Every year the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS (RRAR) inducts several of their members into the REALTORS Hall of Fame. On Thursday December 3rd, 2009, Carter Worthy of Carter Worthy Commercial and a past President of the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS (TCAR) was accepted into the REALTORS Hall of Fame because of her successful real estate career and her community service within the industry itself, the public and volunteer organizations.
Carter served on RRAR's board back in 1985 and chaired the American Home Committee, Long Range Planning Committee and the New Board Orientation Committee while there. Back then TCAR was a committee of the residential board and she served on the CLS board for four years, eventually becoming President back in 1992. During this time Carter was very much a part of bringing a commercial listing data base to the area with the use of a computer. In 1998 she was named REALTOR of the year by the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS.
Carter has been involved with the Junior League of Raleigh, the Wake Education Partnership, Habitat for Humanity and the YWCA of the Greater Triangle Area. She has been involved in public service, has run for public office and been active in business leadership for years.
In her acceptance speech she thanked the residential board humbly commenting that RRAR has given her far more than she has given to them.
While there were others inducted, I would also like to mention that Ray Larcher, Executive Vice President of the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS for over 16 years, also was inducted on Thursday. He spent 13 years with the North Carolina Association of REALTORS as the Director of Education and the Director of member Services. Outside of being the AE for a 6000 member association, he is also the CEO for the Triangle MLS, regional multiple list Serv of over 8000 members. His involvement doesn't stop there because Ray has been very active on a state and national level by serving on numerous committees and task forces.
But here is the deal, while that is all impressive what has been important to us here at TCAR is he has always been a supporter of our group. In the humble beginnings of our committee, his association supplied a place to meet, personnel and an office to get our commercial group going. I always liken our move from the residential building two years ago as the parental unit finally kicking the 26 year old kid out of the basement after he had been living there after he graduated from college three years before. But even after our move, Ray Larcher has been very supportive of TCAR and for us that is just another one of the many reasons he deserves this award.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Triangle Community Coalition: 10 Years and Still Going Strong
The Triangle Community Coalition began in 1999 when a handful of Wake County citizens held a meeting regarding forming a local organization with one simple goal: "to create a diverse, broad-based group that would advocate for balanced growth to educate elected officials, community leaders and citizens about the virtues of growth and the protection of property rights." TCC is celebrating 10 years and I thought I might share with you their accomplishments over the years. Thanks to Charlene Logan of TCC for the information that I have quoted here:
The TCC helped raise awareness about---and eventually kill--- a massive downzoning for property owners in the critical area of the proposed Little River Reservoir. The TCC worked to educate the Wake County Commissioners, landowners and others that the downzoning was unnecessary. We sent hundreds of letters and made phone calls to property owners to generate opposition to the downzoning. As a result of our efforts, and at the direction of Sara Robertson, the TCC managed to derail the effort. In a unanimous vote, the Wake County Board of Commissioners rejected the original downzoning in the Little River Reservoir. The final outcome resulted in protecting the water quality of the reservoir and the rights and interests of nearby property
owners.
The TCC continued to press for reforms in the development approval process throughout the Triangle. The cities of Raleigh, Durham and the Town of Morrisville have all addressed ways to improve the process. In Raleigh, our efforts led to the creation of a new citizens’ advisory committee solely devoted to finding ways to improve the process---the Development Services Advisory Committee. In Durham, in an effort to streamline the process, Durham officials are proposing a series of detailed changes, outlined in an amendment to its “Unified Development Ordinance” (UDO).
The TCC Helped Save Money with Lower Fees in Cary. The TCC generated a detailed analysis of impact fees throughout the Triangle. This study was the key data point to help convince several Cary Town Council members to keep a fee increase from skyrocketing. In addition, we generated 300 emails to each council person in a 24 hour period before the final vote on the fee increase. The council voted to hold off the vote and acquire more input on amount of the increase before voting. In April, the Cary Town Council voted on a lower than proposed impact fee increase for water and sewer fees--- and decided not to vote on the transportation fee increase---saving homeowners and businesses money.
The TCC continued to advocate via our Web site and blog---“Growth Matters”: The TCC has a powerful,comprehensive array of communication tools, including a blog that has over 30,000 hits. The TCC website visits have increased over 37% since last year and over 157% since the end of 2007.
