NOTICES:
Keybox
Reminder
Daylight
Saving Time began Sunday, March 10. Keyboxes will now open from 9:00 a.m.
to 10:00 p.m. To change the time settings using your EKey, Click Here for Instructions. If you are using a Display Key, the key box can be brought to GTAR for
programming.
On Sale Now!
All 2013 Real Estate Planners are now 25% off!
Available in the GTAR Board Store.
Scheduled Maintenance on TulsaRealtors.com
Maintenance will be Tuesday, March 19, 8:00-8:30 a.m.; then on
Monday, March 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The
tulsarealtors.com website will be down during this time.
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
COMMERCIAL
REAL ESTATE:
THIS WEEK!
March 13: 2013 Greater Tulsa Commercial Market Update
We’re almost at maximum
capacity for this year’s Commercial Market Update, so if you plan to attend,
don’t wait any longer to register! Event is 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel. Cost is $60. OREC approved for 3 hours required HOT CE credit. For more information and to register:
Log on to tulsarealtors.com; from the Main Menu, click the red Education bar, then
click Register for Classes.
EDUCATION &
EVENTS:
Thursday, April 4
Plan Now to Attend GTAR’s Most Popular Annual
Event!
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. The author of eight
books, including her recently released book, “SNAP Making the Most of First
Impressions, Body Language and Charisma” Patti speaks to Fortune 500
companies, law enforcement, and other businesses. You can see her regularly on
CNN, Fox News, and Fox Business Network, PBS, Good Morning America, The
Discovery Channel, Dr. Drew, Bravo, and The History Channel. In the past few
months, you may have seen her on Nancy Grace, Entertainment Tonight, Prime Time
News, and The Talk. She is quoted in publications such as The Wall Street
Journal, Psychology Today, Bloomberg Business Week, Fortune, Esquire, Sports
Illustrated, USA Today, and People.
Pre-registration 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. (You do not have to attend class to attend the Trade
Show!) (There is no cost to attend this special meeting.)
GTAR Class Pass—Your Ticket to Learn in 2013!
GTAR's
Class Pass GTAR's Class 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—starting in January—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.
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.
Realist
Tax System: Tuesday, March 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
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:
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
Will
Sequester Affect FHA, RHA Loans?
The
March 1 date for implementing federal budget cuts across the board arrived with
no action to delay or forestall the cuts. Consequently, FHA acknowledged that
"furlough days could impact endorsement/claim timeframes for FHA loans.
The underlying insurance funds, funded by premiums, will not be affected by the
sequester and… FHA loans will be supported." Any furloughs at the
Department of Agriculture could also slow down final processing of Rural
Housing Service loans. Learn more.
Read
previous sequester coverage from REALTOR® Magazine.
FHA
Critical to Recovery, REALTORS® Testify
The
housing market, and the broader economy by extension, would have been in much
worse shape had FHA not stepped in with affordable mortgage credit when it did,
said NAR President Gary Thomas in recent testimony before the Senate Banking
Committee. Thomas also made a strong case for careful action by Congress as it
decides what, if anything, it should do about recent pressure on FHA’s
reserves. Learn
more.
New Fannie
Process Aims to Speed Short Sales
NAR
President Gary Thomas met with Fannie Mae last week to talk short sales. After
the meeting, Thomas sat down with Fannie Mae executive Jay Ryan to learn about
the company’s new platform for speeding short-sale processing and to make it
easier for real estate agents to escalate short-sale problems directly to
Fannie staff. Access and
share a four-minute video on the new short-sale escalation process.
INFORMATION TO USE:
Free Consumer Content: Great Tax Tips for Home Owners
The latest free content for your websites, blogs, social
media pages, and print resources from HouseLogic's REALTOR® Content
Resource looks at great tax
tips for home owners.
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 (First Publication)
Firm Affiliate:
Armstrong
Relocation, designated individual, David Elliott (First Publication)
Custom
Services Heating & Air Conditioning, designated individual, JC Canfield
(First Publication)
Institute Affiliate:
Pamela
Higgins, HPC, LLC (First Publication)
