Spotlight on Middlesex County Association of Realtors�

                                                                      December 5, 2011

 

The MCAR Office will be closed

on Thursday, December 8, 2011.

In This Issue
MCAR Office will be closed on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Short Sale & Floreclosure Course, 2011 Teddy Bear Collection,MCAR Hospitality Room,Tax Strategies Seminar
NJAR® Circle of Excellence Sales Award & NJAR® Distinguished Sales Club® Applications,MAGAZINE CHANGE IN 2012
MCAR Membership Meeting Minutes Oct.19m 2011

If you missed the Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (SFR) course in Middlesex, you can attend the course at the Mercer County Association of Realtors� office at the same cost - $99 for Realtor� members.

 

For more information, click here: SFR Link- Mercer County 

The course is scheduled for Monday, December 12, 2011, 8:30am-4:30pm.
 

 

 

 

 

MAGAZINE CHANGE IN 2012

Starting in 2012, the Realtor Magazine will change from 12 issues per year to 6 issues per year. The electronic magazine, Realtor Magazine Online, is available at

http://realtormag.realtor.org/ 

and is updated frequently with the latest news and articles.

 

 

MCAR Membership Meeting Minutes - October 19, 2011 - click here to view: Minutes

2011 TEDDY BEAR COLLECTION

Help the Middlesex County Association of Realtors� Community Service Committee in collecting huggable teddy bears.

Bears will be donated to the Child Life Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where specialists care for outpatients and to overnight patients at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Buy a quality cuddly bear for a child who needs to be cheered up and call one of the listed offices for their drop off times. Bears must be new and have no accessories or "danglies" attached.

Collection will run from

Monday, December 5, 2011 to Monday, December 12, 2011

 

To see a list of Drop Off Location click here-Locations 

 

 

MCAR Hospitality Room at Triple Play REALTOR Convention 

Our Hospitality Room will be located in Bally's, Atlantic City in the Longwood and Imperial Rooms during the Triple Play REALTOR� Convention and will be open on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm.  Stop in for some refreshments if you are in the area.

 

Thank you to our sponsors:  Martin Grant and
Kevin Bullock of Gateway Funding and Brian Prinsell of Homes & Land Magazine.

 

TRIPLE PLAY REALTOR� CONVENTION

If you pre-registered for the 2011 Triple Play REALTOR Convention and Trade Expo next week bring your badge and entire credentials envelope that was sent in the mail to the Program Pick-up Desks on level 2 of the Atlantic City Convention Center to receive the badge holder, convention program booklet, and other on-site materials.  Please note that a $25 badge re-printing fee will apply to all lost or forgotten credentials.

Want to attend Triple Play 2011 but didn't pre-register? You can register on-site during the following times: Tuesday, December 6 - 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday, December 7 - 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, December 8 - 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Make sure you also take advantage of the numerous courses offered at this year's convention, many of which count for CE credits.

 

 3 Seats left for the Tax Strategies Seminar  

Walk away with thousands of dollars in new deductions by attending the "Tax Strategies for the Real Estate Professional" Seminar

 

DATE: Thursday, December 15, 2011

TIME: 10:00am-12:00pm

COST: $5.00

PLACE: Middlesex County Association of REALTORS� (MCAR) office - 779 Gornik Drive, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861

Presented by Maine Shafer of Bradford and Company, Inc.

 

Seating is limited to 25.

This seminar is not eligible for NJREC continuing education credits.

 

To Register Online Click Here: Tax Strategies Registration

 

 

NJAR� Circle of Excellence Sales Award & NJAR� Distinguished Sales Club� Applications

*Due date is Friday, January 6, 2012*

The NJAR� Circle of Excellence Award recognizes those members who have demonstrated excellence in the field of salesmanship.  The deadline to submit the 2011 NJAR� Circle of Excellence Award application or the NJAR� Distinguished Sales Club� application to your primary local board/association is close of business on Friday, January 6, 2012.  There will be no exceptions to this deadline. 

 

Visit www.njar.com and download the NJARCircle of Excellence Award application.  If applicable, download the NJAR� Distinguished Sales Club� application and print when finished.  Pay your application fee(s) online at www.njar.com/coepayment.php.

View MCAR photos from Flickr on our website at: www.middlesexrealtor.com.

Visit our Facebook page for more photos and posts at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/MiddlesexAOR.

REALTOR� is a registered collective membership mark which may be used only by real estate professionals who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS� and subscribe to its strict Code of Ethics.