TCC had several opinion articles and letters to the editor published in News&Observer and other publications.
TCC hosted its eighth Annual Political Pig Pickin’ to provide a forum for members to hear from candidates running in the Fall elections. We had over 150 attendees, including 50 political candidates for the races in Wake, Durham, Chatham, and Orange Counties.
TCC held quarterly informative Lunch & Learn events, each drawing 100+ attendees to each event.Topics showcased throughout the years have been: Growth & Water Quality, Public Private Partnership to Build Schools, Smart Growth & Its Effects, Restorative Development, Building for Tomorrow: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, How Growth Management Regulations Impact the Local Economy, A Tale of Two Cities: How Clarke County, Washington & Portland Oregon Manage Growth, Transit Oriented Development, NIMBYism: Addressing the Challenges Developers & Neighborhoods Face Together, Making Development Process Predictable, Planning & Land Use Laws Have Changed: What does it Mean for the Triangle, Growth,Development and You?, Growing Greener, Smart Growth, How Growth Management in the name of “Smart Growth” has Backfired, Public Private Partnership Legislation: Now we have it…What do We do With it?, The Downside of Development Moratoria, Property Rights and Environment and finally our “Dinner and Dialogues with Cary’s New Elected Leaders, a forum with Gubernatorial Candidate, Mayor Pat McCrory to speak on where he stands on issues that matter to the Triangle and a forum with “The Three Mayors” of Raleigh, Cary and Durham, who spoke candidly with our members about growth in the region.
The TCC Board created In the Know Live! The purpose of the new forums is to outline, in person and in real-time, the most recent version of the online In the Know, keep members updated on what is happening with growth, politics and other relevant issues across the region. These events were well attended, well received, and tremendously popular with our members.
The TCC Board created a web-based weekly newsletter known as “The Monitor” that track the meetings & proposed code changes of local governments across the region. Subscribers could download weekly reports on city council meeting, planning commission meetings and other issues from Raleigh to Chatham County and everything in between.
Released Growth Issues & Attitudes Poll in 2007. Informed the public and media about the positives of balanced growth in the region; raised the visibility of the organization as a thought leader on growth issues.
Hosted “Partnership in Politics” Golf Tournaments inviting local elected officials to play with our members. The two tournaments rose over $29,000. for the TCC’s issue fund.
Launched an Issues Advocacy Campaign Around Fall Elections raising voter awareness about important growth-related issues; helped get out the vote in region. In early November of 2006, we called more than 25,000 voters with information on growth policies and where local candidates and leaders stood on those issues. In 2002 the Coalition was the first in North Carolina to tap a new method for registering voters. We currently have the ability to allow anyone in the region to use our website to register to vote.
Hosted Candidate Campaign Schools to help educate future leaders about how to run successfulcampaigns for local office.
Promoted solutions for building & financing new schools by advocating for and helped pass statewide legislation to provide public-private partnerships to build schools. Our white paper entitled, “Thinking Outside the Box,” caught the attention of school board elected leaders and legislator alike.
Keeping Fees in Check. The organization successfully showed that Chatham County’s proposed school impact fee increase was unsupported based on the methodology to calculate the fee. This study has been useful in a dialogue with county leaders to keep the fees fair. In Durham, when the Durham Board of Commissioners proposed a school impact fee (without legislative authority), the TCC teamed up with other
members in a grassroots educational effort. While the commissioners voted in favor of the fee, the Durham Citizens for Responsible Growth had a significant impact on the process – generating hundreds of phone calls and emails to the commissioners to vote against the fee.
Mobilization around Raleigh Greenway Issue by sending direct mail to 1000 property owners affected by the proposed issue and launched a call to action using the TCC legislative action center on our website.
Response to Wake County Growth Management Strategy (GMS): The coalition played a vital rose in convincing the Wake County Commissioners to allow the public to have input on the document. As a result,the county agreed to host four regional public workshops on the GMS.
Wake County Air Quality Task Force was formed and the Wake County Board of Commissioners asked the TCC to participate. Working with other leaders from the region, the TCC helped craft a series of Practical and reasonable recommendations for Wake County to consider.
Raleigh Storm Water Task Force: The TCC worked with neighborhood representatives to help write the rules and regulations that were adopted by the Raleigh City Council to set up a storm water utility.
