9:30 am
PR Committee Meeting at SCAOR
8:30 am
Foundation Meeting at SCAOR
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
MLS Orientation
Steve Alexander
Judy Dean
Susan Mills
Sandy Greene
Donna Neithardt
Bill Lucks
by 3-digit extension:
Reception, SentriLock, Website
Memberships, Bus Trips
MLS / IDX
Executive Vice President
Education, Ethics & Events
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| It's ROTY time! Please join us on June 9th at the SCAOR Educational facility to celebrate this year's award winners. Delicious! Lunch is being catered by the elegant Nage Restaurant located in Rehoboth Beach. Enjoy Chicken Cordon Blue or Bourbon Glazed Pork Loin, Nage Salad, Orichetti Pasta, and Dessert. Prestigious! We will present the REALTOR® of the Year 2009; NOT Costly! Tickets only $20 per person Mix and mingle from 11:30 - Noon Register Early for the Celebration, Space is Limited!
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| NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2010 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
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The Association's Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Leadership team. As a potential Board of Director member, your responsibility to SCAOR would be to help move the Association in a positive forward direction and have a genuine concern for the members. With the rapid changes that are occurring in the real estate industry, as well as with DAR and the National Association of REALTORS®, a leadership position is a very important job. As a volunteer, we try to keep the meetings to a minimum. Your attendance is requested at all Board of Director meetings, Broker meetings, and any social events put on by the Association. You may also be asked to help lobby at legislative hall in Dover if an important bill needs support. If you are interested in applying for any of the positions listed below, please complete the attached form and return it to SCAOR. It is important that you supply the Committee with as much information about yourself as possible. The Nominating committee will review, in detail, all applications received, and its recommendation to the Board of Directors for a Slate of Officers will be based on the information you provide. Apply here. . . Deadline is July 6th!
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Are you Free June 6th?
Interested in a Feel Good Endeavor?
SCAOR will be assisting in the Habitat For Humanity Build
at Concord Village, Seaford.
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Yes! You can dare to dream! The "Go LOCAL!" program brought to you by the Sussex County Association of REALTORS® can make it happen.
Attendees will learn about new opportunities to become a homeowner and about special programs that provide funding to help make that dream a reality.
Various experts from the housing industry will be present to field your questions, including banking officials, mortgage counselors, home inspectors, and of course, REALTORS®.
Light refreshments will be served.
Come hear NAR Economist Ken Fears talk about the numbers, and lay your fears to rest. This event will be held at SCAOR's office on Wednesday, June 17 at 1:00 pm.
Our special guest, Ken Fears is an Economist and Manager, Regional Economics for the Research Division of the National Association of REALTORS®.
Rick Allamong, a former MLS Committee chairman, will instruct attendees on how to utilize the MLS to its maximum potential. The class will be held on Friday, June 26 from 10 am to Noon.
Please use the following phrase in both agent / public remarks on properties that have already gone to sheriff's sale: "Eligible for Sussex County Homebuyer's Assistance Program". This will help agents locate properties for homebuyers utilizing the National Stabilization Plan and state of Delaware Affordable Homes Strengthening Communities programs.
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Did You Know...
Details at www.delawarerealtor.com |
| MLS dues will be due July 1
Budget ahead in this economy, and be prepared! |
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| We've Received some amazing feedback on this and mostly it's "We want more!"
Stay tuned and watch for Rookies' next event. |
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Delaware Attorney General's Mortgage Fraud Task Force, in conjunction with the Delaware State Housing Authority Office of the State Bank Commissioner, are inviting all Delaware homeowners to a free Housing Workshop taking place at the following times and locations statewide on June 26 and 27, 2009:
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| Sussex County 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. St. John's United Methodist Church 239 N. Conwell St., Seaford |
Kent County 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon Modern Maturity Center 1121 Forrest Ave, Dover |
New Castle County 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. New Castle County Government Center, Gilliam Building 77 Read's Way, New Castle |
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Talk with
- Mortgage lenders and servicers on-site - bring your loan information and budget
- Certified housing counselors
- Representatives from the Attorney General's Office and other agencies
- Government programs for homeowners
- Foreclosures and foreclosure scams
Walk-ins are welcomed and encouraged. For more information, visit the Attorney General's Foreclosure website.
Helping to Meet the Needs of Our Community.
Statewide there are over 10,500 families in need of food.
The Sussex County Association of REALTORS® want to help the citizens in need here in Sussex County to meet the minimum needs of a healthy meal for their families.
We are aware that a number of Brokerages are holding their own office campaigns to collect food goods and we applaud their efforts. However, we would like to have EVERY member participate in this "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" project.
To assist in this effort, SCAOR Board of Directors, the Education Committee and SCAOR Community Service Foundation have developed a plan to help us meet our goal to help as many families as we can here in Sussex County.
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What this means is that when you attend any Board function; C.E. classes, Committee meetings, or stopping by the Board Office for any reason we ask that you bring a can of food or donate $1- All of which will go to our Local Food Banks.
In addition, for the benefit of our Food Banks, there will be a "Fee" of $5 for any cell phone ringing during any of the functions being attended.
One Can or One Dollar is a small contribution to make for those less fortunate and in dire need.
All monies and or food will be distributed here in Sussex County. Some of the organizations who benefit from this effort are:
Crisis House
Casa San Francisco
Cape Henlopen Food Basket
As a REALTORS® Federal Credit Union member, you have access to a diverse portfolio of products and services. Their cooperative approach to financial services allows them to provide you with great rates and low fees. As a REALTORS® Federal Credit Union member you will also have access to in-depth financial education resources and money management solutions.
