A p u b l i c a t i o n f o r a n d a b o u t o u r m e m b e r s November 2014 Join us for our Annual Business Partner Tradeshow All RAMC Realtors are invited to join us for FOOD, FUN, & PRIZES on: Thursday, Nov. 6th from 2PM-5PM In our auditorium at 43 SW Monterey Rd., Stuart, FL FREE FOR RAMC REALTORS!! Thursday, November 20 th, 5:30pm- 6:30pm and it s FREE Join us for the Premiere of the new Martin County Relocation Video. Doors open at 5:30pm, and lite refreshments will be served. The video premier will begin promptly at 6:15pm. Realtors will be able to market their potential clients the lifestyle and amenities of living in Martin County, the jewel of Florida's Treasure Coast. Please register for this event online at ramcfl.org
REALTOR Association of Martin County 43 SW Monterey Road Stuart, Florida 34994 Phone (772) 283-1748 Fax (772) 288-0215 info@ramcfl.org www.ramcfl.org Officers President DENNIS FADDEN, CRS, GRI, SRES, SFR dennis.fadden@floridamoves.com President-Elect BILL DEAN bdean@irprealty.com Vice President RICK BOSCHEN flrickb2@yahoo.com Secretary-Treasurer JOAN ROGERS joannmb@gmail.com Directors JENNIFER ATKISSON-LOVETT, CRS, GRI jenniferalovett@gmail.com DAN BRADY, CCIM, CRB dan@waterpointerealty.com DIANA BRUTON, AHWD,CRB,LTG,PMN stuartrealtor@gmail.com ANN BUSBEE, CRS, GRI, LTG bzbees@bellsouth.net BOB CASTELLANO, GRI bob@premierrealtygroup.com JEFF CLARK, CRS jcsellsfl@aol.com JOHN GONZALEZ, SRF sailfishrealtyofflorida@gmail.com HB WARREN hbwarren2@gmail.com Staff MAUREEN MURPHY Interim Executive Vice President maureen@ramcfl.org MARISA MOLEIRO MLS Director MLS, Marketing, Newsletter, Communications marisa@ramcfl.org RENEE JORDAN Education Director Classes, Seminars, Requirements renee@ramcfl.org VICKI HOUTRIDES Accounting Vicki@ramcfl.org KIM ARENAS Membership Director Sponsorship, Membership, Facilities Kim@ramcfl.org Advertise in RAMC Digest! Contact Marisa for information on advertising at marisa@ramcfl.org Deadline for the December edition is November 20th. It is very important to keep all your continuing education letters to validate your coursework. These letters will tell you the course names and how many credits you received. If the credits did not get transmitted successfully to DBPR, then you will be able to use the letters to verify your attendance. For questions, please call the Customer Contact Center at 850.487.1395 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. EST. >> Click here to Verify CE Credits at DBPR Online >> Click here for Florida Realtors Education Contacts For more information about Florida Licensing requirements, you can visit the Florida Realtors website by clicking here Important Phone Numbers and Web Sites National Association of REALTORS 888-874-6500 Florida Association of REALTORS 407-438-1400 Florida Legal Hotline 407-438-1409 Free advice from an Attorney for members of Florida Realtors! Florida Tech Helpline 407-587-1450 (M-F 9am-8pm / Sat 9am-5pm) Free expert assistance and support for all your technical needs. DBPR 850-487-1395 www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr (FL Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation) Check your CE credits and license renewal information at: www.myfloridalicense.com MLS Technical Help Desk & GoMLS Help 888-825-5472 M-F 8:30am-8:30pm / S-S 8:30am-3pm Form Simplicity 407-587-1450 IMAPP 888-462-7701 IMPREV Marketing Center 800-809-3356 ListHub Support 877-847-3394 (press 2) ListingBook 866-353-3456 RatePlug 877-710-0808 RealBiz 360 888-732-5249 (press 2) Realtor.com 800-878-4166 RPR (24-7 Support) 877-977-7576 ShowingTime 800-379-0057 Supra 877-699-6787 Page 2
Membership New REALTOR Members Elisabeth Aleks The Keyes Co. Stuart Stacie M. Asher Keyes Company of Stuart Etienne Baptiste Bourgeois Maggie Anderson & Assoc. Tina Bartolotta RE/Max of Stuart Rosemary Barron-Voight Illustrated Properties Jeffrey Hall Lisa Hall Realty, Inc. Werner W. Heidbuechel Real Estate of Florida Jennifer Heins New Wave Realty Brian Kane Illustrated Properties Terri Jones The Keyes Co. Stuart Gary Klein BHG Real Estate Laviano & Assoc. George Lambros Debra Parker Real Estate Lidia Lejman New Wave Realty John E. Leonard Keyes Real Estate Monica Meyer Premier Realty Group Jennifer Navaretta Willoughby Realty James L. Peck Keller Williams Elizabeth M. Posso-Rios Century 21 IRP Realty James Sutton Power Keller Williams of Stuart Casey R. Shingary Drew Pittman Realty Jeremy Taylor Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Warren Trowbridge Fritz Company of Central Fla. Eric Von Heal Lisa Hall Realty, Inc. Nancy Wholey Coldwell Banker Craig Woll Keyes Company of Stuart REALTOR Member Office Transfers Richard Otten Keyes Co Hobe Sound SAVE THE DATE! Our Holiday Marketing session will be on December 16th at RAMC. Doors open at 7:30AM for a HOT breakfast (Sponsor TBD*), then we will hear from JBHS Jubilate Choir and finish it off with Marketing to begin as usual at 8:30AM