Header Image

Take survey for a chance to win cash!

KAR to conduct statewide member survey

To help determine issue and policy priorities for our association, KAR, with help from NAR, will be conducting a membership survey this month. All members will have the opportunity to participate in the survey, either by phone or online. We value your opinion, and hope that all of our members will participate. Your responses to questions asked in the survey are confidential. Best of all, if you complete the survey, you will have the chance to enter your name in a raffle for one of three $100 American Express gift cards!


The survey will be an initial random sample of phone calls starting Wednesday, August 17 followed by the chance for all members to participate online beginning Monday, August 22. We hope you will participate - your feedback is important.

KAR Annual Convention & Expo

September 27 - 29
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort & Spa
Lexington, KY
Register Now

Attendees will have a chance to win an iPad2, $500 cash or other great prizes. The website has all the information you need to get signed up for this year's event. 

Over 20 hours of CE available!
Speakers include Dave Mitchell (keynote), Gee Dunsten, Cindy Chandler, Dan Green, Mike Parker and others. Topics will cover sales strategies, legal issues, mortgages/financing, commercial, personal safety, website building, social networking and even an e-PRO course! New for this year, we will be holding an Unconference on Wednesday for top-of-mind topics that are most popular to those in attendance. And don't forget about the social events on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The theme is Surviving & Thriving with a luau twist. Attendees and guests are encouraged to dress the part, especially on Wednesday night for the KAR Reception and RPAC event. Exhibitors are doing the same.

Just added: Monday, September 26, KAR members, guests and family will be meeting up for a friendly round of golf at Marriott's Griffin Gate Golf Course, a Rees Jones designed course located at the hotel. Other days, special rates are being offered to attendees. For tee times, rates and other details, click here.

From the KAR blog:

e-PRO: Tech training to stay ahead

This is the only classroom course offered in KY for 2011

Sign up now! This course will familiarize today's agents with the latest technology and social media tools to enhance business and help engage with customers and other real estate professionals. 

September 27
Marriott Griffin Gate Resort & Spa
Lexington, KY
Dan Green, Instructor
This course will be held during the Convention, however, you do not have to attend Convention to take this course.

Group pricing is available for as low as $75 per person. Already have e-PRO? Refresh your skills for $75.

Approved as 3 hour CE elective credit and elective credit for CRS, ABR, GRI, CIPS and RSPS. Call KAR (800.264.2185) for more info.

Learn More and Register

GRI designation now an elective for ABR

Start on your designation journey today

To become an ABR you must complete one core course - the ABR� Designation Course - and one elective option. The newest addition to the list of ABR electives is the GRI (Graduate, REALTOR Institute) Designation. GRI Designees study new technology, laws, and procedures in order to continuously evolve and meet the needs of the increasing sophistication of buyers and sellers. This course ensures real estate practitioners can perform at an ever-increasing level of professionalism. Courses are enrolling and very affordable.

Upcoming GRI Courses: (each course counts for CE)

Aug 25 & 26: GRI 2 - Smart Marketing (Cadiz)
Sept 1 & 2: GRI 1 - Professionalism in Real Estate (Eastern KY)
Sept 13 & 14: GRI 3 - Financing the Successful Trans. (Owensboro)
Oct 25 & 26: GRI 5 - Systems for Success (Northern KY)

Click here to learn more about the benefits of GRI and to see the approved CE for each class.

Know someone perfect for real estate


This online and classroom 96 hour salesperson pre-license course is approved by the Kentucky Real Estate Commission (KREC). Cost: $550. There will be 60 credit hours completed online and 36 credit hours completed in a classroom setting. Below, please find a list of course dates in your area. Both the 60 credit online hours and the 36 classroom hours equal a total of the required 96 course hours.

Upcoming dates:

Lexington, KY
Date: Oct. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16
Location: Lexington-Bluegrass Assn of REALTORS�
Time: 9am - 4pm daily

Learn More

2012 KAR election information

Deadline: September 2, 2011
 

Positions open: President-elect, Treasurer-elect, At-large Director (3), At-large Delegate (3), Region Director (for Regions 1,3,5) and NAR Director.

To apply for any of the available positions, fill out an application and submit to KAR. Qualifications and descriptions of each of the positions and complete instructions is included in the application packet. Elections will be held in September at the KAR Annual Convention & Expo in Lexington.

Nomination Form

 
If a member would like to vote in the KAR elections and will not be attending Convention, a written notice (intent to vote) can be sent to KAR now through Sept. 14. Please call 800.264.2185 for details.

KAR Director at-Large vacancy

Deadline: September 2, 2011
 

With the resignation of Paul Fox, Northern KY, a Director at-Large position will be open. The term runs through December 31, 2012. Interested candidates should complete the nomination form and return it to KAR by the deadline. The KAR delegate body will vote to fill this vacancy on Wednesday, September 28 prior to the Board of Directors meeting at Convention.

Nomination Form

ShowingSuite
3 things to consider when representing a buyer or seller
 

1. Always advise buyers to purchase an owner's title insurance policy.
2. When dealing with short sales or foreclosures, ask a professional to help you in negotiating with the lenders and/or drafting the contracts.
3. Ask the lender to use the title company that best suits the buyer in terms of price, convenience, location, services, etc.

Contact Limestone Title & Escrow for more information on the products and services offered - (502) 632-2277. 

This is a paid advertisement
August 2011
Limestone Title
In This Issue
KAR Survey
Convention & Expo
KAR blog
e-PRO
3 things...

Got Education? 

 
If you are looking for ways to get your annual CE requirements, take a look at these options:

Online Courses

Live Web Courses

Classroom Courses

GRI Courses

e-PRO

Target: RPAC @ Convention 

 
Purchase a dart for $50 or buy more than one for a shot to pop the balloon with the "Grand Prize" - a $2,000 Visa Card. You do not have to be present to win - designate a "thrower" for your darts.

Learn More

Broker Involvement

Program 

 
Get involved in a program that will boost Kentucky's Call-for-Action response rates. If you are a real estate broker in Kentucky, please enroll (it's free and easy), and if you are an agent, please encourage your broker to join this effective network of broker leadership in public advocacy for REALTORS� across the United States.

Learn more and enroll here (to enroll, click the "Join the Program" button on the left side)

KAR Affinity Partners 


Showing Suite
Get feedback on your listings, improve communication with your sellers, and set yourself apart from your competition with HomeFeedback�.

Drug Card

As a member, you and your family & friends may be able to lower your prescription drug costs.

Nationwide Insurance
Offering you a special insurance program that could save you up to $500 with special rates on your auto policy.

Read More

KAR social networks 


Follow us on:

Facebook
LinkedIn
ActiveRain
Twitter
Youtube

Quick Links  

Join Our Mailing List