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Get More Value from Right Tools, Right Now in 2010 Author: Broker Breeze Jan 05

The ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ initiative is back in 2010 to help you and your business find continued success. In the coming year, you’ll find even more great FREE or AT-COST offers, updates to existing NAR products and resources, plus valuable tips on how to make the most of Right Tools, Right Now.

If you haven’t taken advantage of the ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ initiative, now is the time to jump on board and discover the value you’ve been missing.

Here are two best-selling NAR eProducts, revised and updated with the new tax credit changes, to help you capture even more buyers in 2010. And they’re still available for FREE thanks to Right Tools, Right Now.

UPDATED!
It’s a Great Time to Buy!
Get buyers off the fence with this
updated consumer brochure.
Includes new tax credit changes.
Order your copy now for FREE.

UPDATED! Save Now With the
Homebuyers Tax Credit
Help your buyers save now with this updated
brochure on the Homebuyers Tax Credit .
Includes new tax credit changes. Get it before
the credit expires.
Order your copy now for FREE.

Visit the ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ homepage to see all FREE and AT-COST products and resources that are part of NAR’s ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ initiative, established by NAR to support its members. Listings are updated monthly, so check back often!

These special product prices are exclusively available to REALTORS®. To access these and the hundreds of other downloadable products for FREE, member login is required at the REALTOR.org website.

Use this link to view new videos about Right Tools, Right Now and learn how to benefit more from this initiative.

Tell us how the ‘Right Tools, Right Now’ initiative has helped you: RTRN@realtors.org

If you don’t know your login, use this link or call NAR’s Information Central at 1-800-874-6500.

If you haven’t downloaded an eProduct before, use this link to find out how, or call NAR’s Information Central at 1-800-874-6500.

Category: Resources & Tools | Tags: brochure, great time buy, homebuyers, nar, right now, right tools, tax credit, Videos | Leave a Comment

MLS Goes Token-Free on Monday! Author: 2010 MLS President - Karen Parkin Jan 08

On Monday, January 11th, the way you access Rapattoni MLS will change for all MLS Subscribers. You will no longer be required to use a token to login into the MLS. Instead, the system will begin using adaptive authentication technology.

As a Subscriber, this will require some initial set-up on your part. To assist you with this process, your MLS has created step-by-step instructions and a video to guide you through the entire process.

Click Here to Watch the Above Video on WRAR.com TV

Click Here to Read Written Instructions with Screenshots

You will be required to change your MLS password during set-up. Upon completing this process, Internet Member Services (IMS) should update itself to reflect this new password within two hours.

*IMPORTANT: Please do not discard or return your token to the MLS. Tokens could be required as secondary means to log-in.

What is Adaptive Authentication?
Your data will be protected by banking-industry-strength security leveraging RSA’s® Adaptive Authentication technology which currently protects more than 150 million online users. Adaptive Authentication will provide a level of security that is unmatched in the real estate marketplace through a combination of:

Confidential Security Questions
Device Identification of PCs
IP Address Tracking
User Profiling
Analytical Risk Reporting
Anti-Fraud Technology

Your MLS is excited to offer this new and innovative technology to enhance and simplify your MLS experience.

Category: Association News, MLS President, Resources & Tools, Technology, Videos | Tags: adaptive, authentication, login, mls, tokenless | One Comment

Membership Changes: December 10th to January 8th Author: Broker Breeze Jan 12

DESIGNATED REALTORS®
Rip Booker, Trupath Appraisal, Inc.
William Fuller, Jr., Atlantic Brokerage, Inc.
David M. Jones, Coastal Carolina Properties
Skip Lowell, Wrightsville Realty Group, Inc.
Pembroke Nash, Nash Appraisal Services, Inc.

