NOTICES:
March 26
2013 National Fair Housing Month Volunteer
Reader Training
The
Tulsa Area Fair Housing Partnership is looking for volunteer readers to spend
one or two hours in elementary schools or community centers reading the Fair Housing Five to children in
our community, and then facilitating a discussion with the children. We are
replicating the TAFHP 2012 Reading Initiative because it was so absolutely
successful! We are looking for at least two readers at each site so either
bring a friend or we will pair you with another person based upon the times you
are available. Please plan to attend this important Volunteer Reader Training. Training
is 2:00-3:30 p.m., March 26 at Tulsa Metropolitan Urban League. Questions: Call
Lyn Larson at 918-292-8915 or send an email to c.lyn.larson@hud.gov (Click
Here for Details)
April 3
Cloud CMA Demos at GTAR
Join us at GTAR for this special event and see why tens
of thousands are using Cloud CMA to deliver high impact, eye catching reports
with data right from your MLS! Cloud CMA is a proud product partner of GTAR, and is among the most exciting
technology products for real estate in 2013. Cloud CMA uses your MLS data and
blends it with community and lifestyle information from multiple data sources
on the Internet to create custom MLS reports for buyers, sellers, and prospects.
These live demos are FREE to GTAR members, and will cover the many aspects of
creating a winning CMA, as well as awesome Buyer Tour Reports, Property Reports
and flyers in seconds. Click Here to Register
On Sale Now!
All 2013 Real Estate Planners are now 25% off!
Available in the GTAR Board Store.
EDUCATION &
EVENTS:
Thursday, April 4
REALTOR® Appreciation Day at
UMAC!
Start your day with a very special CE class being taught by body language
expert Patti Wood: Success Signals in
Selling: Body Language and Sales Techniques, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Called
“The Gold Standard of Body Language Experts” by the Washington Post, and
credited in the New York Times with bringing body language to the national
consciousness, Patti
Wood is a true expert.
Cost for GTAR members is only $25—but don’t wait to register—we expect
this class to sell out! If you purchase a GTAR Class Pass, the cost is included
(see details below.) After class, head over to the gymnasium for the annual free Trade Show brought to you by our wonderful affiliate members. Visit lots of booths filled with information and services, while
enjoying free food, and as usual, there will be tons of door prizes given away
during the show. The Trade Show is 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (You do not have to
attend class to attend the Trade Show!)
It’s Not Too Late to Buy a GTAR Class Pass
GTAR's
Class Pass includes admission to the
special REALTOR® Appreciation Day (RAD Conference) CE class with
Patti Wood on Thursday, April 4, 2013, PLUS any and all regular GTAR CE
classes offered during 2013 for only $75! For more
information and to purchase your GTAR Class Pass, log on to tulsarealtors.com;
from the Main Menu, click on the red Education bar, then click Register for
Classes, and look for GTAR Class Pass.
April 10
Lori
Morgan will be teaching Don't
be Listless! The Listing Presentation, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
and Working
with Buyers: A Planned Approach, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Each
class is OREC approved for 3 hours elective CE. For more information and to
register, go to tulsarealtors.com. Class Pass Holders: Register by emailing education@tulsarealtors.com
or calling 918-663-7500.
MLS NOTES:
Upcoming Computer Classes
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.
Fusion
1 (Hands-on): Monday, March 18, 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Fusion
2 (Hands-on): Wednesday, March 20, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Fusion
3 (Hands-on): Thursday, March 21, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Fusion 1 (Hands-on): Tuesday, March 26, 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Fusion 2 (Hands-on): Thursday, March 28, 9:00-11:30
a.m.
Get to TulsaRealtors.com
Products and Services in a Flash!
Keep an eye out for our new
and improved tulsarealtors.com login in screen. Soon you will be able to
easily access all of your important tulsarealtors services with just the click
of a button! Get to Realist, Zipforms or Supra without logging into Tempo
or Fusion, and much more. Watch the Weekly Facts and April newsletter for more
updates and samples in the coming weeks.
Effective
April 1, Key Pricing will be as Follows
Display Key: $35.25; this is the basic quarterly user fee for all agents
who have a key. Ekey Basic, $31.35; additional quarterly charge ($66.60 per quarter).
Ekey Professional, $61.35; additional quarterly charge ($96.60 per quarter). These
prices will be billed quarterly with your MLS quarterly user fee. User Fee and
Display Key: $110.25 quarterly; User Fee
and Ekey Basic: $141.60 quarterly; User Fee and Ekey Professional: $171.60
quarterly.
GOVERNMENT/LEGAL ISSUES:
Podcast: FAIR Housing and IDX Content
NAR General Counsel Laurie
Janik in an 11-minute audio
podcast
addresses practitioners' potential liability under the Fair Housing Act for
using IDX content on their websites.
Use Broad QM Standards for Securitized
Loans
NAR wants federal banking
regulators to apply the same underwriting standards in their recently released
qualified mortgage (QM) rule to the upcoming qualified residential mortgage
(QRM) rule. The QM rule sets standards for lenders to make loans to borrowers
who can show the ability to repay them. Although NAR has some concerns with aspects
of the rule, in general it supports the broad-based approach the standards take
and wants to see the same standards applied to the QRM Rule, which, when it’s
released, will apply to securitized loans. Under QRM, lenders are exempt from
having to retain 5 percent of the securitized loans they make if the loans are
underwritten to federal standards. Those standards should be the same as in QM,
NAR said at a Capitol Hill briefing and in a letter it sent as part
of a broad coalition.
April 10
REALTOR® Day at the Capitol
Presented by OAR: 1:30-4:00 p.m. at the State Capitol in
OKC: Watch the legislature in action; personally thank your
legislators; share
your views on the bills on which they will be voting; enjoy an ice cream treat
in the rotunda. Show the Political Power of Oklahoma REALTORS®! Bring
some friends, and we'll see you at the Capitol! Register by April 3.
Click Here to Register
INFORMATION TO USE:
Free Consumer Content: Smart Spring Cleaning Tips
The latest free content for your websites, blogs, social
media pages, and print resources from HouseLogic's REALTOR® Content
Resource looks at smart spring cleaning
tips for home owners.
How Student Debt Affects Home Sales
Student loan debt is a growing problem and has major
implications for future home sales, NAR Vice President Bill Brown says in a post on NAR's
leadership blog,
Voices of Real Estate.
COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE:
Sold Out!
The
GTAR REALTORS® Commercial Alliance (RCA) would like to thank
everyone who attended the 2013 Greater Tulsa Commercial Market Update on March
13 for helping make it the best attended GTAR commercial event in over 12
years—it was a full house at 180! All the presentations are available for
viewing on http://www.tulsacommercialrealtors.com/.
Healthy Multifamily Demand Expected
Don't let FHA authority for
multifamily loans shut down prematurely, NAR and other organizations say in a joint letter to lawmakers. The agency is seeing
healthy demand from developers, especially on the refi side, and more demand is
expected for new development in the months ahead.
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.
REALTOR®:
William
Rich, David Rich Company (Second Publication)
Firm Affiliate:
Armstrong
Relocation, designated individual, David Elliott (Second Publication)
Custom
Services Heating & Air Conditioning, designated individual, JC Canfield
(Second Publication)
Institute Affiliate:
Pamela
Higgins, HPC, LLC (Second Publication)
