EBCBOR Congratulates all the 2016 Circle of Excellence Award Recipients!
320 award winners were honored at EBCBOR's Circle of Excellence Luncheon, Friday, March 3rd at the Florentine Gardens in River Vale, NJ. Dena Matthews, with Weichert, Realtors Tenafly received the 2016 EBCBOR Rising Star Award. Thank you to all our proud sponsors for being part of a great event. A special Thank you to Greg Davis Photography.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
The EBCBOR Community Service Committee and Chase are teaming up with Cell Phones for Soldiers, a national nonprofit dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to active-duty military members and veterans. By donating gently-used cell phones you are providing free calling cards to active-duty military members to connect with loved ones as well as assisting veterans with emergency funds to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships. Don't rest; donate today. CLICK HERE to view list of participating drop-off locations.
EBCBOR is partnering with the Bergen Volunteer Center for their annual "Clean Homes, Clean Families" initiative, part of their Mentoring Mom's Program. Consider donating cleaning supplies for local families in need. Your kind donations will keep our clients and their homes clean and healthy! CLICK HERE for List of Supplies and Drop-off locations.
NEWS YOU COULD USE
7 Tips to Help Late-Filing REALTORS® Avoid an IRS Audit
According to the IRS, about 20 percent of U.S. income tax filers-that's one out of five-wait until the week of April 15 to crunch out their returns. And approximately 61 percent of those returns are balance-due.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
Carson Becomes HUD Secretary
Dr. Ben Carson was approved by the United States Senate by a vote of 58-41, and was sworn into office by Vice President Pence. NAR President Bill Brown had the following statement: "Dr. Carson should be proud of his achievement. The task at hand is a big one, and we applaud his commitment to the challenges that lie ahead. NAR has been the voice of real estate for over a century. In that time we've seen changes in markets, in Washington and in the business of our Realtor® members."
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Why Foreign Investors Are Attracted to the Southeast Real Estate Market
Latin American investors are increasingly looking at the U.S. as a safe place to grow their capital, and the Southeast industrial real estate market is benefitting from it.U.S. foreign direct investment led all countries last year, totaling a record $348 billion, according to this U.S. Department of Commerce study.
2017 AFFILIATE PARTNERS
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