NEW OFFICE
Nash Appraisal Services, Inc.
Trupath Appraisal, Inc.
NEW REALTOR® MEMBERS
Sean Doyle, BlueCoast Realty Corporation
Amy Vinita Hromiak, Prudential Laney RE
Henry Nadeau, Creative Properties, Inc.
Joseph Orseno, Prudential Laney Real Estate
Susan Toole Smith, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Adam Zazzali, Coastwalk Real Estate, LLC

REINSTATEMENTS
Cathleen Cooper, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Sandra K. Ettinger, Tregembo & Associates Realty
Sandra Iventosch, Sandra Iventosch Realty
Arthur Jacobs, Prudential Laney Real Estate
Gail Killman, Gail Killman, Broker
Bradley Manifold, Peak to Peak Real Estate
Billie Milligan, Intracoastal Real Estate
B. Lee Morgan, (Allied), Inspect One, Inc.
Demetria Padgett, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Francis Pittman, Pittman-Ellsworth Properties
Ashley Sikka, (Secondary), Heritage Development & Realty

RESIGNATIONS
Benjamin Archer, Auction Orange
Meredith Bailey, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Russell Barker, Guyton & Associates Realty
Martha Blacher, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Robert Blocher, Sundial Properties
Patrick Brennan, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Marya Breznay, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Jeffrey West Brown, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Peggy Brummitt, Network Real Estate
Crystal Bullock, Wilkinson & Associates
Ronald Capone, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Earl Cline, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Louis Arnie Cullipher, South Eastern Real Estate
Natalie Darlington, Cape Fear Real Estate Solution
Linda Dehart, Hagood Homes Realty, Inc.
William Figured, Figured Realty
Shane Flack, Century 21 Brock & Associates
Brent D. Herstine, Bryan Real Estate
Katherine Hunsley, Prudential Laney RE
Nathan Graff, Graff Appraisal Group LLC
Myung Jang, Lumina Realty, Inc.
Kenneth Keegan, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Peter Kerkstra, Peter Kerkstra, Broker
Rebecca King, Keller Williams Realty
Michael Kloian, Blufin
Mark Lemmon, ArkadiA Realty
Sara Lindemon, Keller Williams Realty
Cheryl Lowery, (Secondary), Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Wanda Sue Marsh, Wilmington Realty
Trudy McCarter, Network Real Estate
Leigh Murray, Intracoastal Realty
Richard Murray, Empire Realty of North Carolina
Paul Newton, Prudential Laney Real Estate
Lewis Orr, (Secondary), Orr Realty, Inc.
Angela Peterson, Century 21 Brock and Associates
Jane Ruark, Wilkinson & Associates
Terry Rowe, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Linda Schmidt, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Christopher M. Schupp, Tidal Creek Realty
Jason Smith, Prudential Laney Real Estate
Gina Stout, Intracoastal Realty Corp
Helen Strickland, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Patricia Urban, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Gale Wallace, The Davy Group
Rufus Weaver, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Jeffrey Weinberg, Auction Orange
Diane Wills, Intracoastal Realty Corp

TRANSFERS
Shannon Andrews, BlueCoast Realty Corporation
Ronald Barnello, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Shannan Blanks, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Eleanor Brant, Wilkinson & Associates
Susan Collins, Ocean Shore Properties, Inc.
Trisha Cook, Wilkinson & Associates
Raymond Golding, Wilkinson & Associates
Michael Hanifan, Wilkinson & Associates Real Estate
Edward Jones, LJ Appraisals, Inc.
Teresa Krebs, Coastwalk Real Estate, LLC
Joe Moseley, Live Oak Real Estate
Chris Oliver, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Rebecca Owen, Intracoastal Realty Corp
Lois E. Potratz, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Tammy Ritter, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
David Seltzer, Jewell Hobbs, Inc.
Benjamin Szafran, BlueCoast Realty Corporationr
John Wharton, Wilkinson & Associates