I-540 Debate: When several of the region’s elected officials attempted to slow or stop completion of the outer loop, the Coalition took charge and played an instrumental role in speaking out in favor of I-540. Using our extensive grassroots network, we sent alerts, emails and armed our members with talking points to relay to the elected officials.
For more information about becoming a member of the TCC, please contact Charlene Logan at 228-2599 or charlenel@tricc.org or visit us on the web at http://www.tricc.org/ and http://www.growthmatters.org/ .
The TCC helped raise awareness about---and eventually kill--- a massive downzoning for property owners in the critical area of the proposed Little River Reservoir. The TCC worked to educate the Wake County Commissioners, landowners and others that the downzoning was unnecessary. We sent hundreds of letters and made phone calls to property owners to generate opposition to the downzoning. As a result of our efforts, and at the direction of Sara Robertson, the TCC managed to derail the effort. In a unanimous vote, the Wake County Board of Commissioners rejected the original downzoning in the Little River Reservoir. The final outcome resulted in protecting the water quality of the reservoir and the rights and interests of nearby property
owners.
The TCC continued to press for reforms in the development approval process throughout the Triangle. The cities of Raleigh, Durham and the Town of Morrisville have all addressed ways to improve the process. In Raleigh, our efforts led to the creation of a new citizens’ advisory committee solely devoted to finding ways to improve the process---the Development Services Advisory Committee. In Durham, in an effort to streamline the process, Durham officials are proposing a series of detailed changes, outlined in an amendment to its “Unified Development Ordinance” (UDO).
The TCC Helped Save Money with Lower Fees in Cary. The TCC generated a detailed analysis of impact fees throughout the Triangle. This study was the key data point to help convince several Cary Town Council members to keep a fee increase from skyrocketing. In addition, we generated 300 emails to each council person in a 24 hour period before the final vote on the fee increase. The council voted to hold off the vote and acquire more input on amount of the increase before voting. In April, the Cary Town Council voted on a lower than proposed impact fee increase for water and sewer fees--- and decided not to vote on the transportation fee increase---saving homeowners and businesses money.
The TCC continued to advocate via our Web site and blog---“Growth Matters”: The TCC has a powerful,comprehensive array of communication tools, including a blog that has over 30,000 hits. The TCC website visits have increased over 37% since last year and over 157% since the end of 2007.
TCC had several opinion articles and letters to the editor published in News&Observer and other publications.
TCC hosted its eighth Annual Political Pig Pickin’ to provide a forum for members to hear from candidates running in the Fall elections. We had over 150 attendees, including 50 political candidates for the races in Wake, Durham, Chatham, and Orange Counties.
TCC held quarterly informative Lunch & Learn events, each drawing 100+ attendees to each event.Topics showcased throughout the years have been: Growth & Water Quality, Public Private Partnership to Build Schools, Smart Growth & Its Effects, Restorative Development, Building for Tomorrow: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, How Growth Management Regulations Impact the Local Economy, A Tale of Two Cities: How Clarke County, Washington & Portland Oregon Manage Growth, Transit Oriented Development, NIMBYism: Addressing the Challenges Developers & Neighborhoods Face Together, Making Development Process Predictable, Planning & Land Use Laws Have Changed: What does it Mean for the Triangle, Growth,Development and You?, Growing Greener, Smart Growth, How Growth Management in the name of “Smart Growth” has Backfired, Public Private Partnership Legislation: Now we have it…What do We do With it?, The Downside of Development Moratoria, Property Rights and Environment and finally our “Dinner and Dialogues with Cary’s New Elected Leaders, a forum with Gubernatorial Candidate, Mayor Pat McCrory to speak on where he stands on issues that matter to the Triangle and a forum with “The Three Mayors” of Raleigh, Cary and Durham, who spoke candidly with our members about growth in the region.
The TCC Board created In the Know Live! The purpose of the new forums is to outline, in person and in real-time, the most recent version of the online In the Know, keep members updated on what is happening with growth, politics and other relevant issues across the region. These events were well attended, well received, and tremendously popular with our members.
The TCC Board created a web-based weekly newsletter known as “The Monitor” that track the meetings & proposed code changes of local governments across the region. Subscribers could download weekly reports on city council meeting, planning commission meetings and other issues from Raleigh to Chatham County and everything in between.