You can become a member of REALTORS® Federal Credit Union as early as your first day of membership or relevant affiliation with the National Association of REALTORS® or any time afterward. Once you are eligible and have submitted a membership application, your purchase of a $100 share gives you full membership access to all of the products and services REALTORS® FCU has to offer.
For more information or to apply, click here.
| The Blood Bank of Delmarva Are You a Member?
Are you a Member through SCAOR? |
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Donating Blood is a Lifesaving effort. For the minimal cost of $5.00 and a periodic donation of blood, you will have helped someone in need - someone who may not have survived without your generosity and caring.
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Flood insurance just got more affordable for property owners in Bethany Beach. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved a 10 percent rate reduction on the cost of flood insurance for all properties in the town.
Tuesday, June 23 - Wednesday, June 24
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
at the DAR Association Office
Will provide 15 CE credits
This module will cover topics such as the NAR Code of Ethics, Arbitration & Mediation, Diversity, Fair Housing Enforcement, and identifying potential environmental hazards.
There are no substitutes for this class - sign up soon >>
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Here's a list of things I continually see that are in error >> |
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SCIF usually refers to Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), a high-value property due to the fact that a SCIF is required for government contractors to accomplish most of their work. Some companies renovate a portion of their building to be a SCIF, where their Department of Defense, Homeland Security, NSA and other secure government work must be accomplished. The larger government contractors usually require their entire office building to meet SCIF requirements.
A new Delaware program, Secure Contractor Incentive Financing (SCIF) offers 0% financing to fit out secure space, to reduce costs to facility owners/developers and attract more government contractors to our wonderful state. Details >>
> > TICKET SALES ARE HOT, HOT, HOT > >
Order Now to See & Hear the Story & Songs of
Frankie Valli
& The Four Seasons ~ Only 40 tickets left!
Hurry - Tickets only $150 until June 30 or sell out, whichever comes first.
This includes bus trip to New York City, snacks, and orchestra seats.
Case #16-18: Assumed Consent for Direct Contact
REALTOR® A, who held an exclusive listing of Client B's property, invited REALTOR® C to cooperate with him. When REALTOR® C, shortly thereafter, received an offer to purchase the property and took it to REALTOR® A, the latter took REALTOR® C with him to present the offer to Client B, and negotiations for the sale were started. The next day, REALTOR® C called on Client B alone, recommended that he accept the offer which was at less than the listed price, and Client B agreed. The contract was signed and the sale was made.
These facts were detailed in a complaint by REALTOR® A to the Board of REALTORS® charging REALTOR® C with unethical conduct in violation of Article 16, having made his second contact with the client without his, REALTOR® A's, consent.
At the subsequent hearing, REALTOR® C defended his actions on the basis that since he had been invited to cooperate with REALTOR® A, and particularly since REALTOR® A had invited him to be present when his offer was presented to the seller, REALTOR® C had assumed that he had REALTOR® A's consent for subsequent direct contacts with Client B. He stated further that he had a good reason for going alone because in his first visit to the client, REALTOR® A had undertaken to present his, REALTOR® C's, offer without fully understanding it and had made an inept presentation. Questioning by members of the Hearing Panel revealed that there had been some important considerations that REALTOR® A had not understood or explained to the client.
Based on your understanding of the Code of Ethics Article 16, how do you think the Professional Standards Panel ruled?
Find out in next week's At a Glance!
The Children's Beach House is one of the deserving local charities helped by our annual Auction. Please consider participating in their golf tournament and helping to spread the word.
Full Listing of June 2, 2009 through July 7, 2009
Delaware Planning News & Meetings >>
McGinnis Inducted into National RPAC Hall of Fame
The Delaware Association of REALTORS® is proud to announce that Philip McGinnis with McGinnis Realty in Dover has become a member of the National Association of REALTORS® RPAC Hall of Fame. Phil was officially inducted in the Hall of Fame at a ceremony conducted during the 2009 NAR Midyear Meeting in Washington, D.C. last week.
Hall of Fame membership is conferred in recognition of REALTORS® who have made an extraordinary commitment to RPAC.
"Phil becomes only the second Delaware REALTOR® to join this distinguished group," said Denise Tatman, DAR Executive Officer. "He joins Pat Campbell White of Rehoboth Beach who qualified in 2002 and was inducted in 2003. There are only 154 REALTOR® members to date who have qualified for the Hall of Fame recognition."
Bravo and congratulations Phil! Pictured in the photo with Phil McGinnis (center) are Charles Oppler, Chairman of the National Association of REALTORS® RPAC Trustees and John Harrison, Political Fundraising Liaison for the RPAC Trustees.
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| 1 | Last Day to Pay MLS Dues | ||
| 3 | July 4th Holiday - SCAOR and DAR Offices Closed | ||
| 9 | Affiliate Meeting | 9 am | |
| 14 | GRI 401: Becoming Techno Savvy - Designation Class at DAR | 8 am - 5 pm | |
| 16 | Board of Directors Meeting | ||
| Government Affairs Meeting | 3 pm | ||
| 21 | New Member Orientation at SCAOR | 9 am - 4 pm | |
| County Council Lunch Tentative Date | 3 pm | ||
| 22 | DAR Board of Directors Meeting at Dover Downs | 10:30 am - 12 noon | |
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| 13 | Affiliate Meet and Greet | ||
| 20 | Government Affairs Meeting | 3:00 pm | |
| 24-25 | NAR Leadership Summit | ||
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