9:00 am - noon
MLS Committee Meeting
10:00 am
SCAOR Community Service Foundation Wrapping Day
- at the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach
9:00 am - noon
MLS Orientation
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Foundation Meeting
Christmas Party at SCAOR
Optional: You may also bring USO donations for our troops
to the Tuesday, December 15th party.
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The SCAOR office will be closed for staff training
12 noon
Christmas Eve - SCAOR office closes early
Christmas Day - SCAOR and DAR offices closed
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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FREE Credit Repair Class TODAY
Come to SCAOR for this non-credit course today, to learn the new mortgage requirements, how to assist buyers in re-building tarnished credit, and more! Improved credit scores can result in access to better loans, at better rates. Note: Due to illness, this class was rescheduled from last Monday, November 30 to this Monday. There's still time to sign up! |
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SCAOR Community Service Foundation Gift Wrapping This Thursday, December 10th at 10 a.m. 
Celebrate the holidays by wrapping presents for the needy in our county at the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach. Drop in for an hour, or until the wrapping is done. We'd love to see you there! Thanks to our REALTOR® members and affiliates for your generous extra donations totaling $3,800. These were received as REALTORS® turned out at K-Mart to shop for the needy last week. The extra donations enabled the Sussex County Association of REALTORS® Community Service Foundation to provide for 40+ additional needy children while shopping. The total number of children served by the Auction proceeds is 340. A big thanks for all the helpers who shopped, and we look forward to your helping hands again as we wrap! |
All are invited to attend the FREE, come and go, Christmas party at SCAOR
next Tuesday, December 15th from 5 to 8 p.m.
Please register in advance, just so we know a headcount for refreshments.
The event is FREE, and all are welcome! Come for a little while, come for longer . . .
Just come out to enjoy the holiday festivities.
FREE, just your RSVP requested >>
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For an easy way to help our troops, you may bring a USO donation to SCAOR anytime during office hours, or during the come and go Christmas party on December 15th. Click here for a list of needed items. Do not feel obligated to bring an item to attend the Christmas party; participation in the USO drive is voluntary.
SCAOR is also decorating a Christmas tree with pictures of REALTOR® family members who are serving locally or overseas. Please send in a photo (by email or just bringing it in) and it will be added to the tree.
For questions about the tree or USO drive, email Lidia Smith (Rookie Chair) at Lidia.Smith@LongandFoster.com or call 302-430-3753.
How is SCAOR helping members obtain their CE's?
2010 Education classes held at SCAOR
- Register online at www.scaorstore.com
- Four brand NEW courses
- Day and evening classes
- Variety of instructors, dates and times for courses
- Flood demonstration, reverse mortgages, marketing and more!
NEW! Online elective courses offered by SCAOR
- DE Real Estate Commission approved
- Discounts for December classes
- You may stop and start courses until complete
- Complete course listing at http://scaor.theceshop.com
- Click the SCAOR icon to link to www.scaorstore.com for additional classes offered by SCAOR at our facility.
Ocean Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty is accepting non-perishable boxed and canned food items, and non-food items such as diapers, toothpaste, mouthwash, bar soap, shampoo / conditioner, liquid hand soaps, and paper products. They invite all in the Rehoboth and Bethany communities to make this food drive successful and help those that will need help the most, especially during the holiday season.
If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print and send it to one of our military members currently deployed on active duty around the globe - including Iraq, Afghanistan and Asia. You can't pick who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.
It is FREE and only takes a second.
Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.
Thanks for taking the time to support our military!
Feeling low from a tough market? Stressed out and stretched financially? A wonderful way to give back at no cost is to volunteer to be a bell ringer for the Salvation Army. There are multiple days & locations throughout Sussex County to choose from. All money collected remains in Sussex County, aiding neighbors and friends.
Eastern Sussex contact: Debbie Engel 302-668-7412
Western Sussex contact: Chas Engel 302-547-0545
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Go to www.realtor.org to pay your dues. A second late fee has been added as of, December 1, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Pay your dues ONLINE at www.realtor.org >> 2010 Dues are past due. If you are planning on going inactive as of 12/30/09, please complete appropriate paperwork and submit to SCAOR with notation that it will be effective 12/30/09. If your inactive paperwork is not submitted and dues are not paid, your membership will be terminated and your office will be on the January Board of Directors agenda, which could cause your office's membership to be suspended. Please don't allow this to happen. Please contact Crystal with any question or concerns at Crystal@scaor.com. |
| Affiliate Committee Jeanine O'Donnell jeanine.odonnell.ppuk @statefarm.com |
Education / Professional Development Kevin Barrett beachsidekevin@yahoo.com |
Government Affairs / Public Policy Sue Bramhall sue@suebramhall.com |
| Grievance Dennis Barnes dbarnes@cbanker.com |
Housing Opportunities Partner Betty Kasperski bestepx@yahoo.com |
Multiple Listing Service Bill Lucks wlucks@comcast.net |
| Professional Standards Bob McVey bobmcvey@topproducer.com |
Public Awareness Sean Steward sean@seansteward.com |
Rental Affairs Cindi Wolfe cwolfe@cbmove.com |
| Risk Reduction / Bylaws Brad Riedle briedle@remax.net |
Rookies Jim Meo james.meo@longandfoster.com |
Give your customers FREE, personalized coupons and savings offers, exclusively from Lowe's and NAR. Go to www.realtor.org and click on the Lowe's link to find out about this valuable marketing tool.
