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From
the President
REALTORS® on
the road again
By Gary Rabon
In our business, personal
contacts are vital, yet how often have you been introduced to a potential
client and then immediately forgotten his or her name?
We’ve all done it, more times than we care to admit. And it’s
a shame because remembering someone’s name shows you respect and
are interested in the person. Forgetting someone’s name can be
considered quite the opposite.Read More |
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RRAR
Staff Directory
Raleigh Association of REALTORS® staff names, email addresses and titles
can be viewed from this link.
TMLS
Staff Directory
Triangle MLS, Inc. staff names, email addresses, phone extensions and titles
can be viewed from this link
RRAR
2008 Board Officers and Committee Chairs |
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MLS
organizations agree to data sharing
In an
unprecedented cooperative effort, Carolina MLS, Triad MLS, Triangle MLS
and the Western North Carolina Regional MLS – the four largest multiple listing service (MLS) organizations
in North Carolina – have tentatively agreed to proceed with a data
sharing service called the North Carolina Data Share (NCDS).
NCDS service allows
a real estate broker in any one of the participating MLSs to advertise
nearly all the listings for sale in all four MLSs on the broker’s
consumer-oriented Web site. NCDS expands the Internet Data Exchange
(IDX) program, which each MLS currently offers independently for its
own brokers.Read
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New
Members, April 2008
Welcome! Read More |
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Residential
Real Estate Trends
Based on properties listed in the Triangle MLS View
Stats |
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What you should know beyond a home inspection
By Ed Harrington
Things are not always
what they appear to be. And in a home that has potentially hazardous
hidden secrets,the unknown can harm your clients. That's why you and
your buyer shouldn't focus solely on the actual structure of a home,
but also on environmental issues like radon gas, mold/harmful moisture
penetration and drinking water concerns. Read More |
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NewsMakers
Read
More about what your fellow REALTORS® have been doing.
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Plan
now for October’s NCAR convention
in Charlotte
Mark October
5-8 on your calendars: it’s the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® 2008
Convention and Expo being held in Charlotte .
Join more than 1,000
REALTORS® from across the state
for a chance to hone your skills and learn new tricks of the trade
from some of the best-known experts in the industry. More than 16 different
sessions are planned with sought-after instructors.Read
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Visual Media
The first step to a home sale
Seeing a home
inside and out before actually visiting it has become an integral
part of the home buying process through the use of visual media.
Just as buyers pause when they drive by homes that possess a certain
curb appeal, they now can stop and get a very good beforehand look at
what they want through the use of photography on real estate Web sites
or a variety of publications.
Images that help
homebuyers visualize themselves in the home setting prove their worth
by pulling in more prospective buyers for a REALTOR®. Read More |
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SneakPreviews
Marketing ‘green’ is
topic of next WCR meeting
Michael Chandler
of Chandler Design-Build and a member of Green Home Builders of the
Triangle will conduct a seminar called “Marketing
Green for Real Estate Sales Professionals” on Wednesday, August
6, at the Women’s Council of REALTORS® monthly meeting. The
session will be held from 8:45-10:15 a.m. at 111 Realtors Way in Cary.Read
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CourseWorks
Learn all about
upcoming classes and seminars each month in the CourseWorks section of
REALTOR® Review.
- TICOR meeting focuses on students
- Core Course: Aug. 20-21
- Elective
Course (New Home Sales): Aug. 22
- CRS course to be offered in August
- Sign
up now for Accredited Buyer courses
- Earn your SRES
designation
- Continue your
education Read More
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Review
your association's 2007 Annual Report
(Each
year, members of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® receive
a copy of the annual report. As an added convenience, a summary is reprinted
here.)
For more than 80 years,
RRAR and the Triangle Multiple Listing Service Inc. (TMLS) have provided
quality programs to help members deliver a multitude of real estate services
throughout the Triangle. As the region continues to top the charts as
one of the nation’s best places to live, work and raise a family,
association members know that it’s good to be home.Read
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What's in a name? Everything!
Five rules to help you remember
By Joe Takash
At a well-known Ivy League school,
a new, prestigious science building was to be built on the north end of campus.
The price: $260 million. Three major construction companies were neck and
neck to win the job, make a large profit and add this esteemed institution
to their client list. The decision would come down to the sales presentation.Read More |
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NAR
advances plan for property database
By Robert
Freedman and Stacey Moncrieff
Meeting
in May in Washington, D.C., the National Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors took a major strategic leap authorizing
the association to work with a technology company to create a broker-controlled
national repository or “library” of property data that would
provide members-only access to detailed information on all properties
in the United States.
The repository, which NAR is calling a "digital library/archive," would
be revenue neutral but could eventually be fee-based to cover operating
costs. Read
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Howard
Perry & Walston REALTOR® Patricia Jane
Louden Smith died on May 11.
Read More
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Smooth short sales: Tips from a lender
By
Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Real estate practitioners who've
worked with clients on a short sale often complain about constant transaction
delays, particularly in getting the deal approved from lenders. At
the recent National Association of REALTORS® Midyear Legislative
Meetings in Washington , D.C. , a representative from lender JPMorgan
Chase & Co. shared some advice on how you can help move a short sale
along as smoothly as possible. Read More |
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Beauty that is beyond skin deep
Great
photos can tell part of the story, but the beauty of an environmentally friendly
home goes beyond skin deep. According to the National Association of REALTORS®,
92 percent of homebuyers consider energy efficiency important when choosing
a home. As a REALTOR®,
how can you help your clients identify a “green” home?Read More |
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Neighbors helping Neighbors
Smith
and Milani answer the call
In
April, the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® Housing
Opportunity Committee offered members an
opportunity to participate in a community project sponsored by Operation
Inasmuch, a faith-based community service event held twice a year.Read
More |
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RRAR
REALTOR® Store
All Rider signs
are 15% off for the month of July. Read
More
Meanwhile, let us know if there's anything you would like us to carry in
the store. We're always open to suggestions. And don't forget to visit
your 'online
store". As always thank you for your business.
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Monthly
Calendar: View
all monthly events at-a-glance; register online for classes, sign up
for events, stay informed of all monthly events.View
Calendar |
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REVIEW, The official magazine of the Raleigh
Regional Association of REALTORS®, provides important news to
the association's 6,800 members. It is published monthly.
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