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CCAR NewsCCAR Closed for the HolidaysNominations for REALTOR® and Affiliate of the Year due December 7CCAR Holiday Breakfast is December 11Calling All Facebook Users!Get Involved!Tori Pearson Named October's CCAR Satisfaction Survey WinnerREALTOR® Safety Advisory CCAR Offers Condolences
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Nominations for REALTOR® and Affiliate of the Year due December 7 It is that time of year again to nominate your colleagues for the annual REALTOR® of the Year and Affiliate of the Year awards. All CCAR members are invited to nominate qualified candidates.
The REALTOR® of the Year Award recognizes and rewards a REALTOR® for his/her work and effort on behalf of fellow REALTORS® during the calendar year. This award is the Association’s highest degree of honor and appreciation that is bestowed on a member. The Affiliate of the Year Award recognizes and rewards an Affiliate member for his/her work and contributions to the Collin County Association of REALTORS®. The affiliate’s contributions to CCAR must have benefitted CCAR’s membership in some way during the calendar year.
To nominate someone for the REALTOR® or Affiliate of the Year awards, please click on or paste the following link into your browser: http://takeaction.realtoractioncenter.com/ct/lp_Vn_E1zY_m/. All nominations are due no later than December 7, 2007.Top
Cost of admission for the Holiday Breakfast is new clothing or a cash donation of at least $15. Most needed clothing items include shoes in adult sizes 7.5-10, winter coats for ages 12-18, and jeans in all sizes.
The breakfast, whose donations and proceeds benefit the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center Rainbow Room, serves as the largest clothing donation drive the center holds on an annual basis. If you plan to attend the breakfast, please RSVP by December 5 to CCARbreakfast@hhomesltd.com.Top
As you may know, Facebook currently has 55 million active users, making it a key tool for communicating and sharing important information with friends, family and clients. Given the popularity of this and other social networking sites, CCAR wants to ensure that our members are knowledgeable on how to utilize this technology for their business needs.
If you are interested in demonstrating how Facebook has worked for you, please contact Jonna Fernandez, Communications Director, at jonna@ccar.net or 972-618-3800.Top
Have you ever heard the expression, “You learn from teaching”? This year I lived that expression.
I have been a member of CCAR for roughly five years and I have participated in the REALTOR®/Lender Committee for almost the same amount of time. Over the past five years, I have worked my way up through the ranks to become chairman of the REALTOR®/Lender Committee. When I assumed the chairman role this past January, I thought that it was my time to share my knowledge and experience with less seasoned loan officers. In addition, I assumed that I could pass along knowledge to members who had spent less time than myself associated with CCAR. It was obvious to me that I would be the leader this year, and that through teaching I would help others grow as I thought I had.
Through my association with CCAR and my involvement with its committees, I learned more this year than I have in all previous years combined. I have learned structure, goals and organization. And, because I have led the REALTOR®/Lender Committee this year, I have become more interested in all of CCAR’s committees and the functions that each play in the role of the association.
Further, I am amazed to see all of the different moving parts of our real estate community working together to form one very organized group of exceptional individuals striving to better ourselves and the community around us. This combination of efforts has been evident in all areas of CCAR, including Government Affairs who found strength in numbers to lobby our leaders for needed changes in our environment and accomplishing change with the help of TREPAC. I witnessed the Affiliate Committee raise enough money to put a CCAR sign on the front door and a new sound system in the banquet room. I joined the REALTOR®/Lender Committee on various projects, including creating a new MCE class designed and taught by our CCAR members for our CCAR members.
There were many great accomplishments by CCAR’s committees this year. These accomplishments made me realize that while I sat for years on the sidelines looking in on our ever-changing industry; CCAR’s committees were out there working hard. Because of my experiences this year, I have been empowered with the knowledge of what can be accomplished when great people come together to do great things. I was so prepared to walk into my classroom and be heard, but I had no idea that I would be the one listening and being taught.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this year as the 2007 chairman of the REALTOR®/Lender Committee and as an affiliate member of CCAR. I plan to give back as much as humanly possible to this community that has given me more than I can ever fully repay. I will pass the torch to Don Thomas in January, as he will become the 2008 chair. I thank each of you and encourage you to get involved.Top
Tori Pearson Named October's CCAR Satisfaction Survey Winner Congratulations to Tori Pearson of Keller Williams Frisco Stars, October winner of our CCAR Satisfaction Survey drawing. Tori wins a $50 rebate of membership dues.
If you would like to be eligible for upcoming Satisfaction Survey drawings, simply visit our Web site at http://www.ccar.net/ , and click on "How Are We Doing?" under the "Hot Topics" section. In addition, at the bottom of every e-mail you receive from CCAR, there is an opportunity to complete the survey to inform us of how we did during your most recent contact with us.
Please feel free to complete the Satisfaction Survey every time you have contact with CCAR. In return, you will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $50 rebate of your membership dues. We want to provide the best possible service to our members, and your feedback allows us to do that.Top
REALTOR® Safety AdvisoryThe Collin County Association of REALTORS® encourages all of our members to be safe this holiday season. It has been brought to CCAR's attention that a homeless gentleman posing as a lottery winner has misled several North Texas REALTORS® into spending the day driving him around, showing him properties and buying him lunch. Please be aware that as the weather grows colder, the risk of encountering these types of schemes may rise. As always, please exercise caution in all of your client dealings.
