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Weekly E-Update
February
12, 2008
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Announcements/Events
Educational Opportunities
ISC Corner
Community Opportunities
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TAR Bowling Fundraiser for The Hearth,
Get Your Spot!
The Tucson Association of REALTORSŪ will be
hosting a Bowling Fundraiser to benefit The Hearth on Saturday,
March 1
from 4pm-6pm at Lucky Strike, 4015 E Speedway Blvd.
Click here for more information. Contact Laura at
382-8775 for more information.
Pima Council Real Estate Research Council's
Annual Review
of the Tucson Real Estate Market
The Pima Council
Real Estate Research Council Inc. and The UofA Economic
Department will are hosting an annual review of the Tucson
Real Estate market on March 4 at the Fox Theatre. You will
receive 3 hours of general Real Estate credit (pending
approval) and 3 hours of Arizona Board of Appraisal credit
hours (pending approval). Please
click here for more information.
Thank you to Tucson Newspapers
A big thank you to Tucson Newspapers who has been running
free TAR ad's in the paper encouraging the community to
buy/sell their homes and to contact a REALTORŪ.
TAR To Participate in Annual Heart Walk
Heart disease and stroke are the #1 and #3 killers across
the nation. Walk with us on Saturday, May 3 (8am) and help us
raise money and awareness about this critical cause. The
American Heart Association currently has over 1.7 million
dollars in active research grants at the University of
Arizona. Sadly over 1 million in life saving research went
unfunded in 2006. Physical inactivity is a leading risk
factor for Heart Disease and Stroke. Lace up your
shoes...bring the family, and JOIN US! If you would like to
walk with the Tucson Association of REALTORSŪ team, please
contact
Laura Kruszewski at 382-8775
Annual Membership Meeting!
The annual membership luncheon and business meeting will be
held on March 24 from 11:30am to 2pm at TAR. The luncheon will run from 11:30am to 1pm, with
the business meeting immediately following at 1pm.
Click
here for more information.
Save the Date! Lunch With the Commissioner
Listen to an update on the Department of
Real Estate and take the opportunity to share in a
meaningful dialog with the Commissioner and his staff.
Join us on April 21 from 12:00pm- 1:30pm in the TAR
Conference Center. Space is limited! RSVP to Leslie at
leslie@tucsonrealtors.org or 382-8788.
Association Director Elections Are Coming!
The
Nominating/Credentials Committee is accepting Candidate
Applications for President-elect, Vice President,
Treasurer, REALTORŪ Director (6) and Affiliate Director
(1).
Click
here for the Candidate
Application which contains Officer and Director
qualifications, duties and responsibilities. Contact
Cheri
should you have questions about the upcoming
elections.
Honorary Life Membership
Do
you believe you qualify for Honorary Life Membership? The
Nominating/Credentials Committee will be convening for the
annual nomination process and will be reviewing Honorary
Life Membership requests. If you would like to be
considered for the highest recognition of service the
Association can bestow to a REALTORŪ Member, please complete
the Honorary Life Membership Request form and return to
Cheri at the Association office by February 19th.
Click
here to obtain the Request form.
2008 Affiliate Sponsorship Program
The Tucson Association of REALTORSŪ is launching a new
Affiliate Sponsorship Program for year 2008. The
program is designed to increase your exposure to the
Association’s 6700 REALTORŪ members.
Click
here to view the Sponsorship levels and benefits you
will receive as an Affiliate Sponsor.
Click here to obtain the Sponsor Commitment
Form. The Association and Board of Directors appreciate
your support of the Association. For more information,
please contact
Cheri
at 382-8772.
New
Property Management Committee-Call for Volunteers!
A new Property Management Committee is being formed and
we are seeking interested volunteers. The purpose
of the Committee will be to: 1) educate membership on
the standards of practice and competency reasonably
expected in the property management discipline, 2)
educate membership on the standards of care involved in
property management and 3) make recommended improvements
to the Rapattoni MLS system with respect to rentals.
The first meeting is scheduled for March 19 at 3:00pm at TAR. Should you have questions, please
contact
Cheri at 382-8772 or
Know Your Status!