Released Growth Issues & Attitudes Poll in 2007. Informed the public and media about the positives of balanced growth in the region; raised the visibility of the organization as a thought leader on growth issues.
Hosted “Partnership in Politics” Golf Tournaments inviting local elected officials to play with our members. The two tournaments rose over $29,000. for the TCC’s issue fund.
Launched an Issues Advocacy Campaign Around Fall Elections raising voter awareness about important growth-related issues; helped get out the vote in region. In early November of 2006, we called more than 25,000 voters with information on growth policies and where local candidates and leaders stood on those issues. In 2002 the Coalition was the first in North Carolina to tap a new method for registering voters. We currently have the ability to allow anyone in the region to use our website to register to vote.
Hosted Candidate Campaign Schools to help educate future leaders about how to run successfulcampaigns for local office.
Promoted solutions for building & financing new schools by advocating for and helped pass statewide legislation to provide public-private partnerships to build schools. Our white paper entitled, “Thinking Outside the Box,” caught the attention of school board elected leaders and legislator alike.
Keeping Fees in Check. The organization successfully showed that Chatham County’s proposed school impact fee increase was unsupported based on the methodology to calculate the fee. This study has been useful in a dialogue with county leaders to keep the fees fair. In Durham, when the Durham Board of Commissioners proposed a school impact fee (without legislative authority), the TCC teamed up with other
members in a grassroots educational effort. While the commissioners voted in favor of the fee, the Durham Citizens for Responsible Growth had a significant impact on the process – generating hundreds of phone calls and emails to the commissioners to vote against the fee.
Mobilization around Raleigh Greenway Issue by sending direct mail to 1000 property owners affected by the proposed issue and launched a call to action using the TCC legislative action center on our website.
Response to Wake County Growth Management Strategy (GMS): The coalition played a vital rose in convincing the Wake County Commissioners to allow the public to have input on the document. As a result,the county agreed to host four regional public workshops on the GMS.
Wake County Air Quality Task Force was formed and the Wake County Board of Commissioners asked the TCC to participate. Working with other leaders from the region, the TCC helped craft a series of Practical and reasonable recommendations for Wake County to consider.
Raleigh Storm Water Task Force: The TCC worked with neighborhood representatives to help write the rules and regulations that were adopted by the Raleigh City Council to set up a storm water utility.
I-540 Debate: When several of the region’s elected officials attempted to slow or stop completion of the outer loop, the Coalition took charge and played an instrumental role in speaking out in favor of I-540. Using our extensive grassroots network, we sent alerts, emails and armed our members with talking points to relay to the elected officials.
For more information about becoming a member of the TCC, please contact Charlene Logan at 228-2599 or charlenel@tricc.org or visit us on the web at http://www.tricc.org/ and http://www.growthmatters.org/ .
Friday, October 30, 2009
What's Next
So it's hard to believe that we are almost at the end of 2009. If you're like most, it has been a tough year and most of us are planning to hunker down and get ready for next year. We here at TCAR are plugging along, though, and are getting ready to plan for next year.
There are a few things happening in the next few days days that I thought I would run by everyone. The Triangle Community Coalition is doing a lunch and learn tomorrow, Tuesday November 10th at 11:30 am on how Senate Bill 831 and House Bill 1490 Helps in Tough Times. The North Carolina General Assembly just passed sweeping legislation meant to preserve and extend development approvals. This legislation is an effort to give opportunity to developers and property owners during the economy's downturn. Key note speakers are Lisa Martin, Director of Government Affairs and Eric Braun of K&L Gates, LLP. While you can't register online at this late date, please feel free to show up at the door or give Charlene a call at 919-228-2599. It's $15 and that includes lunch.
On Thursday TCAR is doing their final Showcase of the year with the American Health Institute and Fitness Building on Thursday November 12th at 11:30 am. AIHF is located at 8300 Health Park in Raleigh and this month's topic is "Exploring Corporate Health through Executive Wellness". Speakers include Chris Mangum, President of AIHF Executive Health and Dr. Jay Stevens, Chief Medical Officer of AIHF Executive Health. Lunch is included and is free to all TCAR members, non-members are $35. You can still register online or you can call us 919-228-2588, tweet us at tcarkim or email me at kimb@tcar.com.
