Come to SCAOR April 8, 4 - 6 p.m.
for a FREE mixer
sponsored by the Rookies.

Enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and gain some tips too. Spring into action with a REALTORS^® survival kit.

RSVP to Gail@scaor.com.

Help the Foundation
Sponsor a Foundation
for Habitat for Humanity

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
5 - 10 p.m.
at Irish Eyes, Lewes, Delaware

10% of all food proceeds will be
donated to the Foundation

plus 50/50 raffle drawing proceeds

The rush is on and classes are SELLING OUT. Sign up now for the remaining classes and don't come up short on required CEs for the April 30 re-licensing deadline.

Click here for elective online classes, offered at The CE Shop.

Midyear Trade Expo & Capitol Hill Visits
Wednesday, May 12

Join the Midyear bus trip to visit YOUR elected officials on Capitol Hill.

7:30 a.m.
Bus departs promptly from SCAOR

10 a.m.
Approximate arrival at Expo

1:00 p.m.
Meet bus for trip to Capitol Hill

4:15 p.m.
Bus departs from the Capitol

6:30 p.m.
Approximate return to SCAOR

For a $15 RPAC contribution, you can share the ride, skip the parking fees and driving, visit the Expo, and express your most pressing REALTOR^® concerns to your legislators.

Register at scaorstore.com >>

Share the flyer >>

Every year, DAR and NAR recognize REALTORS^® who are making an exceptional impact on their communities through volunteer work. NAR awards five $10,000 grants! Please share the Good Neighbor Awards information, and submit nominations to SCAOR by Friday, May 14, 2010 so your nominations can be considered at the state and national levels.

Tour the city or
see a Broadway musical.
Your choice!

Join us on a Trip to
New York December 8!

Limited Seats Available,
Departure: 6:30 a.m. SHARP!
Register by emailing Crystal@scaor.com
or faxing your form to the SCAOR office.

Click here for the flyer >>

If you have any spare or broken lockboxes, please return them to Gail at SCAOR or contact Gail@scaor.com.

If you need lockbox covers to protect them from the elements, SCAOR has plenty - for free. Just stop by SCAOR and pick some up.

Home buyers who purchase and close on a property listed on HomePath.com between January 28 and April 30, 2010, are being offered a 3.5% incentive from Fannie Mae. They can receive up to 3.5% of the final sales price for:

• Closing costs;
• The purchase of new Whirlpool^® appliances by Fannie Mae; or
• A mix of closing costs and appliances, at the buyer's discretion, up to the maximum 3.5%.

To be eligible for this incentive:

• Offers must be accepted on or after January 28, 2010;
• Property sales must close before May 1, 2010; and
• Buyers must be owner-occupants (investors are excluded).

The incentive reinforces Fannie Mae's commitment to stabilizing communities and assisting buyers. For more information about this incentive, visit www.HomePath.com and read the press release on fanniemae.com.

Broker Licensing is coming to SCAOR in August. This will be fast track instruction, with multiple days of instruction per week, including day and evening class times. Contact TracyLee@scaor.com or 855-2300 ext 205 for details and to be put on a contact list.

What do you wish you knew? SCAOR will offer a three hour CE class this fall on Social Media. From working smarter in Outlook, using your Blackberry, to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and beyond, this class will help you in the new technology areas.

Please email TracyLee@scaor.com the top 3 things you would like to learn and whether you feel you need a beginning or advanced class.

FREE Webinar
This Thursday, March 25 at 3 p.m. >>

Learn ways to overcome some of the most common hurdles to closing short sales and REO transactions before expiration of the tax credit.

Principal presenter is noted distressed-sale speaker Scott Thompson of ServiceLink and Mortgage Resolution Services.

Register online >>

Check out other free webinars available at realtor.org >>

1. Homebuyers Tax Credit
   Promotional Letter
2. Homebuyers Tax Credit
   Comparison Chart
3. Getting It Sold

SCAOR Members! Take advantage of these and the hundreds of other NAR products and resources available FREE or AT-COST through NAR's Right Tools, Right Now initiative. A number of new offers and updates to existing products will be available to help members in the coming year so keep checking www.REALTOR.org/RightTools monthly.

SentriLock released their BlackBerry SmartCard Reader and Card Utility last Thursday, March 4. SentriLock users will now be able to renew their SentriCards^® using any BlackBerry phone and BlackBerry SmartCard Reader. Users can purchase a BlackBerry Smartcard Reader V2 directly from SentriLock for $199. The SentriLock BlackBerry Card Utility is free.

Purchase your BlackBerry Smartcard Reader, download the BlackBerry Card Utility, and view informative videos and other useful information at www.sentrilock.com/blackberry.
Videos are also available at www.youtube.com/sentrilock1.

HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT FACTS
The extended tax credit helps new homebuyers and those "changing spaces." Make sure your customers know about the approaching April 30 contract and July 1 closing deadlines, and point them to how to apply for the credit. More details >>

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW SHORT SALES RULES?
In early 2009, NAR urged the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to improve the short sales process. This resulted in the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) Program, new guidelines and uniform forms.

All servicers must implement the new HAFA provisions by April 5, 2010.

• HAFA Consumer Information
  Brochure >>
• Short Sales Resources at realtor.org/shortsales >>
• February 19 Press Release >>

Full Listing of Delaware Planning
News & Meetings >>

March 19 Government Affairs Update from Delaware Association of REALTORS^® >>

Case #17-3: Dispute Between REALTORS^® of Different Boards

REALTOR^® A, the listing broker and a member of the X Board of REALTORS^®, and REALTOR^® B, the cooperating broker and a member of the Y Board of REALTORS^®, disagreed as to whether REALTOR^® B should participate in a commission on a sale. The property was located within the jurisdiction of REALTOR^® A's Board, and REALTOR^® A proposed that the dispute be submitted for arbitration within his Board, the X Board of REALTORS^®. REALTOR^® B agreed, and appeared before an arbitration panel of the Professional Standards Committee of the X Board of REALTORS^® to present evidence in support of his view that he was entitled to participate in the commission. The arbitration panel of the X Board of REALTORS^® found in favor of REALTOR^® A.

REALTOR^® B then requested his Board, the Y Board of REALTORS^®, to contact the X Board of REALTORS^® for the purpose of arranging interboard arbitration as provided for in Article 17 of the Code of Ethics.

Based on your understanding of the Code of Ethics Article 17, how do you think the Professional Standards Panel of the X Board of REALTORS^® ruled?

Find out in next week's At a Glance!