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Weekly E-Update March
3, 2009
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Announcements/Events
MLS Updates
Educational Opportunities
Affiliate Corner
ISC Corner
Community Opportunities
Contact Us
Click here for a list of upcoming events.
Attend the
Association’s Annual Membership Meeting!
The annual Membership Meeting and
Luncheon is on March 9th from 11:30am to 2pm at
the Association. The luncheon will run from
11:30pm to 1pm featuring an update from
Association Committee Chairs, with the business
meeting immediately following at 1pm. If you
would like to attend the luncheon and the
meeting,
click here to
register ($20). If you would like to attend the
meeting only
click here, to
register. Questions? Contact Laura at
laura@tucsonrealtors.org
or 382-8775.
Good Neighbor Awards
The National Association of
Realtors® is now accepting applications for the 10th
annual REALTOR® Magazine Good Neighbor Awards, which
recognizes Realtors® for their exemplary volunteer
service. Click
here for more
information or
click here for frequently asked questions.
The Home Valuation Code of Conduct
Your Help Needed!
Green Home Show,
April 3rd-5th
Do you know of a company in
town who offers a green product or service? Send
them our way! The Tucson Association of REALTORS®
will be hosting a Green Home Show at SAHBA's Spring
Home and Patio Show April 3rd -5th at the TCC. Also,
if you would be interested in volunteering at the
Green Home Show, sign up today! Please contact Laura
Kruszewski at 382-8775 or
laura@tucsonrealtors.org.
Opening Doors, Keys to Home Ownership,
April 3rd-5th
The Tucson Association of
REALTORS® Home From Work Committee will be hosting a Trade
Show and offering Educational Workshops at SAHBA's Spring Home
and Patio Show April 3rd -5th at the TCC.
There will be a wide variety of exhibitors and educational workshops including
benefits of buying a home, tips for selling a home, renting
a home, saving your home from foreclosure, and much more!
Here
is your chance to get in front of 20,000 members of our community!
Sponsorship Opportunities are available
- sign up today! Contact
Christine at 382-8776 for more info.
At Bat for Habitat Softball Tournament,
April 25
Rally a team or let us create a team for you!
The Habitat for Humanity Committee is hosting a softball tournament on April 25
at Golf Links Sports Complex. The event will feature food,
actiivites for the kids, 50/50 raffle and fun for the whole family. Sponsorship opportunities are available!
Click here for more information or contact
Christine Sanchez at 382-8776.
CONTINUING EDUCATION MADE EASY!
We recognize the growing demand for online continuing education. To meet this demand and provide the highest value to you, our member, we are proud to introduce a new partnership with The CE Shop. Through this partnership you can access great online continuing education courses, state approved and 100% accredited, in Arizona! Additionally, once you complete your courses, you will have instant access to your certificate and The CE Shop will handle reporting to the state.
As an added bonus: click here and SAVE $10.00 on your next enrollment, compliments of the Tucson Association of REALTORS®!
The Tucson REALTOR® Magazine is Moving…
Online! In an effort to go green, the Tucson Association of REALTORS® Tucson REALTOR® Magazine will move to an online only
publication in 2009. The first publication will be e-mailed to you on March 15th and on the 15th of every other month after that.
For more information contact Laura Kruszewski at
laura@tucsonrealtors.org
or 382-8775.
Affiliates! Write an article about your
company to be included in the Magazine (first come, first serve basis)! Contact Laura to sign up.
Call for Volunteers - Forms Committee
Get involved in the Forms Committee! The Forms Committee is a
subcommittee of the Risk Committee. Its primary purpose is to review current forms and contracts
that exist in the Tucson library of forms and periodically update them for clarity, possible legal
issues, or to reflect changes in the current marketplace. Modified forms are reviewed by the Risk
Committee as well as the Association’s legal representative before being placed in general usage. If
you are interesting in serving on this committee, join us at the
Forms Committee
meeting Thursday, March 19 at 3pm at TAR. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon
at 382-8784.
How Does My Association Benefit Me?
Learn about the value your membership with the Tucson Association of REALTORS®!
Click here for our Member Benefits Guide.
Annual CCIM Forecast
The Southern Arizona CCIM Chapter is hosting the 18th Annual Pima County Commercial Real Estate Market Forecast on Thursday, March 12, 2009. Top market specialists will forecast the commercial real estate market for 2009! Go to
www.tucsonrealtors.org
to register
online. Please direct your inquiries to Dee at 382-8791 or
dee@tucsonrealtors.org.
Customer Service Commitment
Customer
satisfaction is our number one goal.
Click here
to view our Customer Service Mission Statement and
Customer Service Commitments. We want to hear how we
are doing! You may submit your customer service
feedback to us by completing a Customer Service
Comment Card and dropping in one of our comment
boxes or emailing your comments to
customerservice@tucsonrealtors.org.
