REMINDER: ALL FLYERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY BROKER FAX

Annual Meeting & Installation Reception
Tuesday, October 9, at Fager’s Island (Ocean City) from 5 to 7 p.m. Please join us as Carole Maclure, President of the Maryland Association of REALTORS®, installs the 2007-2008 Officers and Directors. Our new President Cassie Mead and her Board of Directors will be honored with an Hors D’Oeuvres and cocktail reception. Information for the 2007 Annual Meeting was mailed to all members of the Association.  Absentee ballots were enclosed for all REALTOR® members, and we ask that you please return the ballot if you do not plan on attending the meeting.

CAR Office Closures
The association office will be closed from 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 30, to 1 p.m. on Friday, November 2. This is due to staff training, and we ask for everyone’s cooperation during this time. Thank you!

COMMUNITY SERVICE UPDATE—HOLIDAY PROJECTS

With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, it is time to get involved in the community and spread some holiday cheer. The association’s Community Service Committee invites you to join them in filling stockings for the Children’s House by the Sea (example: books, movies, small toys, games, stuffed animals). Help them to put some smiles on the faces of these children! The Committee also invites you to join them in their upcoming coat drive. Start gathering up any old coats that are just collecting dust in your closet!  If you are interested in participating in any of these events, please contact Terry Testani at 443-523-2966 or Pat Terrill at 443-497-2332. Remember, no donation is too small, and all are deeply appreciated.



Education Committee Resurrected
If you have any suggestions as to what subjects you’d be interested in having as classes, please contact anyone on the committee: Carl Ortman, Bob Nelis, Donna Allenbaugh, Bob Hammond, Kathy Opatka, or Ned Delaney. Our FIRST education seminar DEAL is as follows:

REAL ESTATE SUCCESS SUMMIT (A Howard Brinton Seminar!)
It will be held on Wednesday, October 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA.  Here is THE DEAL:  It’s ONLY $59 to CAR members! (It’s $249 AT THE DOOR!). To register call 1-800-486-7525 for Darlene (ext 202) or John (ext 223). Mention Kathy Opatka and Ocean City if you’d like to receive this special rate! NOW is a great time to find out what the rest of the country’s REALTORS® are doing to obtain business in  this correcting market!

FREE ARIS Classes Scheduled
There have been ARIS classes scheduled for October through December of 2007. There will no longer be a charge for these classes. Please refer to the Web site for registration and further details.

Fair Housing/Legislative Update Seminars
There will be Fair Housing and Legislative Update classes held on Thursday, October 18.  Please refer to our Web site for further information and registration.

Code of Ethics: Article 15
Article 15 is easily and widely misunderstood to mean that REALTORS® ought not to disparage other real estate agents or to criticize their business practices. But that is not what the article says. Full story >>

Time To Disaster-Proof Your Office
How do you feel about spending your upcoming nights sifting through piles of displaced paperwork? What about working through weekends to recover information lost from your client database? Or spending your hard-earned vacation money to redraft key legal documents? Full story >>

NAR Annual Conference & Expo
There are NO LIMITS to what you can gain at the 2007 REALTORS® Conference & Expo, November 13-16 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With hundreds of programs, networking opportunities, cutting edge technology, and more, you can customize your Conference & Expo experience to your needs and interests. Grow professionally and personally while gaining inspiration to be your very best. Special guests:

• James Taylor
• Lou Holtz
• Bill Cosby
• Doris Kearns

It’s the 2007 Conference & Expo, and what happens here, helps you everywhere! Click here to register now!