Voting Closes TODAY Monday, October 5
Last Day to Cast Your Ballot. . . Click Here to Vote Today! . . . and encourage office members to do the same! All primary REALTOR® members of SCAOR in good standing are authorized to vote. Online voting for your 2010 Officers and Directors closes at midnight tonight, Monday, October 5th, 2009. Click on the candidates' names below to read their biographies.
OFFICERS
President	Judy Dean	Long & Foster, Rehoboth
President-Elect	Sandy Greene	ResortQuest, Bethany
1st Vice President	Trina Joyner	Home Team Realty, Seaford
2nd Vice President	Sharon Palmer	Coldwell Banker Resort Realty, Rehoboth
DIRECTORS
One year	Sue Bramhall	Callaway, Farnell & Moore, Seaford
Three Year	Nora Martin	RE/MAX Realty, Rehoboth
Three Year	Brad Riedle	RE/MAX Realty, Rehoboth
NON-BALLOT POSITIONS
Past President	Steve Alexander	ResortQuest, Bethany
Treasurer	Donna Neithardt	Home Team Realty, Seaford
Director-two years	Bruce Plummer	Coldwell Banker Resort Realty, Rehoboth
Director-two years	Andrew Ratner	Prudential Gallo, Rehoboth

The deadline for submitting your name for consideration is this Friday, October 9, 2009.

 
 

2010 SCAOR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP An opportunity for your association and your career. Join a committee for the upcoming year.

Time is running out to apply. There's a committee for every interest, or perhaps there's an area you would like to learn more about. Check out the committee descriptions and apply online today. Education Committee     Government Affairs Committee Grievance Committee H O P (Housing Opportunities Partnership) Committee Multiple Listing Service Committee Professional Standards Committee Public Awareness (Public Relations) Committee Rental Affairs Committee Risk Reduction / Bylaws Committee Rookies (REALTOR® for less than 3 years) Committee Volunteers.....the heart and soul of an active Association. Volunteer today >> For a full description of the committees click here >>

Next Tuesday, October 13
4 - 6 p.m.

Back by popular demand, a follow up to our very successful "What I Wish I Had Known When I Was a Rookie" panel discussion with top producers. Ask Away!

Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres

All are Invited!
Email Gail to RSVP.

Thursday, October 29, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Association Office

Final broker class this fall.
Save $10 and beat the spring rush!

(Discounted for primary SCAOR members.)

Register here >>

Ask Congress to Extend and Expand the $8k Homebuyers Tax Credit
This tax credit which has been helping stimulate home sales and the economy expires December 1. Nearly 120,000 REALTORS^® have already responded to this request. Join them today!
Please act NOW to extend and expand the credit through 2010.

Join the strong message being sent to Congress. It's easy.
Take 5 minutes — or less — to send your message using the REALTOR^® Action Center today.

 
Proposed real estate licensing changes
Read the proposed changes to Delaware real estate law and licensing at www.dpr.delaware.gov. The FREE 3 CEU Legislative Update class covering proposed changes this Friday, October 9 is now full.

Full Listing of Delaware Planning News & Meetings >>
September 18 DAR Government Affairs Update >>

 

One Can or One Dollar     Please remember to donate One Can of food or $1 to our Local Food Banks anytime you attend an event or stop by the SCAOR office.

Fall into Education Savings with SCAOR Earn 3 Required CE plus 3 Elective CE tomorrow at SCAOR. Fall discount applies to primary REALTOR® members, for fall classes only!! Tomorrow, October 6th, learn Basic Flood Insurance, or How to Run your Real Estate Career as a Business. Stay for Legislative Update: DUCIOA on the new laws concerning condos and HOA's. Take Staging this Wednesday to learn to make your listed properties stand out. 2010 Delaware license renewals coming soon. Brokers must take 6 hours Broker Core and 9 hours of electives. Agents must take 3 hours Real Estate Concepts, 3 hours Legislative Update and 9 hours of electives. A second Legislative Update course will count towards your electives requirement as long as not taught by the same instructor. Take 2 and learn more about this year's legislative changes impacting real estate.
Tuesday, October 6	Running your Real Estate Career as a Business 3 CE course "Clear, Concise and with good illustrations" "Lively & engaging"	9 am - noon
	Basic Flood Insurance Training NEW 3 CE COURSE	9 am - noon
	Legislative Update: DUCIOA (Condo / HOA Law Update) 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents	1 pm - 4 pm
Wednesday, October 7	Staging: Helping Sellers Achieve Maximum Sales Price (A Marketing Tool) 3 CE course	6 pm - 9 pm
Friday, October 9	DREC Statute Revision Information Session / Legislative Update - Sold Out 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents	9 am - noon
Thursday, October 15	Title Search - one seat left 3 CE course	5 pm - 8 pm
Thursday, October 29	Broker's Core 6 CE course, MANDATORY for Brokers	9 am - 4 pm
See the full schedule and register online at www.scaorstore.com Classes!

