October 2017

DESCRIPTION

REALTOR^® Emeritus Status
A REALTOR^® Member who has held membership in the National Association as a REALTOR^® for a cumulative period of forty (40) years is eligible for REALTOR^® Emeritus status.

Learn more

Think you're eligible or have questions? marie@gcar.net or 423.698.8001

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Exclusively for Brokers/Owners/Managers

Join us for this introductory session to the new RPR Market Data Tool for brokers.

You’ll learn to:

• Use the new Report Builder to run or set-up automated, on-demand and one-click reporting
• Develop a working knowledge of reports and their components, such as Key Metrics Summaries, Appendices, Office-by-Office Comparisons, and Customized Cover Sheets
• Select filters such as date range, a particular office, or even in a particular price range and property type to include in reports.
• Create customized market area maps for performance tracking
• Leverage the Data Tool’s 20 metrics data sets and 100+ charts, graphs, and tables to track and enhance company performance.

COST

Free

DESCRIPTION

Don't Miss 2 FREE CE hours for all licensee attendees both Brokers and Affiliate Brokers. See below for topics to be covered. 

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

·         TREC Laws and Rules

·         Difference between Property Management and Vacation Lodging.

AFFILIATE SUPERVISION: 

·         TREC Laws and Rules

·         Broker’s responsibilities

LLC’S and TEAMS:   

·         TREC Laws and Rules

ADVERTISING:

·         TREC Laws and Rules

·         Signs and Permissions

·         Current interpretation of Rules

·         Social Media

AGENCY LAW:

·         TREC Laws and Rules

COST

FREE

LOCATION

East Brainerd Church of Christ (7745 E. Brainerd Road)

DESCRIPTION

Through GCAR's partnership with the Snack Pack Ministry, Greater Chattanooga REALTORS^® help put food in the hands of Hamilton County school children, who would otherwise go without food on the weekends. We pack the first Wednesday of each month, starting in August.

• 2:00 to assist with Set-Up
• 6:30 to fill Snack Packs

You do not need to register to participate - just show up at either (or both) time slot, and we will put you to work for a good cause. Families are welcome.

Get additional details on this Community Partnership with the Snack Pack Ministry.

LOCATION

Your own office or computer!

DESCRIPTION

Join us for a 30 minute dive into all of the settings for your customer portals.

DESCRIPTION

Oct. 5 @ 11:30 am

Walden Club | 633 Chestnut St. Chattanooga, TN 37450

We will have Donna C. Willimas, Mayoral Appointee/Administrator, Office of Economic & Community Development at the City of Chattanooga. She will be speaking on Economic Development & Neighborhood Revitalization in the City. Lunch Cost will be $15 per member and $20 per non Member. 

For more information, click here or call 423.954.2904.

Luncheon hosted by Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers Association. 

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Discover how top brokers/owners use RPR’s Broker Tool Set to measure performance, analyze market trends, and create leverage for their companies.

In real estate, success is a hard earned endeavor that requires a steady investment of time, talent and professional development. This free workshop, hosted by Realtors Property Resource® (RPR®), will show you how to tap into and fully maximize those assets on an ongoing basis. In just 30-minutes, we’ll introduce you to an exclusive set of tools and more.

You’ll learn to:

• Brand the reports your sales agents create for their buyers and sellers with your company’s name and logo.
• Promote ancillary service companies to your agents.
• Gain a greater understanding of your company’s performance versus the market.

COST

Free

DESCRIPTION

WHAT | GCAR After Hours

WHERE | Clyde's On Main

WHEN | Oct. 5, 2017 @ 5-7 pm

COST | Free, RSVP requested

Join us for this fun (and free) networking event at Clyde's. Get to know your fellow REALTOR® Members as well as Affiliate Sponsors. You bring the personality and good conversation - we'll provide appetizers and drink tickets. Deal? Deal.

Did someone say "cash prizes"? Enter your business card at the event for a drawing every 20 minutes for $20 cash.