New REALTOR Offices 1050 Fritz Company of Central Florida Inc. 11510 Graces Way Clermont, FL 34711 800-422-9155 DR: Frances William Fedele 1051 Lisa Hall Realty Inc. 2292 Primrose Lane #1706 Clearwater, FL 33763 727-742-5830 DR: Eric Von Heal New Business Partners Howard M. Chenoy DR Horton New Business Partner Offices A352 Elite Property Inspection & Management 909 S. Military Trail, #85 West Palm Beach, FL 33415 561-420-0277 Contact: Pilar Halstead A353 European Kitchen & Bath 197 SE Monterey Rd Stuart, FL 34994 772-221-3990 Contact: Jon Campion A354 Council on Aging of Martin County 900 SE Salerno Road Stuart, FL 34997 772-223-7841 Contact: Denise Belizar A355 Billings Home Inspections 2315 Spanish Wells West Palm Beach, FL 33411 561-644-0279 Contact: William Billings A356 911 Restore Corp. 1748 SW Biltmore St., Suite A Port St Lucie, FL 34984 772-905-4390 Contact: Enrique Muniz A357 Recovery Insurance Adjusters 10617 SW Hartwick Dr Port St Lucie, FL 34987 561-512-2554 Contact: Joseph Connelly *If you are a Business Partner interested in sponsoring this breakfast, please contact Renee at renee@ramcfl.org for details or to sign up! Page 3
education outlook Basic (FUSION) MLS Thursday, November 13th 9:00am- 12:30pm 3 CEUs FREE Learn the rules and regulations, MLS overview, client set up, listing input, search & maintenance, add photos, print reports & add a listing to open house tour. Intermediate (FUSION) MLS Thursday, November 13th 1:30pm- 4:30pm 3 CEUs FREE Listing search review, prospecting, hot sheets, financial functions and CMAs. Live Webinar Become your Market Expert with Pat Tan Friday, November 14th 1:00pm-4:00pm 3CEUs $15.00 Every day, everyone uses statistics and data analysis in their daily lives. We are bombarded with numbers everywhere the newspaper, television, magazines and online. Advertising in these mediums is filled with statistics but exactly WHAT are these numbers telling us? This course will assist you in determining the truth of the statistics by showing you where the numbers come from to see if your source will impact your presentation to your clients. Run Your Business on Google & the Cloud with Craig Grant Monday, November 17th 9:00am- 12:00pm No CEUs FREE Would you be interested if I told you that you could run your entire business using FREE Google Tools? This course guides you through the trove of amazing Google Tools that will help you reduce your operating costs, improve efficiency, communication, building websites, blogs and much more! New Member Orientation Friday, November 21st 9:00am- 4:00pm No CEUs FREE Member Orientation and Code of Ethics, for new RAMC members. Breakfast will be provided by John Uhle & Associates Lunch will be provided by DR Horton Inc. Code of Ethics- for Members Renewing Association Requirements Friday, November 21st 1:00-4:00pm No CEUs $15.00 Members can attend the afternoon session of New Member Orientation to satisfy their biennial requirements for Code of Ethics; this is a non-credited class. Learn More... EARN MORE!! Page 5
REALTOR STORE ITEMS!!! Come in and check out our new SIGN RIDERS! Lots to choose from. All are double sided, and most have perforated holes to attach to your existing yard sign $5+tax each **NEW** Starburst Signs NEW FLAGS A variety of colors & sizes to choose from! Prices range from $19+tax to $42+tax Don t see what you need? Let us know and we ll order it! Signs are double sided and are $6 +tax without the metal stand OR $8 +tax with the metal stand PRICE REDUCED ON 2015 MAGNETIC CALENDARS! Still need gifts for your clients? Doing a mailing and want to include something that people will keep around with your contact information on it? COME AND GET YOUR 2015 MAGNETIC CALENDARS! Peel the adhesive protector and Your Card Here Your Card Here Your Card Here Your Card Here stick your business card on the top so you re always top of mind! Get 12 Calendars with Envelopes and Stickers for $6.50 Page 7
Kicking off a new year for committees at RAMC was Margy Grant, the Vice President of Legal Counsel for Florida Realtors! Margy traveled from Orlando to join us on the afternoon of October 14th to help orient our new Chairs and Vice Chairs into their positions for 2015. We all walked away with some more knowledge than we began with! Our 2015 committees are now ready to delve into their assignments from the Strategic Plan! These assignments will fulfill the goals of the Association over the course of the upcoming year and assist us to continuing to offer the best products and services possible. STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN For a copy of the RAMC Strategic Plan, you can visit our website at http://ramcfl.org, then go to the About Us page and click the link for the Strategic Plan under the Governing Documents section. Awards Committee Tom Baker, Chair Priscilla Baldwin, Vice Chair Leadership Academy Committee Terri Kasnic, Chair Dianne DeSisto, Vice Chair Business Partner Committee Patrice Drennan-Smith, Chair Jerri Smith, Vice Chair MLS Committee Tom Baker, Chair Jeff Clark, Vice Chair Finance Committee Joan Rogers, Chair Christy Bearse, Vice Chair Government Affairs Committee John Gonzalez, Chair Julia Sansevere, Vice Chair Grievance Committee Beverly Bray, Chair Dan Carmody, Vice Chair Image & PR Committee Cheryl Giannunzio, Chair Arthur Esch, Vice Chair Professional Development Nicky Wingfield, Chair Mark Hufnagel, Vice Chair Professional Standards Committee Chris Clifford, Chair Dave Derrenbacker, Vice Chair Residential Marketing Committee Dan Brady, Chair Keri Burgess, Vice Chair YPN Committee Katey Bourgeois, Chair