TERMINATIONS (For Nonpayment of Fees) 1/1/10
Morris Atkins, Atkins Appraisal Services
Nicholas Bailey, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Fabian Bartolozzi, Flagship Realty & Development
William Buchanan, Buchanan Properties
Stephen Coble, (Allied), Hydrophysics
Dawn Cockman, Dawn Cockman, Broker
Laurence Collins, (Secondary), Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Ryan Cothran, (Allied), Hydro Physics
Cathleen Cooper, Century 21 Sweyer & Associates
Robert Cutting, (Allied), State Farm Rob Cutting Agency
Patricia Durant, Americoast Real Estate, LLC
Zachery Gettinger, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty
Robert Gunter, Robert B. Gunter, Broker
Carolyn Grant, (Secondary), Omega Property Group
Paula Honeycutt, Wilkinson & Associates
Mardessia Humphrey, Humphrey & Associates
Sandra Iventosch, Sandra Iventosch Realty
Arthur Jacobs, Prudential Laney Real Estate
April Jenkins, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Gail Killman, Gail Killman, Broker
Joshua Langdon, (Allied), Rid-A-Pest Inc.
Brian Lewis, Autumn Hall Realty LLC
Phong Ly, (Secondary), PTL Realty
Michael Maley, Wrightsville Realty Group, Inc.
Bradley Manifold, Peak to Peak Real Estate
Tamara Mercer, Keller Williams Realty
Billie Milligan, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Bas Mohip, Bas Mohip, REALTOR
B. Lee Morgan, (Allied), Inspect One, Inc.
David Motte, Wrightsville Sands Realty, Inc.
Teresa Parker, Intracoastal Realty – New Homes
Edward Paula, Intracoastal Realty Corp.
Bryon Robinson, Intracoastal Realty –New Homes
Linda Skipper, (Allied), Primary Residential Mortgage
Theresa Smith, Wilkinson & Associates
Beverly Troiano, Pointe South Realty, LLC
Susan Wehner, Sue Wehner, Broker

TERMINATIONS (For Failure to Resign or Transfer After 30 day Drop)
Louis Cullipher, SouthCoast Realty
Heather Peterson, SouthCoast Realty

*NONE for: ALLIED MEMBERS, DECEASED, and COOPERATING KEY

Category: Membership Changes | Tags: allied members, cooperating key, deceased, designated realtors, new office, reinstatements, resignations, terminations, transfers | Leave a Comment

Our Team Playing for Success in 2010! Author: 2010 WRAR President - Mary Martin Jan 13

Thank you to everyone who renewed their membership in 2010!

As your new WRAR President, I am very excited about the opportunity to lead you and your Association into a bright and prosperous new year.

I look forward to working with you and the Board of Directors to continue growing our Association and lead our industry to new heights. Together, we are a Team Playing for Success!

As always, your Association works diligently to offer you the best and most innovative services and tools you need to be successful.

In no particular order, here are the Top 20 Benefits & Services that all WRAR Members receive:

Learning from Fellow REALTORS® and Members
Latest Information and Research by Using the Association Website WRAR.com – Know More, Sell More!
Local Government Influence – Advocacy, Grassroots Lobbying and More
Protection of the Rights of Homeowners and Helping People Achieve the American Dream of Home Ownership
Charity and Community Projects that Make a Difference in Your Community
Having a Voice and Making a Difference by Serving on Committees & Councils
The Value of the REALTOR® Brand Supported by our Code of Ethics
Learning More, Earns You More by Taking Advantage of Continuing Education and Other Training Opportunities
Real Savings and Exclusive Offers through Partnerships with Vendors
Guidance for New and Young Real Estate Professionals
Public Relations and Media Outreach on Local Real Estate Issues
Resources for You and Your Clients such as Videos on WRAR.com/TV (for REALTORS®) and THEwilmingtonMLS.com/TV (for Consumers)
Be Recognized for Your Hard Work through Awards and Local Publicity
Save Thousands in Legal Fees with Our Mediation and Arbitration Services
Stay in Touch with the Trends, News, and Talk via the weekly BrokerBriefing email newsletter and BrokerBreeze.com blog
Find Your Profitable Niche through Specialized Designations and Certifications
Latest Cutting Edge Technology to Provide Premium and Secure Service in Our Own MLS
Increased Exposure for Your Listings via the Public MLS Website – THEwilmingtonMLS.com
Live Events like REALTOR® Recharge to Network and Build Referrals
Staying Connected with Your Association via Social Media & Networking sites like Facebook & Twitter

Thanks again for your participation and support… Let’s make 2010 a great year!

Category: WRAR President | Tags: 2010, benefits, membership, playing for success, renew, services, top 20 | 2 Comments

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