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Weekly e-Update
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Update! 2010 Millages
Gov. Affairs
Standard PAR Forms in Spanish
TREND
The Weekly 
Calendar
Neighborhood Housing Services
Online Deeds
PAR Just Listed Blog


GOV'T AFFAIRS

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Government Affairs
Fan Page (Facebook)

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New Links for Zoning Regulations/Ordinances:

Zoning
Ordinances

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Greater Reading Chamber is holding an Energy Summit on Nov 16th - To learn more and sign up, click here.

Want to learn about Sludge and Homeownership in your community?
R-BAR is providing facts regarding the sludge discussion. Continue to look for more information in the near future. Click here for info.
CALENDAR


October
6  - Orientation
7 - CIC Committee 8:30 AM  - Greater Reading Chamber Training Center.
Speaker: Conestoga Title
Email or call Kirsten Deysher at 610.404.7330 for more info or to register.
11 - TREND classes at R-BAR - 10am & 1pm
13 - Fall Membership Mtg. - 8:30am - Toscani
15 - Member Services Cmte Mtg. - 10am
19 - Celebration sub-committee - 10:30am
19 - Community Outreach Cmte Mtg - 11am
20 - Holiday Sub-Cmte. Mtg. - 9am
20 - Entertainment Cmte Mtg. - 10am
22 - Square Footage Task Force Mtg. - 2:00pm




 Greetings!

2011 R-BAR DUES were emailed to all members on October 1, 2010. They are payable by January 1, 2011. If you did not receive them, please email Janet or call 610-375-8458.
R-BAR NEWS & EVENTS

DEADLINE IS FRIDAY:
FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING -

WED., OCT. 13TH - 8:30AM - TOSCANI - FULL HOT BREAKFAST BUFFET & GREAT INFO SESSION featuring: the Recorder of Deeds - Fred Sheeler, Sheriff Weacknecht and a Mortgage Forum - ALL FOR ONLY $7.00 - Click here
for flyer; Click here to register.


OCTOBER is REALTORS(R) Reach Out Month. This year we are supporting the Children's Home of Reading.
We are encouraging you to donate items from their Wish List or individual Christmas gift items that each child has requested. We are creating a tree which will be displayed at our Fall Membership Meeting and then in our lobby with the "Christmas gift tags" so that each member can select a child to buy a gift for. Contact Kirsten via email or at 610-375-8458 for more info.

Click here for Photos from the R-BAR Golf Outing on Sept. 22 at Willow Hollow!

TRIPLE PLAY - December 7-9, 2010,
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Click here to Register! 
Click here for the latest press release from Triple Play!

Connect with us on Facebook www.facebook.com/readingberksrealtors
Daily updates, event postings, market info & more!
PAR JUST LISTED NEWS:

Podcast: New thinking for a new market
Oct 04, 2010 Samantha Elliott Krepps
"Housing is increasingly going to be viewed as a consumption good," according to Dr. Austin Jaffe, the PA Association of REALTORS® consulting economist. Read more.

REALTORS® need to be in the financial 'driver's seat'
Sep 30, 2010 Kim Shindle
"A good REALTOR® should understand financing and be able to crunch the numbers himself to help his buyer understand the mortgage options," said Melanie McLane, who will teach "Dollars and Sense" at Triple Play REALTORS® Convention and Trade Expo, December 7. Read more.

Help PAR Just Listed celebrate first anniversary
Oct 01, 2010  Kim Shindle
It's time to enter the "Your Funniest REALTOR® Story Ever" contest. Nearly every REALTOR ® has a funniest story - whether it's an attack dog left loose during a showing or an unprecedented collection of magazines stacked around several rooms during an open house. Tell us your story in 300 words or less. Read more.
EDUCATION NEWS:

TREND Classes at R-BAR - Next Week!
Monday, October 11:
10am:
Generate Leads & Referrals: An Action Plan to Win Business
1pm:
Market Listings on the Web: Reach Today's Buyers
These classes are free and open to all REALTOR(R) Members. Click here to register.

Appraisers - Start your CE Classes NOW!

Berks Real Estate Institute is offering classes this fall:
American Houses - Nov. 3 & 10
3 Hour PA Cert. Act/Board Regulations - Nov. 17
History of Residential Construction - Nov. 17
7 Hour National USPAP - Dec. 1
Click here for all info.

Reading-Berks Association of REALTORS®
2201 Ridgewood Road
Suite 350
Wyomissing, PA 19610
610-375-8458
Fax: 610-375-6298
www.realestateinberks.com