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| Welcome to the April - May 2010 edition of the CCAR Education Newsletter |
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If you have questions or would like more information about any of the classes in this newsletter, please contact
Carol Johnson, CCAR Education Director, at 972-618-3800 or carol@ccar.net. |
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NEW CLASS: Texas Affordable Housing Specialist certification program
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Friday, March 26 |
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
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NEW CLASS: SRES® "Senior Real Estate Specialist" Designation
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Monday-Tuesday, March 29-30 |
9 a.m.-5 p.m. |
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Home Staging (offsite class) |
Tuesday, March 30 |
1-4 p.m.
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Graduate REALTOR® Institute, GRI-1 Finance
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Monday-Thursday, April 12-15 |
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
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NTREIS Listings Advanced 102
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Thursday, April 1 |
9 a.m.-noon |
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NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101
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Monday, April 5 |
1-4 p.m. |
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ZipForm6
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Wednesday, April 7 |
1-4 p.m. |
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NEW CLASS: Microsoft Word "Nuts and Bolts
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Wednesday, April 7 |
1-4 p.m. |
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FREE CLASS: Brown Bag MCE "The New GFE and HUD 1"
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Thursday, April 8 |
11 a.m.-noon |
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NEW CLASS: Evictions - Laws & Procedures
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Friday, April 9 |
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
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Graduate REALTOR® Institute, GRI-1 Finance |
Monday-Thursday, April 12-15 |
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. |
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TREC Legal Update
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Monday, April 19 |
9 a.m.-noon |
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TREC Legal Ethics
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Monday, April 19 |
1-4 p.m. |
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Home Staging
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Tuesday, April 20 |
1-4 p.m. |
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NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101
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Wednesday, April 21 |
1-4 p.m. |
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What's in a CMA? Comparative Market Analysis
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Wednesday, April 21 |
1-4 p.m. |
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TREC Legal Ethics (offsite class)
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Friday, April 23 |
1-4 p.m. |
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NTREIS InnoVia Advanced 102
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Monday, April 26 |
1-4 p.m. |
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NEW CLASS: Managing Properties So They Don't Manage You
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Tuesday, April 27 |
1-5 p.m. |
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TREC Legal Update & Ethics + Contracts and Negotiations
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Monday and Wednesday, May 3 and 5 |
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. |
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NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101
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Tuesday, May 10 |
1-4 p.m. |
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ZipForm6
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Wednesday, May 12 |
1-4 p.m. |
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FREE CLASS: Brown Bag MCE "Record Keeping for Licensees"
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Thursday, May 13 |
11 a.m.-noon |
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NEW CLASS: Powering Up Your Prospecting
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Friday, May 14 |
1-3 p.m. |
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TREC Legal Update
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Monday, May 17 |
9 a.m.-noon |
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TREC Legal Ethics
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Monday, May 17 |
1-4 p.m. |
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NTREIS InnoVia Advanced 102
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Wednesday, May 19 |
9 a.m.-noon |
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NTREIS Listings Advanced 102
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Wednesday, May 19 |
1-4 p.m. |
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Classes are listed in alphabetical order by course title:
FREE CLASS: Brown Bag MCE - Join CCAR for its third annual FREE one-hour MCE "Brown Bag Lunch and Learns." Hosted every month at CCAR, these one-hour MCE sessions discuss current and relevant topics in the field of real estate. So bring your lunch, and grab a free hour of MCE! Registration begins at 10:45 a.m. Upcoming sessions:
"The New GFE and HUD 1"
Date: Thursday, April 8
Time: 11 a.m.-noon
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: FREE (registration is required: A $10 no-show fee applies)
MCE: One hour (no legal)
Instructor: CCAR REALTOR®/Lender Committee
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"Record Keeping for Licensees"
Date: Thursday, May 13
Time: 11 a.m.-noon
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: FREE (registration is required: A $10 no-show fee applies)
MCE: One hour (no legal)
Instructor: CCAR REALTOR®/Lender Committee
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NEW CLASS: Evictions - Laws & Procedures - Judge Al Cercone will instruct this two-hour MCE class regarding valuable information on the eviction process. The following topics will be covered in the class:
- Forcible Detainer
- Jurisdiction
- Notice to Vacate
- Notice of Termination
- Eviction suits
- Default Judgment
- Appeal
Date: Friday, April 9
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $25 for CCAR members, $35for non-members
MCE: Two hours (no legal)
Instructor: Judge Al Cercone
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Graduate REALTOR® Institute, GRI-1 Finance - Graduate REALTOR® Institute designees have made the commitment to provide a high level of professional services to their clients. The GRI curriculum incorporates a common body of knowledge for progressive real estate professionals. A REALTOR® who possesses the GRI designation has not only completed a course of study required by the program, but also subscribes to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of REALTORS®. GRI-1 includes instruction on contract forms, contract procedures, finance and Fair Housing.
