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CourseWorks
Learn all about upcoming classes and seminars each month in the CourseWorks section of REALTOR® Review. To register for these events or for additional information, visit www.rrar.com.

TICOR’s May meeting focuses on international traffic
There’s some exciting news about an emerging group of enthusiastic

Triangle area REALTORS®: it’s the Triangle International Council of REALTORS® (TICOR) and they’re growing. Their membership has grown 100 percent since 2007!

At TICOR’s May 21 meeting, Samuel Todd Culpepper, executive director of the Council to International Affairs of Raleigh, will present a seminar titled “International Traffic in the Triangle – Who’s Coming and Who Cares?” The meeting takes place at 111 Realtors Way in Cary from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Anyone interested in joining TICOR is invited to participate. The fee for nonmembers is $10. Contact Caroline Pierce at (919) 654-5400 or email carolinep@rrar.com for reservations by 5 p.m. on May 19.

Last fall, TICOR had a very successful International Day at the Board of REALTORS®

(Raleigh/Wake), devoted to providing information and education to fellow Triangle REALTORS®. The group held a transnational referral certification course as an educational program and had a visit from the immediate past president of FIABCI, which is a prestigious group of real estate and other business people from around the world. He spoke about his organization and its wonderful benefits to REALTORS®.

Top producers field ‘hot’ questions
The Women’s Council of REALTORS® teams up with the Top Producers Council (TPC) to present a seminar called “Hot Questions in Real Estate: Ask the Top Producers” on Wednesday, May 7 at WCR’s monthly meeting. The session will be held from 8:45-10:15 a.m. at 111 Realtors Way in Cary and begins with networking and continental breakfast.

Fielding questions for this panel discussion will be TPC members Ida Terbet, Brenda Carroll and Mary Biathrow. Questions are expected to range from technology to marketing to team building.

The seminar is part of WCR’s monthly meeting schedule and is open to WCR and RRAR members and guests. There’s no fee for members, but guests must pay $5. For more information, contact WCR President-Elect Louise Griffin at (919) 796-3470.

Core Course: Aug. 20-21, registration fee is $290

Elective Course (New Home Sales): Aug. 22, registration fee is $190

Sign up for both courses and the combined fee is $390.

There are four requirements for obtaining and using the ABR designation:

• Successfully completing the two-day ABR designation course, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam. After achieving this, you have three years in which to complete the other ABR designation requirements.
• Successfully completing one of the approved elective courses, including an 80 percent passing grade on the exam, within three years of completing the ABR designation course.
• Documentation verifying five completed transactions in which you acted solely as a buyer representative (no dual agency). Any transactions closed before taking the course or closed within three years of completing it are eligible for credit. You must provide the following documentation: copy of signed buyer agency agreement or purchase/sale agreement or disclosure; copy of the closing/settlement statement verifying that each transaction closed.
• Membership in good standing in the Real Estate Buyers Agent Council and the National Association of REALTORS®.

For more information about ABR requirements or to register for the courses, visit www.rrar.com or call Cara Mottershead at (919) 654-5400. Deadline for registration is June 10. For a complete list of approved alternate electives, go to www.rebac.net.

CRS course to be offered in August
A Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) course will be presented at 111 Realtors Way in Cary in August. Titled “The New Negotiating Edge…A 5-Step Behavioral Strategy with Ed Hatch,” the session takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 12.

This one-unit elective course explains the most current, innovative and effective negotiation strategies, as well as specific real estate applications for day-to-day negotiations with and for clients.

Registration fee is $150 and you can register online at www.rrar.com or by calling Cara Mottershead at (919) 654-5400.

Earn your SRES designation
Interested in working toward a Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation?

Register now and start with this two-day seminar in September taught by Mark Given. The class will be held at 111 Realtors Way in Cary from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 15-16.

Some of the issues the course will cover include:

• The range of housing and development needs of the growing mature population
• How to create a personalized housing plan for mature clients to reduce their fears and concerns about selling or buying
• Different professional services and lifestyle needs of maturing clients
• How to develop team-building skills with family members and other professional senior service providers in the community.

Registration fee is $399 and includes materials and first year’s dues. Register online at www.rrar.com or by calling Cara Mottershead at (919) 654-5400.

The course counts as an ABR elective and NCREC elective.

Continue your education
The Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® is sponsoring nine courses this month, all of which are approved by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission for continuing education. All will be held at 111 Realtors Way in Cary.

From 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, Vicki Ferneyhough will conduct an elective course on Trends in Real Estate. On Friday, May 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Bill Gallagher will lead the 2008 Mandatory Update class and then from 2-6 p.m. that same day, he will teach the elective Broker-in-Charge Annual Review course. Participants must be a broker-in-charge to attend.

On Wednesday, May 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Debbie Long will lead another 2008 Mandatory Update course and then from 2-6 p.m. she will teach the elective International Real Estate: A Primer. This is a new class.

From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, Mark Given teaches a 2008 Mandatory Update course and then from 2-6 p.m. an elective on Environmental Issues. On Wednesday, May 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., George Bell will conduct a 2008 Mandatory Update course and then from 2-6 p.m. he will lead an elective called For the Good of All: REALTORS® Code of Ethics.

Fees are $55 per class if you’re a REALTOR® board or association member; $65 per class if not. Register online at www.rrar.com or contact Cara Mottershead at (919) 654-5400 or caram@rrar.com.

The full tuition fee less $10 will be refunded if cancellation notice is received at least 24 hours prior to a course. If a class is missed without a 24-hour notice, the entire fee is forfeited.

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New Members for February 2008

RRAR Board Officers

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Tid/Bits

Green homes to be featured on tour

Supercharge your service efforts

Urban living offers vibrancy not found in suburbia

Raleigh through the years ... and through their eyes

NewsMakers

In the spotlight

Thank You Gifts

May Savings abound at REALTOR® store