Meet Our Escrow Team. - Alaska Association of Realtors

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Meet Our Escrow Team. - Alaska Association of Realtors
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President’s Message
is the monthly publication of the
Alaska Association of REALTORS®
4205 Minnesota Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone (907) 563-7133 Fax (907) 561-1779
1-800-478-3763
www.alaskarealtors.com
AAR OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Joni Schneider, ABR, GRI
PRESIDENT-ELECT Michael Droege
VICE PRESIDENT Janice Strong
TREASURER Don McKenzie
PAST PRESIDENT Helen Jarratt, ABR,CRS
AAR DIRECTORS
Cora Carleson
Les Crane, CRS
Kevin Cross
Errol Champion
April Frick
Paula Laird
Eva Loken, ABR,CRS,GRI
PeggyAnn McConnochie, GRI
Debbie Mumma
Debbie Murphy, GRI
D’Ette Owen, GRI
Dave Somers
Chris Story
Kathy Westerberg, GRI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Sandy Eherenman, RCE
Cover photo: Mount Redoubt
Photographer: Debra Leisek, Bay Realty - Homer
Materials reported in this publication are obtained from various
sources which the Alaska Association of REALTORS® believes to be
reliable. Reasonable effort has been made to insure the accuracy of
such material. The Alaska Association of REALTORS® expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility arising directly or indirectly
out of any discrepancy, error, mistake or omission in this publication.
Opinions expressed in articles by individual authors and contributors
are not neccessarily the official opinion of the Alaska Association of
REALTORS®. The acceptance of advertising by the Alaska REALTOR® does not indicate approval or endorsement of the advertiser
or his product by the Alaska Association of REALTORS®.
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By Joni Schneider, GRI,ABR
2012 AAR President
Heartland Realty
Fairbanks
2
012 is now well on the way. By now most
of us have renewed our real estate license...
thanks to AAR’s diligent leadership, an
overcharging was averted. A big thanks to all that
responded when called to action.
On January 9th and 10th the leadership
conference was once again held in Anchorage
at the BP Energy Center. Board leaders from all
over the state participated.
Attendance was good even though the
weather wasn’t very cooperative. The theme was
held to its name: LEADERSHIP! The keynote
speaker, Matthew D. Jones, inspired us all with
his personal life of challenge. At age 32, Matt is
a three time cancer survivor and instills in others
the “can do” attitude. We will all remember VICTORY, ACTION & ATTITUDE! At one point
during his illness he couldn’t remember how to
walk. Now he enters the 26.2 mile marathons.
Truly a remarkable individual.
The second day was highlighted by our
Region 12 Vice President Gail Hartnett, flying in
from Boise, Idaho to install the new Board of Directors. However, she first gave us an in-depth explanation of the layering of leaders from national
to local and how they work together for common
goals. She truly loved Alaska; imagine if it had
been summertime’.
Next, sharing the podium, were two of our
state senators: Sen. Joe Thomas (D) Fairbanks
District-D and Sen. Kevin Meyer (R) South Anchorage District-O. They shared what is happening around the state and soon to be happening in
(President’s Message, continued on page 10)
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The NAR and RPAC leadership would like to show our
gratitude to our 2011 Major Investors from Alaska for
their generous support of the REALTOR® Party.
Thank
You
GOLDEN R
Deborah Erickson
PeggyAnn McConnochie
+Janice Strong
Glenda Feeken
Don McKenzie
STERLING R
Roger Floerchinger
Deb Moore
Bob Baer
Kelly Griebel
Debbie Murphy
Melissa Bidwell
Helen Jarratt
Misti Neville
Ruth Blackwell
Peter Jarratt
D’Ette Owen
Terry Bryan
Uli Johnson
LaVerne Pettigen
Elise Buchholz
Dave Keating
Krystal Rogers
Art Clark
Mark Korting
Mimi Rothchild
Paddy Coan
Debra Leisek
Joni Schneider
Brad Cole
Lonnie Logan
David Somers
Kevin Cross
+Eva Loken
Angie Tallant
Ryan Danhauser
Naomi Louvier
Denny Wood
Michael Droege
Wes Madden
Sandy Eherenman
Larry Maulden
+ Indicates NAR President’s Circle member.
Hall of Fame members are in orange.
