Monthly Membership
Luncheon Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 Cocodrie's Restaurant Guest Speaker: SFC Curt Unterreiner- Eglin AFB
Raffle sponsor: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Check In: 11:30 a.m.
Program Starts: Noon
Costs: $12 per person
Registration Required Register Here
Monthly Blue Ribbon Marketing Breakfast Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Cocodrie's Restaurant
Check In: 8:30 a.m. PUT YOUR HOME ON THE BEACH TOUR!
Sponsor: Vision Bank Register Here
BRM Weekly Tour Every Thursday, except the first Thursday of the month, at 8:30 a.m. at NABOR. Click for tour calendar
For instructions on how to put a home on tour click here For the weekly tour area map, click here For Tour Agendaclick here.
Breakfast and the Beach Tour The next Beach Tour, departing from Cocodrie's directly after the BRM breakfast, is on February 17th, 2010. For instructions on how to put a home on tour click here
SPECIAL EVENTS
2010 Navarre Home Show Saturday, February 20th 2010 Click here
2010 NABOR Golf Tournament Friday, April 9th 2010 The club at Hidden Creek Click here
Office Hours For your convenience, the Board office is open Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise posted.
NABOR Pricing
Prices quoted are for NABOR members and have been discounted 3% for cash or checks.
NABOR is a Not For Profit 501 (c) (6) Under IRS section 6113, any donations, contributions or gifts are not deductible as charitable expenses for federal income tax purposes. Transparency/Public Record Policy
HOMEBUYER TAX CREDIT VIDEO Check out this animated video on the extended and expanded tax credit, and share it with your buyers. It’s animated, fun and informative. You can link to it or Click here for details on how to embed it on your website.
Save the Date!
FLORIDA OPEN HOUSE: APRIL 10 & 11
Picture this: On April 10 and 11, more than 50,000 balloons bearing the Realtor® logo will be floating above mailboxes across the state, luring prospective buyers to thousands of Realtor Open Houses.It’s part of the Florida Open House Weekend announced by Florida Realtors® 2010 President Wendell Davis during the association’s Mid-Winter Business Meeting.
More information to follow.
NEED CE CREDIT BEFORE MARCH 31ST DEADLINE? NABOR is offering at least 9 CE credit hours before the March 31st deadline, including Core Law. Click here for more information and to register. Looking to schedule your next round of education? Florida Realtors will shortly be issuing information on CE classes to be held via webinar, with NABOR, at the Board office. This means that we will be able to offer you a comprehensive range of CE classes from a range of instructors from across the state, at no additional cost than that of a traditional CE class. More to follow as it becomes known.
FORMS SIMPLICITY TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE TRANSACTION DESK
As a result of the Florida Realtors Board of Directors vote to add Form Simplicity as a member benefit effective April first, Real Estate Industry Solutions has scheduled a series of webinars designed to introduce and train members on the new product. Although not officially scheduled for release until April, members may access Forms Simplicity using their floridarealtors.org ID and Password and the following link: http://floridarealtorsforms.org/.
REIS will be offering live one-hour training webinars four times in February. For more information on the product and training: http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=231850
This product will run side by side with Transaction Desk for the remainder of the year, but will eventually replace the program.
NAR ISSUES BROCHURE EXPLAINING THE NEW SHORT SALES PROGRAM (HAFA) NAR has issued a new brochure to help members understand the new Home Affordable Foreclosure Avoidance Program (HAFA) that takes effect on or before April 5, 2010. The purpose of the program is to help homeowners, who are unable to retain their homes under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), avoid foreclosure through a short sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure. HAFA includes uniform procedures, standards forms, and deadlines. This program has the potential to revolutionize short sales, but its success will depend on the implementation by servicers and cooperation by investors and subordinate lien holders. Fannie and Freddie are tweaking the rules for their own programs—their variations are expected "soon." Information about short sales, including HAFA, is available on www.realtor.org/shortsales.
ANNUAL DUES BILLING Annual membership invoices are now late. An further late fee of $50 will be added to all invoices not paid by March 1st. This is in additon to any direction of the Board of Directors as per the Bylaws. Please see below for the complete schedule of late fees and deadlines.
"AMENDMENT 4" LIKELY TO COST 267,247 FLORIDA JOBS, MAJOR ECONOMIC STUDY SAYS
Florida Business and Labor leaders come together to oppose amendment; officially launch "No on 4" campaign
(Tallahassee, FL - January 26, 2010) Florida business, civic and labor leaders gathered in Tallahassee on Tuesday to hear the report of a top Florida economist showing that Amendment 4 - a proposed change to the state constitution - would lead to heavy job loss and higher costs for Floridians.
For more information on Amendment 4, click here
THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY Following a request from Commissioner Gordon Goodin that NABOR members embrace the plight of the growing number of homeless people in our local community, NABOR staff have developed a designated web page to correlate all the information on hand, and act as a resource for anyone wishing to help. Further information is invited.
AFFILIATES COMMIT TO NABOR 2010 ANNUAL PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP
The NABOR Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Affiliate members AAA Insurance and Travel, Bank of America Home Loans, Prime Lending, Trident Home Loans, Trinity Air Conditioning and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, have committed as Annual Platinum Sponsors throughout 2010. Beach Community Mortgage has generously committed to a Annual Gold Sponsorship.
To review the Affiliate Marketing Opportunities for 2010, click here.
MILITARY SELLERS REIMBURSED FOR LOSSES
Using $555 million in Recovery Act funds, the Department of Defense has expanded a program that can reimburse employees up to 90 percent of the price they paid for a primary residence to avoid a loss when they go to sell. The Department identified Florida as having the most home sellers who qualify for the program.
The Pentagon’s Housing Assistance Program now applies to:
• wounded service members relocating for treatment or medical retirement and survivors of those who have died while deployed
• military personnel and Defense Department civilians affected by the 2005 round of base closings, as a result of the Base Realignment and Closing initiative
• military personnel moving to a new base
Previously, applicants had to demonstrate that the closing of their base contributed to the decline of the area’s real estate market and a resulting loss in sales. That requirement has been waived under the expanded program.
As of Jan. 18, 2010, almost 4,000 eligible applicants for the expanded program have been identified and 429 claims have already been paid for a total $32.8 million, according to the Pentagon.
After Florida, the Defense Department says it also expects applications from California, Virginia and Georgia.
For more details about the program, including eligibility and limitations, download this PDF.