For REALTOR® safety tips, please click on or paste the following link into your browser: http://ccar.net/public/realtorsafety.aspx.Top
CCAR Offers Condolences The Collin County Association of REALTORS® offers its condolences to Phyllis Davis on the passing of her husband, Homer Walker. Homer, who passed away on November 17, was a real estate broker for Ebby Halliday REALTORS® and a member of CCAR. Memorials in Homer’s honor may be made to the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center located at 2205 Los Rios Blvd., Plano, TX 75074.Top
REALTOR® Designations: Your Key to Information and Profitability Successful agents must keep current on issues, evolving technology, changing legalities and many other central components of the real estate business. The NAR and its nine institutes, societies and councils offer advanced education designation and certification programs to help you remain up-to-date in a dynamic environment.
November was REALTOR® Designation Awareness Month, which serves as a reminder that it’s the perfect time to start or complete an NAR-endorsed designation program. Based on data from NAR’s 2006 and 2007 income surveys, REALTORS® with at least one designation earn $37,000 more than REALTORS® without any designations. The NAR strongly encourages you to enhance your professional image, marketability and income by pursuing a designation or certification program. Visit NAR’s Web site at www.realtor.org, for a complete list of the official 21 designations and certifications that agents can earn.
In celebration of REALTOR® designations, CCAR will give away free designation classes! To participate in the upcoming designation giveaways, attend a January networking meeting in Allen, Farmersville, Frisco, McKinney or Wylie. CCAR will give away one certificate per networking meeting, eligible for a free ABR, SRES, CRS or GRI course of your choosing during 2008. A basket marked “Designation Drawing” will be available during the networking meetings to drop your business card. To participate, you must be a REALTOR®, a member of CCAR, and be present to win.Top
“One County, One Voice” – CCAR 2008 Installation of Officers The Collin County Association of REALTORS® 2008 Installation of Officers will be held on January 26, 2008 at Plano Centre located at 2000 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. The formal banquet is black tie optional, and promises to be a night of great food, music and ballroom dancing. The evening will begin with registration at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
We hope that you will join us, along with 2008 NAR President-Elect, Charles McMillan, as we celebrate the installation of CCAR’s 2008 officers and directors:
Jacob Narisi, President Kay Wright, President-Elect Dan Robertson, Secretary/Treasurer Bob Baker, Immediate Past President
Tickets for the Installation dinner are $45 per person, or $500 for a table of ten. To purchase tickets or for information on how you can become an advertiser, contact Pam Tidwell, Government Affairs Assistant, at pam@ccar.net or 972-618-3800.Top
CCAR Committee Meetings Monthly calendar of committee meetings located at CCAR.12/4 - Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. 2008 TREPAC Committee 12/4 - Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. Affiliate Committee 12/4 - Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. REALTOR®/Lender Committee 12/5 - Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. TRLP Committee12/6 - Thursday, noon 2008 Allen Networking Committee 12/6 - Thursday, 9 a.m. Board of Directors 12/6 - Thursday, 11 a.m. Education Committee12/12 - Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. IBN Exec Committee 12/12 - Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. Installation Committee12/17 - Monday, noon B&F Meeting & EC 12/18 - Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. MLS Committee Top
CCAR REALTOR® Store Offers December SavingsThe CCAR REALTOR® Store has several specials going on now through the remainder of the year:
• All jewelry is half price.
• Nostalgic whistle key chains are marked down to $1.
• Pepper spray makes a great gift and is available in a fountain pen or on a key chain for $9.95 each.
• 2008 holiday magnet calendars are $0.60 each.
• Client gifts are priced from $2.50-$22.50 each, including address books, homeowner’s records portfolios, business card coasters and candy jars.
• InFoPak, an inexpensive waterproof alternative to flyer boxes, is now available for only $5.55 during the trial period.
• Place your orders now for 2008 REALTOR® planners, $29.95 + tax. Stop by the REALTOR® Store to see a sample.
• The 2008 Mapsco’s have arrived: Dallas - $30.95, Fort Worth - $30.95, Dallas-Fort Worth combo - $57.95, Dallas large print – $39.95, Collin/Grayson, Denton/Cooke and Kaufman/Hunt/Rockwall counties – $21.95 each. Area maps are $20 for a packet of four.
Prices listed above are for CCAR members.Top
NTREIS Rules and Regulations Weekly ReviewSection 8 - Selling Procedures 8.05 – Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Listing Participant and the owner(s), the Listing Participant shall submit to the owner(s) all written offers to purchase, lease, or exchange the Listed Property as soon as practicable until the closing of a sale or exchange, or the full execution of a lease, as applicable. If a subsequent offer is not conditioned upon the termination of a pending contract, the Listing Participant shall recommend that (i) owner(s) obtain advice of legal counsel selected by owner(s) before accepting the subsequent offer or (ii) the owner(s) incorporate an Addendum for Second or “Back-Up” Contract promulgated by the TREC into any counteroffer of owner(s), or both.
It is the duty of the agent to submit all offers to the owner(s). While under contract, the owner(s) may view other offers as a back-up only. If you have questions regarding this rule, please feel free to contact Judy Kresich, MLS Team Leader, at judy@ccar.net or at 972-618-3800.Top
New MLS Data Reports Available By now, you have probably seen the CCAR Pulse - monthly, in-depth MLS data that provides the inside track on the North Texas housing market. The data for October is now available, and we want to make sure that you have access to this important tool. You can check out the CCAR Pulse at: http://takeaction.realtoractioncenter.com/ct/udekJBn1sYSd/.
The extensive MLS information that the Pulse provides is perfect for informing your buyers and sellers about what is really happening in our market place. These official reports are based on NTREIS data, and starting next month they will only be available to primary and secondary CCAR members who receive their MLS service from us.
When renewing your dues, please consider the benefits that the CCAR Pulse offers to you and your clients. For more information about the CCAR Pulse, contact Steve Haid, Member Services Director, at steve@ccar.net or 972-618-3800.Top