Comment boxes are located in the Association lobby,
conference center and computer lab. Please direct
your inquiries to Cheri at
cheri@tucsonrealtors.org.
Honorary Life Member Requests
The Nominating Committee will be reviewing requests for Honorary Life Membership.
Click here to obtain an Honorary Life Membership Request form. Current Qualifications for Honorary Life Membership are included on the form. Submit your completed form to
cheri@tucsonrealtors.org or Cheri Meadows, TAR, 2445 N. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85716.
TAR Elections
Are you interested in serving your Association as an elected leader? The Nominating Committee is seeking qualified candidates for the positions of President-elect, Vice President, Treasurer and Director (TAR and AAR).
Click here
to obtain a Candidate Application. Please direct inquiries to Cheri at
cheri@tucsonrealtors.org.
Arizona CRS Chapter and Tucson
Association of REALTORS® present
CRS 210 "Building An Exceptional Customer Service Referral Business"
presented by Ed Hatch on March 26 & 27 at
the Tucson Association of REALTORS®.
Click here to download the registration form.
Click here to register online. For more
information, contact CRS at 299-6787.
Mark Mulligan Concert benefiting Castaway Kids and The Hearth
Join us at the Tucson
Association of REALTORS® on Saturday, April 11 for a live concert with Mark Mulligan! Proceeds to benefit the Castaway Kids and The Hearth.
Tickets
are $45.00 which includes the concert, a drink ticket and light Hors D'Oeuvres.
Click here for more information or contact
Christine
at 382-8776.
A Nite at the Races, A
Kentucky Derby Fundraiser
Pantano Rotary Club's Nite at the Races, Kentucky Derby will
be held at the Association on Saturday, May 2 at 5:30pm with
proceeds benefiting The Hearth and the Pantano Rotary
Club Foundation.
Click here for sponsorship and event information!
New Beginnings Luncheon, April 23
Come join New Beginnings for Women and Children (NBWC) at our 2009 “Friends of the Family” Awards Luncheon, honoring
Kristi Tedesco, Melanie Morrison and The Hearth Foundation. NBWC's signature event will honor these three outstanding members of
the Tucson community, as well as three of our clients for their remarkable achievements while at New Beginnings. We hope you will
join us for a lovely afternoon together at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort on April 23, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $65 per person.
Music by Lisa Otey. For more information, visit
www.nbwctucson.org or call 325-8800.
Mortgage Credit Certificate Program (“MCC”) for “First-time” Homebuyers
The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Tucson is pleased to offer a Mortgage Credit Certificate Program (“MCC”) for “First-time” Homebuyers.
Click here for more information.
Marketing Sessions and Home Tours Join us!
Networking begins at 8am with the session kicking off at 8:30am.
Click here for the tour schedule and for information on how to get your listing on a tour!
Southeast Arizona 2009 MLS Tour Schedule
Click here
for more information.
Conference Center Events
(not an TAR endorsed event)
An ADRE Update With Sam Wercinski
Tuesday, March 10 from 9 am - 12 pm, cost is $15. RSVP to
LPollman@HomeWayRealty.com, 520-888-2780 or
click here for more information.
Arizona CRS Breakfast,
March 4
The Arizona CRS Chapter will host a breakfast on Wednesday, March 4th from 8:30-10:00a.m. at the Tucson Association of REALTORS®!
Click here for more information. Everyone is invited! You do not have to be a CRS to attend! We are currently looking for sponsors for our quarterly breakfasts. For more information, please contact Pam Ruggeroli, 2009 AZ CRS President at
pam@pamruggeroli.com.
Thank
you to our sponsor, La Cholla Landscaping, Inc.
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Re-List Fee Increase
Effective immediately, the fee for withdraw and relist of listings has been increased from $15 to $30.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Compensation in MLS!
Staff has just completed review of the 2009 MLS rule changes sent from NAR. These changes do involve
compensation and commissions. Once the Standards Committee and the MLS Board have been advised, we
will implement as appropriate. In the meantime, current MLS Rules regarding compensation are in effect.
Click the link to access MLS rules. MLS Rules and Regulations
eKey Solution For Blackberry!
The BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl Flip, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry 8800 series Smartphone’s will now support the SUPRA eKey applications.
In order to activate the service on the BlackBerry, you must first have the eKey Fob, a small Bluetooth to Infrared converter. The converter looks like the key fob you use to lock and unlock your car remotely. The cost of the Fob is $49.95 and $3.95 for shipping & handling, $5.95 for 2 or more.
The Fob can only be ordered from GE Security/SUPRA. (We will not have the Fob here at the Association.)
The link to order follows:
http://www.gesecurity.com/GESecurity/Real%20Estate/Subcontent/Brochures%20and%20flyers/eKEY_%20Fob_Order_form.pdf
After receiving the Fob, you will need to come into the Association in order to have the applications downloaded to your BlackBerry device.