Helpful tip for a safe online shopping experience: Use strong passwords! When creating passwords for online accounts, use numbers, special characters, and upper/lower case letters. Don't use the same passwords for online shopping websites that you use for logging onto your computer.
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Inland Bays Pollution Control Strategy
A recent discussion concerning inland bays and septic tanks had me running to do research on the subject. Here's what I found. Inland Bays pollution control strategy (PCS) was adopted on November 1, 2008. As a result of these regulations, the following changes in septic systems have or will take place >> |
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3rd quarter COMP e-books are now available at www.theSCAORstore.com. The cost is only $25 for SCAOR members and $75 for non-members. You may download the COMP book immediately, view it by sections or in its entirety, print it and have it available on your computer. Members! Once you buy a COMP book, it also stays available in your Members Only area of www.theSCAORstore.com.
Click here to download your copy >>
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 >>
How do you think the Professional Standards Panel ruled in last week's Case Study?
Below is the Hearing Panel's decision.
Case #12-19: Remove Information about Listings from Websites Once Authority to Advertise Ends
The hearing panel disagreed with REALTOR® Z's reasoning. While reasonable consumers can expect newspaper advertisements to be current and accurate on the date of publication, they also understand that information in months or even years old newspapers will be obsolete. Information on REALTORS®' websites is clearly different from newspaper ads since it can be updated on a regular basis, and corrected if mistakes occur. The panel concluded that the continued presence of information about REALTOR® Z's former listing six months after expiration on her website, coupled with the continued presence of her "for sale" sign on the wooded lot, did not present the true picture required by Article 12, and was inconsistent with the obligation to have authority to advertise contemplated by Article 12, as interpreted by Standard of Practice 12-4.. REALTOR® Z was found in violation of Article 12.
The SCAOR office will be closed Next Friday, December 18th from 12:30 to 2 p.m. for staff training.
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| J A N U A R Y | |||
| 1 | New Year's Day - office closed | ||
| 12 | MLS Committee Meeting | 9 am | |
| Rookies Meeting | 2 pm | ||
| 15 | Broker's Breakfast Broker or ONE representative from office, free but RSVP for headcount |
8:30 - 10 am | |
| 18 | MLK Holiday - office closed | ||
| 21 | Board of Directors Meeting | 9 am | |
| 25 | Surviving & Adapting to the Changing Market - New 3 CE Course | 9 am - noon | |
| Real Estate Concepts - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| Legislative Update - Understanding Sussex County Government - New Course - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents |
5 - 8 pm | ||
| 26 | Write It Right! - 3 CE course | 1 - 4 pm | |
| Staging: Achieve Maximum Sales Price - 3 CE course | 6 - 9 pm | ||
| 27 | Septic Training - Includes Pollution Control Strategy/Inland Bays - 3 CE course |
1 - 4 pm | |
| Real Estate Concepts - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents |
5 - 8 pm | ||
| 28 | Education Committee Meeting | 10 am | |
| 29 | Broker's Core - 6 CE course, MANDATORY for Brokers |
9 am - 4 pm | |
| F E B R U A R Y | |||
| 17 | Legislative Update - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents | 9 am - noon | |
| Real Estate Concepts - Salesperson Core Course, MANDATORY for Agents | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| Financing in a Tight Market - 3 CE course | 5 - 8 pm | ||
| 18 | Reverse Mortgages - New 3 CE Course | 9 am - noon | |
| Staging: Achieve Maximum Sales Price - 3 CE course | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| Environmental Issues & the Real Estate Transaction - 3 CE course | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| 22 | Legislative Update - 3 CE course, MANDATORY for Agents | 9 am - noon | |
| How to Collect on Judgments - 3 CE course | 1 - 4 pm | ||
| 23 | Go Green...Earn Green! - New 3 CE Course | 9 am - noon | |
| Communication: Key to Selling - 3 CE course | 1 - 4 pm | ||
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