2ND ANNUAL STATE OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
The 2nd Annual State of the Real Estate Market will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon at the Holiday Inn – Bordeaux. Paul Bishop, PH.D, Vice President of Research at the National Association of REALTORS® will be the key note speaker. Mr. Bishop leads the department’s survey and market research activities, including real estate business analysis and policy issues. He will deliver valuable information about the current and future trends in real estate and the economy. Zan Monroe will deliver the 2011 Fayetteville Regional Association of REALTORS® sales numbers and discuss the trends in the market for 2012. Everyone is invited; bring your clients, builders, developers, lenders, attorneys and everyone in your office. It will be very informative.

NEW APPLICANTS
The following persons have made application for Association membership and written comment is invited:  AFFILIATES - Jerry Hare, A+ Moving and Storage; and Rodney Sherrill, Rodney Sherrill State Farm Insurance.  REALTORS® - Joya Gamara, 360 Real Estate Sales; Sueann Nelson, RE/MAX Allstars; Christine Hough, Peery’s Property Management; Angela Paylor, Century 21 Family Realty; and LaToya Walls, Manning Realty.

LOCAL ISSUES UPDATE
Angie Hedgepeth, the Governmental Affairs Consultant we are sharing with the Home Builders Association, attends many meetings each month and keeps us abreast of multiple issues being addressed in local government.  She sends out email reports to the membership on the meetings she attends.  Be sure to read these emails to keep informed on the issues affecting our community.  Click here to read her latest report.

JANUARY NUTS & BOLTS
The January 17 Nuts & Bolts program will begin at 10:30 am at the Bordeaux Hotel. The program will be presented by NCAR Attorney, Will Martin. Will’s topic will be “Risk Management”. He will give tips on how to avoid legal problems in your business. The Luncheon will follow the Nuts & Bolts.

JANUARY ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON
The January Association Luncheon will be held on January 17 at 11:45 am at the Bordeaux Hotel. Will Martin will be the guest speaker and will give an update on NCAR legal issues. Please plan to attend this very informative program.

THANKS FOR YOUR RPAC DONATIONS
Doug Nunnally and the Association wishes to thank everyone who made RPAC donations in 2011. Please give President-Elect Wendy Harris your support for the 2012 campaign. Thanks Again.

THANKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS
A special thanks to everyone who donated food items to be given to the Salvation Army and teddy bears to be given to sick children at the December Luncheon. With our contributions, holiday meals were prepared for those in need. The teddy bears were given to the Friends of the Children of Cape Fear Valley Health System, who will distribute to children in local hospitals. We had the largest collection of teddy bears ever and the representatives from the Friends of the Children were very thankful. Thanks again!!!

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID
The Association would like to express their congratulations to the recipient of the prestigious REALTOR® of the Year award, which was presented to David Evans at the December Luncheon. The REALTOR® of the Year award is given each year to the member who has contributed the most outstanding service to the Association and the community. Congratulations again to David, the 2011 REALTOR® of the Year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS
Congratulations to the 2012 Officers and Directors who were installed at the December 20 Association Luncheon: Doug Nunnally, President; Wendy Harris, President-Elect; Jay Dowdy, Vice President, Public Relations; Pat Huthwaite, Vice President, Education; Rhonda Leahy, Vice President, Membership; Chet Oehme, Secretary/Treasurer; Steve Cohen, David Evans, Philip Guy, Jason Kellum, James Sherrill, Willie Snow, Henry Spell and Jimmy Townsend, Directors.

INDOCTRINATION/ORIENTATION COURSE
An Indoctrination/Orientation course will be held on January 12 from 8:15 am until 1:00 pm at the Association Office. If you have an application pending, please plan on attending this course.

2012 ANNUAL DUES
You received your invoice in the amount of $500 for your annual REALTOR® dues in mid December. You are reminded of the bylaws regarding dues payment which states: “Section 3. Dues Payable. Membership dues for the calendar year are due on January 1, payable by January 31. Notice will be given on February 1 that the membership will be terminated on February 15 if payment is not received by that date.” A reinstatement fee of $50.00 will be charged if a member is terminated for non-payment of dues. You may pay your dues with a personal check, money order, Master Card or Visa. Please do not bring cash--we do not have change. PLEASE PAY ON TIME!!!!