This Friday, October 9, 9:00 a.m. - Noon 3 FREE CE's for Legislative Update Instructors are Rick Allamong & Andy Staton. This FREE 3 hour CE course will review proposed DREC statute changes. SOLD OUT!

Many of the recommended changes are based on Sunset Committee recommendations to clean up the statute as well as to clarify provisions and make the act consist with practices today and to best protect the public interest. Some of the major changes include: clarifying what Property Management Services are covered under the statute having three licenses: Salesperson, Associate Broker and Broker, clearly identifying Broker to mean the managing Broker raising penalties to $5,000 per violation requiring a minimum of three years experience to be the designated on-site supervisor for Brokers with multiple offices clarifying when a licensee may prepare a Comparative Market Analysis eliminating the nonresident license in favor of clarifying reciprocal licenses requiring an office permit for the main office as well as additional offices providing biennial renewal of all offices and the associated fees adding Presumed Statutory Agency and Presumed Dual Agency for 1-4 family residential properties which establishes that Agency relationships would be assumed and not predicated by the signing of a CIS. The CIS would need to be signed prior to entering into a Listing Agreement or Agreement of Sale. The CIS would be signed earlier if a different agency relationship was being established. Above is just a summary of the highlights. The Delaware Real Estate Commission has released details of their proposed changes of Delaware real estate law at www.dpr.delaware.gov. DREC is currently seeking public input. Please review the proposed changes and attend this free class before DREC makes final recommendations expected to be included in legislation introduced in the upcoming Delaware General Assembly session. Send your responses to SCAOR or directly to the Real Estate Commission.

 

* * * 2010 DUES * * *

Dues notices were emailed last week. Renewals are Due by November 1, 2009. Pay your dues ONLINE ONLY - at www.realtor.org. You may pay by check or credit card online. The office will not be accepting payments. All dues payments MUST go through www.realtor.org. You will need your NRDS# to access your bill. This can be found on your REALTOR® magazine label or on your NAR Membership card. If you need assistance with your NRDS# or password contact NAR Info Central at (800) 874-6500. Thank you for your participation!

Click here to register for the 2009 DAR Convention today: RACE TO THE FUTURE

LAST CHANCE to sign up for the 2009 DAR Golf Tournament
at Wild Quail Golf & Country Club
Next Monday, October 12, 2009
Shotgun Start 10:00 a.m.
Enjoy a continental breakfast, a beautiful day of golf, lunch and prizes!
$80 for golfers; $35 for non-golfers >>

A DAR general membership meeting and voting for 2010 Officers and Directors will be held during the 2009 Convention on Thursday, October 15.

DAR 2010 Slate of Officers

President (automatic)	Kevin Hensley - NCCBOR		Director-at-Large	Joseph Poole - NCCBOR
President-Elect	Bill Lucks - SCAOR		NAR Director (2010-11)	Dick Brogan - KCAR
Vice President	Todd Stonesifer - KCAR		Past President (automatic)	Lauren Alberti - SCAOR
Treasurer	Geri Parisi - NCCBOR

Now is the time to show your thanks for those wonderful instructors you know and appreciate. Is there one instructor you always seek out for continuing education classes? Nominate them for the 2009 Educator of the Year award. Show your appreciation in a public way for all the hard work your instructors do to make your credits as fun and interesting as possible. Nominations are due October 30.

The winner will be honored at the 2010 Installation on December 4^th.

Click Here for the Nomination Form >>
Nominations due Friday, October 30.

Women's Council of REALTORS^®

Lunch 'n Learn
Next Thursday, October 15
11:30 - 2:00 p.m.
This Month's topics will be: Social Networking
Presented by Frank Payton and Steve Robertson, Fine LineIt.

at Big Fish Grill
Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
The cost to attend the luncheon/presentation is $20. Cash or checks are accepted at the door.

Reservations Required:
Email Linda Morena at lmorena@monarchmtg.com by October 12, 2009.
Guests are welcome (same price). Please register their names when responding.

Cancellations:
In the event that you cannot attend, please call Linda Morena - (302) 312-8118 by noon on October 12, 2009.
You will be billed if you do not cancel.

SEE YOU AT BIG FISH!

An IDX (Internet Data Exchange) Push has been available to subscribers of the MLS. Now RETS (Real Estate Transaction Standard) is also available.

