November 2005 Issue GLAR Rakes in Awards at KAR Convention

November 2005 Issue
Calendar
Thursday, November 3
Roundtable/ Coffee Hour
Thursday, November 3
Fall Day at the Races
Friday, November 4
Realtor® Rookie Meeting
Wednesday, November 9
Board Forms Meeting
GLAR Rakes in Awards at KAR Convention
The KAR Convention held here in Louisville in September was
a great success! Hundreds of Realtors® from Louisville and
around the State attended. GLAR walked away with numerous
awards including the award for Best Education Class and for
Best Community Service Project in the State.
Also at this year’s convention, William P. Snyder was
honored with Kentucky’s first ever Distinguished Service
Award for Lifetime Achievement (see story below).
Rosemary Nobles was elected to the KAR Board of
Directors joining fellow GLAR Members Charles Ballard
and Santosh Bhatt (Region III Director). Congratulations!
A special thank you to Rosemary Nobles and the Convention Committee for all
their hard work, making this year’s state convention like no other!
Friday, November 10
Veterans Day
Thursday, November 24
Thanksgiving Holiday
Association Office CLOSED
Friday, November 25
Association Office CLOSED
Monday, November 28
New Member Orientation
Greater Louisville Association
of REALTORS®
6300 Dutchmans Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: 502.894.9860
Fax: 502.894.9866
www.LouisvilleRealtors.com
Snyder Receives Kentucky’s First Distinguished
Service Award
William P. Snyder, a member of GLAR since 1953, was honored at this year’s KAR
Convention with the State’s first ever Distinguished Service
Award for Lifetime Achievement.
To obtain this prestigious award, the recipient must have at
least 25 years of membership in the Kentucky Association of
Realtors® including holding leadership positions at the local,
state and national level; be currently active in the real estate
industry; and recognized as a local leader whose performance
of service and involvement in political and community
activities is extraordinary. Anyone who knows Mr. Snyder can attest that his
service exceeds this criteria! Congratulations Mr. Snyder, and thank you for all of
your years of dedicated service to the real estate profession.
GLAR Holiday Party
Mark your calendars for the GLAR Holiday Party on Tuesday,
December 6th from 5:30 - 8:30pm at The Kentucky Derby
Museum. If you’re an Affiliate Member of the Association and
would like to be a sponsor of this event, please contact Karla
Murphy at (502)894-9860.
Introducing Your 2005-2006 Blue Ribbon Affiliates
2005 - 06
GLAR
Board of Directors
President
Andrew Pruitt
President-Elect
Joe Simms
Secretary/Treasurer
Rosemary Nobles
Secretary/Treasurer-Elect
Mike Farrar
Vice President
Jacqueline Klein
The following Affiliate Members of GLAR have met the established criteria
to become a Blue Ribbon Affiliate for the fiscal year of October 2005 through
September 2006. Blue Ribbon Affiliates are affiliate members who have shown
outstanding support for the Realtor® community and the Greater Louisville
Association of Realtors®. Contact information on these companies is located on
our website at www.LouisvilleRealtors.com, under the Services Directory on the
front page, and are indicated by the Blue Ribbon Logo that you see below.
A-1 Pest Control Inc.
AmeriSpec Home Inspection
Borders & Borders
Bright Pest Control
Dennis J. Stilger, P.S.C.
Fifth Third Bank
First American Home Warranty
First Horizon Home Loans
First Omni Mortgage
Greg Jones Home Inspections
Hebel & Hornung, P.S.C.
Jagoe Homes
Jason C. Vaughn, Atty. at Law
Mapother & Mapother, PSC
National City Mtg. Co.
Pitt & Frank Attorneys
Rookies Meeting
New Members! Mark your calendar for the next Rookies Meeting on Friday,
November 4, 2005 from 9:00am to 11:00am. These meetings are FREE and
geared toward new agents. These sessions are open to members with less than 2
years of experience. To register, go to our website at www.LouisvilleRealtors.com
and log in to IMS, then click on Register for Events.
Vice President
Nelson Collins
Commercial Chair
Doug Owen
MSI President
Paul Odgen
Immediate Past President
Kathy McGann
KAR Regional Director
Santosh Bhatt
Charles Ballard
Steve Elmore
Linda Gibson Cecil
Donna Gordon
Evelyn Pusateri
Jan Scholtz
Robert Strain
November is Realtor® Designation Awareness Month
The National Association of Realtors® has named November as Realtor®
Designation Awareness Month. NAR established November as an important
month in which to encourage its members to Keep It In The Family by starting,
completing or continuing an official NAR-endorsed designation program through
NAR or one of its affiliates.