The following RAMC members have been selected to be on committees at the state level! Congratulations! Jennifer Atkisson-Lovett Tom Baker Maria Wells Multiple Listing Service Practices Forum Member Business Trends & Technology Forum Member Multiple Listing Service Practices Forum Member Forms Content Subcommittee Member Land Use, Property Rights, and Sustainable Development Vice Chair DVP Information Exchange District Vice President Public Policy Committee Member Executive Committee District Vice President Florida NAR Directors Vice President NAR Strategy Committee Chairman DVP Information Exchange Vice Chairman Finance Committee Vice President Legal Action Fund Committee Vice President Strategic Planning Committee Member Global Business Committee Vice President Public Advocacy Advisory Group Vice President Public Policy Committee Vice President Executive Committee Vice President By Greg Gardner, Wide Angle Productions The misconception about drone photography is coming from the people who are breaking the law and threatening legal civil aviators. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has outlawed drone photography for commercial purposes until September 2015 before rules for legal use can be implemented. The only exceptions at the moment are for BP to monitor oil operations in Alaska. Drone operators have been charged and charges have been dropped and the FAA continues to appeal. The FAA has made it clear this includes Realtors. The FAA also has a requirement that any drone use within three miles of a controlled airfield should be cleared with the tower first. The chief controller in Stuart doesn t recall any drone operators calling the tower. There are thousands of waterfront homes within three miles of the airfield and many have been photographed for commercial purposes using drones. As this issue grows in controversy including privacy concerns should you be upfront with your clients and tell them photos of their homes are taken under questionable legality? There is a lawyer/realtor who defied the FAA in the Palm Beach Post for using drone photography for his listings. Let s see how that works for him. Some drone operators will tell you they are insured. What insurance company is going to pay a claim for damages caused by something illegal? Things do go wrong with drones. They go MIA and crash. A gust of wind combined with Chinese electronics and a little bit of operator error could cause injury to a child, a car accident or God forbid, the worst case scenario loss of life from collision with an airplane or helicopters, which fly much lower. Somebody flying a drone recently kept a medevac helicopter circling a car crash site with injuries for nine minutes. Say what you will about FAA rules, they are in place to keep our airspace safe. The recent article in Florida Realtor magazine sums it up in the last sentence, If you re going to use drone photography, you should consult your lawyer first. Once the new rules are in place and commercial drone photography is legal and insurable, I will line up to get my FAA check ride and become a certified drone pilot. Until then, my pilots and I will continue to tell the towers where we are and follow their instructions. Page 9
Total Inventory Median Sale Price Closed Sales Monthly Market Summary - September 2014 Single Family Homes Martin County Closed Sales Cash Sales New Pending Sales New Listings Median Sale Price Average Sale Price Median Days on Market Avg. Percent of Original List Price Received Pending Inventory Inventory (Active Listings) September 2014 September 2013 Percent Change Year-over-Year 217 176 23.3% 85 60 41.7% 226 198 14.1% 300 316-5.1% $263,875 $253,625 4.0% $311,790 $313,278-0.5% 65 49 32.7% 92.4% 92.8% -0.4% 343 404-15.1% 1,229 1,200 2.4% Months Supply of Inventory 6.0 6.6-9.0% 300 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 250 200 150 100 50 0 $340K $320K $300K $280K $260K $240K $220K $200K $180K 2,400 2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Produced by Florida REALTORS with data provided by Florida's multiple listing services. Statistics for each month compiled from MLS feeds on the 15th day of the following month. Data released on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Next data release is Thursday, November 20, 2014.