Attendance by Affiliate Members is limited only to those who are registered as event sponsors for a particular event. Contact marie@gcar.net for details on how to become an event sponsor.

Thank you to the following Affiliate Members for sponsoring the October 5, 2017 After Hours.
Armstrong Relocation (Stephanie Parham)
Arrow Exterminators, Inc. (Kim Carman)
BB&T Mortgage (Holly Walsh)
Beacon Imagery (Kim Randall)
Caliber Home Loans (Debby Daniels)
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (Carolyn Burke)
Churchill Mortgage Team Tina (Gene Redden)
CMG Financial (Sherida Farr)
Community Mortgage Corporation (Rebeca Pool)
Elite Title Co., LLC (Tammy Pearson)
EquiTitle Inc. (Brandi Kohl)
First Choice Title (Melanie Reeves)
First Title Insurance Company (Liza Fox Health)
First Volunteer Insurance (Nick Stembridge)
HouseMaster Home Inspections (Dan Mayfield)
Junk King (Fred Friday)
Milligan-Reynolds (Margret Edmondson)
Mortgage Investors Group (Dale Kolbus)
PREIS Inspection (Alex Herrick)
SafeTech Property Inspection (Jeffery Haynes)
Sherlock Home Inspections, LLC (Levi Godwin)
SmartBank (Karen Flores)
Synovus Mortgage Corp (Sheena Corbett)
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (Nancy Parker)

DESCRIPTION

2018 Board of Directors Nomination & Election

Thank you for your interest in serving on the Board of Directors of GCAR’s Northwest Georgia Council. Below is an overview of the qualifications and elections process.

View Qualifications, Commitments, and Expectations

Application

Friday, October 6, 5 pm – Applications due to bonnie@gcar.net
Mid-October – Officer & Director Candidates Announced to the Council Membership
Wednesday-Friday, October 25-27 – Online Voting

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Expedite property valuation and investment analyses, avoid mistakes and omissions, compare long term hold scenarios in real time, and market deals elegantly and persuasively with Valuate™, RPR’s latest enhancement to its investment analysis platform.

You will learn to:

• Analyze a property to determine its ROI
• Adjust assumptions affecting property incomes and expenses
• Compare investment scenarios and export information

COST

Free

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Exclusively for Brokers/Owners/Managers

Join us for this introductory session to the new RPR Market Data Tool for brokers.

You’ll learn to:

• Use the new Report Builder to run or set-up automated, on-demand and one-click reporting
• Develop a working knowledge of reports and their components, such as Key Metrics Summaries, Appendices, Office-by-Office Comparisons, and Customized Cover Sheets
• Select filters such as date range, a particular office, or even in a particular price range and property type to include in reports.
• Create customized market area maps for performance tracking
• Leverage the Data Tool’s 20 metrics data sets and 100+ charts, graphs, and tables to track and enhance company performance.

COST

Free

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

As an RPR^® user with an expert understanding of the local market, you have the power to analyze and manage a platform of unparalleled data to the extent that no other search mechanism offers.

Join this online workshop to learn how to maximize RPR’s vast array of search capabilities to your advantage. The session will cover how to:

• Identify neighborhoods and schools perfectly suited to client expectations
• Use RPR’s map drawing tools to outline specific search areas, search by drive time or distance, and highlight points of interest such as daycare centers, physicians offices, or grocery stores
• Drill down to exactly what you need using RPR’s advanced search options

COST

FREE

LOCATION

Your own office or computer!

DESCRIPTION

Marketing your real estate business to a neighborhood has several proven techniques, but what should you think about when selecting your farm area? What type of property and market data will you deliver to homeowners? And where will you turn for all of their questions? The answer is RPR^®.

