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From the President
Celebrating all May has to offer
by John Wood, RRAR 2009 President
May is always a month full of celebrations.
Congratulations to
all of you who have family graduating. May brings with it a sense of
adventure and fear for each class of young people graduating into the
real world. Since the job market isn’t ideal
now, new graduates will get their first lesson in how to survive – so
don’t let them move back home! (You can thank me later.) Read
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New
Members
Welcome!
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RRAR
Staff Directory
Raleigh Association of REALTORS® staff names, email addresses and titles
can be viewed from this link.
TMLS
Staff Directory
Triangle MLS, Inc. staff names, email addresses, phone extensions and titles
can be viewed from this link
RRAR
2009 Board Officers and Committee Chairs |
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Green council launches Web network
The Green Building Council
has started a green building listserv where council members and active participants
can share ideas, news and events on green building and sustainability issues
that are happening all across the state. Read
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School
system's Welcome Center services are free
According
to a recent member survey by the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS®,
most of us don’t use Wake County Public School System’s Welcome
Center on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh – and we should! The center
can be a vital communications tool for out-of-town clients. Read More |
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Neighbors
Helping Neighbors
Whether
it’s for social reform or to achieve a personal goal you
have set for yourself, if you want to give time and service to the community – and
have fun while doing it – then you need to meet with Raleigh Regional
Association of REALTORS®’ Community Service Committee on the
third Tuesday of each month.Read
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RRAR
REALTOR® Store
Please
come into the store. Meanwhile, let us know if there's anything you would
like us to carry in the store. We're always open to suggestions. And don't
forget to visit your 'online
store". As always thank you for your business. Specials |
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New
Young Professional Network takes off in Raleigh
There is now an official chapter of national REALTOR® Magazine’s Young
Professionals Network (YPN) here in Raleigh. Brought to you by the
Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® (RRAR), YPN was created
to assist young real estate professionals in the industry and to
connect them with their local REALTOR® association, other industry
professionals and the community.Read
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2009
Triangle REALTORS® Leadership Academy
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Downtown
Raleigh's new R-Line keeps commuters on the move
By Valerie Myers
In
an effort to better connect commuters with key areas throughout downtown
Raleigh’s
central business district, the Raleigh Transit Authority recently began
service of the new R-Line. The R-Line is downtown Raleigh's mode to
connect employees, residents and visitors to retail, restaurants, entertainment
venues and parking in the central business district.Read
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Residential
Sales Trends
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NewsMakers
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Annual
TCAR awards presented
By Brenda Bence
In today’s topsy-turvy marketplace, job security may seem like
a pipe dream. In the midst of downsizing, stock market confusion, and
layoffs, how can you make sure to keep your name off any pink-sheet list?
One key way you can create employment insurance is to learn to define
and effectively communicate your unique personal brand at work.Read
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Does
your listing need a sitter?
Take the vacancy out of vacant homes
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey
Tired
of showing up an hour early to sweep the porch at your vacant listing?
If the local homeowners association permits renters, find a house sitter
to move in and keep the home in perfect showing shape until it sells.
House sitters also can deter would-be vandals who might find an empty
home a prime target, a growing concern in slow markets where listings
stand empty for months before they sell.Read
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Serving
international bargain hunters
Closing a short
sale is tough – all that complicated
paperwork and those lengthy negotiations. Working with foreign buyers
can also have its challenges – acquainting far-flung prospects
with a whole new set of laws and financing procedures. Combine the two
and most real estate practitioners would just as soon look somewhere
else for business. Read More
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One more thing you can do to get more business
By Maurice A Ramirez
"Feed
your business and your business will feed you!"
In recent years
this cliché has
come to mean feeding your business a balanced diet from the four
business food groups: Read More |
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Beyond the basics
Keep your sales up in a down market
By Douglas Smith
Salespeople are being hammered
in today’s economic environment. Entire
market segments have evaporated. Customers and companies are holding back
orders or literally have no money to buy. Opportunities and new prospects
are fewer and further between. In 2008, many salespeople earned only half
the commission they earned in 2007. Half! When you take a 50 percent pay
cut, you know what a recession feels like.Read More |
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Turn ideas into goals into reality
By Julia Rahn
If you already have the
desire and intent to change, you now need to take action to make change
happen in your life. Start with one of the suggestions or try all four
at once. You can make change happen.Read More |
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Rupert Hobbs passes away
AUGUST 13, 1928 - MARCH 18, 2009
Rupert Hobbs, a lifelong
resident of Raleigh and a long-time member of the Raleigh Regional
Association of REALTORS® (RRAR), died in
March following a stroke. He was 80. Read More |
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Monthly
Calendar:
View all monthly events at-a-glance; register online for classes, sign up
for events, stay informed of all monthly events.View
Calendar |
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the REALTOR® Review In The Original
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REALTOR
REVIEW, The official magazine of the Raleigh Regional
Association of REALTORS®, provides important news to the association's
6,800 members. It is published monthly.
To
advertise in REALTOR® Review or for rate
information, contact::
Lisa Nixon
2213 South Brook Drive
Orange Park, Fl. 32003
877-449-2535
919-208-0070
919-882-9537 fax
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