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REALTORS Property Resource - New Member Benefit
ZipForms FREE for BCAR Members
2013 Membership Card
What is the REALTOR Party?
Preparing the Home for Sale Seminar
Social Media Seminar for REALTORS
Renovation and Rehab Loans Workshop
Credit Scoring and Credit Reporting Seminar
Recorder of Deeds Tour
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Member Benefit!
NAR's exclusive online real estate database "REALTORS Property Resource" will provide REALTORS with data on every parcel of property in the United States, giving brokers and agents valuable tools and features to make them better informed and to increase their efficiency in the marketpalce.  Go to https://www.narrpr.com/ and click Create New Account. 
 
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Member Benefit for BCAR Members!  Free Electronic Forms,  ZipForm 6 Professional Edition. It only takes two minutes to register!  Click here     After getting into the website, click on Bucks County Association in drop-down menu and then click on Order Now.  You will then be asked for your NRDS number and your last name.  You can also go to our website, www.bucksrealtor.com and click on the zipLogix logo.  Any questions, contact Zip's customer service 800-383-9805 or BCAR Staff 215-956-9176.

 

Bucks County Association of REALTORS®, Inc.

Weekly Update Newsletter

                                     February 11, 2013

2013 Membership Card
nar cardDesign & print your new membership card - click here http://memberguide.realtor.org/  
What is the REALTOR Party?realtor party

It is all about REALTORS® working together to VOTE, ACT and INVEST to protect the Dream of Home Ownership, to build vibrant communities, and to promote a strong U.S. economy.  Click here for more info.  

Preparing the Home for Sale Seminar
home for sale
  

Topics & Speakers:

 

Home Downsizing: Court Ebeling, Carter's Home Downsizing and Resale Specialists, LLC

What is Home Downsizing?; The First Step - Overcoming Emotions; The Five Sorting Categories - Keep, Donate, Discard, Recycle and Sell; Staying Green and Helping the Local Community; How Carter's can help Agents and their Clients; The Resale Process - What is best for you?
 

Home Repair
:
John Nales, Hammerin' Nales Home Repair 
About Hammerin Nales Home Repair LLC

Choosing a home repair contractor; Better home marketing in a tight home sales environment; Curing deficiencies; pre-listing and home inspections; Being responsive to sales transaction timeline; Using technology to keep all parties informed 


Home Staging
: Maureen Bentley, Get Maur Organized Inc

What is Home Staging?; Recipe for a Sale; Top Benefits of Home Staging; Cost vs. Value; Educating Your Sellers; What is an ASPM? 

 

Video Branding and Marketing: Cindy Branson Montage Show Productions

 Where is the Proof Why Video Works; How to use video to market a listing; Web appeal has officially trumped Curb Appeal; Rich Media Marketing ~ Agent Profile Videos; Bang for Your Marketing Buck; How Easy Internet and Video Marketing Can Be a Computer Novice

 

Date: Wednesday, February 13

Time: 9:30-11:30am - Refreshments starting at 9am

Location: BCAR Headquarters, 1452 Old York Rd, Warminster, Pennsylvania

Cost:  FREE for BCAR Members ($25 non-members)

 

3 Ways to Register!

1- Online http://bcar.memberfuse.com/event/list  
2 - Email kelly@bucksrealtor.com

3- Call 215-956-9176

How Real Estate Pros are Using Social Media for Real Results 
Social Media

  

How can a Real Estate Agent and Customer be interacting, having conversations and posting information and updates? The workshop will show you, step by step, exactly how to create an online real estate presence that actually produces results. Each lesson builds on the last to easily master blogs, Facebook, Twitter & YouTube - all the essential components of social media!

Speaker - Joseph Scorese, Vision Mortgage Capital

 

Date: Wed, February 20

Time: 9:30-11:30am - Refreshments starting at 9am

Location: BCAR Headquarters, 1452 Old York Rd, Warminster, Pennsylvania

Cost:  FREE for BCAR Members (Non-Members $25)

 

3 Ways to Register

1-Online http://bcar.memberfuse.com/event/list  
 
2-Email kelly@bucksrealtor.com

3-Call 215-956-9176

  
Renovation and Rehab Loans Workshop

rehabRenovation and Rehab Loans. Are you confused which ones are which?  It is predicted that more than 20% of all properties will require some sort of rehab or repair escrow. If your clients find the right home but it needs to have a finished basement for the kids, or a new bath room or kitchen, then why not add these instead of looking at more homes?

 

Home Path Renovation loans -203K Full , 203K Streamline, Home Path, Home Path Renovation, EZ Conventional, Home Style, Pool Escrows, USDA Repair Escrow, HUD REO with Repair Escrow.  These programs are available for owner occupied, second homes and investment properties.

  

This workshop will be packed with tons of info to help you with your buyers and sellers. We have more Renovation loans than other lenders.  Spaces will fill up fast. Presented by Stan Reinford, Prime Lending and the Renovation Team at Prime Lending

 

When: Thursday, February 28

Time: Starting Promptly at 9:30 am -Ending at approx. 11 am with Q/A to follow.

Where: Bucks County Association of REALTORS

1452 Old York Rd, Warminster PA 18974

Cost: FREE for BCAR Members

RSVP: Email Stan Reinford sreinford@primelending.com

or call 610-217-5241

Credit Scoring and Credit Reporting Seminar 

credit scoreBucks County Bank presents a free seminar on Credit Scoring and Credit Reporting for BCAR members.  Their speaker has been recognized as one of the country's leading credit scoring experts.  Through his relationship with Fair Isaac and CreditXpert, he has developed scoring models, designed NAMB and MBA courses, written case studies for congressional testimony, and brings a unique competitive edge to his clients.  

 

You will learn: How to increase your income by turning a low credit score into a settlement; What's new in the credit reporting industry; and How to protect your client and settlement from the new credit requirements.

 

Date:  Tuesday, March 5

Time:  9:30-11:30am - Refreshments starting at 9am

Where: BCAR Headquarters, 1452 Old York Rd, Warminster, Pennsylvania

Cost:  FREE for BCAR Members

RSVP: Eric Goldberg, Bucks County Bank 215-520-2722

egoldberg@buckscountybank.net

 

bucks county seal Recorder of Deeds Tour
BCAR members are invited for an educational tour of the Recorder of Deeds office at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown on Tuesday, March 5 from 1-3pm.  Please plan to arrive early so you can go through security.  If you would like to attend, please email Myra Savich, Past President msavich@remax.net