A Quarterly Publication of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS®
May-June 2009 Issue
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3/04 New Member Orientation
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Burger part of green initiatives
Marsha Burger of Fonville Morisey recently helped create a set of search features for Green Building Attributes, which is now a part of the local Triangle Multiple Listing Service (TMLS). These features can be used to search for homes that feature green characteristics, particularly those of green building techniques, certifications and products.

The TMLS initiative was several years in the making and aimed at giving proper appraisal values to homes with green features.

Burger has been a long-time member of the Green Building/TMLS task force and is the owner of Green and Healthy Built Homes LLC. As a Certified Green Professional, she also does presentations on green building at high schools and for other local organizations.

Other members of the task force are Michele Myers, president of MSquared Builders and chair of the North Carolina Home Builders Association’s Green Building Council; Leigh Scott, director of Green Building Program; Michael Chandler of Chandler-Design Build; Randy Lanou of Studio B Architecture & BuildSense; Blakely Huntley, loan officer with BB&T; and Bob Reeves of Mosher and Reeves Appraisals.


Benson volunteering in Iraq
Terry Benson of the Fonville Morisey Brier Creek office has taken leave to accept a position with the United Service Organizations (USO). As center director of Sather Air Base at the Baghdad Airport , Benson heads efforts to establish a USO facilities at one of the largest military passenger terminals in the world.

The center is one of nine USO centers operating in southwest Asia in support of troops serving in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. He will serve there with his staff for a 12-15 month period before returning to Raleigh .

The USO, a nonprofit organization, was formed in 1941 as a volunteer civilian agency that provides morale-boosting programs and services for the men and women of the armed forces around the world.


Umstead earns GRI designation
Erick Umstead of Umstead Realty LLC recently earned the Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation. Nationally, only 22 percent of REALTORS® hold this designation. Graduation from the program requires completion of more than 90 hours of course work and 12 examinations.


New program pays up to 4 percent commission
Carolina Preserve has created a REALTOR® Loyalty Program that allows you to earn more when you sell more. Real estate agents can now receive up to 4 percent commission on sales in Carolina Preserve. 

Commission on the first sale is 2.5 percent; 3 percent on the second sale, 3.5 percent on the third sale and 4 percent on the fourth and subsequent sales.*

Carolina Preserve, a Del Webb community in Cary , offers active adult living with world-class amenities such as a clubhouse, fitness facilities, tennis and bocce ball courts, putting and chipping greens, pools, library and paths that lead to the 15-acre lake

*Offer limited to new purchase agreements for homes at Carolina Preserve executed now through Dec. 31, 2009 . Broker/real estate agent must accompany buyer on first visit and register client at Carolina Preserve. Commission payable at the time of closing. Home must close in order for broker/agent to qualify for the next commission level. Additional restrictions may apply. See a sales professional for complete details. Offer subject to change without notice.

 

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School systems Welcome Center services are free
Welcome New Members
One more thing you can do to get more business
Green council launches Web network
Rupert Hobbs passes away
Serving international bargain hunters
2009 Triangle REALTORS® Leadership Academy
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Welcome New Members
Turn ideas into goals into reality
Keep your sales up in a down market
Take the vacancy out of vacant homes
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