RPAC Major Investors as of 10/26/2011
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of REALTORS®
Alaska REALTOR® • February 2012
1/20/2012 11:00:45 AM
2012 Legislative Priorities
Submitted by Dave Somers
Industry Issues Chairman
Somers & Associates
Fairbanks
W
ithout knowing whether proper accounting was used, it is hard to tell if
we won or lost the recent license fee
increase, but we certainly softened the blow by reducing the renewal fee to $375 from $685. There
was an incredible effort put forth by a large number of our members that brought close scrutiny by
our legislators forcing the division to rethink their
position. Not only did this save licensees approximately $750,000, it forced a complete review of
how the division allocates costs and accounts for
our money. The fee increase was the first part of
the battle. Now we follow up by keeping the issue on the front burner until things are headed in
the right direction. There is also an outside consultant that has been hired by the state to review
and make recommendations to the cost allocation
analysis process. This review will be completed
during this legislative session. An internal review
brought about by our industry’s reaction to the
questionable accounting practices already showed
that the real estate licensees were paying 16% too
much in the allocation of the general pool in the
division. We will also be following the discussion
on how fines levied in the real estate sector can be
properly credited back to us.
approximately $150,000 of trust funds and the
same broker was left in charge of the trust funds
to close things out because there was no other option. The second area covered is on AS08.88.398.
This statute was changed years ago to allow a licensee to pay another licensee as an assistant. The
law at that time mandated that only the employing
broker could pay a licensee. Even though the law
clearly states otherwise, some have interpreted
this to mean that they can have licensed assistants that have their license hanging in a different office. The language added to our current bill
clarifies that a licensed assistant has to have their
license hanging in the same office. The last area
this bill covers deals with licensees donating part
of their commission to charities. Current law does
not allow this. The bill, if passed as filed, states
that a licensee may contribute part of their commission to a charitable organization and advertise
their intent to do so.
(2012 Priorities, continued on page 10)
The following is a list of bills we will be monitoring or involved with this session:
House Bill 267 sponsored by Representive Munoz and Representative Olson - This is a bill that
AAR put together to address three issues. The first
item this bill covers is the temporary assignment
of a licensee to oversee the affairs of a real estate
business by the real estate commission in the event
the broker has been misappropriating trust funds.
The flaw in our statutes was made very apparent
in a recent case where a broker had “borrowed”
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Real Estate Commission Update
also intended to create consistency in the information presented by different instructors.
Submitted by Anita Bates
AREC Commissioner
Bates & Associates, REALTORS®
Anchorage
A
t this writing, the Alaska Real Estate
Commission staff is in the throes of license renewal for 2012 -2014. As most
licensees know, the licensing fee was established
in December, 2011, with an effective date of January 9, 2012. This means that no licensees were
able to renew their licenses before this date due to
the 30 day waiting period between adoption and
becoming effective. As a result, the Commission
staff is seeing a large number of licensees renewing on line. Licensees are encouraged to renew as
soon as possible and not wait until the last minute.
Remember, the penalty for late renewal is $250.
In the October issue of the Alaska Realtor,
the Commission announced the new designated
continuing education (DCE) topics for the 20122014 licensing period. They include four 2-hour
modules on: Licensing Relationships; Property
Disclosures & Inspections; Risk Management &
Real Estate License Law; and Contracts & Customer/Client Services. Along with establishing
the topics, the Commission included some specific objectives for course developers to provide
guidelines for including information deemed important in each topic area. This framework is
Finally, at the December, 2011 meeting,
the Commission discussed the “Implementation
of Civil Fines” as presented by Susan Winton,
Senior Investigator with the Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations, Businesses, and
Professional Licensing. This policy is designed
to provide another means of controlling and reducing the amount of open investigations as well
as expediting disciplinary actions where violations have occurred. It is intended to impose a
civil fine without censure or reprimand and is already provided as a tool for the Commission in
Alaska Statutes. It would not be applied in cases
of fraud, inability to practice competently or in
instances where the public might be harmed. The
groundwork for this type of authority has been
established with the adoption of the Category of
Complaints and Disciplinary Sanctions (the Fine
Matrix) in 2010. The Fine Matrix established
categories of violations and appropriate disciplinary sanctions to be applied under the law, many
of which can be dealt with using implementation
of a Civil Fine. This will be discussed further at
future Commission meetings.