What's
YOUR Status? Per MLS Rules and Regulations you have
a MAXIMUM of 2 BUSINESS DAYS to update the status of
your listing. Whether the change is from Active to
Contingent or Pending to Sold, or any other, it MUST
be input to MLS within 2 BUSINESS DAYS! Status
changes that are not reported within 2 BUSINESS DAYS
will be fined. The maximum allowable fine per the
National Association of REALTORSŪ is $15,000.00.
February Marketing
Sessions/Home Tours
TAR's
Marketing
Session and Home Tours are held on Fridays at the
Association.
Breakfast and networking begins
at 8am with the session kicking off at 8:30am. The
next session is this Friday, February 15 with a tour
of West/Southwest Tucson
For a full schedule,
click here
or contact
Dee.
Home of the Month, Week 2/4/2008:
MLS #20749755
Roni Benge, Pepper-Viner Management Co.
Risk Tip of the Week:
Load It & Lock It
The
Scenario: Your
buyers are pre-approved and ready to proceed with a home
purchase. Their LSR specifies they are approved based on
the currently available interest rate, up to a certain
maximum purchase price. You figure you are good to go.
However, the buyers have decided to not lock in the interest
rate in anticipation of a lower rate coming soon and they
are not sure how long it will take to find the right home.
The perfect property is found within two days. An offer is
written, aggressively negotiated, and ultimately accepted.
The final purchase price is the absolute maximum they could
qualify for – but this place is absolutely perfect. Your
buyers are happy and very excited.
The
due diligence begins.
Click here to read more...This risk reduction tip provided by TAR is a general statement
intended to raise important issues relevant to risk reduction.
This tip is not intended to be legal advice. It should not be a
substitute for advice of professional counsel or the assistance provided by
an agent's Designated Broker.
I-10 Traffic Alert!
Traffic
alert for the I-10 Widening project from Prince Road to 29th
Street which includes traffic control information about the
Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase and the traffic alert for
the 6th Avenue Pedestrian Bridge project.
Click here for more I-10 Traffic information.
Attention All Members!! REALTORSŪ Required to Complete
Ethics Training for Second Cycle-
Deadline December
31, 2008
Between January 1, 2005 and
December 31, 2008, every REALTORŪ is required to
complete 2.5 hours of Code of Ethics training. This
means you have limited time to complete the
requirement. Please
click here for a
schedule of our Ethics class “Know the Code.” Classes
are also available On-line. Failure to comply with
this required ethics training is a violation of a
membership duty for which the member’s primary
association will suspend membership until the training
is complete.
February 13• 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch & Learn: Turbo Charge Windows with Shortcuts
Using
shortcuts in Windows is one of the best ways to place
everything you need to open right at your fingertips.
You can create shortcuts to any application or document
and be able to open it quickly and easily! I’ll also
show you ways to use shortcuts that most people never
think about. You’ll never use Windows the same way
again!!! Any version of Windows.
No registration is necessary for Lunch and Learn.
Bring a lunch and stop by!
For more information, contact
Andy Gordon at 382-8784.
February 15 • 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Rapattoni Level 3: Fine Tuning Your Business
In this class, you'll learn how to build your business
with the help of MLS tools. Topics include entering
contacts, auto-prospecting, group and task management
and client portals.
Click here
to sign up.
For more information, contact
Andy Gordon at 382-8784.
February 20 • 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
PowerPoint: Part 2
In this continuation of using PowerPoint, learn to use
graphics, animations, create templates, tables and
charts!
Click here
to sign up.
For more information, contact
Andy Gordon at 382-8784.
February 20-21• 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
GRI 308: Safe Real Estate
5-comm, 3-real estate legal, 3-disclosure and
3-agency law CE credits
Gain an awareness of the code of ethics, standards of
practice and ethical obligations.
Click here
to sign up.
Contact
Dee Corona
at 382-8791
for more information.
February 20-21
• 8:00 a.m.
