NJAR® to
Offer GREEN Courses in March and April
On March 15-16, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., NJAR® will be holding a
GREEN core course with Mimi Weisinger at
the NJAR® office in Edison, N.J.
NJAR® will also be offering a
GREEN Residential Elective with Mimi Weisinger at
the NJAR® office on April 7, 2010
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For
registration information,
view the course flyer. For questions
regarding the GREEN designation or these two
courses, please contact NJAR® at
(732) 494-5616 or e-mail
info@njar.com.
NJAR® to
Hold SFR Certification Core Course March 8
On March 8, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., NJAR® will be holding a Short
Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR)
Certification core course with Mimi Weisinger at
the NJAR® office in Edison, N.J. This Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) elective course helps REALTORS® to
evaluate available options for distressed homeowners and to identify the components of
an effective short-sale package. Participants will be able to counsel buyer-clients in the
purchase of foreclosure properties and explain how consumers can avoid foreclosure in
the future. The cost is only $99. For more details and registration
information,
click here.
Register for Upcoming
Short Sales and Foreclosures Seminars
Sign up for one of the remaining three statewide events brought to you by the New Jersey Association of REALTORS® and your local boards/associations
as part of the seminar series, "Short Sales and Foreclosures: The Real Estate… The Financial… The Legal." These
events will give you the information you have been looking for to branch out into the short sale and foreclosure market.
Instructors will examine the real estate, the financial and the legal impacts of working with short sales and foreclosures for both you and your clients.
View a flyer for the seminar series
here, or
visit the series webpage for dates and more information.
Request
NJAR® Endorsement for 2011
NAR Leadership Academy
NJAR® understands
the importance of providing members with
the leadership skills provided in the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR)
Leadership Academy and will be
selecting a candidate to endorse for the
2011 program. If the endorsed candidate
is selected by NAR, NJAR®
will cover tuition costs and some
expenses for those conferences not
covered by NAR.
If
you are interested in receiving NJAR®'s
endorsement for the 2011 NAR Leadership
Academy, please email your request and
resume to
cconlon@njar.com no later than
Friday, February 5, 2010. The
deadline to submit your application to
NAR for the 2011 NAR Leadership Academy
is March 31, 2010. If you have
questions regarding the application
process, contact NJAR® Committee Coordinator Casie Conlon at (732) 494-5616 or
cconlon@njar.com.
Triple Play 2009
Highlights
Check out the highlights and resources from the
2009 Triple Play REALTOR® Convention & Trade Expo
held in Atlantic City from December 8-10, 2009.
The
Triple Play 2009 webpage includes links to
audio recordings from important educational
sessions, information on NJAR® award winners and
the 2010 leadership team, photos, and news coverage of
Triple Play
events. Don't forget to save-the-date for
next year's Triple Play REALTOR®
Convention & Trade Expo, slated for December
7-9, 2010.
NJAR®
Announces GRI Class of 2009
At a ceremony during the
Triple Play REALTOR® Convention
and Trade Expo in Atlantic City on
December 10, 2009, NJAR®
presented 16 brokers and 48 REALTORS®
and REALTOR-ASSOCIATE®s with the
Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI)
designation.
GRI is a nationally recognized designation
attained by members of the NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) after
successfully completing a rigorous 90-hour
program of course work covering various
areas of real estate including: ethics,
technology, business development, financing,
fair housing and legal issues.
Additionally, members may choose to complete
the GRI Broker Course. The course is
comprised of the supplemental courses that,
along with the GRI designation, satisfy the
education requirements for the New Jersey
broker license. View the
complete list of the 2009 GRI Graduates here,
and 2009 GRI Broker Graduates here.
SFR Certification Fee Waived
The $175 application fee for NAR’s new Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR) certification program is waived until December 31 as part of "Right Tools, Right Now" to help members master distressed sales. The SFR curriculum covers how to qualify sellers, negotiate with lenders, protect buyers, and limit transaction risk. To earn the SFR, members must complete a core course and three free Webinars. To access the webinars, and additional information on the SFR certification, visit
www.realtorsfr.org.
