NOTICES:
August 2012 Home Sales Stats are Now
Available
Plan Ahead for 2013 Dues
2013 local, state, and national dues will be billed
during the week of October 8-12, 2012. REALTOR® members budget
$484; REALTOR-ASSOCIATE® members budget $454. These amounts are
subject to change; the State Association (OAR) has not set their dues amount
for 2013 at this time.
We’re Looking for Members to Serve on
GTAR and NORES Committees in 2013
Your participation will help make a difference in the
Association. Volunteering can help you better understand motivations and deal
with difficult situations, as well as increase your knowledge about association
and real estate issues. Volunteering also offers you a chance to develop
lasting personal and professional relationships. Review the descriptions of each committee in the September GTAR World Newsletter. To sign up click on: R & RA Volunteer Form or Affiliate Volunteer form.
September is REALTOR® Safety Month
NAR offers free tools and resources this month to help you stay
personally and professionally safe. Materials include a new video on social
media and cyber safety strategies, new articles and tips, archived webinars,
and more.
Designer
Showcase 2013 – Celebrating 40 Years in Tulsa
The Tulsa Designer Showcase
is looking for the perfect house to celebrate the fourth year as a fundraiser
in the Tulsa Community. We are looking for a house that is: 4,000-5,000 square feet,
and has curb appeal and street parking. This is a perfect opportunity for
someone who has just purchased a new house or is selling a home. Perks for the owners include: design donated
by 30 of Tulsa’s top designers, paint donated, painting labor donated, and
discounted prices on draperies, furniture, and accessories. If you have a
property that you would like us to consider, please call Paula Dellavedova at
918-902-0809. All proceeds benefit The Foundation for Tulsa Schools helping Tulsa
build a better community.
EDUCATION
& EVENTS:
September 27
“Living on Tulsa Time” Bus Tour
The tour will focus on new
development and “mom and pop” shops in Downtown Tulsa! The first bus will leave
at 1:00 p.m., and second bus will leave at 1:30 p.m. We will end the afternoon
at OneOK Field (Driller’s Stadium) with Happy Hour hosted by the Young
Professionals Network (4:00-6:00 p.m.). Cost is $15 per person. The
buses will fill up quickly so register early! Log in to
tulsarealtors.com; Member Resources, GTAR Events, Bus Tour. There are still
sponsorship opportunities available for this event! Contact Jennifer
Smith at 918-663-7500 or email jsmith@tulsarealtor.com.
October 3
Making
MLS Easy for Appraisers & REALTORS®
This new course will provide
practical applications for both appraisers and real estate professionals to use
to maximize functionality of the NORES MLS system (Fusion) in conjunction with
their business. Instructor Polly Choate will demonstrate system functionality
on retrieving CMA data; provide information on how to easily locate unique
property types (e.g., log homes, a-frame, 2nd house on parcel,
etc.); demonstrate the Realist Tax System mapping utilizing the flood zone
overlay maps, ZIP Code boundaries, and various other functionality of the tax
system related to user needs; and MUCH more! This course is OREC approved for 3 hours
elective CE credit AND OREAB approved for 3 hours elective CE credit!
Class is 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the GTAR Training Center; cost is $15
pre-registered or $20 the day of class. For full course details and to register, go to
tulsarealtors.com. (If you have a GTAR Class Pass,
register by emailing education@tulsarealtors.com or calling 918-663-7500.)
October 3-4
Broker
in Charge Course
If your license type is Broker Manager (BM),
Proprietor Broker (BP), or Branch Broker (BB), even if only for ONE day during
that license term, your OREC CE requirements are no longer the same as those of
a sales associate (SA) or broker associate (BA). From now on, to renew your
real estate license, you will be required to complete an OREC approved 15-hour Broker in Charge (BIC)
class PLUS an additional 6 hours of required subject matter in at least two
core courses (BRA, PSC, FHR or HOT). Whether you are a one-person office or a
gazillion-person office, residential or commercial—this requirement applies to
you! Class is 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. both days (lunch is provided and break is 30 minutes); cost is $90; class
size is limited to 15. For full course details and to register, go
to tulsarealtors.com.
October
4
Edutainment
Day is Back!
Save the date and don't miss out on this popular, fun-filled morning of
education and great door prizes brought to you by GTAR’s Sales Associate
Committee! It's free and there's no CE, so come and go as you please...start
your morning at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast courtesy of Capital Homes. Then from
9:00 a.m. to12:00 p.m. get ready to learn: OREC Senior Investigator Sherry
Kueffler will be speaking on “How not to lose your license”; more speakers are
in the works—watch for more information coming soon! Edutainment Day is free to members but registration is required—log on to
tulsarealtors.com; click on the red Education bar, the click Register for
Classes.