The Alaska Real Estate Commission
meets next on March 7, 2012, in Anchorage, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the Atwood Building, Ste.
1270.
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2011 Real Estate Achievements
D
espite a challenging year in many respects, 2011 was a year that reinforced
the value of homeownership for families and communities across the country. Most
Americans still believe in the American dream of
owning their own home, and Realtors® remained
actively engaged to ensure that housing and homeownership issues were first on the nation’s public policy agenda.
This meant fewer people had access to affordable mortgage loans. The Alaska Association of
Realtor® and its members, along with Realtors®
across the country, successfully persuaded legislators to reinstate the higher loan limit formula.
In addition, Realtors® ensured that the
National Flood Insurance Program was extended
for an additional six months through May 31,
2012. The National Association of REALTORS®
Last year could be described as a re- continues to work with members of Congress on a
building year, as well as one full of tremendous longer extension.
achievements. The market showed signs of imLooking toward 2012, there are several
provement, and more than ever, people aspired
to become homeowners. Throughout the past crucial issues ahead. Realtors® will be keeping an
year Realtors® across the country have worked eye on efforts to reform the secondary mortgage
hard to make sure everyone who is willing and market to ensure that future home buyers have acable to assume the responsibilities of owning a cess to affordable mortgage financing. Preserving
home should have the opportunity to pursue that
dream.
“A typical home sale pumps
a total of $60,000 into the economy
In 2011 the National Association of Realover time. The importance of the
tors® released data that showed a significant mahousing market in relation to our
jority of today’s homeowners and renters agree
nation’s well-being couldn’t be
that owning a home is a smart long-term decimore evident than it is right now.”
sion. In addition, more renters than ever before
said they aspire to homeownership. Housing is
also crucial to the local economy,
the mortgage interest deduction will also remain a
top priority for Realtors® this year.
Housing accounts for more than 15% of
the Gross Domestic Product, making it a key
Homeownership matters to individuals,
driver in our national economy. A typical home families and America. In addition to helping peosale pumps a total of $60,000 into the economy ple achieve their dreams of owning a home, the
over time for furniture, home improvements and Realtor® organization will continue to work tirerelated items. The importance of the housing mar- lessly in 2012 to protect and sustain opportunities
ket in relation to our nation’s well-being couldn’t for responsible homeownership.
be more evident than it is right now.
Article provided by the National Association of
Realtors® helped reshape housing poli- REALTORS®.
cies throughout 2011 on behalf of would-be home
buyers, sellers and owners. On October 1, 2011,
Congress allowed conforming loan limits to revert from 125% of the local area median home
price to 115% of the local median home price.
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Alaska REALTOR® • February 2012
1/20/2012 11:01:14 AM
Association News
Dave Feeken
Scholarship Foundation
The Dave Feeken Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
was established in 2010 in memory of REALTOR
Dave Feeken. The Scholarship Foundation is designed to assist persons in the real estate field who
are seeking to obtain a related designation such as
GRI (Graduate, Realtors Institute), CPM (Certified Property Manager), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), CAE (Certified Realtor Executive),
CRB (Certified Real Estate Broker Manager) and
the many other designations and certifications in
the real estate related fields.
Scholarships are for tuition only and are limited
to one person per calendar year; no more than one
course with a beginning date during any calendar
year shall be considered. Scholarships will be
granted for the course requested and only for such
courses that lead to a real estate related professional designation or certification. The Officers of
the Foundation will determine the dollar amount
of the scholarships for a particular course, which
may vary from time to time, depending upon the
funds available. Download an application at www.
alaskarealtors.com.
www.YourNewAlaskaHome.org
Alaska Homeownership Simpified - This new website answers most real estate questions, provides
links to valuable industry resources and makes the
home buying process easier to understand. Whether you’re considering buying your first home, are
an experienced homeowner, or work in Alaska’s
real estate industry, www.YourNewAlaskaHome.
org has valuable information for you. The Alaska
Association of REALTORS has developed this
one-stop shopping website where you’ll find any
and all groups and agencies that exist to assist with
the home buying process. Your comments are appreciated - let us know what you think of the site.