At this time, only Basic Service is available.
Basic service will allow members to:
- Retrieve listing keys from iBoxes
- Program iBox access hours
- Beam specific showing notes, listing highlights & your business card into your iBoxes
- Change your own shackle codes
- Track your KeyBox inventory by number, shackle code and address
SUPRA expects to have the Professional Service available by the end of March 2009.
Short Sale Training From Fannie Mae!
Please follow the link below to an online training session from Fannie Mae on the process of short sales. This information is sure to help if you are involved in these transactions.
Short Sales Training.
List Hub is Here!
Send your listings to the world wide web!
Find Out More!
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Visit TAR's
Education/Training webpage, your one-stop shop for
education and computer training!
Click here to view our 2009 Educational Course Catalog
Members: Please remember that you
MUST register for classes online in order to
receive credits for that class.
March 4 • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Windows for Novices
BEGINNER Come to this three-hour HANDS-ON training class to learn new skills for working with Windows. We'll look at basics for getting around in Windows, using Windows Clipboard, and getting started with Internet and applications. Watch for additional HANDS-ON training classes after this one to learn and practice more skills.
Click here to register online. For
more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
March 6 • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni MLS Level 1: Starting Your Business
3 general CE credits
BEGINNER Get started with Rapattoni MLS! This is the first of three classes designed to teach you how to best use the MLS system. In this three-hour class, we will explore topics that include Designing Standard Searches, Creating Reports, and Entering Listings.
Click here to register online. For
more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
March 9 • 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Courthouse Retrieval System
3 Legal Issues Credits
EXPERIENCED The CRS system on MLS allows you to display and print Property Information for selected properties. In addition,
the service presents additional research and marketing tools, such as Comparables, Maps, Demographic and School Reports, and
Prospecting information. Click here
to register online.
For more information, contact Andy Gordon.
March 11 • 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch and Learn: Using Automatic Features in Word
BEGINNER Would you like to learn ways to speed up your use of Word? Does Word seem to act on its
own sometimes? Come to this workshop and I’ll demonstrate Word’s Automatic Features designed to help you work FASTER.
I’ll even show you how to disable the features that tend to bug you! Word 2003 or 2007. Bring a lunch and stop by!
Click here
to register online.
For more information, contact Andy Gordon.
March 13 • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni MLS Level 2: Building Your Business
3 General Credits
EXPERIENCED
In this class we will learn ways to build your business with the help of MLS tools. Topics include Entering Contacts, Auto-Prospecting, Reverse Prospecting, Group and Task Management, and Client Portal.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon.
March 16 • 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
New Member Orientation
3 general CE hours
Mandatory education for all new members.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
March 16 • 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Mapping for Real Estate Pros
EXPERIENCED
In this session, we’ll learn mapping strategies by looking at two of your most valuable tools: MLS Parcel Mapping and Pima County MapGuide. By using these tools, you’ll be able to locate properties, find zoning and floodplain information, and create custom maps to send to clients.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon.
March 17 & 19 • 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Microsoft Excel 2003: Level 1
You don't need to be an accountant to use this versatile program! We'll begin by creating a basic worksheet. From there, we'll edit and move things around. Next, we'll look at how to perform simple calculations. Finally, you'll be able to format your worksheet for a polished, professional look. This class is broken into two days to make it easier to absorb. Along the way, you'll receive lots of hands-on practice and patient attention. Reference manual is included.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon.
March 17 • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Code, Law & You
3 Commissioners Standards
This class fulfills the National Association of REALTORS® every 4-year block ethics requirement and offers 3 general CE upon completion of the class.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
March 18 • 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
GRI 307 - Multicultural Marketing
6-fair housing law
307 - Multi-Cultural Marketing (6-fair housing law) A one-day *REQUIRED module teaching how differences in cultural style impact the real estate transaction process and how to manage those differences. It will focus on how simple multi-cultural etiquette can lead to success with your new clients and customers and to how to develop sound diversity strategies to incorporate into your overall business plan.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
March 18 • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni Level 1: Starting Your Business
3 General Credits
BEGINNER
Get started with Rapattoni MLS! This is the first of three classes designed to teach you how to best use the MLS system. In this three-hour class, we will explore topics that include Designing Standard Searches, Creating Reports, and Entering Listings.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon.
March 20 • 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni Level 3: Fine Tuning Your Business
3 General Credits
BEGINNER
In this class, you’ll learn the features typically utilized by more experienced agents. Topics include features such as advanced property searches, CMA Packages, Parcel Mapping, and Customizing MLS.
Click here
to register online. For more information, contact
Andy Gordon.
Click here to view our 2009 Educational Course Catalog
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