Date: Monday-Thursday, April 12-15
Time: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $260 (If this is your first GRI course, click here and log-in for a GRI discount coupon)
SAE: 30 hours
MCE: Nine hours (no legal)
Instructors: Bob Baker, Scott Drescher and Peggy Santmyer
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Home Staging - The real estate mantra is no longer "location, location, location," it's now "staging, staging, staging!" It's all about presentation, and in this class you will learn winning tactics, secrets and strategies for selling a home at top dollar during these challenging times. Like a personal makeover, staging plays up a home's strong points and minimizes its weaknesses.
OFFSITE Date and time: Tuesday, March 30, 1-4 p.m. at Keller Williams Plano, 3600 Preston Road, Ste 100, Plano
Onsite Date and time: Tuesday, April 20 from 1-4p.m. in the CCAR Banquet room.
Location: Locations are listed above
Cost: $29 for CCAR members, $39 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Natalie Brown, ASP, IAHSP
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NEW CLASS: Managing Properties So They Don't Manage You: Best Practices from Industry Leaders - If you want to learn from the best about managing properties effectively, then don't miss this 4 hour MCE class. The following topics will be covered in the class:
- Property Management is a specialty
- Meet your owner's needs
- Growing and managing your business
- Evictions, writs, and set-outs
- Must knows and do's for effective property management
Date: Tuesday, April 27
Time: 1-5 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $50
MCE: Four hours (no legal)
Instructor: Bob Baker, William Ferguson, Mark Kreditor, Worth Ross, and Randy Wright
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NEW CLASS: Microsoft Word "Nuts and Bolts" - Learn the key components of Microsoft Word in this basic to intermediate introduction to Microsoft Word. This class is one in a series of Microsoft 2007 hands-on training classes being offered at CCAR in 2010.
Date: Wednesday, April 7
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: CCAR Computer Lab
Cost: $25 for CCAR members, $35 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Republic Title
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NTREIS InnoVia Advanced 102 - In this class, students will learn how to use the advanced features of InnoVia, including the Comprehensive CMA (Comparative Market Analysis), along with the basics of CMA theory. This includes entering the subject property, selecting appropriate comparable listings, making price adjustments, and selecting and editing various presentation pages to display. Students will learn to save, print and e-mail the CMA. Instruction will also be given on how to create custom search forms to search for criteria not included in the basic search taught in NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101. NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101 is a prerequisite of this course.
Dates: Monday, April 26 or Wednesday, May 19
Time: 1-4 p.m. on April 26; 9 a.m.-noon on May 19
Location: CCAR Computer Lab
Prerequisite: NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101
Cost: $18 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Stacey Buettner or Don Cook
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NTREIS InnoVia Basic 101 - This course focuses on the basic features of the MLS access program InnoVia. Students will learn to utilize information related to inventory, expiring listings, and expiring prospects. Instruction will also be provided on customizing the home page with the Provider Bulletin Board, User Bulletin Board, links of interest, calendar and statistics. Students will learn to do basic searches for listings and a variety of display reports. This course will also cover Hotsheet search, as well as how to save, print, and e-mail reports. Students will also learn to utilize the financial calculator and Prospect Manager.
Date and times: Monday, April 5, 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, 9 a.m.-noon or Monday, May 10 from 1-4 p.m.
Location: CCAR Computer Lab
Cost: $18 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Stacey Buettner or Don Cook
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NTREIS Listings Advanced 102 - The advanced features of NTREIS listings are explored in this class, as participants are exposed to custom search profiles and prospect interaction. Class participants will learn how to send automatic e-mails or create a personalized Web site for clients to review new listings that meet their criteria. In addition, agents will see how monitoring the market with hot sheets and custom reports can keep them informed of changes in their area.
