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Week of December 28, 2007..
REMINDER: ALL FLYERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WEEKLY
BROKER FAX
A Message From the MLS
Committee
Our MLS has selected Cyberhomes™, AOL
Real Estate and Google Base
for your active listings exposure!
We are thrilled to inform you that your
active property listings are now displaying on Cyberhomes.com,
AOL Real Estate and Google Base. We wanted to inform you of
the additional consumer exposure and the valuable traffic that
will be generated by this data-sharing agreement.
We should state that ARIS is still feeding
Realtor.com along with most major real estate
firms (i.e. Coldwell Banker, Long & Foster, ReMax,
etc.).
As you may already know, Cyberhomes provides
estimated home evaluations through its expert tools and
attracts more than just buyers and sellers—it brings
you homeowners and shoppers interested in listings
as well as comprehensive property data, estimated values,
demographics and local market trends. Cyberhomes also powers
AOL Real Estate—one of the largest and most engaged audiences
of real estate users online, averaging 3.5 million unique
users per month. [Source: Nielsen NetRatings, Sep.
2006-2007] On average, Cyberhomes’ users spend nearly 40
minutes per session* viewing information, which provides
sustained exposure for you and your listings. [*Source:
internal logs]
Holiday Closings
The
association office will be closed on Monday, December 31, and
Tuesday, January 1, for the New Year’s holiday. CAR wishes
everyone a happy and safe holiday season!
General
Membership Meeting
There will be a General Membership
Meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2008 from 10 a.m. to Noon at
the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City. An
agenda will be announced in early January. Please encourage
all CAR members in your office to attend and RSVP by clicking here.
 DUES
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31!
Board dues for 2008 have
been mailed and are due by December 31. Please either
submit your payment or notify us if you do not intend on
renewing your membership. If you have not yet
received a bill, please contact the Association Office at
410-641-4409.
Community Service Update
- Bill Ragusa, a long-time REALTOR® with
Century 21-New Horizons has lost his Fruitland home, the
contents and beloved pets due to a untimely fire on December
9. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time, but
it is believed to be electrical. The Community Service
Committee is asking for donations to help defray our
friend’s overwhelming replacement and housing costs. Please
make checks to: CAR and drop off all donations to the CAR
office at 314 Franklin Avenue, Suite 106, Berlin, MD 21811.
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
Beach Blanket Blood Drive is scheduled for January
30-31. We will be looking for donors and volunteers at the
start of the new year.
- At this time of year so many of our
members help others, so please let us know by e-mailing realtor@intercom.net.
Whether it was adopting a family, collecting "Toys for Tots"
etc. Even if it was through your church or a local
organization. We want to know about it. Next year we would
like to collect another C.A.R.E. award at the MAR Covention.
With your help we can do that. We just need to know:
- Who it benefited?
- Dollar amount collected?
- How many man hours you
volunteered?
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Earn
Your Workforce Housing Certification In Just Two
Days!
Coming
January 10-11
Sign Up
Now!
  The Workforce Affordable Housing Seminar
and Certification Classes will be held January 10 - 11
at the CAR office, with MAR instructors. Classes will be
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on both days, with CAR
providing lunch.
The first session on Thursday,
January 10 will be a class on "Credit Smart" and no CE
credit will be awarded.
The second session on Friday,
January 11 will have the following three classes: State
and Local Programs, Federal and National Housing
Programs, and Bridging the Gap between Availability and
Affordability. Each Friday class will award 2 CE
credits for a total of 6 CE credits.
Classes are free of
charge, but after receiving certification you
will be expected to be a member of a team that will
provide workshops for the community to educate members
of the community on programs that are available to help
them get closer to their dream of homeownership. We will
be providing workshops for the community in Worcester,
Wicomico and Somerset Counties. If you are interested in
receiving Workforce Affordable Housing Certification
and joining our team, please
click here to
register to attend.
What
We Are Currently
Exploring
We have been meeting with three
organizations to enhance and streamline our educational
offerings. CAR, The Woman’s Council, and WOR WIC
Community College are talking about a "partnership" that
envisions us sharing CE, seminars and facilities. There
are so many positive things that this partnership would
bring to all three organizations. Pay close attention to
this column to follow our efforts and look for more news
in the new year.
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