The purpose of both IDX and RETS is to display the contents of our MLS on your personal agent website, enabling visitors to search the entire contents of the MLS from your page.

What is the difference between IDX and RETS? IDX pushes the information from our MLS onto your website once per day. RETS allows for the information to be pulled from the MLS as often as every 15 minutes, which means the information on your website is more current.

The fee for either of these feeds is $200.00 per year. If you are interested in subscribing to one of these, please go onto Innovia and click on "Standard Forms." Then click on "MLS Governance" and fill out the "SCAOR FTP Order Form and Participant Data Access Agreement."

For those of you that already have IDX or RETS, please remember that as per your agreement, it is required that you notify SCAOR if you change website vendors.

For further information, please contact Opal at (302) 855-2300 Extension 202 or opal@scaor.com

 
 

Revenue Generating Activity Several months ago, my husband heard me talking on the telephone to a real estate friend. We talked about our office, what we had lined up for the weekend, what new programs were going on at the Board, and other "chit chat." When I hung up, my husband asked me, "Was that an RGA?" I looked and him and responded, "What's an RGA?" Click here to find out >>

at NCCBOR November 5
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ninja Selling is a powerful one-day seminar which will teach you the methods and philosophy of one of the most successful real estate companies in the country. They average 44+ annual transactions per agent without "cold calling", working with strangers, expired's or FSBOs, and they help each other become wealthy. For a course fee of $169, learn how to create customers for life, get referrals without asking for them, overcome objections, create personal wealth and a retirement plan, and earn credit toward your CRS and licensing.

Details >>
Registration >>

Please read the REALTORS^® Code of Ethics Article 7. Based upon your understanding, how do you think the Hearing Panel ruled in last week's Case Study? Below is the Hearing Panel's decision.

Case #7-1: Acceptance of Compensation from Buyer and Seller

Rick Allamong, a former MLS Committee chairman, will instruct attendees on how to utilize the MLS to its maximum potential. This FREE class will be held on Thursday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to Noon.

Register here >>

 

STATEWIDE FORMS UPDATE Listing Agreement (MS Word) - Modified Aug. 6, 2009 Agreement of Sale for Delaware Residential Property (fillable PDF) - Modified Aug. 6, 2009 Agreement of Sale for Delaware Unimproved Land (fillable PDF) - Modified July 22, 2009 Common Interest Community Resale Certification (fillable PDF) - Modified Aug. 5, 2009 Short Sale Addendum to Listing Agreement (fillable PDF) - Modified Aug. 6, 2009 Short Sale Addendum to Agreement of Sale (fillable PDF) - Modified Aug. 11, 2009 The new Statewide Sales Agreements are available as fillable PDF's. They are conveniently available once logged in to SCAORStore.com Members Only.

 
 

N O V E M B E R
4	Legislative Update - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents	9 am - noon
	Real Estate Concepts - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents	1 - 4 pm
	Increase Sales With Government Financing - 3 CE course	5 - 8 pm
5	Ninja Selling I at NCCBOR	8:30 am - 5 pm
	PR Committee Meeting	9:30 - 10:30 am
	Maximize the MLS!   Free training	10 am - noon
6	Intro to Commercial Real Estate - 3 CE course	9 am - noon
	Intro to Office Leasing - 3 CE course	1 - 4 pm
9	Septic Training - 3 CE course	9 am - noon
	At Home with Diversity - 3 CE course	1 - 4 pm
	Staging: Helping Sellers Achieve Maximum Sales Price (A Marketing Tool) - 3 CE course	6 - 9 pm
10	MLS Committee Meeting	9 - 11 am
12	Title Search - 3 CE course	5 - 8 pm
	MLS Orientation	9 - 12 noon
13 - 16	2009 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in San Diego, California
17	New Member Orientation	9 am - 4 pm
19	Board of Directors Meeting	9 am - 12 noon
26 - 27	Thanksgiving Holiday - SCAOR and DAR offices closed
D E C E M B E R
1 - 2	GRI 601: Everything Legal: What You Should Know - 15 CE course at DAR	8 am - 5 pm
3	PR Committee Meeting	9:30 - 10:30 am
	Affiliate Meet and Greet Holiday Mixer	5 - 8 pm
4	Installation of 2010 Officers and Directors	11:30 am - 2:30 pm
8	MLS Committee Meeting	9 am - 12 noon
9	NYC Affiliate Bus Trip - Sold Out	6:30 am
11	DAR Installation at White Clay Creek Country Club	11:45 am - 2:00 pm
12	MLS Orientation	9 am - 12 noon
15	Foundation Meeting	9 - 10 am
24 - 25	Christmas Holiday - SCAOR and DAR Offices Closed