Dates: Thursday, April 1 or Wednesday, May 19
Time: 9 a.m.-noon on April 1; 1-4 p.m. on May 19
Location: CCAR Computer Lab
Cost: $18 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Stacey Buettner or Don Cook
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NEW CLASS: Powering Up Your Prospecting - Learn about the powerful, electronic prospecting features available in the NTREIS MLS System.
Dates: Friday, May 14
Time: 1-3 p.m.
Location: CCAR Computer Lab
Cost: $15 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Two hours (no legal)
Instructor: Denaige Pizzutello, Republic Title
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SPECIAL OFFER: SRES® "Senior Real Estate Specialist" Designation - For the month of March only, SRES is being offered to you for the limited price of $215, which also includes the first years' annual dues. SRES® is the only designation and marketing program specifically designed to serve senior property owners ages 55 and older. Nearly four out of 10 property owners who are more than 65 years old have lived in the same home for more than 30 years. Nevertheless, unexpected events such as illness or the inability to care for their property may force senior citizens to move from their homes. In fact, it has been estimated that three million seniors will move in the next two years. Increasingly, seniors are looking for specialists to ease their transition from a long-time residence into their next home. The Senior Real Estate Specialist designation is one of the fastest growing designations in the nation. In just three years, it has become the sixth largest designation for REALTORS®. The goal of the SRES® designation is to equip REALTORS® to help seniors make wise decisions about selling the family home, age appropriate financing, buying rental property, managing capital gains and tax implications of owning real estate. For more information visit the SRES website.
Date: Monday-Tuesday, March 29-30
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (registration begins at 8:30 a.m.)
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $215 for CCAR members (price includes SRES first year annual dues), $235 for non-members (price includes SRES first year annual dues)
MCE: 14 hours (no legal)
Instructor: Pat Strong
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NEW CLASS: Texas Affordable Housing Specialist certification program - Texas REALTORS® can now achieve this certification while earning 12 hours of MCE! The Texas Affordable Housing Specialist certification combines two MCE courses that equip you with the knowledge to help first-time homebuyers and increase homeownership and retention in Texas. Receive your Affordable Housing Specialist certification upon completion of these two courses. Headlined by the popular four-hour United Texas course, the certificate components include:
- United Texas: Housing Initiatives that Work
Date: Friday, March 26
Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $25 for CCAR members
MCE: Four hours (no legal)
Instructor: Pat Strong or Peggy Santmyer
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TREC Legal Ethics (course held offsite) - TREC requires licensed REALTORS® in the business more than 12 months to have six legal hours. This class covers the three hours of TREC Legal Ethics for TREC's requirements.
Date: Friday, April 23
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: Ebby Halliday, REALTORS® - 6051 W. Virginia Pkwy, Ste 100, McKinney, TX 75071
Cost: $15 for CCAR members, $25 for non-members
MCE: Three TREC legal hours
Instructor: Bob Baker
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TREC Legal Update and TREC Legal Ethics - TREC requires licensed REALTORS® in the business more than 12 months to have six legal hours. These two classes fulfill TREC's requirement. The Legal Update and Legal Ethics courses each offer three legal hours. These courses are being offered on two separate dates, at two separate locations:
Date: Monday, April 19 or May 17
Times: 9 a.m.-noon (Legal Update), 1-4 p.m. (Legal Ethics)
Cost: $20 for CCAR members, $30 for non-members
MCE: Three TREC legal hours per class
Instructor: Judy McKee or Bob Baker
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What's in a CMA? "Comparative Market Analysis" - What is a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)? A CMA is the most accurate way for home sellers to determine their home's value, short of actual bids once the home is on the market. As part of this class, you will work on case studies, as well as learn:
- The importance of the property archive report
- What makes a good comp and what does not
- How to decide if the adjustment is a + or -
- How to explain why valuing houses by the $/SF method may not be correct
- To calculate the month's supply of inventory and the hotness factor for a market
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $18 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Jim Goodrich
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ZipForm6 - With ZipForm6® you can securely access your up-to-date forms, print them, e-mail them and close the deal on any computer with an Internet connection. As a Texas REALTOR®, you get this versatile tool for free. Please note: This is an instructional class, not hands-on.
Date: Wednesday, April 7 or May 12
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: CCAR Banquet Room
Cost: $18 for CCAR members, $28 for non-members
MCE: Three hours (no legal)
Instructor: Stacey Buettner or Don Cook
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