Also happening this week is the Urban Land Institute's "Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010", featuring Keynote Speaker Stephen R. Blank . This takes place at the Renaissance Hotel , 4100 Main at North Hlls in Raleigh, with registration starting at 7:30am and the program running from 8:00 to 10:00 am. Pricing is from $15 to $60. Today is the deadline to register online at www.uli.org/register and there is a discount if you register today.
Lastly, on something completely unrelated, dues billing went out last month. If you have not received your bill or have any questions, please let me know.
That's it for now, let me know if you have any questions or if I can be of any help.
There are a few things happening in the next few days days that I thought I would run by everyone. The Triangle Community Coalition is doing a lunch and learn tomorrow, Tuesday November 10th at 11:30 am on how Senate Bill 831 and House Bill 1490 Helps in Tough Times. The North Carolina General Assembly just passed sweeping legislation meant to preserve and extend development approvals. This legislation is an effort to give opportunity to developers and property owners during the economy's downturn. Key note speakers are Lisa Martin, Director of Government Affairs and Eric Braun of K&L Gates, LLP. While you can't register online at this late date, please feel free to show up at the door or give Charlene a call at 919-228-2599. It's $15 and that includes lunch.
On Thursday TCAR is doing their final Showcase of the year with the American Health Institute and Fitness Building on Thursday November 12th at 11:30 am. AIHF is located at 8300 Health Park in Raleigh and this month's topic is "Exploring Corporate Health through Executive Wellness". Speakers include Chris Mangum, President of AIHF Executive Health and Dr. Jay Stevens, Chief Medical Officer of AIHF Executive Health. Lunch is included and is free to all TCAR members, non-members are $35. You can still register online or you can call us 919-228-2588, tweet us at tcarkim or email me at kimb@tcar.com.
Also happening this week is the Urban Land Institute's "Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010", featuring Keynote Speaker Stephen R. Blank . This takes place at the Renaissance Hotel , 4100 Main at North Hlls in Raleigh, with registration starting at 7:30am and the program running from 8:00 to 10:00 am. Pricing is from $15 to $60. Today is the deadline to register online at www.uli.org/register and there is a discount if you register today.
Lastly, on something completely unrelated, dues billing went out last month. If you have not received your bill or have any questions, please let me know.
That's it for now, let me know if you have any questions or if I can be of any help.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Latest RCA Information
Once a month, RCA puts out some information regarding what's new within the commercial REALTOR world. Here is the latest.
The Commercial Block at the NAR Conference and Expo: ( http://www.realtor.org/commercial/commercial_day .)
Commercial sessions and events are better than ever this year so encourage your members to join in – November 13-16. Commercial has a dedicated area on the exhibition floor where you can relax, get information and visit. There’s a fun interactive event with Nathan Sawaya, the artist who builds LEGO® sculptures. He’ll lead an interactive building project, so tell everyone to stop by Booth # 3025. It’s the center of all things Commercial.
This is BIG!
" At a 5% discount/35% marginal tax rate, if $100K in assets are reclassified from a 39 to a 5-year recovery period, net-present-value savings are about $16K. " This is the kind of information members will hear at the Cost Segregation session at the NAR Conference and Expo in November. Saving a client $16K can’t hurt! Despite these tough times, encourage your members to attend. Paul White, CCIM, CPM, presents “Cost Segregation: Improving Cash Flow/Deferring Taxes” on Nov. 15 from 1:30 till 5 p.m. Advanced C.E. enrollment is required.
Go to http://www.realtor.org/educsess.nsf/PagesLUNew/09confce04 .
PODCAST* RCA Chair Tells It Like It Is!
Bob Toothaker courageously accepted the RCA Committee Chair position in January, 2009 under unexpected circumstances, and you might say it’s been a whirlwind ever since. The unprecedented economic downturn has commercial practitioners hanging on and hoping the market improves soon. In a podcast this month, Bob recounts efforts that he, NAR and RCA have worked on to keep our industry’s key messages before policymakers and Congress. Listen to the impressive work and modest accomplishments that occurred this year and – importantly – what advocacy continues. Follow this link to see the podcast: http://www.realtor.org/commercial/toothaker_podcast
Commercial Professionals Have Interesting Profile
Did you know commercial members completed a median of eight transactions in 2008 with average sales of $2+ million and their median income was about $100K? Plus 52% of members work for a commercial-exclusive firm and 10% saw an increase in international transactions.
