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Join the Vail Board of REALTORS®
Foundation
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a Habitat for
Humanity build day.
This will be a day of construction,
networking and fun!
No experience is required.
When:
Thursday, August 25th
Where: 138 Nighthawk Circle
Time:
7:30am- 3:00pm
Lunch from Noon- 1:00pm
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FREE Safety Webinar
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It's time to get smart about smart home safety! Register now for free Safety Webinar Summit on Sept. 14 at 1:00 PM CST!
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Education Quick Links
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FREE Member Benefit
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MLS Touch is a free app for our REALTORS® and
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- Benefit from Realtor® side access to showing instructions, private remarks, commission payable and all other info for each listing
- Access your peers' listings and contact information
- Set up, program, map, update and send Buyer Tours in a few minutes
- Create superb flyers to promote Just Listed or Open House promotions effortlessly.
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VBR Staff Directory
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MLS Rapattoni Help Line:
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From the Desk of Mark Bergman
Association Executive
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Next week the Vail Board of REALTORS® is participating in a Habitat for Humanity build day as part of the Community Build Week of Habitat of the Vail Valley. We have room for just a few more members to participate. If you have never worked on a Habitat build, you're missing out on a wonderful "feel good day", an opportunity to help a family achieve their dream of home ownership and some simply good fun with your fellow brokers. I've worked lots of these events and I'm sorry I will miss this one while on vacation. (Yes I know working for the VBR is reward enough, but they insist I take some vacation time!)
In the last 3 weeks, we have had two lockbox failures that trapped the key inside. Electro- mechanical devices will fail. It's a simple fact. Here is a lockbox best practice or, more accurately, a listing best practice. When you list a home; get two keys and keep one for yourself. When I was selling, I never trusted buyer's agents with the only key. Do you really want to risk your own showing, if (when) a buyer's agent locks the key inside the house and you have to wait for the out of town owners to send another key? Why should it be any different with an electronic lockbox?
Go sell something this week and push for a big finish to the summer! This column might be on hiatus next week.
Mark
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BEST OF THE BLOGS
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Selling Your Home Solo to Save Money? You'll Actually Make Less Than You Think Some homeowners opt to sell their residence without a real estate agent to get around paying a commission and make more of the profit. Forty-eight percent of people who sell without a real estate agent think that if they sell themselves, they'll end up doing a little extra work in exchange for not paying a commission or closing fee.
Study Reveals Best Technique for Pricing a Home T
he best technique for pricing a home when listing it for sale is setting the asking price just below a round number, according to recent research published by the Journal of Housing Research - an official publication of the American Real Estate Society (ARES).
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5 Things Renters Should Know About Owning For renters who aspire to be home owners, transitioning from an apartment to a house requires a shift in their thinking that they may not be prepared to make. The financial changes that come with owning, the need to consider planting longer-term roots in a neighborhood, and new neighborhood rules are things renters may not be thinking about enough.
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EDUCATION
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Starting Hearts
Call. Push. Shock Certification
3:00pm-3:45pm
4:00pm-4:45pm
5:00pm-5:45pm
Second Floor Unit #219
***Receive a $20 credit to take
another class at VBR for taking
the Call, Push, Shock class.
Space is limited signup today!***
FREE
September 8th:
The Psychology of Sales & Negotiation
1:00pm-4:00pm
Instuctor: EksAyn Anderson
$40 Investment
3 CE Credits
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September 14th:
Lunch & Learn-
Affordable Housing & Deed Restricted Education
10:00am-12:00pm
Instuctor: Kim Williams
FREE- Lunch Provided
September 28th:
CREC Annual Update
8:30am-12:30pm
Instuctor: Karen Easton
$40 Investment
4 CE Credits
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to see the classes coming up for the rest of the year.
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MLS TRAINING
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August 24th
General Usage
9:30am
Please email Patty Sandoval
([email protected])
to register for the following MLS training classes. Please indicate the class(es) you would like to attend in the subject line. All classes are held at the VBR Office.
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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS GUIDE
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Top Ten Benefits of REALTOR® Membership
1. REALTOR® Brand: The REALTOR® brand is one of the most recognized trademark in the world.
2. Public Awareness: Let consumers know why it is important to use a REALTOR®
3. Government Advocacy: NAR, CAR, and VBR work with elected leadership in our government to benefit REALTORS®
CLICK HERE
to read all ten in our new membership benefits guide.
We will be giving out hard copies soon!
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EVENTS- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
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Commercial Regulatory Update: NAR Meets With Banking Group
Rod J. Alba, Sr. Vice President, Mortgage Finance & Senior Regulatory Counsel of the American Bankers Association, sits down with Stephanie Spear, NAR Commercial Regulatory Policy Representative, to talk about common issues facing ABA and NAR members. Hear about what regulatory efforts ABA has been up to in 2016 and how NAR members can work more with ABA members.
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VBR AFFILIATE SPOTLIGHT
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Affiliate Spotlight- Carol Moore Interior Design
Congratulations, Carol Moore Interior Design, Inc. Celebrates 20th Anniversary!
Carol Moore Mink ASID is President of Edwards based Carol Moore Interior Design and is currently serving as the President of the of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Colorado Chapter. This past year Carol was one of a handful of interior designers selected to decorate the Colorado Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion for the holidays--see Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Magazine article
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