Our session will show you how to:

• Calculate the marketability of your target zone
• Create a customized farm area using search tools and maps
• Spark conversations with homeowners using the RPR app and reports
• Convey your value to For-Sale-By-Owner listings
• Build brand awareness with reports that peak homeowner interest

COST

FREE

DESCRIPTION

Members and their families are invited to break out your Halloween costumes for our annual Fall Festival! In addition to trunk-or-treat, there will be food, prizes and games including basketball, bounce house, football toss, hand pedal cars, duck pond, photo booth, cake walk, ring toss, skee ball, t-ball and much more. No kids? No problem. Costumes are encouraged for all ages.

Contact marie@gcar.net with any questions.

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Discover how top brokers/owners use RPR’s Broker Tool Set to measure performance, analyze market trends, and create leverage for their companies.

In real estate, success is a hard earned endeavor that requires a steady investment of time, talent and professional development. This free workshop, hosted by Realtors Property Resource^® (RPR^®), will show you how to tap into and fully maximize those assets on an ongoing basis. In just 30-minutes, we’ll introduce you to an exclusive set of tools and more.

You’ll learn to:

• Brand the reports your sales agents create for their buyers and sellers with your company’s name and logo.
• Promote ancillary service companies to your agents.
• Gain a greater understanding of your company’s performance versus the market.

COST

Free

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Estimated property values have proven to be an attractive source for real estate consumer engagement. Get your share by offering the RPR AVM Widget on your website.

• It’s an HTML widget so developers can install it with ease
• It’s customizable to match your website’s design and color scheme
• It’s a great complement to your listing detail pages, where its content will match the displayed listing
• It can be used as a “What’s your home worth” lead-generation tool

COST

Free

DESCRIPTION

REALTORS® affiliated with an MLS participating firm will learn about the MLS Rules and how to stay in compliance regarding:
• Offers of compensation
• Limited Service & MLS Entry Only Listings
• Agency
• Types of Listings
• Listing Status Definitions
• Lockbox Access
• Photos & Virtual Tours
• Personal Interest

Orientation is required of all New Members, with the MLS portion also required of all MLS Participants & Subscribers.

Please bring your electronic devices to class!

We have gone paperless, however there is not a handout that you need to print for this class.

COST

Free to Members, MLS Participants, Subscribers & Assistants

DESCRIPTION

Thank you for your interest in serving on the MLS Committee, which is comprised of 9 Participants and 2 Subscribers. No more than 3 members of the MLS Committee may be from the same firm, partnership, corporation or limited liability company. Your application will be provided to the MLS Nominating Committee for their consideration in preparing the ballot. Applications are due October 20, 2017 @ 5 pm.

2018-19 MLS Committee Nominee Application

DESCRIPTION

As part of GCAR's ongoing partnership with Habitat for Humanity, join fellow REALTORS^® on site at a Habitat build or neighborhood revitalization project. Click here to sign the waiver and let Habitat know to expect you.

Thanks to this year's SPONSORS, who provide lunch, water and tee shirts to our volunteers:

• Black Creek Club
• Covington Consulting & Appraising
• Cunningham & Company
• Lakeside Title & Escrow 
• Synovus
• Tennessee CRS

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® conference room: 2963 Amnicola Hwy. Chattanooga, TN 37406

DESCRIPTION

The Tennessee REALTORS® is hosting a Broker Involvement Session and we will be live streaming this in the Association's office in Chattanooga on Monday, October 23, from 10:00 am-noon (EST). The session must be watched in our office to receive the 2 CE credit hours. If this is something you would like to participate in, please RSVP. 

Program Agenda:
• Welcome Cindy Stanton, Broker Involvement Council Member, Tennessee REALTORS® Div. 2 VP
• Broker Involvement Program and Calls for Action (CFAs) Cindy Stanton
      Where brokers can go to see if their agents have taken action
• Broker Involvement with RPAC: Getting to 100 Percent Participation Jennifer Farrar, Tennessee REALTORS®, Governmental Affairs Director (GAD)
• Interactive TREC Presentation Austin McMullen, Partner at Bradley law firm, TREC Vice Chair, and TREC Commissioner
      Common rule violations and how to avoid being the subject of a TREC complaint
      Current topics of interest to brokers
      Future of TREC regulations
      Q&A about Commission matters

Here us a link to the site with more information about the session: https://tnrealtors.com/brokerinvolvement

If you wish to tune in WITHOUT earning CE, you may do so from any location via Zoom at this link or by dialing +1 669 900 6833. The meeting ID will be 699 365 716.

