9 - 10 am
Foundation Meeting
MLS Committee Meeting
What I Wish I Had Known
When I Was a Rookie
9 - noon
MLS Orientation
Government Affairs Meeting - cancelled
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
DAR Board of Directors Meeting
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
Rental Agents: You have a special invite from the Foundation
and the Rental Affairs Committee to join in the Auction fun!
Feel like you've missed the boat?
- Plan to attend the Housing Opportunity Partners (HOP) refresher on the Home from Work and NSP session.
- October 26th, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Speakers: Brandy Bennett - Sussex County Economic Development; Judy Dean - REALTOR® who has closed two NSP sales; housing counselors; mortgage lenders
- Guests: new homebuyers who've settled under the NSP. It can be done!
Email TracyLee@scaor.com to R.S.V.P. for this current, timely program.
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Pay Your Dues Renewals by November 1, 2009 The office will not be accepting payments. All dues payments MUST go through www.realtor.org. You will need your NRDS# to login and access your bill. Your NRDS# is on your REALTOR® magazine label and NAR Membership card. If you need assistance with your NRDS# or password, please contact NAR Info Central at (800) 874-6500. Thank you for your participation in SCAOR! |
What I Wish I Had Known When I Was a Rookie
Have you come across a situation that you did not know how to handle in your real estate career? Then come and join us this Tuesday and learn how to handle a given situation from those who have experienced it. This is your opportunity to ask questions of our experienced "top producing" agents.
Back by popular demand, the Rookie Committee has been able to get "Top Producers" to participate once again in a follow up to our very successful "What I Wish I Had Known When I Was a Rookie."
Date: TOMORROW, October 13, 2009
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres will follow: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Make sure to sign up with Gail Shields at SCAOR. Email Gail.
Hope to see you all there!
| 2010 Officers and Directors Official Balloting Results |
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The Sussex County Association of REALTORSst balloting for 2010 Officers and Directors is now closed. The Members of the Association voted for the slate as proposed by the Board of Directors to include the following: |
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| 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 |
| Congratulations to our leadership team and thank you to our members for participating in this important election process.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Briggs King |
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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 4th.
Click Here for the Nomination Form >>
Nominations due Friday, October 30.
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Fall into Education Savings with SCAOR
Fall discount applies to primary REALTOR® members, for fall classes only!! 2010 Delaware license renewals coming soon.
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| Thursday, October 15 |
Title Search - Sold Out 3 CE course |
5 pm - 8 pm |
| Thursday, October 29 |
Broker's Core - Last mandatory Broker Core class at the discounted fall price! 6 CE course, MANDATORY for Brokers |
9 am - 4 pm |
| Wednesday, November 4 |
Legislative Update - Last mandatory Agent classes at the discounted fall price! 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents |
9 am - noon |
| Real Estate Concepts- Last mandatory Agent classes at the discounted fall price! 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents |
1 pm - 4 pm | |
| Increase Sales with Government Financing NEW 3 CE COURSE |
5 pm - 8 pm | |
| Friday, November 6 |
Intro to Commercial Real Estate 3 CE course |
9 am - noon |
| Intro to Office Leasing 3 CE course |
1 pm - 4 pm | |
| See the full schedule and register online at www.scaorstore.com Classes! | ||
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A big thank you is extended to the Rental Affairs Committee for a huge success in their food donation program. This summer, they urged their tenants to donate any unused food left over at the end of their vacation. The committee was able to collect 2 tons of food which will be donated to the food bank. Congratulations to the Rental Affairs Committee for all your hard work and your giving spirit.
Nominations are now being accepted for the Outstanding Rental Agent Service Award. Do you know a rental agent who provides exceptional customer service, who is successful in implementing new ideas and has a great team spirit? Then click here and fill out the Nomination Form to show your appreciation for that special rental agent. Deadline for nominations is November 1st. Please fax nomination forms to Opal at (302) 855-2319.
2010 SCAOR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP |
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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.
Volunteers.....the heart and soul of an active Association. |
| Learn More - Earn More |
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Tuesday, October 27 - Wednesday, October 28 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. Location: Dover Downs Hotel and Casino The Pacific Institute® and Lou Tice have been helping companies and individuals shift to more productive thinking for nearly 30 years. From FORTUNE 500 companies to the U.S. military, from progressive educators to professional athletes, Thought Patterns For High Performance Organizations fits into any organization or profession where excellence is the goal. 
at NCCBOR November 58:30 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, expireds 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. 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 at SCAOR on Thursday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to Noon. |
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.)
Ask Congress to Extend and Expand the $8k Homebuyers Tax Credit
This tax credit which is helping stimulate home sales and the economy expires December 1.
Nearly 150,000 REALTORS® have already responded to this request. Join them today!
Please act NOW to ask Congress to extend and expand the credit through 2010.
It only takes 5 minutes (or less) to send your message using the REALTOR® Action Center.
Proposed real estate licensing changes
Read the proposed changes to Delaware real estate law and licensing at www.dpr.delaware.gov.
Full Listing of Delaware Planning News & Meetings >>
September 18 DAR Government Affairs Update >>
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.
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It's a lot easier getting information about a property if you use a form of some kind. Here's a form that I developed that helps me make notes on all aspects of the property. Hope you'll find this useful.
Property Information for Listing (Word document) See you next week! |
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Case #8-1: Failure to Put Deposit in Separate Account
REALTOR® A, a listing broker, obtained a signed offer to purchase, together with Buyer C's check for $5,000 as an earnest money deposit. Buyer C's offer was subject to the sale of his current residence. REALTOR® A presented the offer to Seller B who accepted it. REALTOR® A then inadvertently deposited the earnest money check in his personal checking account. Since Buyer C's offer was contingent on the sale of his current home, Seller B's house remained on the market. A week later, REALTOR® A received another offer to purchase Seller B's house from another broker and presented it to the seller as a back-up offer. Buyer C was informed about this new offer and reluctantly concluded that he would be unable to waive the sale contingency or proceed with the purchase of Seller B's house. He then asked REALTOR® A for his $5,000 check back. REALTOR® A explained that he had mistakenly deposited Buyer C's check in his personal bank account which had been attached since he received Buyer C's offer, and he was temporarily unable to refund the deposit to Buyer C.
Buyer C filed a complaint with the Board of REALTORS®, which was received by the Grievance Committee. The Grievance Committee concluded that the complaint warranted a hearing and referred it to the Professional Standards Committee. At hearing, REALTOR® A explained that his bank account had been unexpectedly attached following the loss of a civil suit which he was appealing; that his deposit of Buyer C's check in his personal account was a simple error in handling deposit slips; that he was arranging for the prompt release of his account; and that everything would be straightened out in three or four days, which should not be of great inconvenience to Buyer C.
Based on your understanding of the Code of Ethics Article 8, how do you think the Professional Standards Panel ruled?
Find out in next week's At a Glance!
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STATEWIDE FORMS UPDATE
Listing Agreement (MS Word) - Modified Aug. 6, 2009Agreement 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. |
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| 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 | ||
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