MEMBERS FIRST
NEWSLETTER
December 2018
IN THIS ISSUE •
President’s Message
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Awards & Installation Ceremony
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Membership Renewal
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Realtor & Family Appreciation Day
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Christmas Angels
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Hurricane Relief Effort
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C2EX Program
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Course Monitor Luncheon
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Code of Ethics
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CRS Courses
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Class Schedule
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Affilliates
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New Member Welcome
2018 General Membership Meeting Please join us for our annual year end meeting on December 4. This is a free event that is open to all of our membership. During the meeting we will review the progress we’ve made in 2018, recognize our current Board of Directors, and vote on proposed bylaw changes. In addition, we will have guest speakers from Florida REALTORS and MFRMLS to provide updates. Attending this meeting is one way to be involved in what happens with the Association. To RSVP visit www.OsceolaRealtors.com.
Together Towards Tomorrow
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
DANNY HERNANDEZ
2018 PRESIDENT
Awards & Installation Ceremony This has been a great year for the Association. As we move “Together Towards Tomorrow“ we are excited for what the new year will bring. The Awards and Installation Ceremony is not an ordinary event; it’s a celebration! We are celebrating our 2019 Board of Directors, but we will also be celebrating you, our members, and announcing your choices for our annual awards. If you nominated a friend or yourself for an award you don’t want to miss this event! We will also have a special presentation from nationally known artist, Jory Boy. If you’d like to purchase a ticket, please contact us 407-846-0117 or visit www.osceolarealtors. I hope to see you on December 8!
December 8, 2018 6:00-10:00pm Affiliate Presenting Sponsor
Affiliate Corporate Sponsor
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center 6000 West Osceola Parkway Kissimmee, FL 34746 Tickets: $50 Entertainment by: Jory Boy
Affiliate Supporting Sponsor
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For your convenience, our office hours are extended until 7 pm in December!
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It’s renewal time! We are now accepting membership renewals for 2019. We appreciate your membership and will continue to strive to help you make money, save time, and reduce liability in your real estate career. Renewing your membership with OSCAR will also renew your membership with the Florida Realtors (FR) and National Association of Realtors (NAR). As a member of this Association you will continue to receive benefits such as representation from the Realtor Political Action Committee (RPAC), vital information about industry issues and trends, and professional development classes.
TWIS LIZASUAIN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A goal of ours in 2018 was to introduce new and exciting events and classes to our membership. As 2019 approaches we are excited to reveal what we have in store for you for the new year. The deadline for renewals is Monday, December 31, 2018. We are offering a $100 education voucher to those who pay before Friday, December 14. This voucher is our way of saying thank you for your prompt payment and can be applied to any Association class taken during 2019. To renew your membership, please visit the members portal at www.osceolarealtors.com. If you need assistance or have any questions, please contact us at 407-846-0117. Thank you for your membership. We look forward to working with you in 2019.
We Appreciate Our Members! What is work without a little play? Last month we hosted our first annual Realtor and Family Appreciation Day event and it was a hit! The event featured two bounce houses, free food and drinks, door prizes, and face painting. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in this event. Especially our affiliates (Best Home Inspections of FL, Inc., Black Dog Drone Operations, Blue Water Clear Title, LLC, First International Title, Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc., Prodigal Homes Inspections
& Consulting, Stewart, Women’s Council of REALTORS®, and ZAP Home Inspections) who set up booths and provided door prizes. It was an honor and privilege to host this special event for our valued members. Overall, this event was a success and we are pleased that everyone enjoyed themselves. If you missed this year’s event, don’t worry we plan on hosting this annually. For more pictures, please visit our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ OsceolaRealtors.
Affiliates, please contact Nancy Hubbard at nhubbard@osceola-realtors.com to sponsor Brokerage Corporate Tables are also available Special room rate at Gaylord Palms. Reserve by November 8 at $229/night. https://book.passkey.com/go/OsceolaCountyRealtorsAwards
Christmas Angels Needed! The REALTORS® Care Committee has partnered with Guardian Ad Litem-Osceola to bring a Merry Christmas to foster children across our community. If you’d like to help, please ask our Membership Services team about selecting a child (or children) from our angel tree. Please bring your tagged but unwrapped gift(s) to the Association by December 7. You can help spread Christmas joy this year by thinking of these great kids! For information on how to get an angel or if you have any questions, please contact us at membership@osceola-realtors.com or 407-846-0117.