Don't forget that the Commercial Mandatory Update is this Wednesday October 28th at 1:00. Cindy Chandler will be the instructor for the four hour required course at the RRAR location at 111 Realtor Way in Cary. Make sure you register today.
The Commercial Block at the NAR Conference and Expo: ( http://www.realtor.org/commercial/commercial_day .)
Commercial sessions and events are better than ever this year so encourage your members to join in – November 13-16. Commercial has a dedicated area on the exhibition floor where you can relax, get information and visit. There’s a fun interactive event with Nathan Sawaya, the artist who builds LEGO® sculptures. He’ll lead an interactive building project, so tell everyone to stop by Booth # 3025. It’s the center of all things Commercial.
This is BIG!
" At a 5% discount/35% marginal tax rate, if $100K in assets are reclassified from a 39 to a 5-year recovery period, net-present-value savings are about $16K. " This is the kind of information members will hear at the Cost Segregation session at the NAR Conference and Expo in November. Saving a client $16K can’t hurt! Despite these tough times, encourage your members to attend. Paul White, CCIM, CPM, presents “Cost Segregation: Improving Cash Flow/Deferring Taxes” on Nov. 15 from 1:30 till 5 p.m. Advanced C.E. enrollment is required.
Go to http://www.realtor.org/educsess.nsf/PagesLUNew/09confce04 .
PODCAST* RCA Chair Tells It Like It Is!
Bob Toothaker courageously accepted the RCA Committee Chair position in January, 2009 under unexpected circumstances, and you might say it’s been a whirlwind ever since. The unprecedented economic downturn has commercial practitioners hanging on and hoping the market improves soon. In a podcast this month, Bob recounts efforts that he, NAR and RCA have worked on to keep our industry’s key messages before policymakers and Congress. Listen to the impressive work and modest accomplishments that occurred this year and – importantly – what advocacy continues. Follow this link to see the podcast: http://www.realtor.org/commercial/toothaker_podcast
Commercial Professionals Have Interesting Profile
Did you know commercial members completed a median of eight transactions in 2008 with average sales of $2+ million and their median income was about $100K? Plus 52% of members work for a commercial-exclusive firm and 10% saw an increase in international transactions.
Don't forget that the Commercial Mandatory Update is this Wednesday October 28th at 1:00. Cindy Chandler will be the instructor for the four hour required course at the RRAR location at 111 Realtor Way in Cary. Make sure you register today.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Which Generation Are You?
Last year I served on a National NAR Committee that was charged with looking at ways to communicate with the up and coming Generation X and Ys. NAR has their conference coming up next month in San Diego and one of the topics is Generational Marketing and Negotiating.
They sent along some information regarding the different generations and their characteristics and I thought I would pass that on to you folks. Honestly, I was sort of surprised when I saw the generation I'm supposed to be. Partly, because I didn't realize I was that old, but mainly how spot on it was. So here they are, does it sound like you? And more importantly, how are you going to alter the way you communicate with the clients that fit into those generations?
G.I. Generation: Born Between 1900-1924
They sent along some information regarding the different generations and their characteristics and I thought I would pass that on to you folks. Honestly, I was sort of surprised when I saw the generation I'm supposed to be. Partly, because I didn't realize I was that old, but mainly how spot on it was. So here they are, does it sound like you? And more importantly, how are you going to alter the way you communicate with the clients that fit into those generations?
G.I. Generation: Born Between 1900-1924
- Moral Standards and Values
- Make and Follow Rules
- Civic Duty and Patriotism
- Hard Work, Self Sacrifice
- Loyalty
- Work Together for Common Goals
- Conform
Silents: 1925-1945
- Value Authority/Expertise
- Respects other's opinions
- Want options/choices
- Mediate/talk-it-out
- Need Affirmation
- Risk Averse/Decision Paralysis
- Delayed Gratification
- Now is Their Turn
Boomers: 1946-1964
- Idealistic and Involved
- Creative/Entrepreneurial
- Self-Satisfied
- Career-Focused Workaholics
- Success=Personal Achievement
- Risk Takers
- Entitled to the Best
- No Fear of Credit or Leverage
- What's in it for Me?
Generation X: 1965-1981
- Why Me?
