NOTICES:
Thursday, July
11
Professional Standards Seminar: Enforcing the Code and Its
Standards
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. This class is open to ALL GTAR
members (REALTORS® AND Sales Associates—whether you are interested
in serving on GTAR’s Grievance or
Professional Standards Committee in the future or just want to find out what
happens during an arbitration or ethics hearing. Through lecture, discussion,
and case studies, Bruce Aydt, attorney and REALTOR®, will teach the
concepts of professional conduct related to the REALTOR® Code of
Ethics and its enforcement processes. OREC
approved for 6 hours required PSC CE credit. Pre-registration cost is
$25 for members; walk-in cost is $30. Register online at tulsarealtors.com;
from the Main Menu, click Associate Services tab, then click Register for
Classes. Click Here for Course Details
Tuesday,
July 16
HUD Procedures and Bidding Process
1:00-4:00 p.m. In this updated course taught by Jennifer
Minard (Mary Berry’s protégé) you will learn HUD procedures, how to submit HUD
bids, and the latest changes, including the
HUD implemented “Buyer Select” closing agent pilot program which became effective
this year (April 15). OREC Approved: 3 hours required HOT CE credit. Pre-registration cost is $15 for members;
walk-in cost is $20. Register
online at tulsarealtors.com; from the Main Menu, click Associate Services tab,
then click Register for Classes. (Class Pass
Eligible); Click Here for Course
Details
July
17: FAIR is Not Just Another Four-letter Word
1:00-4:00 p.m. with Kathryn
Jones; OREC Approved: 3 hours required FHR CE credit. Pre-registration cost is
$15 for members; walk-in cost is $20. Register
online at tulsarealtors.com; from the Main Menu, click Associate Services tab,
then click Register for Classes. (Class Pass
Eligible)
Welcome Muskogee!
The Muskogee Association of REALTORS®
officially became part of GTAR and NORES on July 1. The GTAR/NORES staff is
continuing to enter Muskogee “Sold” history (2010-present) into the MLS system.
To date, most of the sold history has been entered. “Cooperating Keys”: To add
the Muskogee and/or Bartlesville area to your DisplayKey, bring your Dkey into
the GTARNORES office for programming. The new area will be programmed into
the key and updated. You MUST update your key on its cradle again before
you can show. To add the Muskogee and/or Bartlesville area to your Ekey, call
Gloria at 918-663-7500. Your phone will be programmed and will need to be
updated before you can show.
EDUCATION &
EVENTS:
Thursday, July
18
Let Us “Edutain”
You
GTAR’s Edutainment Day is
back! 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Topics include:
OREC Topics and Trends; Social Media Marketing; Multi Offers–A Great New
Problem; Crime Prevention Strategies & Tactics. Breakfast sponsored by
American Eagle Title Group. FREE to ALL members! Register online at
tulsarealtors.com: from the Main Menu, click Associate Services, then click
Register for Classes. Learn
More
Monday, July
22
A Residential
Transaction: Numbers & Math
1:00-4:00 p.m. This NEW
course explores a typical residential real estate transaction, and the facts
and figures that are customary and usual for the locale. Instructor Ann Lloyd
will guide you through the step-by-step preparation of a Net-to-Seller
and Cost-to-Buyer. The course will include a review of, and comparison
to, the HUD-1. Math for estimating many different “numbers” in a real estate
transaction will be reviewed, as well as some quick and easy formulas for
estimating property taxes and insurances will be shared and practiced. OREC Approved: 3 hours elective CE credit. A
calculator and pencil are required for this class; forms will be provided. Pre-registration cost is $15 for members; walk-in cost is
$20. Register online at
tulsarealtors.com; from the Main Menu, click Associate Services tab, then click
Register for Classes. (Class Pass
Eligible); Click Here for Course
Details
Thursday, July 25
YPN Summer Mixer
at Aloft Downtown
4:30-7:00 p.m. Event is FREE
and open to ALL members, but registration is required. You can register online
by logging on to tulsarealtors.com and clicking on the Other tab, then Events.
August 26-27
CRS 206:
Technologies to Advance Your Business
Get a handle on technology
and tools that work for you and your business. After completing this two-day
course, you will be able to learn about technologies that streamline the way you handle contacts and follow-up
systems; access the technologies that make sense for you and your business so
you don’t waste money on gimmicks; market yourself via websites, blogs, and
other communication tools to attract, keep, and close the Internet buyer; and create
effective multimedia technologies and develop enhanced listing and buyer
presentations. Take
advantage of early-bird savings! Through August 5, cost is $250; after, cost
will be $295. CRS 206 is open to ALL members! Click Here for Course
Details
GOVERNMENT/LEGAL
ISSUES:
Fed Basel III Rule a Win for Real Estate
NAR and industry partners
notched a key victory in ensuring the continued availability of mortgage
financing for borrowers when the Federal Reserve board yesterday released its final rule implementing the BASEL III
international banking accords. The rule leaves out an increased risk-weighting
provision in the earlier proposed version of the rule that would have made
residential mortgages more costly to many borrowers. The proposed rule would
have required banks to hold more capital on their books for the residential
loans they make. But the final rule leaves the risk-weighting requirement for
residential loans unchanged. The rule also eases proposed standards on
community banks and extends the time period for banks to adopt the new
standards, but it also imposes some new standards on the country's largest
banks. NAR is looking carefully at the rule, which is extensive and impacts all
bank lending activity, and will be providing a more detailed analysis in the
future.
Private Disaster Insurance Market Not
Working
The private market for
natural disasters insurance isn't working, forcing the federal government to
resort to taxpayer-funded disaster aid every time a major hurricane, tornado,
flood, earthquake, or other disaster hits, NAR says in a letter to the U.S.
Treasury last week. NAR provided its input to Treasury's Federal Insurance
Office, which is writing a report on the state of the disaster insurance market
as part of flood insurance reform that was enacted last year.
COMMERCIAL RE:
Commercial Lead Rules Premature, NAR
Says
NAR reiterated its point
that the federal government must do more research before issuing lead-based
paint rules on the renovation, repair, and painting of public and commercial
buildings. Harold Huggins of Harold Huggins Realty in Burtonsville, Md.,
who testified before EPA on behalf of NAR, IREM, and
the CCIM Institute, said the federal government lacks data on the prevalence of
lead-based paint in commercial and public buildings and hasn't considered
the difference between these types of property and residential property, among
other things.
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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.
REALTOR®:
Robert
Johnson, Johnson Company Realty (Second Publication)
Robin
L. Stout, R. L. Stout Realty (Second Publication)
