nar: Knoxville Tennessee area homebuyers can soon get a $7,500 tax credit for buying. - 07/28/08 03:19 PM
Congress has passed H.R. 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and President Bush is expected to sign it soon.
One of the immediate provisions is a $7,500 TAX CREDIT for homebuyers that have not owned a home that was their principal residence in the past 3 years.
To … (0 comments)
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nar: 60 minutes debates an empty chair - 05/14/07 03:55 PM
Just received the following from NAR regarding the recent 60 minutes segment about Realtors and our industry.
"The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® issued the following response to a May 13 segment of 60 Minutes on real estate competition. The full response is posted on REALTOR.org.CBS News Magazine Misses the Mark In the world … (3 comments)
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nar: They done me wrong............now what? - 03/12/07 10:04 PM
If you feel one of your fellow Realtors has done you wrong and in doing so violated one of the articles of Code of Ethics what could you.........what should you....do about it.
Step 1. Go to your local board or association and get an ethics violation complaint form.
Take it back … (5 comments)
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nar: How good are you??? - 02/13/07 04:00 PM
Step right up ladies and gentlement; test your real estate knowledge right here.
Self grading tests show you what you know as well as what you know that just ain't so. ;-)
Try your hand at:
RESPADO NOT CALL RULESREALTOR® Trademark usageCode of EthicsFair HousingLead Based Paint DisclosureStaging SavvyGut InstinctsAnd a whole … (24 comments)
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nar: Great real estate tips for sale.....only 2 cents each! - 02/01/07 10:23 AM
Here's what has to be one of the greatest bargains since Lucy Van Pelt in the comic strip "Peanuts" dispensed Psychiatric advice for only a nickle. ;-)
The publishers of REALTOR® Magazine have gathered 1,200 sales tips from the magazine and combined them into a book and are offering it for the bargain … (7 comments)
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nar: What being a REALTOR® is....and what it is not. - 01/28/07 11:38 AM
In order to call yourself a REALTOR® you must be a current member of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).
NAR does not issue real estate licenses so you cannot ever be a "licensed REALTOR®" because there is no such thing. States issue real estate licenses, not NAR.
Being an NAR member entitles … (8 comments)
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nar: But what have you done for me lately? - 01/22/07 06:39 PM
Our current NAR President told consumers to call a REALTOR® if you're considering a home purchase and apparently a lot of buyers have been listening.
"The percentage of consumers surveyed who are more likely to hire a Realtor® than a real estate agent who is not a Realtor® has risen from … (32 comments)
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nar: Don't like NAR or being a REALTOR®, here's an alternative - 01/12/07 12:48 PM
For those folks that are unhappy or disenchanted with the National Association of REALTORS® and their efforts to keep real estate affordable for consumers and all the rest of the services they provide to the real estate industry, there is, and has been for about 60 years now, an alternative group of real … (8 comments)
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nar: Got your 'T' shirt yet???? - 01/11/07 09:07 AM
An expression I used to hear a lot several years ago when someone asked if another person had been to the latest vaction spot, visited the latest attraction, or generally done something was: "Been there, done that, got the "T" shirt.
The same coul apply to membership in our REALTOR® organization AND participating in those … (33 comments)
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nar: Do you use the "R" word correctly??? - 10/11/06 08:55 AM
No, not that "R" word; I mean the sacred "R" word: REALTOR® in all its glory. NAR is pretty picky about how its members display the Realtor word and have even wrote a "Membership Marks Manual" that tells you in great detail both how you can and cannot use the word … (20 comments)
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nar: Procuring Cause; is it you or someone else??? - 10/06/06 01:23 PM
Legally the definition of procuring cause goes something like this.The procuring cause of a sale is that person who set in motion an uninterrupted chain of events that led to a successful sale.Sounds pretty simple at face value but anyone who has been in the business more than 6 months has … (4 comments)
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nar: NAR's Center for Realtor Technology (CRT) - 09/22/06 09:38 AM
Probably one of the least known but very useful parts of NAR is the Center for Realtor Technology (CRT).
Here's a great video that tells some of the terrific things they do: http://tinyurl.com/ff6jx
The CRT folks also have their own blog full of great information http://blog.realtors.org/crt/
They will again host the "Blogger's lounge" … (6 comments)
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nar: What a Realtor Multiple Listing System (MLS) is (and what it is not) - 09/20/06 08:45 AM
The MLS you access today to find homes to sell in your area is the current generation of a system that began many years ago.
The word “listing” is derived from the beginnings of the MLS when data about homes for sale would be typed on an actual, paper list and … (4 comments)
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nar: Top places in the US to retire - 09/14/06 09:09 PM
The current issue of "Where to Retire" magaine lists “8 low cost towns with great home buys”.
Not surprisingly my city of Knoxville, Tennessee is one of them; in fact one of the few things below average around here are home prices.
The National Association of Realtors lists $143,000 as the median price … (8 comments)
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nar: Too many 'newbies' (Realtors) - 09/12/06 10:02 AM
A few weeks ago in Inman News Marcie Geffner wrote an article titled
http://www.inman.com/InmanNews.aspx?ID=55783 "Too many real estate newbiesPerspective: Excessive supply of real estate salespeople is bad news"
in which she reiterated what we all know; there are too many people in the real estate business for the number of homes sold … (10 comments)
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nar: "The Digital Paper Trail" - 09/03/06 03:51 PM
This book is a great risk reduction tool.
Authored by Oliver Frascona, Esq., GRI, REALTOR, it covers most all aspects of real estate sales from buyers, sellers, contracts, marketing property, closing, office policies, and a host of other good stuff.
I use his buyer agency script routinely to get my buyer … (3 comments)
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nar: 2006 NAR Leadership Conference - 09/02/06 04:20 PM
This August in Chicago NAR held our annual Leadership Conference where they bring in incoming state & local board Presidents, EOs, and other incoming leadership, for a two day meeting to expose these current and future leaders to tools and expertise available from NAR, network with their peers, and get information … (3 comments)
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nar: Don't do it and keep your sellers happy too. - 08/30/06 09:07 AM
What do you NOT do that sellers typically expect?
There are 2 things I almost never do that many of us perceive sellers expect in order to get their home sold.
Is to run lots of ads in your local newspaper.Host a public open house at least once during the listing period; some do more.I do … (15 comments)
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