Congratulations
2011 REALTORS® of the Year
Janice Strong
Strong Appraisals
Alaska Association of REALTORS®
D’Ette Owen
Keller Williams Realty
Anchorage Board of REALTORS®
Angie Tallant
Somers & Associates
Greater Fairbanks Board
of REALTORS®
Dorothy Cunningham
Five Star Realty
Kachmak Board of REALTORS®
Marty Radvansky
Soldotna Realty
Kenai Peninsula Association
of REALTORS®
Debbie White
Prudential Southeast Alaska RE
Southeast Alaska Board
of REALTORS®
Krystal Rogers
RE/MAX Dynamic of the Valley
The Real Estate Center
Valley Board of REALTORS®
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(2012 Priorities, continue from page 5)
(President’s Message, continued from page 3)
House Bill 40 sponsored by Representatives Kawasaki and Petersen - This bill would allow a
municipality to adopt an ordinance increasing the
property tax exemption for real property from
$20,000 to $100,000.
Juneau. They touched on education, energy, infrastructure and the future fate of our resources.
Following along that line, our lobbyist in Juneau,
Denny DeWitt, brought us up to speed as to what
will be of import to our organization. We also heard
from our wonderful RPAC cheerleaders, Paddy
Coan (chairman of the Trustee Committee), Janice Strong (newly appointed Region 12 Trustee)
and Michael Droege (our Go-To Guy it seems, for
everything), President Elect, NAR Director and
the Trustee Rep to a higher level of RPAC! By the
end of our two days they had a resounding number
of “Major Investors” already on board...32 of the
43 we need to claim the “President Circle” award.
We have been close, receiving the triple crown,
but this year we are going all in and bringing one
back to Alaska!
House Bill 90 sponsored by Representatives
Neuman and Feige - This bill would allow a
widow/widower of a disabled veteran to continue
to receive personal property tax exemptions.
House Bill 240 sponsored by Representative
Chenault -This bill allows a person with a state
permit for a cabin to rebuild the cabin if destroyed
by fire.
Senate Bill 104 sponsored by French - This bill
establishes a process to convert manufactured
homes to real property.
Senate Bill 122 sponsored by Senator Egan
This bill would require a title company doing
business in Alaska have a title officer licensed
in the State of Alaska sign all title commitments.
This bill would also ban the use of private transfer
fees.
All reporting committees: Dave Somers,
Industry Issues; Don McKenzie, Operations;
Helen Jarrett, Education; and Chris Story, Communications, seemed to be really enthusiastic and
looking forward to a fantastic year. I really want
to thank each and everyone that attended the conference and as always, Sandy Eherenman, who
makes my job easy and fun!
House Bill 264 sponsored by Munoz
This bill would allow the deferral of municipality property taxes on the increase of value of real Let’s keep the energy & enthusiasm growing!
property attributed to subdivision of that property.
We are also still looking at changes to the
Landlord Tenant Act in the areas of how long a
broker should have to refund deposits, definition
of wear and tear and finding a way to mandate
that carpets should be cleaned in certain circumstances. We have not filed a bill here as we feel
we need more input and direction.
In our next update report we should have
our positions established on the above referenced
bills. As these and other issues arise during the
session we may be calling once again on all our
members to get involved. Please be ready to respond to your calls for action. Your response to
the license fee increase is a shining example of
what we can all accomplish together.
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Second Session has Begun in Juneau
he second session of the 27th Alaska Legislature is shaping up to be a challenging
session with the Governor and Legislature
far apart on several major issues.
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• Goose Creek Correctional Center opens—increasing operating costs by $29 million.
The Governor is committed to reducing taxes on
the oil industry; the Senate strongly opposes any
changes to the current tax structure. The Governor supports depositing surplus revenues into the
Constitutional Budget Reserve savings account,
the House and Senate want to spend the surplus
to build much needed infrastructure in the state.
On December 15, 2011 the Governor released his
proposed operating and capital budget. I have
outlined some highlights below:
• $8 million is appropriated to the Performance
Scholarship Fund. To date more than 2,000
Alaska students have qualified for the Alaska
Performance Scholarship program.
On The Revenue Side
Alaska has nearly $13 billion in savings, not
counting the Permanent Fund. Ninety-two percent of Alaska’s revenues are attributable to oil.
The Governor based his budget on a per barrel
price of $109. The proposed FY 2012 budget will
leave additional surplus revenues of $3.7 billion.