Location - Tucson Police Sub-Station (1310
W. Miracle Mile)
Train the Trainer-Training Lead Safe
Work Practices
The City of Tucson was recently
awarded a Lead Hazard Control grant from HUD Healthy
Homes. A major component in the grant contract is to
increase the awareness in the Tucson community of the
dangers associated with lead based paint. During this 3
year grant, we are hopeful to be able to reach out to
those in the community that may be actively involved
with renovations to some of our older housing stock.
This training class is targeted to landlords, property
managers with maintenance staff/workers and real estate
firms with facilitators available to pass down the
learned Lead Safe Work Practices. Space is limited,
please RSVP to
diane.workman@tucsonaz.gov or for more
information, click here.
Click here for information on the Lead Hazard Work
to be undertaken with this grant.
February 22• 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Marketing With Microsoft Publisher
Get a jump start on your marketing by using Publisher to
create flyers, brochures, business cards and more!
Click here
to sign up.
For more information, contact
Andy Gordon at 382-8784.
February 15
• 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Location - The Manning
House
The New 2007 AAR Vacant Land/Lot Contract.
Come
and learn the ins and outs of the new contract and
addendum’s that go with it. Michelle Lind, Esq. –
General Counsel for AAR will be the speaker. Don’t miss out
on her valuable guidance in the use of the new contract and
additional forms that accompany it.
Click
here for registration information. This class is
being sponsored by the REALTORŪ Land Institute.
March 7
• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at TAR
The WCR will be holding a class taught by
Patrick Ritchie author of " The Credit Roadmap ". The topic
of this class is marketing in our new market, getting back
to basics using Guerrilla Marketing Techniques. This class
will present information for the new REALTORŪ that has never
experienced this kind of market, as well as the seasoned
REALTORŪ that needs to kick start their marketing
efforts. Class cost $25 and you will receive 3 Hrs Gen C. E. credit.
Please R.S.V.P. at
education@tucsonwcr.org payment will be collected at
the door.
Click here to view our 2008 Educational Course Catalog
Click Here to View Andy Gordon's Computer Training Class
Schedule
Women's Council of REALTORSŪ
We
are a network of successful REALTORSŪ empowering women to
exercise their
potential as entrepreneurs and industry
leaders.
Please
join us Thursday, February 14th 11:30- 1:30 for our Business
Resource Meeting and Basket Auction
at the Sheraton 5151 E. Grant
Rd.
CCIM
17th Annual Forecast
March 18, 2008
Sign up today for CCIM's
annual Pima County Commercial Real Estate Market Forecast!
Click here for more information.
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Help
Beautify Tucson!
The
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau is
joining forces with Pima Association of Governments,
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc. and
Southern Arizona Leadership on a simple but critical
opportunity to make a positive first impression for Tucson guests and winter visitors. PAG, in partnership
with TREO and SALC, are coordinating a clean-up campaign
to address these areas this week for the
Accenture Match Play Golf
Tournament. Join
us THIS Friday, February, 15 from 9am to 11am. The
clean up take place
at the
northeast corner of I-10 and Tangerine (on Tangerine, just east of I-10)
If you
would like to participate in the clean up, please
contact
Laura at 382-8775 by Thursday, February 14 to
get your name on the list of volunteers.
TAR Bowling Fundraiser for The Hearth
The Tucson Association of REALTORSŪ will be
hosting a Bowling Fundraiser to benefit The Hearth on Saturday,
March 1
from 4pm-6pm at Lucky Strike, 4015 E Speedway Blvd.
Click here for more information. Contact Laura at
382-8775 for more information.
RAPAC Fundraising
Making a contribution to the
REALTORSŪ of Arizona Political Action Committee (RAPAC) is the best
investment you can make for your business! Contributions go directly to
help support pro-REALTORŪ causes and candidates.
Donate to
RAPAC!
The Top 10
Reasons to Donate
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2445 N. Tucson Blvd. Tucson,
AZ 85716
Association Phone: 520-327-4218, MLS Phone: 520-795-1293, Fax:
520-322-6613
For more information about the Association, please visit our website
at
www.tucsonrealtors.org.
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information about the weekly e-update, contact
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