- Skeptical/Pragmatic
- Distrustful/Confrontational
- Little Brand or Employer Loyalty
- Self Motivated/Involved
- High Tech and High Touch
- Family/Friends Before Job
- Time vs Space
Millennials: 1982-2000
- Very High Tech-Speed
- Inclusive and Interracial
- Collaborative
- Can Do/Optimistic
- Future Investment Planning
- Financially Oriented
- Impersonal, Lack of Social Skills
- Pressured, Stressed
- Impatient, Want It Now
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It's Coming! Dues Billing
Who can believe that we are now approaching the middle of October and that the Holidays (Ugh!) are right around the corner. This time of the year also means dues billing for 2010 will be going out. Currently, we are scheduled to email your dues invoice on the 19th of October. Yes, it's a little earlier but we thought we would give you a little more time to get those dues in.
On the morning of Monday, October the 19th, I arrange to email your dues invoice through the company that runs are membership management system. There is a mass email blast that occurs and every ones' bill should arrive in their email box no later than that afternoon. PLEASE check your SPAM box. Many times my emails end up in your trash and you may want to arrange with your IT people to white list us. All of you folks that have admin people, make sure you print up the invoice and give it to the people that take care of that stuff. Institute Affiliates will get their invoice but they can make arrangements for their payment through their respective affiliate groups in the manner that they require.
Okay, with that said, let's talk about a couple of things. First, in theory this is due to us by the end of January. Now if by January, you think there is going to be an issue, please contact me at the office, 228-2588 or by email at kimb@tcar.com . The bottom line is we really don't want our members to fall by the wayside. So let us know what is going on.
Second, let's not be thinking that all of that money is coming to TCAR. We're not rolling in the dough here and we too have been hit by the current economic situation much in the same way as everyone else has. You're $426 pays for membership into 5 groups: TCAR, NCRCA, NCAR, NAR and RCA. If you don't know the acronyms, let me know, but that's a pretty decent deal. I could expound on the fact that even at a time when things have been pretty tough, TCAR has really gone above and beyond to create programming that has been worth that alone. I won't go into all the other things available to you through all the other associations but we have blogged about it in the past. Look up the benefits of membership on a previous blog.
Third, keep in mind how that money gets divided up. $181 goes to TCAR and pays for the office, staffing and what all we do. Pretty remarkable with 580+ members and you can do the math. $115 goes to NAR and RCA and the last $130 belongs to the state Association. Really when you break it down and learn about what all these group accomplish, you would realize it's a pretty good deal.
Lastly, there is that RPAC contribution that looks like we're sneaking it into your bill. I promise that is not our intention. The issue is the way the program is written and unfortunately, that is the only way it can be added. However, I would like for you to consider this as not a contribution but an investment in your business. Many people are confused with RPAC and to clarify, that money goes to cnadidates/people that are running for political offices whose ideas are in line with what the REALTOR Associations are. No, it does not go to anyone political party, typically at the end of the year, the PAC is pretty well split between the two major parties. No, the PAC is not giving a boatload of money to any one candidate. In fact the most a candidate can get from the monies collected by an association is $2500. In the end, this money elects people that protect your clients and your paycheck.
So be looking for that invoice, give me a yell if you have any questions and thank you for being a part of our membership!
On the morning of Monday, October the 19th, I arrange to email your dues invoice through the company that runs are membership management system. There is a mass email blast that occurs and every ones' bill should arrive in their email box no later than that afternoon. PLEASE check your SPAM box. Many times my emails end up in your trash and you may want to arrange with your IT people to white list us. All of you folks that have admin people, make sure you print up the invoice and give it to the people that take care of that stuff. Institute Affiliates will get their invoice but they can make arrangements for their payment through their respective affiliate groups in the manner that they require.
Okay, with that said, let's talk about a couple of things. First, in theory this is due to us by the end of January. Now if by January, you think there is going to be an issue, please contact me at the office, 228-2588 or by email at kimb@tcar.com . The bottom line is we really don't want our members to fall by the wayside. So let us know what is going on.