COST

Free

LOCATION

Your own office or computer!

DESCRIPTION

Take a peek at what buyers see when they have a portal of listings vs. the look of listings without utilizing this customer friendly tool

COST

FREE

LOCATION

Your own office or computer!

DESCRIPTION

Clients with questions about residential property investment can be better served by tapping into RPR’s extensive commercial property database, investment analysis tool, and decision-prompting reports. Join this workshop to learn how to come up with the most accurate investment scenario possible for your clients.

You’ll learn to:

• Use historical data, zoning maps, and flood maps to evaluate a potential investment property and identify distressed properties that might present a good investment opportunity.
• Use RPR’s investment analysis tool to run on-the-spot financial scenarios and analyze a property for long term hold or short term flip.
• Wrap it all up with customizable, client-friendly reports that lead to informed decisions.

COST

FREE

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Keep up-to-speed with the ever-evolving enhancements made to RPR’s website and Mobile app.

In this session of What’s New, we’ll bring you up to speed on these great new features, including how to:

• Refine a property’s value based on needed improvements
• Use additional options for keyword searches
• Further customize report covers with new options
• Search “For Lease” properties
• Leverage our new mobile enhancements
• Dive into the app’s new Commercial properties mode

COST

FREE

LOCATION

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant | 2 W Aquarium Way, Chattanooga, TN 37402

DESCRIPTION

Commercial Networking Breakfast

Oct. 26 @ 8-9:30 a.m. | Puckett's

Members: FREE | Non-members*: $15

RSVP requested

Guest Speaker: Eric Myers, AIA, Executive Director of the Chattanooga Design Center. The Chattanooga Design Center is heading up the public process of the design for South Broad Street, Wheland Foundry, and adjacent neighborhoods. Project Details

This event is free for members of the Commercial Realtors Council and members of the Chattanooga District of the East Tennessee CCIM Chapter.

*Non-member Registration: 1) Ask any GCAR Member or 2) Call 423.698.8001 and ask for Denise, Holly, or Marie to register over the phone.

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Discover how top brokers/owners use RPR’s Broker Tool Set to measure performance, analyze market trends, and create leverage for their companies.

In real estate, success is a hard earned endeavor that requires a steady investment of time, talent and professional development. This free workshop, hosted by Realtors Property Resource® (RPR®), will show you how to tap into and fully maximize those assets on an ongoing basis. In just 30-minutes, we’ll introduce you to an exclusive set of tools and more.

LOCATION

Chattanooga Choo Choo Ballroom

DESCRIPTION

Time for the annual "Bras For A Cause - BOO Bash 2017"
October 27, 2017 @ 6-9 pm
Chattanooga Choo Choo Ballroom

Click here for details.

LOCATION

Your own office or computer

DESCRIPTION

Expedite property valuation and investment analyses, avoid mistakes and omissions, compare long term hold scenarios in real time, and market deals elegantly and persuasively with Valuate™, RPR’s latest enhancement to its investment analysis platform.

You will learn to:

• Analyze a property to determine its ROI
• Adjust assumptions affecting property incomes and expenses
• Compare investment scenarios and export information

COST

Free

DESCRIPTION

Through October, school supplies can be dropped off at McBryar Realty in Dade County as well as RE/MAX and Crye-Leike offices in Ft Oglethorpe. The supplies will be distributed to schools at the end of 2017--when supplies tend to begin running low. For additional information including drop off locations, email realtorjoannajackson@gmail.com.