An industry that moves as fast as real estate demands continuing education
throughout one’s career. Successful agents must keep current on issues, evolving
technology, changing legalities, and many other central components of the
business. NAR and its nine Institutes, Societies and Councils offer twenty
advanced education designation and certification programs to help members
remain up-to-date in such a dynamic environment. Although other designations
exist, only these twenty carry an official NAR endorsement.
Today’s market expects the highest level of expertise from each Realtor®. In both
their heightened proficiency and increased marketability, Realtors® who pursue
professional designations have a distinct competitive edge. An NAR 2005 Member
Survey shows that Realtors® without an NAR designation earned a median of
$40,900, while those that indicated a designation earned a median of $82,900.
For a complete list of the official NAR family of designations and certifications,
visit http://www.realtor.org/runivers.nsf/pages/DesignationAwarenessMonth.
Letter From Your MSI President - Paul Ogden
Computers, smart cell phones, e-mail, digital cameras, are all the new “tools of
our trade.” Many of us recall when these new fangled gadgets called fax machines
were the cutting edge of technology. What was that NAR statistic from a few
years ago... that the average Realtor® is 54 years old and the average buyer is 28.
Sound like a generation gap ? Those 28 year olds expect us to be able to provide
services at their level… they want us to be able to send e-mails from our cars, send
them forms on-line, be able to access the MLS from places other than our desks.
2005 - 06
MSI
Board of Directors
President
Paul Ogden
President-Elect
Allison Bartholomew
Secretary/Treasurer
Wallace Fluhr
Commercial Representative
Paul Ogden
GLAR President
Andrew Pruitt
Ginny Carnes
Brad DeVries
Glenn Edelen
Merle Edmiston
John Fischbach
Kim Hayes Ricca
Ken Jones
Paul Kirkpatrick
Charlie Lotze
Pat Parks
Harrell Tague
Should I upgrade my digital camera to an 8 pixel one? Does my next cell phone
need GPS ? What about one of those tablet PC’s?
With all those options, what tools will help me best? Please don’t get caught
up in technology or MLS tunnel vision, as some of us may be guilty of. The
absolute best tool you have is YOU, yourself. All of the gadgets and toys are not
to be overlooked, but they play only a supporting role. You, your knowledge,
your experiences, your access to resources, and your professionalism are the
best tools in this industry. Your association is here to serve you. Let GLAR play
that supporting role of providing a viable MLS, providing classes, technology
consulting, etc. Could it be that the “cutting edge of technology” is YOU, the
professional Realtor®.
NAR Announces New CEO
Dale Stinton, NAR’s CFO/CIO, has been named successor to Terry McDermott
as the association’s EVP/CEO effective Nov. 1. “I believe Stinton’s selection is an
outstanding endorsement from the membership of our culture
and performance and as such is a complement to us all,” said
McDermott.
NAR’s search committee screened scores of applications and
conducted numerous individual interviews before agreeing
on Stinton unanimously. Stinton’s appointment caps a 24year career that began in 1981 when he joined NAR’s Finance
Department. He became Chief Financial Officer in 1991 and
added the title of Chief Information Officer in 1998. He is
a graduate of Western Illinois University and has an MBA from DePaul. He is a
CPA, a Certified Management Accountant, and a Certified Association Executive.
Realtor® Roundtable/Coffee Hour
Topic: Buying - Selling - Listing Vacant Land and Farms
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Don’t miss the next Realtor® Roundtable/Coffee Hour. A Panel will be leading
a discussion on Buying, Selling and Listing Vacant Land and Farms. Join us
on Thursday, November 3, 2005 at the Association Office.
Enjoy networking with your fellow Realtor® over coffee and
pastries beginning at 8:30am followed by our presentation at
9:00. Attendees will be eligible to win a $50 gift. To register
for this FREE program , logon to www.LouisvilleRealtors.
com and register via Internet Membership Services (IMS),
under Events. Thank you to last month’s sponsors Bright Pest offee Hour
Control and Monsour Builders.
Pre-Order Now! Just 40 Cents!
2006 Calendar Magnets
This year we have a Holiday Realtor®
Calendar with Dec. 2005, and a place
for a small note on each month. Each
calendar comes with it’s own envelope.
You can fax the Realtor® Store @ 502894-9866 and pre-order in quantities
of 25, 50, 100 or 200 pieces. The
Store staff will be looking for your fax
or online IMS orders today! Sorry no
shipping.
Also, don’t forget to drop by the
Realtor® Store for all our Holiday
Items that will be available during the
Holiday Season. Great Gifts for all!!
Report shows Louisville Housing Market in Excellent
Shape
With home prices rising strongly in most parts of the country, there has been
widespread media coverage on the possibility of a housing market bust. A
thorough analysis of the Louisville metro market by the Research Division of the
National Association of Realtors® reveals that there is very little danger of this. In
fact, the local housing market is in excellent shape with a potential for significant
housing equity gains, particularly for homebuyers who plan to remain in their
house for the long run.
