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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.
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Bucks County Association of REALTORS®, Inc.
Weekly Update Newsletter
March 18, 2013 |
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Link Up with LinkedIn
Use LinkedIn Groups to build Influential Connections. LinkedIn is an ideal way to get the business networking possibilities of Facebook with much, much less of the peripheral noise like wall postings, silly applications and games, annoying memes and what have you. The focus here is on building personal and professional connections. It's networking for a digital age.
5 Steps to Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile
1. Competitive Means Complete
2. Selling Yourself Through Your Summary
3. Give Your Experience a Boost
4. The Impact of Your Interests
5. Incorporating Keywords
Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 9:30-11:30am
Location: BCAR Headquarters, 1452 Old York Rd, Warminster, Pennsylvania
Cost: BCAR Members - FREE; Non-Members $25
Speaker: Joseph Scorese
3 Ways to Register!
Online
Email kelly@bucksrealtor.com
Call 215-956-9176 |
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Battle of the Bartenders
 Evening for RPAC...Dinner, Dancing, Silent Auction and Battle of the Bartenders
Thursday, May 9, 2013
5-10pm
Rose Bank Winery, Newtown, PA
Tickets:
$30 RPAC Contribution (admission & dinner)
$99 or more RPAC Contribution (admission, dinner & VIP lounge)
Gather ten ticket orders in your office and we'll reserve a table for you!
Register online at www.bucksrealtor.com or email kelly@bucksrealtor.com for a registration form.
"Contributions are not deductible for Federal Income Tax Purposes.Contributions to RPAC are voluntary and are used for political purposes. You may refuse to contribute without reprisal. Seventy percent of each contribution is used by the (State) PAC to support state and local political candidates. The balance is sent to National RPAC to support Federal candidates and is charged against your limits under 2U.S.C. 441a." |
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Bucks Break
The Affiliate Committee would like to invite REALTOR members for a Bucks Break:
 Date: Thursday, March 21
Time: 5-7pm
Place: Clover Meadows by Mahon Builders; Model Home - 410 Trevose Rd, Trevose, PA 19053
Click here for Clover Meadows' website
The food, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages are complimentary. Door prizes are provided by the BCAR Affiliate Committee.
Click here - 2013 Affiliate Committee Services Directory
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Register Today!
 Annual Golf Outing
Monday, July 29, 2013
Spring Mill Country Club
click here for order form
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Legal Column
Home Inspection - Another Reason to Rethink Waiving
By James L. Goldsmith, Esquire
In the abstract, every Realtor® recommends a home inspection. In realty, they're often waived, and sometimes with reason. Perhaps a home inspection was recently performed and the potential buyer has the benefit of the report. Or, the house was clearly well-maintained, the buyer is a contractor, the sale price was low, etc. For me, however, there is only one reason to waive a home inspection: the seller will refuse the offer if it includes a home inspection contingency. And even then, the buyer better have good reasons for going forward and be willing to put-up with whatever problems are subsequently discovered.
A recent Hotline call has fortified my view. The caller was a buyer agent whose purchaser had waived the home/property inspection, but had elected the water service contingency. On his way to collect a sample of the water, the man from the water testing company observed a large crack in a block wall at grade level. He brought this to the attention of the buyer agent and suggested that this appeared to be huge structural issue that should be examined. Because the buyer had elected no other contingency, the seller refused to give access for a structural examination and claimed that he would not return the buyer's substantial deposit if the buyer backed out on that basis. The seller further claimed to have been unaware of this crack and said he had never experienced a structural problem with the property and that his disclosure statement was therefore accurate. What were the buyer's options?
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HUD Seminar &
FHA 203K Workshop
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 10am- 2:30pm
Location: BCAR, 1452 Old York Rd, Warminster, PA
Important HUD seminar we've ever presented due to the many changes that have just been put in place. Great door prizes including 2 HD color TV's.
Presenter Ronald Rudolph, a HUD listing broker for the 5 county area and New Jersey. Ron has trained over 7K licensed agents in both PA, NJ & Las Vegas and has closed over 3K HUD transactions. There's lots of commission money out there to be made as the HUD inventory has increased in our 5 county area.
Presenter David Levy of Wells Fargo Mortgage, the "GO TO GUY" for FHA 203K mortgages, will do a step by step presentation on how to put together a 203K package and, also, new conventional re-hab programs.
Ron has trained over 7,000 licensed agents in both Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Las Vegas and has closed over 3,000 HUD transactions over the years. There's lot's of commission money out there to be made as the HUD inventory has dramatically increased in our five county area. The HUD seminar will go over step by step the bid process, how to register as a HUD authorized selling agent, navigating the new www.hudhomestore.com & the in's and out's of getting your offer accepted, the new counter offer program and getting to the closing table.
A BUCKS COUNTY agent recently did his first HUD transaction. SOLD a property in Paoli for $90,000. Earned $2700 commission. Total time= 3.5 hours including travel time. That's almost $900 an hour for his efforts.
Reservations are made by email: pahudhomes@aol.com with your name, company name & cell phone. Seating is limited to the first 65 agents. |
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