Second, let's not be thinking that all of that money is coming to TCAR. We're not rolling in the dough here and we too have been hit by the current economic situation much in the same way as everyone else has. You're $426 pays for membership into 5 groups: TCAR, NCRCA, NCAR, NAR and RCA. If you don't know the acronyms, let me know, but that's a pretty decent deal. I could expound on the fact that even at a time when things have been pretty tough, TCAR has really gone above and beyond to create programming that has been worth that alone. I won't go into all the other things available to you through all the other associations but we have blogged about it in the past. Look up the benefits of membership on a previous blog.
Third, keep in mind how that money gets divided up. $181 goes to TCAR and pays for the office, staffing and what all we do. Pretty remarkable with 580+ members and you can do the math. $115 goes to NAR and RCA and the last $130 belongs to the state Association. Really when you break it down and learn about what all these group accomplish, you would realize it's a pretty good deal.
Lastly, there is that RPAC contribution that looks like we're sneaking it into your bill. I promise that is not our intention. The issue is the way the program is written and unfortunately, that is the only way it can be added. However, I would like for you to consider this as not a contribution but an investment in your business. Many people are confused with RPAC and to clarify, that money goes to cnadidates/people that are running for political offices whose ideas are in line with what the REALTOR Associations are. No, it does not go to anyone political party, typically at the end of the year, the PAC is pretty well split between the two major parties. No, the PAC is not giving a boatload of money to any one candidate. In fact the most a candidate can get from the monies collected by an association is $2500. In the end, this money elects people that protect your clients and your paycheck.
So be looking for that invoice, give me a yell if you have any questions and thank you for being a part of our membership!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Commercial Mandatory Update
All North Carolina Real Estate agents should be painfully aware that they are required to complete eight hours of continuing education every year. the commission's year starts in July and ends in June.If you have ever forgotten to complete the required classes, you know how stressful it is when your license ends up inactivated until you complete everything you need. I usually tell folks to check your education records on the Commission website in January so you can start planning on when you'll take the classes you need to finish up those eight hours in the allotted time frame.
Everyone needs to take the Mandatory Update. If you're a broker in charge, you'll need the four hour BICAR class, which, between the two, usually finishes off a BIC's requirements for the year. Everyone that is not a BIC needs an additional four hours in an elective of their choosing. What's difficult for commercial brokers is the fact many of the courses offered out there are for the residential REALTOR, meaning,in many instances, you're stuck in a class that really doesn't apply to what you do.
TCAR has always made an effort to bring classes to their members that are based on commercial examples. Every year we try to do the mandatory once in the fall and once in the spring, with a BICAR usually in the winter months and an elective added onto one of the other classes we offer. Hence, on Wednesday October 28th from 1-5 PM, we will be offering the 2010 Commercial Mandatory Update with Cindy Chandler. It is $55 for members and $75 for non-members. Registration can be done either online or by calling the office at 919-228-2588. It will be held at the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTOR building, 111 Realtor Way in Cary.
Cindy always suggest that I tell folks that the commission DOES give credit for this class but they always recommend that you take the residential class. I'm not sure for the reason but I always tell folks that. It's sort of a disclaimer but you get full credit for the Mandatory, so don't worry. As always if there are any questons or issues, please contact me at the office number or you can email me at kimb@tcar.com .
Everyone needs to take the Mandatory Update. If you're a broker in charge, you'll need the four hour BICAR class, which, between the two, usually finishes off a BIC's requirements for the year. Everyone that is not a BIC needs an additional four hours in an elective of their choosing. What's difficult for commercial brokers is the fact many of the courses offered out there are for the residential REALTOR, meaning,in many instances, you're stuck in a class that really doesn't apply to what you do.
TCAR has always made an effort to bring classes to their members that are based on commercial examples. Every year we try to do the mandatory once in the fall and once in the spring, with a BICAR usually in the winter months and an elective added onto one of the other classes we offer. Hence, on Wednesday October 28th from 1-5 PM, we will be offering the 2010 Commercial Mandatory Update with Cindy Chandler. It is $55 for members and $75 for non-members. Registration can be done either online or by calling the office at 919-228-2588. It will be held at the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTOR building, 111 Realtor Way in Cary.
Cindy always suggest that I tell folks that the commission DOES give credit for this class but they always recommend that you take the residential class. I'm not sure for the reason but I always tell folks that. It's sort of a disclaimer but you get full credit for the Mandatory, so don't worry. As always if there are any questons or issues, please contact me at the office number or you can email me at kimb@tcar.com .
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