Hurricane Michael Relief Effort Bob Caldwell with Caldwell Realty Services, Inc. is putting together a team of volunteers that will be traveling up to the Panhandle to help with recovery efforts for Hurricane Michael victums. From Friday, December 7 to Sunday December 9 the group will be staging at the Panama City Board of Realtors® office. The group will work from 12 noon until dark on Friday, all day Saturday, and until 12 noon on Saturday. Bob is currently compling a list of people that can go and will send out a list of what is needed. Volunteers do not have to be Realtors®. Everyone is welcome! If you are interested in helping, please contact Bob Caldwell at bcaldw1030@aol.com or 321-228-4564.
NAR Members Commit to Excellence The Commitment to Excellence Program (C2EX) is not another class. It’s not a certification. It’s a cutting-edge program that empowers REALTORS® to evaluate, learn and promote the highest levels of professionalism. By demonstrating, reinforcing and showcasing their knowledge and skills through an easy to use, self-directed platform, REALTORS® can set themselves apart in an increasingly competitive market and raise the bar on professionalism for the industry as a whole. Be an advocate for the future of our industry. Be committed to excellence.
One of the key elements of C2EX program is demonstrating competence in technology. REALTOR Benefits® Program partner Placester, has allowed individuals to create beautiful, professional NAR edition websites FREE OF CHARGE. This service is available through the REALTOR Benefits Program. For more information on this innovative program please visit https://c2ex.realtor and for more information on Placester please visit https:// www.nar.realtor/
Course Monitor Luncheon Providing Professional Development offerings to our members takes a team effort, and Course Monitors are a valued and essential volunteer element of our successful continuing education classes! On November 30, It was an honor and privilege to honor our members who have served as 2018 Course Monitors at our first annual Appreciation Luncheon. If you are interested in serving as a monitor in 2019, please contact Jasmin Gonzalez, Education Specialist, at jgonzalez@osceola-realtors.com. For more pictures, please visit our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/ OsceolaRealtors.
NAR Code of Ethics Deadline is December 31 NAR’s Code of Ethics, adopted in 1913, was one of the first codifications of ethical duties adopted by any business group. The Code ensures that consumers are served by requiring REALTORS® to cooperate with each other in furthering clients’ best interests. REALTORS® are required to complete ethics training of no less than 2 hours, 30 minutes of instructional time within a two-year cycles. The training must meet specific learning objectives and criteria established by the National Association of REALTORS®. A new two-year cycle began January 1, 2017 and the deadline for this cycle is December 31, 2018. Failure to complete this requirement will result in suspension of all Board/Association-provided membership. If a suspended REALTOR® meets the requirement the next day, than their rights and privileges will be restore. Suspension of REALTOR membership will in most cases, have no effect on MLS participatory or user/ subscriber privileges. Training may be completed through your local REALTOR® association or through another method, such as home study, correspondence, classroom courses, or online courses. During 2018 we have held 12 Code of Ethics classes. At this time we have filled all remaining classes, but we there are great online options. The CE shop offers a Code of Ethics course for only $9. To sign up for the online course please visit www.oscar.theceshop.com.
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Register for classes and events in 3 easy steps!
7CEs December 13, 2018 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Members: $99 Non-Members: $129 Register: Osceolarealtors.com
Presented by Mark Given
Attend both classes for a combined rate of $179 Members/$199 Non - Members. Please contact Membership Services to register for both classes at 407-846-0117.
7CEs December 14, 2018 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Presented by Mark Given
Members: $99 Non-Members: $129 Register: Osceolarealtors.com dfsd
CRS REALTOR TESTIMONIAL “CRS is the most distinguished designation you can receive. Only 3% of Realtors have this designation. CRS is all about education and raising the bar in our industry. CRS is also known as the “Cash Referral System”. The referrals are outstanding both incoming and outgoing. You know your client is handled with care when you refer to a CRS.”