The Legislature is likely to add at least $1 billion
of this surplus to the savings account and utilize
most of the remaining revenue to fund priority
capital projects.
The operating and capital budgets total $12.1 billion with $6.4 billion coming from state general
funds. The proposed general fund budget is $612
million (8.7% less than the current year). Most
of this reduction comes from reduced capital budget spending, as the proposed operating budget
increases 4.2 percent.
The Operating Budget
Here are the details of the 4.2 percent increase.
• The Office of Management and Budget is eliminating 289 vacant full-time and part-time positions in FY 2013. The move will allow the state to
better absorb new positions coming online with
the completion of the Goose Creek Correctional
Center.
• The budget forward-funds and fully funds K12 public education and pupil transportation.
• Unfunded Pension Liability—Increasing by
$131 million, for a total of $610.5 million. Several legislators support addressing the unfunded
liability while the state is awash in revenues.
• Medicaid Formula Costs—Increasing by
$131 million total, $45 million of General
Funds. Most of the increase is driven by federal
mandates.
• Employee labor contracts increasing by $66
million total: $34 million of this increase is
General Fund.
• Funding for 16 law enforcement officers
across the state, additional funding for domestic violence shelters and housing for victims.
Capital Highlights
The proposed capital budget totals $1.8 billion,
including $882 million in state general funds.
Below are some of the projects funded in the
Governor’s capital budget.
One billion dollars is appropriated for infrastructure projects including roads and airports,
the marine highway, municipal water and sewer
projects, harbors, and deferred maintenance.
• Roads to Resources ($28.5 million) – This
appropriation includes funding for access to the
Ambler Mining District, Umiat-Foothills West,
a western access route through Tanana, the
Klondike Industrial Use Highway, and other resource roads. The funding will be used for project definition, permitting, environmental work,
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•
Copper River Native Association Health
Clinic - $6 million
and right-of-way acquisition.
• Alaska Marine Highway – Funding to build • $24 million for the school major maintenance
account.
new ferry - $60 million
Statewide Ports
• State Museum, library and archives – rehabiliGovernor Parnell is proposing a $350 million
tation - $20 million
general obligation bond package for the follow• Rural power system upgrades - $13 million
ing port projects throughout the state:
• Ketchikan bridge replacements - $9 million
• MatSu Borough road bond package match - • Port of Anchorage - $200 million
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough - Port MacKenzie
$20 million
Rail Extension - $110 million
• Seward heavy equip diesel shop - $6 million
• City of Seward – Community Development
• Renewable energy grants - $25 million
Quota Home Port - $10 million
• Weatherization - $30 million
• Bristol Bay Borough Port Improvements - $10
• Home energy rebates - $20 million
• Bulk fuel & rural power systems - $15 million million
• Full funding for power cost equalization - $38 • City of Emmonak Port Improvements - $10
million
million
• Ketchikan Gateway Borough – Ward Cove Port
• New school in Emmonak - $35 million
Improvements - $10 million.
• New school Koliganet - $25 million
• Bethel Youth Facility upgrade - $10 million
Submitted by Wendy Chamberlain
• Nome State office building - $10 million
AAR Lobbyist
• Friends of Jesse Lee Home - $5 million
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2012 Convention Information
“September 11-14, 2012 - Girdwood, Alaska”
Tentative Schedule
he Alaska Association of REALTORS
2012 annual convention will be held
Tuesday – Friday, September 9 – 14, 2012 Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Directors Meeting
at the Hotel Alyeska in Girdwood, Alaska. The 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Ice Breaker
theme of the convention is “REALTORS® In the 6:00 – 11:00 PM
Running,” being it is an election year.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Breakfast
This year’s conference will feature guest speak- 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Opening Ceremony
ers Dave Mitchell and Amy Chorew. Dave’s 9:15 – 9:30 AM
Dave Mitchell- Keynote
style is often best described by a term he coined 9:30 – 12:30 PM
PP/ROTY Luncheon
– enter-train-ment. Dave takes great pride in us- 12:30 – 2:00 PM
Education/Workshop
