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Weekly E-Update
June 30, 2009
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Announcements/Events
MLS Updates
Educational Opportunities
ISC Corner
Contact Us
Click here for a list of upcoming events.
Happy 4th of July!
The Association will be closed
on Friday,
July 3rd in observance of Independence Day.
Affiliate Sponsorship Program – 4th Quarter GRI Sponsorship Opportunities
Sign up to sponsor a GRI class (first come, first served)! This is part of our Affiliate Sponsorship Program, designed to increase your exposure to the Association’s members.
Click here
to view the GRI class dates, sponsorship levels and benefits you will receive as an Affiliate Sponsor. For more information, please contact
Laura Kruszewski
at 382-8775.
Thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, Nova Home Loans
and our Copper Sponsor, Prime Capital.
Communicating Effectively and Minimizing Risk
Using Social Media
with National Speaker, Doug Devitre. Attend
this FREE CLASS on
Wednesday, July 15 from 8:30a.m. to 11:30a.m. One high content session to help you...Spend less and make more! 3 General Credit pending.
Click here to register today!
For more information,
click here.
New Rules of Procedure for Eviction in Arizona
The Arizona Supreme Court has promulgated new court
rules of procedure for eviction actions in Arizona.
This course will review those parts of the new rules
that affect property managers in their dealings with
tenants who are default in lease obligations.
Learn more about this topic on
Wednesday, July 15,
from 1-4p.m. The class includes 3 hours of
Legal Issues.
Click here
to register today!
For more information,
click here. **NEW**That’s NOT Me! Identity Theft Seminar with National Speaker Andrew Wooten
Tuesday, July 21st
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. We’ve heard about it and probably know someone who has experienced it…Identity Theft. It is now the #1 crime in the WORLD. This seminar explores identity theft, and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you! C.E. pending.
Click here to register.
**NEW** Power of You! Safety Class with National Speaker Andrew Wooten
Tuesday, July 21st from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. Designed to empower participants. This program will provide skills, support and options for dealing with violence in today’s world. * Disclose how people are selected to be targets of crime * Identify the top three areas where victimization occurs * List techniques to reduce your chances of being victimized. This topic is important for everyone! We welcome you to bring your clients, family and friends!
Click here to register! Contact
dee@tucsonrealtors.org
to register your guests!
Stuff the Bus for TUSD, Win Breakfast!
The Tucson Association of REALTORS® will host a school
supplies drive for TUSD again this year and we
encourage you to get involved! We provide you with a
decorated box to collect donations in your office.
Bring your donations to TAR on August 7 and whoever
collects the most donations wins breakfast,
delivered by TAR! For more information on
Stuff the Bus
click here or contact Laura Kruszewski at
Laura@tucsonrealtors.org or 382-8775.
Expo – Early Bird Deadline, July 20!
We invite you to participate in the Tucson Association of REALTORS® 2009 Expo, "Sports Edition." The Expo is the premier educational and networking event for REALTORS® in Southern Arizona.
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information. Contact
Laura at 382-8775 for more information.
Thank you to our Thank you to our Sponsors! Affiliate Sponsors, Nova Home Loans and Prime Capital; Gold Sponsors, Bank of America Home Loans and Tucson Newspapers and our Copper Sponsor, Bank of Arizona Mortgage.
TAR MLS
Dues Billing Information
Thank you for your membership with Tucson Association of REALTORS® MLS. We would like to inform you that the dues billing for the Multiple Listing Service
went out the week of June 1. If you did not receive your dues billing statement, please contact
Andrea Ballard at 382-8786 or
Maria Penaat 382-8793.
Important Dates to Remember:
July 31, 2009: MLS Dues Invoice Due Date
August 6, 2009: $75 Late Fee Assessed – note that the late fee went from $45 to $75 this year;
August 16, 2009: Suspension of MLS Participation for Non-Payment;
August 26, 2009:
Termination of MLS Participation for Non-Payment
In the event a member is terminated for non-payment of MLS fees, they are subject to a $75 MLS application fee, as well as the MLS fees due at the time of invoice.
Click here for instructions
on how to pay your
MLS Dues Online!
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.
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.
Click here for Industry Events of Interest and Community Opportunities.