Sue Vasquez
2019 RRC/CRS Area 4 Network Director, covering Districts 2, 10 and 12 2018 Florida REALTORS® Leadership Academy graduate ABR, AHWD, CRS,PMN, SPS, SFR, SRS
DECEMBER CALENDAR
HOME SWEET (SECOND) HOME VACATION, INVESTMENT & LUXURY
REDEEM YOUR EDUCATION VOUCHERS BEFORE 12/31/18
12/03/2018
8:00 am-5:00 pm
7CEs
PROPERTIES This one-day course from NAR is designed to teach the essentials of buying, selling, and managing resort properties and second homes for recreation, investment and development. This course will enable you to help clients evaluate and select the type of property, form of ownership, and financing options, identify strategies for building a rental business or assessing the investment value of a property, understand the IRS guidelines for tax treatment of second-home vacation and investment properties, and use market statistics and trends to develop a business plan.
CMA TOOLS
12/05/2018
9:00 am-12:00 pm
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0CEs
How do you know what a home is worth? How do you explain the list price you recommend to a seller? You have lots of tools available to help you prepare accurate and impressive market analyses, and this class will introduce you to them! You’ll explore: researching subject properties, market trends, strategies for searching for comparable properties, and building CMA reports and listing presentations. REGISTER: MFRMLS.COM
REALIST
12/05/2018
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
0CEs
Realist is an additional tax tool included with your MLS subscription. In this class, learn how to: research any property in Florida, find owner information, property characteristics, FEMA data, valuation trends, deeds and other public record filings, comparable tax and MLS sales, demographics and more, and create highly targeted farm lists and print mailing labels. REGISTER: MFRMLS.COM
MLS BASIC
12/12/2018
9:00 am-12:00 pm
0CEs
This class introduces you to the Matrix MLS system and shows you how to use it for your business. Learn about: personalizing your settings in Matrix; exploring market areas; searching by criteria and location; and managing the emails your contacts receive from you. REGISTER: MFRMLS.COM
MLS COMPLIANCE 101
12/12/2018
0CEs
1:00 pm-2:15 pm
To ensure the integrity of listing information and to protect the cooperative nature of the MLS, rules and regulations are in place for how to enter listings and use MLS information. This class will walk you through the rules, to ensure the best possible MLS experience for all subscribers. REGISTER: MFRMLS.COM
MLS ADDING & EDITING LISTINGS
12/12/2018
2:30 pm-3:45 pm
0CEs
This class shows you how to enter listings into the MLS. Topics include: types of listings; required paperwork for entering a listing; key fields on the listing entry form; adding photos and attachments; listing remarks; sending listings to various portals and websites; and making changes to a listing. REGISTER: MFRMLS.COM
MASTERING REVELANT, CONSUMER
12/13/2018
8:00 am-5:00 pm
7CEs
FOCUSED MARKETING This class highlights strategies for strengthening your brand in the new digital age and developing content that positions you as the top provider of information and expert guidance for your market. Attend this class & “Succession Planning: Building, Valuing, and Selling Your Business” on 12/14 for a combined rate of $179 Members/$199 Non - Members. Please contact Membership Services to register for both classes at 407-846-0117.
SUCCESSION PLANNING: BUILDING,
12/14/2018
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8:00 am-5:00 pm
7CEs
VALUING, & SELLING YOUR BUSINESS Creating efficacious business and succession plans requires a careful analysis of the market, valuation of your business, the ability to select appropriate selling strategies, and building a longterm referral stream. As a result, this course is designed around these key concepts using a process-oriented sequence moving learners through each stage of plan development. Attend this class & “Mastering Relevant, Consumer-Focused Marketing on 12/13 for a combined rate of $179 Members/$199 Non-Members. Please contact Membership Services to register for both classes at 407-846-0117.
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IMPORTANT: REGISTERING FOR CLASS Many of our classes, particularly CRP classes, fill quickly. Please enroll in any of the classes offered at the Association online at www.osceolarealtors.com, or by calling Membership Services. We’ve had an uptick in “walk - in“ traffic. Please know that we cannot guarantee you a seat unless you are registered for a class. Parking Reminder: please park in designated parking spaces in front of the Association and in the rear grass parking area. Please do not park on the unmarked driveway pavement. It is also not recommended that members park close to the retention pond (unmarked pavement) due to intermittent construction activity.
