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Spanish for REALTORS® returns this fall. Sign up online for this excellent class to broaden your skills as a REALTOR® in today's diverse market.
Class dates are September 8th through October 20th, Mondays, 10 a.m. - Noon.
Course cost is only $105! If unable to attend all seven classes, and you would still like to attend class, you can still register for the discounted full-course and materials fee of $105 - you will not receive course credit. You must attend all 7 courses (2 hours each) to obtain your 15 credit continuing education certificate.
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FREE continuing education credits
for SCAOR members! |
Short Sale & Foreclosures
New Location: Now at the CHEER Center
August 25th, 9 a.m. - Noon
Find out what you need to know to serve your customers facing a short sale or foreclosure, and how you as an agent can make the sale happen in a challenging situation. Attend the Short Sale and Foreclosure class to hone your skills and earn free continuing education credits.
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Home From Work
September 23rd, 9 a.m. - Noon
The Home From Work program encourages REALTORS® to become advocates for expanding housing opportunities. Specifically, the program teaches REALTORS® how to effectively promote workforce housing initiatives at the grassroots level and to work with public and private-sector employers to establish an employer assisted housing (EAH) benefit.
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Interested non-SCAOR members pay only $10 for the
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Delaware Association of REALTORS®
Presents
"Your Sure Bet for Success" 2008 Convention
October 2 and 3, 2008
at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino, Dover, DE
Registration is open, the conference schedule is posted and classes can be signed up for (once you've registered!) at www.delawarerealtor.com
See you at Dover Downs in October! Don't miss it! |
ETHICS - MANDATORY BY DECEMBER 31, 2008
FOR ALL LICENSEES
REALTORS® Required to Complete Ethics Training
for Second Cycle - Deadline December 31, 2008
Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008, every REALTOR®
is required to complete 2 1/2 hours of Code of Ethics training. REALTORS® who have completed this training as a requirement of membership in another association are not required to complete additional ethics training
until the next four year cycle.
REPORT FROM JULY 10 DREC MEETING
- The Commission approved Delaware Professional Regulations Director, James Collins' request to administratively approve the license for salespersons who have met all the criteria for licensing. This means that a licensee will not have to wait for the DREC meeting for approval if their application is complete and acceptable.
- SAVE THE DATE: The annual DREC Continuing Education class is scheduled for September 11 at the Polytech Campus near Woodside, Delaware. The three credit hour course will include 3 - 4 mini sessions. The details are being completed and SCAOR will assist in notifying members.
- A new Seller's Disclosure Form is complete and was accepted by the Commission. The form is not yet available and may require a public comment session. Rick Allamong and Andy Taylor worked diligently on this project on behalf of DREC and DAR, respectively. We will post the final form as soon as it is released.
- AUDITS have begun. You may have been one of the 700 Delaware licensees that received notice of an audit. You will need to provide the proof of your continuing education to DREC. If you took your classes through SCAOR, we may be your "fail safe". Call the office to obtain a duplicate form.
Relax after work on August 7th at the Lighthouse Landing Restaurant at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown from 5 - 7 p.m. Mix and mingle with fellow REALTORS® from across Sussex County and get to know them better. For directions call 302-855-9460 or click here.
Please RSVP, then join us for this free event.
Mark your calendars for August 12th from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. SCAOR is hosting a working brunch and it's just for you. . . the folks who keep the offices humming along smoothly.
Join us at the Millsboro Fire Hall for a free brunch as we highlight new input capabilities, review SentriLock, discuss compliance emails and more! This is your chance to get your questions answered, and get the information you need to help your office run smoothly.
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COMMERCIAL SWAP MEETING
Join Bill Lucks and others at SCAOR on Tuesday, July 29th from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. for the next Commercial Swap meeting. No need to RSVP. Just come on out!
WADDLE YOU DO TO CELEBRATE
THE END OF SUMMER?
Yes, the time is flying by, and the end of the summer traffic and crowds is in sight.