The local market has very favorable home price-to-income ratio and even better
mortgage servicing cost-to-income ratio. The latter ratio is currently below the
local historical average. It implies no widespread financial overstretching to
purchase a home in the region. Any respectable gains in the local job market
will translate into substantial home price gains.. A copy of the full report with
statistical date is available online on the front page of the MLS.
Education Update
The Education Department at GLAR would like all members to know we are
planning an upcoming year that will offer our membership one of the most
exciting array of course offerings ever! We are adding several new classes and
continuing some of your old favorites. Most notably this coming year will
bring the addition of the 48 hour Broker Law Course that is going to be taught
at our facility. This will allow students to complete both the 48 hour Broker
Management and 48 Broker Law classes at GLAR.
If you still need to meet your education requirement for the current year, check
the availability of our courses for 2005 at www.LouisvilleRealtors.com, Internet
Membership Services (IMS). This site will be the best resource for you to use
to find out what classes still have openings. Remember, classes this time of
year fill up quickly! Don’t wait - register today!
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Here is a good way to advise your clients on how to
select professional appraisal services. Hand them a copy
of the Appraisers’ qualification sheet.
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Tony DeMala, Engineer
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set outs. Sellers need help moving out or buyer moving
in? We can service you with professional moving of any
size. References & Licensed. Call your fellow Realtor
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Mortgage Companies
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mind. Give us a call today to schedule your next home
inspection and receive a $15.00 discount for mentioning
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Pest Control/Repairs
BRIGHT PEST CONTROL CO. Specializing in
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Virtual tour packages starting
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Photo packages start at $55.
Tour packages uploaded to
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Annual Meeting Photos
Welcome New Members!
Joan Allen, New Homes Realty, Inc.
Ginnie Arnold, Exit Elite Realty
Kathy Ballard, Betty Seay Realty
Jerry L. Bom, Semonin REALTORS
Sandy Branham, Louisville Real Estate Co. Inc
Nathan Brown, Patriot Real Estate LLC
Dennis L. Cole, Metts Company REALTORS
Whit Courtenay, Semonin REALTORS
Kathy DeVeau, DeVeau Appraisals
Betty Drechsel, Semonin REALTORS
Jennifer Dunlap, Semonin REALTORS
Frank J. Durso, Kentucky Appraisal
Craig Eibel, Eibel Appraisal Service
Jeff Ellison, Faulkner Real Estate Corporation
Lynn M. Geib, Century 21 Advantage Plus
Jamie Haarman, Semonin REALTORS
Linda Hayes, Camp Gilezan REALTORS
Russell Hendricks, ERA-Kepple-Keene, REALTORS
Janet J. Hockersmith, RE/MAX Associates of Lou.
Kristi Hutchins, Betty Seay Realty
Ron Jones, Exit Elite Realty
Clayton Knauer, Semonin REALTORS
Chris Koerner, Pioneer REALTORS, LLC
Nikki J. Korosec, Korosec Appraisals
Alicia Lawson, Mayer REALTORS
Eric Ledford, Semonin REALTORS
Jane Lee, Semonin REALTORS
Teri A. Lemmons, Ken Thieneman REALTORS, Inc.
Lisa L. Lewis, Coldwell Banker/Action, RLTRS
Melzar Lowe, The Real Estate Professionals
Shawne Mardis, The Mardis Group
Phillip H Marshall, Marshall Realty Company
Patrick Mc Laughlin, Semonin REALTORS
Polly Milem, Rainey, Jones & Shaw REALTORS
Rebecca Moore, Semonin REALTORS
James E Noe, Impressive Properties
Marc Noonan, Judah Real Estate Group
Cindy Owens, Semonin REALTORS
Janet Perkins, RE/MAX Executive Group, Inc.
Candy Pierce, The Real Estate Professionals
Kristen Riddick, ABG Realtors
Amy Sager, Norton Commons Realty
Jamie Schaefer, Commercial Kentucky, Inc.
Abby Scherer, Resource Property Management, LLC
Mary H. Schulz, Kentucky Select Properties
Gary Schwenker, Coldwell Banker Action, RLTRS
Stephanie Stadlberger, Semonin REALTORS
Aaron Tasman, Rosenstein & Tasman
David L. Taylor, Century 21-Atcher-Goff R. E.
Alicia J. Wempe, Semonin REALTORS
Ernest A. Whitehouse, Semonin REALTORS
Luz M. Williams, Semonin REALTORS
Richard L. Willis, Coldwell Banker/McMahan Co.
New Affiliate Members
Paul DeSurne, Partners Mortgage, Inc.
Sarai S. Gumm, Mattingly Ford Title Services