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November 30, 2007
WRAPPING FOR SCAOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Lunch and Wrapping this coming Thursday! 
This is to wrap all the gifts purchased for the less fortunate in Sussex County, and many helping hands are needed!
After many years of preparation, the Building Committee and SCAOR are proud to present the proposed new building construction plans. Here are two architectural drawings to give you a view:
If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. Whatever your thoughts on the war, our servicemembers need our support. Please take a minute to thank them for their service. DAR 2008 CONVENTION COMMITTEE
If you are interested in helping DAR plan the 2008 convention, please contact our state Association staff at info@delawarerealtor.com or call DAR at 302-734-4444.
I receive many questions from Rookies about how to get started and where to obtain a new agent's guide. I hope that the attached material will help answer some of your questions. ETHICALLY SPEAKING...
Article 1 - Protect and Promote Your Client's Interests, But Be Honest With All Parties Below is a case interpretation related to Article 1. Please read the complaint and make a judgment on how the Professional Standards Panel should rule. The Hearing Panel's decision will be published in next week's newsletter. Case #1-2: Honest Treatment of All Parties As the exclusive agent of Client A, REALTOR® B offered Client A's house for sale, advertising it as being located near a bus stop. Prospect C, who explained that his daily schedule made it necessary for him to have a house near the bus stop, was shown Client A's property, liked it, and made a deposit. Two days later, REALTOR® B read a notice that the bus line running near Client A's house was being discontinued. He informed Prospect C of this, and Prospect C responded that he was no longer interested in Client A's house since the availability of bus transportation was essential to him. REALTOR® B informed Client A and recommended that Prospect C's deposit be returned. Client A reluctantly complied with REALTOR® B's recommendation, but then complained to the Board of REALTORS® that REALTOR® B had not faithfully protected and promoted his interests; that after Prospect C had express his willingness to buy, REALTOR® B should not have made a disclosure that killed the sale since the point actually was not of major importance. The new bus route, he showed, would put a stop within six blocks of the property. In a hearing before a Hearing Panel of the Board's Professional Standards Committee, REALTOR® B explained that in advertising Client A's property, the fact that a bus stop was less than a block from the property had been prominently featured. He also made a point that Prospect C, in consulting with him, had emphasized that Prospect C's physical disability necessitated a home near a bus stop. Thus, in his judgment, the change in bus routing materially changed the characteristics of the property in the eyes of the prospective buyer, and he felt under his obligation to give honest treatment to all parties in the transaction, that he should inform Prospect C, and that in so doing he was not violating his obligation to his client. How do you think the Professional Standards Panel ruled?
You are invited to become a member Did you know that in 1999 approximately 5% of REALTORS® were considered a minority?
The Board of Directors of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® took actions to keep its members positioned for success into the future at its meeting in Las Vegas last Friday, November 16.
AVOID $50.00 LATE FEE - PAY YOUR DUES NOW!
A majority of our members have paid their dues and we want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of our Association and real estate industry. If your dues remain unpaid as of midnight TOMORROW, December 1, a $50.00 late fee will be added to your total dues invoice. Don't delay further. Click here to renew at www.thescaorstore.com CHANGES AT THE DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
A new team-oriented administrative unit structure went into effect on November 1 to increase responsiveness in responding to incoming phone and email inquiries. All previously published phone numbers and email addresses are now redirected to the new information center. Please update your records with the new contact information. The mailing address will remain the same but it is important that mail be addressed to a board/commission, NOT to a specific member. EFFECTIVE AS OF NOVEMBER 1, the contact information is as follows:
MLS COMMITTEE
Did you know there was a listing of answers and instructions for Frequently Asked Lockbox Questions? Find them here at the SentriLock Q&A Archive >>
SentriSecure Brokerages as of 11.29.07 >> Brokerages with Combo Boxes as of 11.29.07 >> |
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