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Discussion
Question
Each month, the
Suburban West REALTORS Association will provide Association Liaisons with
a question in which we are seeking member feedback on. We
urge you to discuss this question with agents at your office during a
sales meeting, through an email, or during the course of your daily
conversations when appropriate.
The Association
provides REALTORS with a customer service tool by offering Mediation to
buyers and sellers as an alternative to costly and time-consuming
litigation. Do you promote Mediation to your clients? If not,
what reasons do they, or you, give for waiving it?
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Associaion
Liaisons Recognized
Suburban West
REALTORS Association would like to recognize the following Association
Liaisons:
Board Candidates (The
following Liaisons will be appearing on the ballot for the 2009-2010
Suburban West Board of Directors. They are part of a list of 10
actively involved REALTOR members who will be running for the
open vacancies on the Board. All REALTOR Members will be
elgible to cast their votes in October. Good Luck!)
- Judith Alignan
- David Brant
- Marcy Friedland
- Chris Hewes (Association Liaison)
- Bill McFalls
- Dyan Nelson-Blass
- David Oser (Association Liaison)
- Sal Triolo
- Nick Vandekar (Association Liaison)
- Tyler Wagner (Association Liaison)
IMPORTANT: The next Association
Liaison Meeting is scheduled for mid-September. Specific
date to be announced. At that time, a special
meeting will be held to recognize you for your commitment
in seving this year. More details to follow.
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In addition to fulfilling
your mandatory continuing education every two years to renew your
license, REALTOR members are required to complete training on the Code of
Ethics every 4 years. The deadline for the current Quadrennial
Period (2004-2008) is December
31, 2008.
If REALTOR members would like to confirm completion of their
Code of Ethics requirement, they may view online by logging into the Association's website.
Once logged-in, click 'Education Information' and then click 'Education
Tracking'.
To fulfill the Code of Ethics requirement, REALTORS
may:
- Attend one of the FREE Code of Ethics
training seminars held at the Association office in Malvern.
For seminar schedule, click here.
- Attend the FREE Mock Ethics Hearing
on October 6 at the Springfield
Country Club in Delaware
County.
For details, click here.
- Attend one of the two MCE
courses and recieve renewal credit hours (Ethical Open Houses or the
online Ethics in Real Estate) To access the education
calendar, click here.
- Take the Code of Ethics online for
FREE through the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) website at www.realtor.org
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Are You Ready to Begin a
Rewarding Program?
It's time you
recieved the recognition you deserve! Come earn an important
distinction that reflects your achievements and complements your
career. Become one of the few to earn the Distinguished Achievement status.
This FREE non-credit program is open to all REALTOR members of the
Association. The program is designed to provide an opportunity to
those REALTORS who wish to make a difference in their Association and in
their communities. It is a program that recognizes your involvement
and successes.
To learn more about
the Distinguished Achievement Program, click here.
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Work Smart: Helping Buyers Through Tough Terrain
Credit scores are more
important than ever to lenders. The best way for buyers to improve
their score is to pay their bills on time, even if they can afford only
the minimum payment. NAR's REALTOR Magazine features a crash
course in financing. This is part of a series of articles, called
"Work Smart", to help both new and experienced practioners
master the basics of the real estate buisness. To learn how you can
ensure buyers can come up with the money to buy the home they've chosen
and to view the 'Mortgage Math Made Easy', click here.
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Do You Know Who You're Selling To?
RISMEDIA featured an
article on the importance of getting to know different buyer types.
Buyers tend to fall into four basic behavioral types: the Direct Type,
the Interpersonal Buyer, the Safety or Status Quo Type, and the
Contemplative Buyer. In order to be successful, you must tailor
your approach and message very differently to each type of buyer, says
Bayham Consulting LLC President Alan Bayham. Statistics show that
professionals who try to use the same message will be effective only 25%
of the time, because the approach and message will be effective only for
that one buyer type.
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Office Adminstrator FORUM
As Association Liaisons, we encourage you to pass this
information along to your Office Administrator about this upcoming
forum. The Suburban West REALTORS Association is exclusively
inviting the Office Adminstrators of each REALTOR office to attend this
exciting event! The purpose of this annual event is to transform
Office Adminstrators into a greater resource for agents in their
respective offices.
- TOPIC: Building Positive Work Relationships
- SPEAKER: Dale Carnegie Training
- Wednesday, August 27 @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at
Association office in Malvern
- COST: $25 (Includes a continental breakfast)
Click Here for More Details
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