On Board NFCAR s Biweekly Newsletter

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1 The Northern Fairfield County Association of REALTORS Local News On Board NFCAR s Biweekly Newsletter September 21, 2007 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISION (FERC) TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF THE CANDLEWOOD LAKE, LAKE LILLINONAH AND LAKE ZOAR AREA NFCAR s NEXT PLAY DATE : OCT 10 th - SPONSORED BY CREATIVE BATH (flyer attached) NFCAR s WINE TASTING EVENT ~ CANCELLED NFCAR s 12 th ANNUAL TRADE SHOW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 st! NFCAR ELECTION OUR CANDIDATES; LOOK FOR PROFILES NEXT WEEK! AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR TO BE ANNOUNCED AT OUR 12 th ANNUAL TRADESHOW! MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER NFCAR HAS REALTOR T-SHIRTS FOR SALE CARAVAN CONTACT INFORMATION Education PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES COURSE TO START ON OCTOBER 10 th EARN A DESIGNATION or CERTIFICATION ONLINE VISIT CAR EDUCATION SCHEDULE CMLS RE/XPLORER TRAINING & PARAGON TRAINING: SEPTEMBER 24 th State / National / Industry News VOTE FOR CAR s NEW LOGO NAR APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF TERRORISM INSURANCE BILL SENATE MOVES FHA REFORM LEGISLATION TO HELP HOMEOWNERS SOLID FUNDAMENTALS SUPPORT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 2007 REALTORS CONFERENCE & EXPO ~ LAS VEGAS, NOV. 13 th 16 th CAR s 6 th ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE & CE DAY TRIPLE PLAY CONVENTION ATLANTIC CITY DECEMBER 4-6 WCR LINKS & OCTOBER LUNCHEON LOCAL NEWS FERC TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING FOR CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF THE CANDLEWOOD LAKE AREA On Monday, September 24 at 6PM the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold a public meeting for residents of the Candlewood Lake, Lake Lillinonah and Lake Zoar area who have concerns about the Shoreline Management Plan (SMP), which will be used to guide the management of the land surrounding Candlewood Lake, etc. FERC issued a ruling in early July to finalize the SMP, however the agency is still gathering public input on the plan. Congressman Christopher Murphy has secured this meeting for the Greater Danbury area in response to community uproar over the fact that residents, local and federal officials had been denied a public meeting on the SMP. Now FERC has reversed its decision and will hold a public meeting. WHEN: Monday, September 24, PM WHERE: New Fairfield High School, 54 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield, CT. SPEAKER: J. Mark Robinson, Director of the Office of Energy Projects at FERC.

2 NFCAR s NEXT PLAY DATE : OCT. 10 th SPONSORED BY CREATIVE BATH NFCAR s next Play Date is Wednesday, October 10 th from 5:00pm 7:00pm at The Creative Bath in Brookfield! For information and directions to The Creative Bath, please visit their website at: This is a FREE event but you must RSVP to NFCAR no later than Friday, October 5 th! To download the flyer, please visit: You may also phone in your RSVP to NFCAR at (203) NFCAR s WINE TASTING EVENT ~ CANCELLED! NFCAR Regrets To Announce That Its Wine Tasting Event To Benefit The Habitat For Humanity Has Been Cancelled. For more information, please contact NFCAR (203) NFCAR s 12 th ANNUAL TRADE SHOW WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 st! It s the event we ve all been waiting for! NFCAR s 12 th ANNUAL TRADE SHOW! Save The Date: Wednesday, October 31 st at the Ethan Allen Hotel, Danbury! Affiliates!: We have already mailed our General Info package inviting you to consider having a booth at this year s trade show as well as offer you an opportunity to help sponsor the event. We hope you received it. If you haven t please contact NFCAR right away we will gladly send you the package promptly. (203) At this point we have only 1 Platinum Sponsorship space left We are still in need of Gold & Silver Sponsors! Please contact Richard or Jessica for these and other sponsorship opportunities: (203) We will have the registration form available soon! Be sure to keep an eye out to take advantage of the FREE CE for the first 200 Paid Trade Show Registrants! NFCAR ELECTION OUR CANDIDATES; LOOK FOR PROFILES NEXT WEEK Please look for our special Candidate Profiles next week! The following members have declared their candidacy: 2008 President-Elect 6 Local Directors 5 State Directors Jeanne Garzi John Ashkar Lucy Blessey Joe Baker Betty Hensal Marvin Beninson Anne Lewis Pam Burdette-Miller Linda McCaffrey Ellen Cavallo Arleen Norton Scott DeMuth Sharon Mendelsohn Larry Riefberg David Vieira Charles Vlahos AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR TO BE ANNOUNCED AT OUR 12 th ANNUAL TRADESHOW! The following candidates have been nominated for this year s Affiliate of the Year award: Larry Riefberg of Riefberg, Smart, Donahue & NeJame David George of Flagstar Bank Our selection committee, which consists of past Affiliate of the Year winners will vote on this year s winner. The winner will be announced at our Trade Show Wrap-Up Party on Wednesday, October 31 st! Be sure to join us! MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER REALTORS Kerri Kaylor; Williams Real Estate Richard Schwartz; Coldwell Banker Dawn Masella; Davis & Hoyt Hensal Realty Frank Borysiewicz; American Eagle Realty