FHA
Hosting Pre-foreclosure Sales Training
You
can learn about selling properties with FHA-backed loans through the agency's
pre-foreclosure sales process in an FHA-hosted webinar Wednesday, September 26,
1:00-3:00 p.m., CDT. Webinar
Registration
Cash In on Designation Scholarship Money
Professional designations
require a serious commitment from students. They take time, money and
dedication. Wouldn’t you like a like a little help paying for your designation
classes? One of OAR’s core value propositions is to support your business; and
in an effort to help, we have a little-known scholarship fund that can help! This
year OAR still has funding remaining for additional scholarships, so if you’re
working toward the GRI, CRS, CCIM, ALC or
any other designations from the NAR
Family of Designations cash in and see how earning a professional designation can
be a little easier this year. Click the following link to view the OAR Professional Designation
Scholarship Page and apply today.
MLS NOTES:
Upcoming Computer Classes
at GTAR
Pre-registration is required; space is
limited to 14 per class. For more information and to enroll: log on to
tulsarealtors.com, click the red Education bar on the Member Services page,
then click Register for Classes. All classes are held in the GTAR Computer Lab, unless
otherwise indicated.
Realist
Tax System 2.0 Class:
Wednesday, September 19, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (Training Center)
ZipForm
Update
ZipForm is one of the member benefits NORES
subscribers receive as part of their quarterly fees. The decision by
OAR to discontinue the ZipForm product WILL NOT affect NORES subscribers in any
way. In fact, last month NORES renewed its Zipform agreement for three
additional years. NORES supports the OAR decision to discontinue this
service from the state association as we feel it is a duplication of
services that is not needed or used by the Tulsa membership.
Fusion Timeline
Update
Currently, we have NOT set a date for Tempo MLS to be
shut off.
COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE:
October 11
Never Hear “No” Again!
GTAR’s
RCA Committee is hosting the SIOR Negotiation Skills course with William
Burgess, CCIM, SIOR, Thursday, October 11, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the GTAR
Training Center. The course offers three phases of the negotiation process that
can assist a broker with a commercial lease negotiation. Attend this seminar to
refresh your knowledge of negotiation fundamentals and learn new tips and
tricks to supplement your negotiation prowess. Whether you’re in your first
year in the business or your fiftieth, SIOR designee or not, the Negotiation
Skills course from the SIOR Center for Career Advancement can benefit you by
increasing your knowledge and enhancing your business skills. Interested in
earning the SIOR designation? Visit www.sior.com
to learn how. Course is pending OREC Approval: 3 hours elective CE credit. Register now to take advantage of early-bird savings! Members’ early-bird price is $35 (through October 1); members’
late registration
price is $45 (after October 1); non-member price is $50. Click Here for Course Details and Registration
Information
NAR: Stable Terrorism Insurance
Needed
Any disruption in the
availability of terrorism insurance would have serious consequences to
commercial real estate, Linda St. Peter, vice chair of NAR's Commercial
Committee, told a House Financial Services subcommittee in testimony last week. Since the September
11 attacks, the federal government has helped maintain the availability of
terrorism insurance, which commercial property owners need to get financing. In
her testimony, St. Peter said concern over whether the federal government will
continue its involvement in the market could cause insurance prices to
fluctuate and some insurers to leave the market, potentially exposing some
owners to technical default on their mortgage.
GOVERNMENT
ISSUES/LEGAL:
FTC Issues
Privacy Guidelines for Mobile Apps
The
Federal Trade Commission has released non-binding guidance for companies
developing mobile apps to help ensure their programs meet federal privacy and
truth-in-advertising principles. The guidelines should be helpful to companies
that develop mobile apps for the real estate industry. Access a detailed FTC
explanation.
FHFA Gives
Banks Reason to Revisit Credit Overlays
A
release by the Federal Housing Finance Agency last week might help ease home
buyers' credit hurdles by giving lenders a reason to revisit the credit
overlays that lenders have put in place to reduce their loan repurchase or
buy-back risks. The credit overlays are underwriting standards that go above
and beyond what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require. Lenders impose them to lessen
the chance a loan will go bad and they'll have to buy it back because the
underwriting didn't conform to the agencies' "representation and
warranty" requirements. Yesterday's FHFA release is intended to clarify
Fannie and Freddie rules on loan repurchases. Learn more.
INFORMATION
TO USE:
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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION:
Comments on the following REALTOR®
applicants should be submitted by REALTOR® members to the Membership
Committee, c/o GTAR, PO Box 470603, Tulsa, OK 74147.
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