Total Inventory Median Sale Price Closed Sales Monthly Market Summary - September 2014 Townhouses and Condos Martin County Closed Sales Cash Sales New Pending Sales New Listings Median Sale Price Average Sale Price Median Days on Market Avg. Percent of Original List Price Received Pending Inventory Inventory (Active Listings) September 2014 September 2013 Percent Change Year-over-Year 110 90 22.2% 64 62 3.2% 121 84 44.0% 141 144-2.1% $118,750 $119,950-1.0% $152,704 $153,346-0.4% 44 55-20.0% 93.5% 91.1% 2.6% 167 179-6.7% 514 576-10.8% Months Supply of Inventory 5.0 5.5-9.8% 200 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 150 100 50 0 $140K $130K $120K $110K $100K $90K $80K $70K 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Produced by Florida REALTORS with data provided by Florida's multiple listing services. Statistics for each month compiled from MLS feeds on the 15th day of the following month. Data released on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Next data release is Thursday, November 20, 2014.
10/2/14 LinkedIn Essentials Eddie Rice Boston National c/o Embrace Home Loans 10/3/14 Self-Directed IRA Anita Errico-Smith Chelsea Title Company 10/7/14 Marketing Peggy Hornick East Coast Mortgage Lenders 10/9/14 Basic MLS John Uhle John Uhle & Associates 10/9/14 Advanced MLS Terry & Gary Mulka TC Palm Home Inspection 10/14/14 Marketing Michelle Chardt South Florida Title Services 10/14/14 Mobile Marketing Seminar Tara Biek Martin County Real Estate Book 10/16/14 Negotiating Skills for Today s Professional Jacqui Brock Prime Lending 10/17/14 New Member Orientation B-fast Nannette Walsh Seacoast Inspections 10/17/14 New Member Orientation Lunch Anna Valencia White Glove Moving & Storage 10/21/14 Marketing Janelle Dowley Two Men and a Truck 10/27/14 GRI 201 B-fast Karen Sullivan Signature Title 10/27/14 GRI 201 Snacks RAMC RAMC 10/28/14 Marketing Jacqui Brock Prime Lending 10/29/14 GRI 201 B-fast RAMC RAMC 10/29/14 GRI 201 Snacks RAMC RAMC 10/30/14 GRI 202 B-fast Al Lucci UBS Financial Services 10/30/14 GRI 202 Snacks Anna Valencia White Glove Moving & Storage If you are interested in sponsoring an upcoming program, please contact Renee at Renee@ramcfl.org 3 4 8:30am Residential Marketing, Area 9, Map L 5 6 2PM Business Partner Tradeshow 7 GRI 202 10 11 8:30am Residential Marketing, Area 10, Maps M, N & Indiantown 12 13 9AM Basic MLS Class 1:30PM Intermediate MLS Class 14 1PM Live Webinar: Become Your Market Expert with Pat Tan 17 18 19 20 21 9AM Run Your Business on Google & the Cloud with Craig Grant 8:30am Residential Marketing, PSL areas 7220, 7740, 7750, 7500, 7600 & 7800 8:30AM Board of Directors 5:30PM Leadership Academy Movie Premiere 9AM New Member Orientation 24 25 NO MARKETING 26 27 28 RAMC CLOSED