3 MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS FOR SEPTEMBER cont Michael Poplardo; Jay T. McGorty Linda Carr-Deluca; McCaffrey Realty Stephen McFarlin; Davis & Hoyt Hensal Realty Paul Gibbs; Century 21 Home Services Sarah Becker; American Eagle Realty Radames Lamenza; Coldwell Banker Rosario LaSelva; Charter Oak Real Estate Natalie Bassano; McCaffrey Realty Benjamin Keeney; Re/Max New Horizons Cathy Drury; William Pitt Sotheby s Brenda Orr; William Pitt Sotheyby s Michael Schupp; Nationwide Houses Affiliates: Martin Siuzdak; Homes & Land Magazine Helen Carli; Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association NFCAR s On Board, September 21, 2007 NFCAR HAS REALTOR T-SHIRTS FOR SALE REALTOR logo on the front and REALTORS Make America Better Across the back. REALTOR T-Shirts are only $10.00 each. Available in Medium, Large & Extra Large. Stop by the board office to pick yours up today! CARAVAN CONTACT INFORMATION: Bethel Caravan 10:00 am Marilynn Vannucci, Davis & Hoyt GMAC (203) Brookfield Caravan Mondays call for details Roberta Goodwin/Jeanne Garzi Davis & Hoyt; (203) Danbury Caravan Wednesday s at 9:00am Lia Stites, Countrywide Home Loans (203) New Fairfield Caravan Call for details Eleanor Cea or Pat Kelly C-21 King; (203) New Milford Caravan 9:00 AM; N.M. Rail Station Paul Miller, Newtown Savings Bank (203) , ext Sherman Caravan Every 3rd Tues. of the month Call Irit Granger William Raveis Real Estate; (203) CONDO ONLY CARAVAN Hosted by: Sterling Lending & C21 HS Scalzo Group Dates & times are subject to change, though they are typically held twice a month on Friday. Please call for details: Century 21 HS Scalzo, 31 Old Rt. 7 Brookfield Debbie Blum or Jim LaPine; (203) Just a reminder Caravans are not managed or operated by NFCAR they are managed and/or operated by REALTORS. Rules and regulations apply to each of the individual caravans. If you have any questions regarding the caravans, please call the contacts listed above. EDUCATION PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES COURSE TO START ON OCTOBER 10 th Whether you know someone who s thinking of becoming a licensed salesperson, or if you are interested in converting your license from salesperson to broker, this is the course to take. Here are the details: Begins: Wednesday, October 10 th Runs: 6:00pm 9:00pm every Monday & Wednesday Ends: Wednesday, December 26 th Salesperson : $ Broker Up Grade: $ Please visit the following link to download the registration form:

4 ONLINE EDUCATION VISIT CRS elearning now available! To learn more about the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation and how to earn it online, please visit click on the yellow CRS elearning box on the bottom left of our homepage. epro - You can also earn your epro certification online as well! Six (6) elective CE credits are available for epro! Visit today! Code of Ethics - Effective January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008, and for successive four year periods thereafter, every REALTOR is required to complete 2 1/2 hours of Code of Ethics training. Visit today CAR EDUCATION SCHEDULE As a REALTOR, continuing your education is an investment that not only ensures that you are up to date with all of your skills but is the best way to increase your earning potential. As an added benefit, you'll have an opportunity to network with other REALTORS from around the state and in some cases around the country, giving you a strong overall sense of what is happening in the industry. CAR offers a wide variety of education programs each Spring and Fall semester, most of which are approved for CE credit good toward license renewal for Salespeople and Brokers. Please visit the following link for the schedule: CMLS RE/XPLORER TRAINING & PARAGON TRAINING : SEPTEMBER 24 th We have CMLS New Member classes scheduled here on September 24 th : Re/Xplorer 1:30pm 4:30pm If you are interested in signing up for these classes please contact CMLS (800) or visit (New Members are required to register for an RE/Xplorer new users class within 30 days of joining the CMLS. You may then take the Paragon class after you have taken the Re/Xplorer Class. RE/Xplorer (or REX for short) is a web-based tool for accessing the MLS. Since it works through your web browsers (Internet Explorer 6 or higher) you do not need to purchase any software. This means you can access your listings and much more information from anywhere you have access to the World Wide Web. We'll review searching, printing and ing listings, as well as listing entry and change. Paragon (much like Re/Xplorer) is a web-based tool that accesses the MLS and requires no additional software to purchase or install. While it shares many of the features Re/Xplorer users are accustomed to, the Market Monitor and Paragon WiFi are two of the new features we'll cover that take the MLS experience to a new level. In addition, Searching, Printing and ing will also be reviewed.) STATE / NATIONAL / INDUSTRY VOTE FOR CAR s NEW LOGO Visit to vote for CAR s new logo and see how you can win a $200 Super Certificate from GiftCertificates.com. Votes will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 28, NAR APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF TERRORISM INSURANCE BILL In this month that marks the sixth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Association of REALTORS commends the U.S. House of Representatives for reauthorizing the federal government s terrorism risk insurance program. Today s vote will help maintain a strong commercial real estate market and the health of the nation s economy. Read more SENATE MOVES FHA REFORM LEGISLATION TO HELP HOMEOWNERS "The Senate Banking Committee's passage of the Building American Homeownership Act of 2007 will offer home buyers a safer alternative to riskier mortgage products and will help many homeowners who may be facing foreclosures," said NAR President Pat V. Combs. "As the leading advocate for expanding homeownership opportunities and protecting consumers in the real estate transaction, NAR applauds this progress." Read more moves_fha_reform_legislation.html

5 SOLID FUNDAMENTALS SUPPORT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Most commercial real estate markets are enjoying relatively low vacancy rates and healthy rent growth from a fundamentally sound economy, according to the latest COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK of the National Association of Realtors. Read more REALTORS CONFERENCE & EXPO ~ LAS VEGAS, NOV. 13th 16th There are NO LIMITS to what you can gain at the 2007 REALTORS Conference & Expo, November in Las Vegas, Nevada. With hundreds of programs, networking opportunities, cutting edge technology, and more, you can customize your Conference & Expo experience to your needs and interests. Grow professionally and personally while gaining inspiration to be your very best. It s the 2007 Conference & Expo, and what happens here, helps you everywhere! Registration Open! ~ CAR s 6 th ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE & CE DAY This year's event will be held at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale November 27 & 28. If you are a first time attendee - check out our "promotions" for a great deal! Recruit a first-time attendee and you are both in the running for some great prizes! Day two of our conference will feature Current Issues in Real Estate I & II, the two new courses required for 2008 license renewal. Register for both courses for just $50 and lunch is included! If you're currently in a leadership position or would like to become more involved, you won't want to miss this informative program and networking opportunity. Space is limited, so visit for more information and to register TODAY! TRIPLE PLAY CONVENTION ATLANTIC CITY DECEMBER 4-6 If you've never had the opportunity to attend a NAR Convention due to the time, travel or expense involved, we encourage you to consider attending the Triple Play Convention this year. This event has many benefits and offers the tools you need to excel in a changing market. You'll have the opportunity to connect with thousands of agents from all over the Northeast, hear experts discuss the most pertinent industry issues, and discover the newest products and services industry-related businesses have to offer. As an added benefit, CAR has once again obtained CE approval for many of the courses. With many educational seminars and 500 exhibitors, the Triple Play Convention & Trade Expo is the real estate event you won't want to miss! Access all the details including online registration at Look for the early registration savings for both the convention and the CE courses. WCR LINKS & OCTOBER LUNCHEON WCR s next luncheon meeting will be on Wednesday, October 10 th, ~ 11:30 am ~ at The Stony Hill Inn ~ Bethel Hosting a conversation about Probate and Elder Law. The guest speakers will be Attorney Diane Yamin, Judge of Probate, and Attorney Barbara Reynolds. Since Connecticut is second only to Florida in the number of elderly living in the state we are sure you will find this informative, please join them! RSVP by October 5 th to: Barbara Coles at barbara.coles@flagstar.com In CT: Regional: National: REALTOR -- a professional in real estate who subscribes to a strict Code of Ethics as a member of the local, state, and National Association of REALTORS. The Realtor Code of Ethics training course is a mandatory course requirement to be fulfilled every four years. The current four year requirement ends December 31, Failure to fulfill the Code of Ethics training requirement will result in termination from the Realtor Association membership.