ing proven principles in applied performance and 2:30 – 4:30 PM
Wine Tasting/Reception
cognitive psychology and delivering a high im- 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Dinner/Affiliate Night
pact training experience that is also incredibly 6:30 – 8:30 PM
entertaining. Amy has been in and around Real
Estate since 1981. As an experienced salesperson Thursday, September 13, 2012
Breakfast
and marketing director for some of Connecticut’s 8:00 – 9:00 AM
General Membership Mtg
prestigious brokerages, she expanded into teach- 9:00 – 11:30 AM
Lunch on Your Own
ing REALTORS to use technology in 1995. Her 11:30 –1:00 PM
Educational Workshops
knowledge of the latest technologies along with 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Trade Show/Reception
her unique ability to translate it all into easy-to- 4:00 - 6:00 PM
RPAC Dinner/Auction
understand language makes her a consistently 6:30 – 8:30 PM
8:30 – 12:00 AM
ARPAC Night/Dancing
top-rated trainer throughout the country.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Friday, September 14, 2012
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Education - Amy Chorew
There are sponsor opportunities available for the 9:00 – 11:00
CRS Lunch
2012 convention. By being an event sponsor 11:30 – 1:00 PM
Education – Amy Chorew
your company has the opportunity to market your 1:30 – 4:30 PM
ARPAC Cocktail Party
business to REALTORS® from all over Alaska. 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Dinner/Awards Night
For addition information, please contact the AAR 6:45 – 8:30 PM
8:30 – 12:00
Dancing
office at 563-7133.
Trade Show
In the interest of improving communications between trade, professional and
service organizations and REALTORS®,
there will be a trade show on Thursday,
September 13, from 4:00pm - 6:00pm.
Exhibitor forms will be available on www.
alaskarealtors.com. For additional information, please contact the AAR office.
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News Bites from Around the
Anchorage
The Anchorage Board of REALTORS® will be co-hosting the
annual convention with the Association from September 11
through September 14th at the
Alyeska Resort. In light of 2012
being an election year, the theme
is “REALTORS® in the Running”. D’Ette Owen and Jan
Rednall are co-chairwomen.
First American Title Insurance
generously presented 8 hours of
continuing education to ABR’s
membership. 20 hours of continuing education was offered in
December and 8 hours designated
credit hours will be offered January 20th. The Anchorage Board,
Valley Board, and Alaska Association are offering the entire
GRI series in 2012, beginning in
February. Of the 4-day course, 2
days will be held in Anchorage
and 2 days held in the Valley.
Kachemak
Submitted by Kathy Westerberg
2012 President
The Kachemak Board of Realtors
thanks Sharon Minsch, Past President, for her devoted service to
the Board and its members. We
are pleased to announce KBR’s
2012 officers:
Kathy Westerburg, President, Peg Belcastro,
President-Elect, Dorothy Cunningham, VP, Shelly Stradling
Secretary and EO, John Calhoun,
Treasurer, and Directors at Large
Nicky Pinsky, Gina Pelaia, and
Karen Marquardt. KBR continues its goal of providing education for its members and is currently working on bringing a CRS
class to Homer in late fall. We
continue our tradition of providing scholarships to local high
school students and supporting
local non-profits.
compared to 62 in 2010. That’s
a decrease in gross market value
from $14,283,622 to $12,944,995.
Historically, the Kodiak housing
market has been strong for many
years, and the fact that we have a
significant need for low and average priced homes, coupled with
the regular yearly transfer of a
large number of residents, could
help to keep our market from
making a drastic downward shift
this year.
As we begin a new year, one fact
remains in Kodiak. The Kodiak
Board of Realtors continues to
surpass the 100% RPAC contribution goal each year and 2011 was
no exception. The KBR Christmas party last month raised over
$1000 at our annual fundraising
auction. Over 50 members, affiliates, family members and friends
were in attendance at the Best
Western Kodiak Inn, enjoying a
lovely dinner and live jazz music,
courtesy of the KHS Jazz Band.
Thank you to all those who donated auction items and to those
who bid so generously to support
the Realtors Political Action Committee. The money collected will
go to support industry goals which
affect real estate professionals in
our state legislature and city halls.
These donations help us to maximize our political clout in Washington D.C., Juneau and in our local communities.
