Iron County Board of Realtors Radio Show

Please keep Steve Bailey in your prayers at this time.  He had a stroke last week.  We are taking donations for him at the Board Office.

 Every Thursday 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

Pre-Meeting – The focus of this meeting it to give agents a forum to co-operate more effectively. Agents will be given the opportunity to share “Needs and Wants”. For example if have a buyer that I am having a hard time finding the right home for, I could ask if agents have anything that might work.  If I have a new listing or a seller that has made drastic improvement to their home I can share that info to try and get agents to bring their buyers. Those who have an open house that day will also be given 30 sec to share anything they want to about the listing.

Those that are holding Open Houses that day must attend the pre- meeting or home will be dropped.   Others do not need to sign in and are encouraged to attend but not mandatory.

The Board will provide comment sheets for agents to use at the Open House.

Open Houses – Held every Thursday following the Pre-Meeting and open to all areas.  Open houses will start at 10 AM with each agent to give their end time.  Time will be printed on the Open House Sheet distributed at the 9:00 meeting.

Agent may put a house on as many times as they want.

Any Licensed Realtor who belongs to the ICBOR MLS may sit the Open House.  Listing Agents are responsible for info on the houses to be presented accurately.

Information on the Open House must be submitted on Paragon by Noon on Tuesday prior to the Open House.   If you do not know how to submit an Open House on Paragon, call the Board Office and we can quickly walk you through it.

 

The first Open House will be April 15, 2010 9:00 at the Board Office.

 

Not that anyone has probably noticed, or will mourn, given the lack of a turn out for home tour over the last year, but at the last broker meeting, it was voted on and passed (not deemed), to do away with home tour as our board has known it for some time.

But don’t fret! You are in the good hands of a committee of board members that are putting together a different format for agents to get together and present their listings to other members, and to possibly present their buyer’s needs as well. The Washington County Board of Realtors has had success with their format and some of their ideas may suit our board as well.

If you have any input on some features you would like to see incorporated, please call the Iron County Board of Realtors office with your ideas or to get the names of committee members you can contact.

If you were at the January luncheon, you were likely involved in some conversation regarding the 2010 budget for the Iron County Board of Realtors and already know that the topic was tabled until the February luncheon. Typically the January luncheon involves a quick rundown of the budget, a lot of glazed eyes, and a no fuss approval. This year it is exciting to see the members getting involved with how their dollars are being allocated!

Although the bulk of our yearly dues are beyond our control (UAR and NAR portions), members do have a say in where they want the remaining dollars to be spent. Here’s the problem, though: We have been operating outside of our means for a little while now. Despite scaling back over the last couple of years, our operating costs are still higher than our income.

The budget issue will be taken up at the upcoming Brokers’ Meeting on February 5, 2010. So, if you have any suggestions/ideas, please communicate those to your broker so that you are represented at that meeting. This is your board! Your board of directors are here to represent you. So let your ideas be known! It was refreshing to have input at luncheon and hopefully the dialogue from the members will continue!!

The Iron County Board of Realtors’ Covention dates have been changed to March 18th and 19th, 2010. This was necessary after a scheduling conflict at the venue for the original dates. Flyers will be coming to your offices this week. Let us know if you would be interested in an option for “one day registration”.

Adriane Kadera did a great job emceeing luncheon as President-Elect.

Steve Brown gave an education update letting us know that NAR is waiving the $175 fee for the new Short Sale certification. The live class required for the certification will likely cost around $85.

Convention 2010 will need to be rescheduled from the original March 11th and 12th dates in Springdale. The new dates will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.  Early Bird registration is looking like it will be approximately $100 and for that you will receive 12 hr of continuing education, two lunches, and a dinner!

Darcy Cannon announced a change in Board Tour boundaries for the southeast and southwest tours. The maps will be included on the tour sign up sheets.

Chris Dahlin’s weather report included a surprising statistic that homes beings sold as an arms length transaction (not by a bank) have dropped in price by only about 17% whereas institutional home sales (by a bank) have dropped in price by 27%. An important figure to share with your sellers!

Thank you to Canyon View Madrigals for the entertainment!

This year’s Veterans Day celebration was something special for our community and one of it’s bravest members. After several months of collaboration between Homes For Our Troops and many many volunteers, Sgt Travis Wood and his family were handed the keys to their new home.

The Realtor community is so proud to have been a part of it all by donating $10,000 through UARHOF, and several members donating time.

Realtors in attendance at the key ceremony were Jan Johnson (Sgt Wood is her grandson!), Ron Adams, and Rich Gillette.

A great turn out for the third quarter broker meeting. Welcome to Kim Williams from the Washington County Board of Realtors.

Updates were given from UAR and NAR conventions with some great information for everyone such as the new Short Sale designation through NAR.

Some great changes were proposed for Board Tour and for data forms. Watch for those soon

Dan McDonald brought some always pertinent insight into the legal issues that we, as Realtors, can potentially face.  Please, don’t forget to document!  In a tough market more people than ever look for reasons to dip into Realtors’ allegedly deep pockets.

Councilman Elect and Past President, Ron Adams, thanks the Realtor organization for their support, monetary and otherwise.

Bravo to the Iron County Board of Realtors for not letting a slow year in business dampen their spirit of giving!

Once again, thanks to UARHOF, the Iron County Board of Realtors has donated $10,000 towards a fantastic local cause. This time the donation was given to the local Care and Share towards a new facility.

Care and Share is a cause that the Iron County Board of Realtors has consistently supported over the years as a way to give back to our community!