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Q2 Broker Forum
Please mark July 13th 9-11 A.M. on your calendar for the quarterly MLS Broker Forum. This is your opportunity to get up to date information, ask questions, and interact with fellow brokers on all issues related to MLS. This Quarterly event continues to grow and feedback from past attendees is very positive. The only thing that can make it better is YOU!
Update Your Listing Status!
Per MLS rules, you are required to report a status change to your listing within 2 business days of the change. Failure to do so may result in a $250.00 fine.
It is very important that statuses are correct to ensure that statistics are accurate and timely, and also to aid you in conducting business. No one wants to show an eager client a property, only to find out it is already sold!
Short Sale Rule
After reviewing changes implemented by the National Association of REALTORS®, the MLS Board has implemented the following Short Sale rule, effective immediately.
Short Sales:
As used in these rules, short sales are defined as a transaction where title transfers; where the sale price is insufficient to pay the total of all liens and costs of sale; and where the seller does not bring sufficient liquid assets to the closing to cure all deficiencies.
Participants are required to disclose potential short sales to other participants by stating the following in the Agent Only Remarks: Potential Short Sale.
No references to commission or co-op fee splits, apportionments, or reductions are permitted in the MLS. In addition, documents referencing commission or co-op fee splits, apportionments, or reductions are not permitted in the MLS. The cooperating brokers do retain the right to negotiate the commission/co-op fee outside of the MLS. Within two (2) business days of seller’s acceptance of written contract, the listing broker shall change the short sale listing’s status in MLS to ‘Active Contingent’, ‘Active CAPA’, ’Pending’ or ‘Sold’, as is appropriate per MLS Status Definitions.
Disclosure of short sale shall not be made in the Property Description, Marketing Remarks, or any other publicly viewable component of the MLS without the seller’s written permission to the listing broker.
Access To Arizona Foreclosure Information!
MLS has entered into an agreement with RealtyTrac that will allow Tucson MLS members to access foreclosure information for the state of Arizona for a discounted rate of only $19.95 per month. There is no minimum term required to sign up. The links to register for this service are located in the MLS under the ‘links’ tab, and there is also a button on the tucsonrealtors.org website.
MLS New Member Orientation!
Agents joining the MLS after
June 1, 2009 must complete MLS Orientation within 90
days. Brokers must complete within 30 days. This is
in addition to the Association Orientation. For more
information
click here, to view the flyer.
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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.
July 1 from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
Windows for Novices
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Using Internet Explorer
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
GRI 306: Selling New Homes
3 agency and 3-general
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
July 8 and 9 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Microsoft Excel 2003
Cost: $25 (TAR members) $75 (non-members)
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 8 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Lunch and Learn: Using Automatic Features in Word
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni MLS Level 2: Building Your Business
3 general CE credits
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Courthouse Retrieval System
3 Legal Issues
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.July 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni MLS Level 1: Starting Your Business
3 general CE credits
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
July 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Technology: Communicating & Minimizing Risk Using Social Media
3 general CE
credits (PENDING)
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
July 15 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
New Rules of Procedure For Evictions in Arizona
3 Real Estate Legal Issues
Click
here
to register online. For more information, contact
Dee Corona.
July 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Rapattoni MLS Level 3: Fine Tuning Your Business
3 general CE credits
Click
here to register online. For more information, contact
Andy
Gordon.
Click here to view our 2009 Educational Course Catalog
The Hearth News
July 17: Bingo Night
Join
us on Friday, July 17th from 5:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. at
Tucson Association of REALTORS®. Entry fee is
$10 and game boards are $1. Sponshorship
opportunity tables are available for $50. Free
food and cash bar will be available. Small gift
baskets needed for prizes, please deliver them to
TAR.
Click here for more
information or contact
Sheila Chonis at 977-3447.
To learn more about the Hearth visit
www.thehearthfoundation.net.
Women's Council of
REALTORS® (WCR) News
Join us on Facebook and LinkedIn by going to
www.TucsonWCR.org.
July 9: Tucson WCR Party - Mixer
Join us on Thursday, July 9 from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.
at Jonathan's Tucson Cork. Cost at the door
is $20, which includes 2 drinks and Hors d'oeuvres.
For more information contact
Cari Pinc
at 891-7308.
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