Bring the kids and join other REALTORS® at Jungle Jim's on Friday, September 5th and have flocks of fun. Save a bundle and pay only $20 per person to splash in the water park, bash your favorite agents with bumper boats, listen to the sounds of a Steel Drum band while you sip a margarita from the Margarita man! You will quack up watching the ducks race around the lazy river. This is the time to flock to the finish line as all the ducks race to see who ends up first and who trails in at the end. Mark your calendars to attend, but don't wing it . . . it will cost you $25 per person at the gate if you don’t register in advance! Which office will be the first to have 100% participation? Those offices get a FREE office duck to waddle past the others in the river.
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ETHICALLY SPEAKING...
We continue our tour through the Code of Ethics with a case interpretation related to Article 15. Did you know that the Code of Ethics is organized into Articles which cover our ethical duties to Clients and Customers, to the Public, and to REALTORS®? Well now you do! And this week begins our coverage of case studies which will help us improve business relationships within our own community. 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 At a Glance.
Case #15-2: Intentional Misrepresentation of a Competitor's Business Practices
Following a round of golf early one morning, Homeowner A approached REALTOR® X. "We've outgrown our home and I want to list it with you," said Homeowner A. "I'm sorry," said REALTOR® X, "but I represent buyers exclusively." "Then how about Realtor® Z?," asked Homeowner A, "I've heard good things about him." "I don't know if I would do that," said REALTOR® X, "while he does represent sellers, he doesn't cooperate with buyer brokers and, as a result, sellers don't get adequate market exposure for their properties."
Later that day, Homeowner A repeated REALTOR® X's remarks to his wife who happened to be a close friend of Realtor® Z's wife. Within hours, Realtor® Z had been made aware of REALTOR® X's remarks to Homeowner A earlier in the day. Realtor® Z filed a complaint against REALTOR® X charging him with making false and misleading statements. Realtor® Z's complaint was considered by the Grievance Committee which determined that an ethics hearing should be held.
At the hearing Realtor® Z stated, "I have no idea what REALTOR® X was thinking about when he made his comments to Homeowner A. I always cooperated with other Realtors®." REALTOR® X replied, "That's not so. Last year you had a listing in the Multiple Listing Service and when I called to make an appointment to show the property to the buyer, you refused to agree to pay me." Realtor® Z responded that he had made a formal offer of subagency through the MLS with respect to that property but had chosen not to offer compensation to buyer agents through the MLS. He noted, however, that the fact that he had not made a blanket offer of compensation to buyer agents should not be construed as a refusal to cooperate and that he had, in fact, cooperated with REALTOR® X in the sale of that very property.
In response to Realtor® Z's questions, REALTOR® X acknowledged that he had shown his buyer-client Realtor® Z's listing and that the buyer had purchased the property. Moreover, REALTOR® X said, upon questioning by the panel members, he had no personal knowledge of any instance in which Realtor Z had refused to cooperate with any other broker but had simply assumed that Realtor® Z's refusal to pay the compensation REALTOR® X had asked for was representative of a general practice on the part of Realtor® Z.
What do you think the hearing panel concluded?
Find out in next week's At a Glance.
All aboard!
More than 50 tickets already sold!
Please register SOON to join this year's Affiliate bus trip to New York City. On November 19 we will get to see Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone in "Gypsy". Tickets are $135 which includes orchestra seats, transportation, breakfast pastries, snacks and beverages. The bus leaves the SCAOR office at 6:30 a.m. sharp for an approximate 11 a.m. arrival in NYC. You will have time for independent sight-seeing and lunch before the show begins at 2 p.m.
Sign up today — Tickets are first come, first serve!
Listing of July 23, 2008 through August 28, 2008
Delaware News & Meetings
Today's issue of DAR REALTOR® News You Can Use includes a handy calendar of important 2008 Election Dates and other Election Updates important to the REALTOR® Party. Customer relationship tip: Besides helping your own involvement, pushing for real estate friendly legislation, wouldn't it be nice to share this calendar or let your home buying customers know the fast tips on how to register to vote, links to finding their polling place, and absentee voting information that it contains?
