News from Greater Chapel Hill Association of REALTORS

February 6, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE

Member Meeting

Announcements:

Regular Office Hours are

9:30 to 4:30

Monday - Friday

Member Meeting:

Make plans now to attend the annual Industry Trends Workshop. Stacey Anfindsen will bring you the most up-to-date information about the local market place, the economy, and projections for the year ahead. The meeting will be on Monday February 27th from 11:30 to 1:00 at ExtraOrdinary Ventures on Elliott Road.

COME ... SHARE ... LEARN ... MEET ... DISCOVER ... CONNECT ...

The buffet will be available at 11:30 and the program will begin promptly at 12:00. Lunch will be catered by Nantucket Grill.

CLICK HEREto complete the Registration Process

Cost to Attend:

Registering before February 22 - $10

After February 22 or at the Door - $20

FINE PRINT: Remember, if you do not receive a confirmation email within 5 minutes of registering then you are NOT registered. If you have any questions about your registration, please call Susan Spinks at 929-4032.

Members who cancel at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting will receive a full refund. If cancellation is not received within 48 hours of meeting, the registration fee is not refundable.

This Member Meeting is being brought to you through the generosity of our Partner Pam Herndon:

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RPAC Education:

Let's talk about RPAC! This is the first in a 10 week series to educate our members as to what RPAC is and what it does. Brought to you by our RPAC chair Virginia Ferguson

Q. RPAC is: A. voluntary B. mandatory C. vote buying vehicle.

A. Voluntary, RPAC uses dollars that come from REALTORS members, goes to support REALTOR friendly candidates. It is tangible support that slows us to provide to those legislators who support the real estate industry. It is about making friends and keeping them. It helps open the doors to lawmakers and gives us a chance to be heard and taken seriously.

2012 CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES

Hot off the presses! The Continuing Education schedule for January to June 2012!

CLICK HERE to see the schedule

February 8th (Wednesday) - By The Book (Ethics) Elective Class, Taught by Debbie Long, Discounted Price! THIS CLASS IS CURRENTLY FULL - ANOTHER "BY THE BOOK" CLASS IS SET FOR MAY 9TH

Complete your elective C.E. requirement for 2011-12 for just $50! The Association is offering the Ethics class By The Book, taught by Debbie Long at a discounted rate. Class will be from 12:30 to 4:30pm at the Association office. BY THE BOOK includes topics of discussion like Anti-Trust, RESPA, Fair Housing, and NCREC Rules. This course also fulfills the NAR Mandatory Code of Ethics requirement.

February 17th - Mandatory Update CE Class Taught by Debbie Long

Mandatory Update (9:00am to 1:00pm) * Free to GCHAR members! Class will be held at ExtraOrindary Ventures, across from Whole Foods on Elliott Road.

SIGN UP Today! CLICK HERE and complete the registration process. Remember, if you don't get a "Thank You" page, your order has not been completed.

CE Classes for 2012 are brought to you through the generosity of our Partner

Upcoming Events

February 21 - First BUZZ of the year

Come out and meet other members at Cinco De Mayo on Franklin Street, from 5:00 - 7:00pm. There will be free appetizers and drink specials! There will also be drawings for two $25 gift cards sponsored by Mark McBee of McB Group Insurance Services (must be present to win). No need to register.

SIGN UP Today! CLICK HERE and complete the registration process.

IT'S ALMOST OPEN HOUSE SEASON

Scheduling your Open Houses on the GCHAR web site just got even easier! Our new web site has an on-line submission form. All you have to do is fill it out (on-line), upload a picture from your computer and hit the submit button!

Once you hit that submit button, the information is automatically emailed to the staff here at the office and we take care of getting it up on the web site. You or your clients can see your beautiful open house listing on the Open House page of the web site and also be directed there from the Calendar.

CLICK HERE to go to the submission page.

REALTOR Promotion

The North Carolina Association of REALTORS' (NCAR) 2011 and 2012 Strategic Plans NCAR Logo contain goals designed to advance both the Vision and the Mission of NCAR. Included in both Strategic Plans, under the Political Advocacy success factor, is a goal to "[c]reate and implement a public relations campaign to provide NCAR's members, the public and the media with information about, and awareness of, NCAR's commitment to and successes in improving the quality of life in North Carolina." We want you to be one of the first to see the first commercial for our "Professionally Guiding You Since 1921" issues campaign. This commercial will begin airing this weekend. We are very excited about the message and the quality of the commercial. Please feel free to share the link.

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