TAX REMINDER FROM NAR
The Internal Revenue Service requires listing brokers who pay a cooperative commission in excess of $600 to an individual who is not their employee to complete a Form 1099-MISC. While this is not a new law, it has come to NAR’s attention that not all real estate Professionals are aware of this requirement.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COURSES
The North Carolina Association of REALTORS® will be offering three Professional Standards Courses in February as follows: February 15 in Hickory; February 16 in Cary and February 17 in New Bern. Nationally recognized speaker Bruce Aydt will be the instructor. The cost will be $40 without CE credit, or $50 with 4 hours of elective CE credit. As an added bonus, the Professional Standards Program also meets NAR’s requirements for REALTOR® Code of Ethics Training. The current cycle runs from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2012. You can register for the course of your choice at www.ncrealtors.org.

MLS BILLING
The deadline for dropping or adding agents is the 15th of each month.  Any notification received after that date will reflect on the next month's billing.  NO EXCEPTIONS.  The MLS does not charge for new agents joining during the month, however, if the Association is not notified that an agent has left prior to billing, the company will be responsible for payment of the service fee for that agent.

MLS CORNER
✰The address for the InnoVia MLS system is www.fayettevillencmls.com.
✰ Remember...never give your password to anyone else and change it often.  To change your password, go to maintenance, then User Preference, a screen asking for your current password will display, when the next screen appears, you will enter your new password. With Document Management, it is extremely important that you routinely change your password.  And remember, there is a $1000 fine for allowing anyone to use your password.
✰ The Centralized Showing Service (CSS) help desk number 866-454-4932.
✰ The Document Management help desk number is 866-904-0640.
✰ Please remember to put the PIN number on listings when entering new listings.
✰ Listing Cart Link in InnoVia - Coming Soon!! For easier access, we have added a new link to My Listing Cart in the upper right hand corner of InnoVia. You will see a new shopping cart link with the number of listings currently in your cart.
✰ Wireless InnoVia is now available!!  Do you have a phone or handheld device with an internet web browser?  If so, you can now access InnoVia wirelessly.  Simply go to wireless.fayettevillencmls.com from your phone or PDA, enter your InnoVia login ID and password, and you will have the MLS inventory accessible anywhere you go!  You can look up agent contact information as well.  For further information or help go to InnoVia Help System. Note:  This program has been updated and looks more like the InnoVia screens look.  Check it out!!
✰ InnoVia Help System - Check out the InnoVia Videos page for a list of flash video tutorials on several InnoVia topics.  You will notice that several of the topics have "Watch Me" hyperlinks.  Click the "Eyeballs" icon to watch these flash videos that demonstrate step by step how to accomplish whatever it is you are trying to accomplish.
✰ Customer Display - Remember when you send out listings for potential clients/customers to view you must use the "Customer Display".  It has come to our attention that agents are distributing "Full Displays", which contain information intended for REALTORS® only, such as alarm codes and other confidential information.  Be sure to only send the "Customer Display" to members of the public. 
✰ Don't forget to report your pending listings closed in the computer when they close.  We are having complaints from both REALTORS® and Appraisers trying to use comps that haven't been reported sold when they actually have closed.  Let's all cooperate!!
✰ Reminder...When closing a listing make sure you have verified the exact square footage and enter it in the appropriate field.  You cannot use the square footage range in the closed square footage field; it must be an exact number.
✰ Also, when closing a New Construction listing be sure to fill in the field for street address.  The MLS Committee and Board of Directors established a policy to warn companies in writing upon failure to include street address in the closed information, give them 48 hours to make the change (according to the MLS Rules and Regulations, all changes must be submitted within 48 hours).  If after the warning, the data is not updated then the company would be fined $100 for each listing that is not in compliance.  If they still do not update the data, then they would be summoned before the MLS Committee for hearing and face suspension from MLS. So please check to be sure the street address is included in your closed properties.
✰ You are reminded that you can install your own photos with your listings on InnoVia.  See "Help Topics" for instructions.  You are now allowed to have up to twenty-five (25) photos per listing.

FAYETTEVILLENCREALTORS.COM
Check out the Association website at www.fayettevillencrealtors.com and look for the REALTOR® web store!