Kodiak
The annual Market Forecast Submitted by Paula Laird
Luncheon was held at the An- 2012 President
chorage Sheraton Hotel on January 4th. Speakers include Neal Now that January 2012 is already
Fried, State of Alaska economist, almost over, it is a reminder that
Jeff Thon, Jack White Commer- the pages of the calendar will turn
cial, and Jennifer Toomer, Keller quickly. It will be an interestWilliams. In April, ABR will be ing year in real estate as we wait
hosting a luncheon with Senator and watch how the 2012 market
unfolds. Last year showed us a
Begich.
noticeable adjustment in sales
In December, Senator Begich of- volume and value. Higher propfered to attend a sales meeting. A erty taxes, less buying power for
small session was held with the buyers, and tighter lender restricSenator at Real Estate Brokers of tions in recent years also seem
Alaska. 13 Members of the An- to have affected Kodiak’s mar- Kodiak Board of Realtors’ 2012
chorage Board are RPAC Major ket somewhat. Here, Realtors goals include:
Donors.
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saw 56 residential sales in 2011,
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1. To continue to exceed the RPAC fundraising goal;
2. To keep an informed board on all of the state and
national real estate legislation and the future of the
(L-R; Kodiak Holiday Party; Vic Laird, Paula Laird,
Becky Shields, Grant Shields, Don MacKenzie, Eloise
Lenhert, Joann Brodie & Bob Brodie)
industry; 3. To continue informative public marketing which shows the value of using Realtors; and 4.
To continue attending borough and city joint work
session meetings, voicing concern over Kodiak’s
housing shortage and offering remedies/suggestions
on how the shortage can be lessened in the long
term.
The goals for 2012 include offering a presentation
to service clubs and the Chamber of Commerce on
the “State of Real Estate in Southeast.” The objective is to share the status of real estate sales over the
past four years and discuss assessed values versus
market values in real estate. There are less than ten
states that are “non-disclosed” for real estate transactions which means Alaskan assessors do not have
access to property sales data. The presentation will
conclude with a pitch on why one should use a licensee when buying and selling real property.
Another goal is to strengthen our classroom education on the Code of Conduct and Ethical Real Estate
Practices. With the recent attempt by the Division
of Professional Licensing to raise the bi-annual fee
because of increased investigations and complaints,
it is important that our training stay focused on these
topics. I welcome the opportunity to serve as your
President for 2012 and ask you to contact any board
member with your questions and feedback.
As I look forward to 2012, I anticipate a valuable
learning experience and a positive and productive year as we all work together in Kodiak toward the same goals. Here’s to a new
year, a new challenge and new knowledge!
Southeast
Submitted by Errol Champion
2012 President
The SEABR 2012 officers are Past President
Mimi Rothchild, President Errol Champion,
President-Elect Scott Wagner, Vice President
Jim Preston, Treasurer Misti Neville, and
Secretary Honey Bee Anderson. At the annual meeting auction, SEABR raised $2,435
for charity and $6,365 for RPAC. Thanks to
everyone who donated items for the auction
and those who purchased them. A special
thanks to planning and decorating committee
members Bethany Woods, Audra Peterson,
Mimi Rothchild, Julie Moe, Debbie White
and Debbie Lewis. And thanks to Bethany
Woods, who did a great job as our auctioneer!
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Alaska Chapter Council of Residential Specialists
3340 Arctic Blvd. Suite 101 • Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Earn the CRS Designation
The Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) Designation is the professional Designation
offered by the Council of Residential Specialists. The CRS Designation is the highest
professional designation awarded to REALTORS® in the residential sales field. Fewer
than 5 percent of all REALTORS® hold this designation.
By Vivian Coleman, CRS
Alaska CRS Chapter President
Prudential Jack White Vista RE
Anchorage
W
elcome to the new year of 2012 wherein comes a new President, myself, and
a new President-elect, Lonnie Logan of
Re?MAX. The other members of our 2012 CRS
team include Secretary Eva Loken of Prudential
Jack White Vista/Eagle River, Education Chair
Cecelia Nims of Prudential Jack White Vista/Anchorage, Connie Giddings of RE/MAX, Treasurer
Dale Lamoreux of Keller Williams, Public Relations/Advertising Chair, and Denny Wood of Keller
Williams is the Chairperson for Membership as well
as the head of the Broker Partnership Program. Peter Jarratt of RE/MAX is Chairperson for the CRS
Website and Technology, Cheri Marston of Prudential Jack White Vista/Anchorage is Chairperson of
Programs and Events; and new to the Sponsorship
Chair is Gordon Sloan of RE/MAX. Other board
members include Gary Gearhart, Erin Eker, Beth
Simpson, Anita Bates (who is also on the Real Estate Commission Board), Jerrie Duffy of Fairbanks,
Honey Bee Anderson of Juneau, Febra Hensley of
Soldotna, Angie Newby of Homer, Lisa Conner,
our esteemed Past President and our wonderful Regional Vice President, Janelle Pfleiger. This is one
hard working board, as many of the Chairs have
been working on the committees that make things
happen for the local and state CRS members. Our
out-of-town CRS members come to Anchorage for
some of the great classes and Homer has sponsored
educational classes as well.