Affiliate Business Community A Clear Choice Title & Escrow A.C.F. Home Inspections, Inc.
Adames Pest Solutions, Inc. Advertising Mania Inc. Altrua Global Solutions American Ad Specialties, Inc. ANB Inspection Services, Inc. Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group A-Z Team Title, LLC Best Home Inspections of Florida, Inc. Black Dog Drone Services Blue Water Clear Title LLC BPG Inspection, LLC Budget Professional Service Butler Mortgage Carpet Cleaners USA Inc. Celebration Title Group Centennial Bank CenterState Bank of Florida, N.A. Chief Inspection Services Closer Look Inspections, Inc. CPC Law Creative Printing Services CTR Multi Service Inc. Cunningham’s Inc. Double S Home Inspection First American Home Warranty First American Title First International Title Florida Blue Health Insurance Frank’s Home Inspections LLC Globe Home Protection Headquarters Heart of Florida Home Inspections, Inc. Home Warranty of America Homebridge Financial Services, Inc. Housemaster Home Inspections IFREC Real Estate Schools Inspect Central Florida Integrity First Title Kemp Howland Photography
Laureate Title Law Office of Daniel Villazon Lennar Homes Linscott Plumbing Services, Inc. Luis A Martin’s Home Inspections Mattamy Homes Michael Long, Florida Farm Bureau Moneycorp, Inc. Moneyhouse US New American Funding North American Title Company Old Republic Home Protection Oliver Title Law Olympus Insurance Company Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc Patricia L. Daugherty, Atty. At Law Photography By Skip Stowers Pillar To Post Premier Title of Central Florida, LLC Prodigal Homes Inspection & Consulting Quality Title & Escrow LLC Reliable Building Inspections Roland H. Acosta & Associates, P.A. Sanchez Law Group Serenity Reserve, LLC Smart International Title, LLC Solano Home Inspections Inc. Stewart Title Company Suntrust Bank Systeco Pest Control Title and Abstract Agency of America, Inc. The Grove Resort & Water Park Trustco Bank Uniform Cottage ValueCast INC Varep Central Florida Chapter Victoria Real Estate Academy Wayne’s Home Inspections, LLC Wells Fargo Home Mortgage ZAP Home Inspections LLC
Affiliate Business Community
Welcome New
Members
Nicholas Alix - BHHS Results Realty
Daniela Travieso Sozzi - Keller Williams Classic II
Adriana Bello - Original Realty, LLC
Ronald Vaughn - Pioneer Realty of Florida And Poinciana
David Cohen - Luxury Realty, Inc. Ana Cordero Arraez - Luxury Realty, Inc. Gissel Cuello - La Rosa Realty, LLC
Ralston White - Weichert Realtors Hallmark Pro Dessy Zea - Home Trust Realty Group
Arlin De Leon - La Rosa Realty, LLC Ligia Done Suazo - Weichert Realtors Hallmark Pro Harrison Hawkins - Help U Sell 4 Less Volodymyr Ivlyev - Multi Choice Realty, LLC Shalonda Lampkin - Exit Realty Champions Javier Landrua - La Rosa Realty, LLC James Larisa - The Corcoran Connection, LLC Arlene Martinez - BHHS Results Realty Carmen Medina - La Rosa Realty, LLC Vanessa Medina Conde - La Rosa Realty, LLC Anais Morales - La Rosa Realty, LLC Sandy Muehlbauer - Keller Williams at The Lakes Yassine Nehri - La Rosa Realty, LLC Marily Nieves Arroyo - G World Properties Susan Oliver - BHHS Results Realty Maria Olmos - G World Properties Freddy Pesante Ortiz - La Rosa Realty, LLC Charles Ramos - Munns Real Estate Co Lorena Ramos Arquez - La Rosa Realty, LLC Jose Rivera Vazquez - Property Outlet International Gina Rodriguez - Keller Williams at The Lakes Xiomara Rosario - La Rosa Realty, LLC Isabel Saldate - LH Realty, LLC Aura Sanchez - La Rosa Realty, LLC Gladys Suarez - Fusilier Realty Group Harmony
And Affiliates David Bryant - The Grove Resort & Water Park Kim Lundstrom - SunTrust Mortgage Jean Urena - SunTrust Mortgage