitioners, click here. To view the Bush proposal in its entirety, click here.  
A house's electrical power needs to be maintained just like any other part of a home. A good place to start is with the service cable-or where power enters your home from the street. Of course, rule number one is to never touch exposed cables and to never get near a power line with a ladder. In fact, most issues with service cables should be addressed by the utility company. But there are still steps homeowners can take to keep power flowing. Give your home's electrical service wire a periodic visual inspection. The experts at HouseMaster, leaders in the home inspection industry, recommend doing a visual inspection of the power line that runs to your home. Are any tree branches encroaching on it? Does it hang too low? Is its covering frayed? If you see any of these conditions, contact the utility company. If the service entrance cable is buried, assume it runs in a straight line from your meter to the nearest utility pole and make certain no digging, trenching or stake driving takes place along that line. Experts at HouseMaster recommend visually inspecting the power line that runs to your home periodically. If any problems are noted, contact the utility. For more tips, visit www.housemaster.com/homedefects. ETHICALLY SPEAKING...
REALTORS® shall not accept any commission, rebate, or profit on expenditures made for their client, without the client's knowledge and consent. When recommending real estate products or services (e.g. homeowner's insurance, warranty programs, mortgage financing, title insurance, etc.), REALTORS® shall disclose to the clients or customer to whom the recommendation is made any financial benefits or fees, other than real estate referral fees, the REALTOR® or REALTOR®'s firm may receive as a direct result of such recommendation. SENTRICARD RENEWAL EXTENDED
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SENTRISECURE OFFICES! As of 2/22 we have 40 SentriSecure Offices and the list is growing. A SentriSecure office only utilizes the SentriLock lockbox on listings. Our program has begun to feature the SentriSecure Offices on our www.scaor.com website. Take a moment to view and thank these brokerages for their accomplishment. SentriSecure Brokerages as of 2.22.07 Brokerages with Combo Boxes as of 2.22.07
You'll use your PIN and SentriCard® to operate the lockboxes in your Association. For security purposes, you should keep your PIN private and NEVER write it on your SentriCard®. Find out how in the new SentriLock Q & A section >>
February 23 - March 8 Planning Meeting Agendas Posted
Registration is Now Open for the 2007 Delaware GIS Conference
The Rental Affairs Committee has asked if I would do another column on Paragraph 5 of the SCAOR Standard Contract of Sale. Just to refresh your memory, I am copying it as follows... Find out in the Rookie Corner >> ON THE SAFE SIDE
Each week we will be covering a portion of the "MLS Rules and Regulations." These rules and regulations have been submitted and reviewed by NAR and are in full compliance with National Association policy. Schedule of MLS Fees
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