I would like to start out with a huge thank
you to Peggy Kelly, a former president of the Alaska
CRS Chapter, who convinced me that joining CRS
would be good for my business. It was and still is
one of my greatest resources for educational training classes and webcasts. It helped me burst through
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that attitude, of “just getting by…enough to pay the
mortgage…make car payments and a vacation or
two every year, etc.”
After joining CRS, I still did not take it seriously. It wasn’t until Janelle Pfleiger and Helen Jarratt asked me to join the board that I really learned
why CRS was good for every Realtor. It was not
just for educational purposes, but the credentials to
others in the business of being a Certified Residential Specialist meant being the best professional was
important. It is important if your career is being a
real estate licensee. It is the difference between being a high school graduate and getting your GED.
You might learn the material but you don’t get the
lessons and insights along the way. For me, I could
not learn enough about being the best in technology,
quality listing presentations, and quality buyer presentations. When I joined, five percent of the real
estate population was a member of this wonderful
group.
CRS real estate classes are designed to get
you to the top, to be one of the best professionals,
so no matter what the economic conditions, you
will still be in business, doing what you love (selling homes to the young and old alike), for as long as
you want to.
Because being a part of the Alaska State
Chapter of CRS means giving back to the community, I want to say thank you to the Anchorage Board
of Realtors. They have allowed us to sell tickets at
their functions and split the pot. One hundred percent of our proceeds go to Kid’s Kitchen, a place for
children to have a hot meal every day after school.
Elgin Jones started Kid’s Kitchen on his own. It is
one of the best places to actively give back to the
community.
Finally, I am happy to announce that our first
educational class will be April 5-6, CRS 202: Effective Buyer Sales Strategies, presented by Richard
Sands, CRS.
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Leadership Conference Highlights
T
he Alaska Association of REALTORS® recently held their annual leadership conference at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage. This year’s conference featured motivational
speaker Matt Jones along with Region 12 Vice
President Gail Hartnett, Senator Joe Thomas, Senator Kevin Meyer and Lobbyist Denny DeWitt.
Thank you to Don and Katie McKenzie for host- L-R: Gabe Stephan, Eva Loken, Krystal Rogers & Anita
ing the leadership donner in their home and thank Bates participate in a mock hearing.
you to Teresa Burnett with HSA Home Warranty
for sponsoring the dinner.
In conjunction with the conference, Diane Mosely with the National Association of REALTORS
Policy Division conducted a one-day Professional
Standards training.
L-R: Connie Bates, Uli Johnson, Becky Brewer and Michael Droege participate in a mock hearing.
Guest Speaker Matt Jones with 2012 AAR President
Joni Schneider.
L-R: Senator Joe Thomas, Don McKenzie and Senator
Kevin Meyer.
2012 Alaska Association of REALTORS® Board of Directors: L-R; Chris Story, April Frick, Dave Somers, Eva Loken, Paula Laird, Debbie Murphy, Errol Champion, Cora Carleson, Joni Schneider, Les Crane, Kevin Cross, Kathy
Westerberg, Helen Jarratt, Michael Droege, Janice Strong, Regional Vice President Gail Hartnett and Don McKenzie.
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Carol Dopkin Real Estate is celebrating 29 years in business and boasts an impeccable reputation
throughout Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley of western Colorado. Carol’s slogan “you’ll love the
attention” epitomizes the relationship she maintains with her clients. To benefit from the suite of
services that Carol enjoys, contact your HOMES & LAND Publisher.
HL7131
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Alaska Association of REALTORS®
4205 Minnesota Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
(907)563- 7133 (907)561- 1779
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