Beaver County Association of REALTORS® REALTOR RAPPER 11 REALTOR RAPPER.pdf · Welcome New Members: David Bodell and Debbie Matzie—Prudential, Beaver; Frank Jones—Keller Williams,

REALTOR® RAPPER

2011 Officers and

Board of Directors

President: Keith DeVries

President-Elect: Vic (Bill) Smith

Secretary: Leslie Bostaph-Pazur

Treasurer: Michelle Branham

Directors: Lisa Dowling

Lisa Hough

Shirley Lyden

Beverly Pietrandrea

Lorraine Ross

Janice Razaire

Michael Witterman

Rudy Zetz, Jr

Immediate Past-President

Peg Gahles

Affiliate Director:

Ellen Caputo

Association Executive:

Karen Fuller

Beaver County Association of REALTORS®

MAY 2011

Calendar of Events:

May 12th Affiliate Meeting at 9:30 am

May 12th Reservations due for REALTOR® Lunch & Learn

May 12th Reservations & Horse Sales Due

May 19th Night at the Races

May 25th Reservations Due for General Membership Meeting

May 30th Memorial Day

June 1st General Membership Meeting

UPCOMING EVENTS…

June 4-5 REALTOR® Nationwide Open House Weekend.

Watch for more details about receiving free balloons

through the association for this Event.

Beaver County Assoc of REALTORS® and Rutger’s University

will be offering the 7 hour CE Radon Training class. It is

tentatively scheduled for August 10th and the Holiday Inn

Express. The cost is ONLY $35.00 for 7 hrs of ce.

WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS!!!

Beaver County Association of REALTORS® Affiliate Sponsored

“NIGHT AT THE RACES”

WHEN: Thursday, May 19, 2011

WHERE: American Serbian Club

(2619 Brodhead Road, Aliq) Buffet Dinner

TIME: 6:00pm Registration Roasted Chicken, Sausage w/

6:45pm Buffet Dinner onions & peppers, Scalloped

COST: $45/Couple (includes 2 dinners & 1 horse) Potatoes, Rigatoni, Steamed

$25/Single (includes 1 dinner & 1 horse) Vegetables, Toss Salad, Jello

$10 per additional horse Rolls & Butter, and Cake

$7 Grand stand ticket at Door

PREPAYMENT REQUIRED!! See flyers inside for more details!!

Beaver County Association of REALTORS®

June General Membership Meeting

“REAL ESTATE MEDIATION” with Guest Speaker Steve Dalesio, Esquire

When: Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Where: 1810 Tavern

(234 Bridge Street, Bridgewater)

Time: 6:00pm Registration

7:00pm Sit down Dinner

Cost: $15 / person

Dinner Choices: (dessert is chef’s choice)

SALMON: topped with lemon dill sauce, served w/rice pilaf & sautéed vegetables

SPINACH SALAD: Blackened Mahi Mahi over fresh baby spinach, roasted red peppers, goat

cheese, cranberries & walnuts, tossed in house made Balsamic Vinaigrette

FILET: grilled 8oz filet with redskin masked potatoes and seasonal vegetables

MARINATED CHICKEN: grilled marinated chicken served on a bed of tri color fettuccini alfredo

Reservation and Dinner Choice

due by May 25th at

724-774-4126.

Welcome New Members: David Bodell and Debbie Matzie—Prudential, Beaver; Frank Jones—Keller Williams, Robinson; Valerie Calaianni, Alisa Jeter-Bender, and Larry Smedley—Prudential, Moon;

Affiliate Changes Jill Oberleitner is now with Mortgage Network located at 501 Holiday Drive in Pittsburgh. Their phone number is 412-444-1855 and Jill’s email is [email protected]. Condolences to the friends and family of Beverly Darroch. Beverly was a passed REALTOR® member who passed away on April 26, 2011.

*** If you have something you would like to put in the Rapper, just call BCAR at 724-774-4126 and we will get it in for you. ***

All items for the Rapper must be in by the first Friday of each month.

CODE OF ETHICS

Article 6: REALTORS® disclose any fee or financial benefit they may

receive from recommending related real estate products or services.

Would you like to make quarterly payments for your 2012 REALTOR® Dues?

Go to mybcar.com and click on the Catalog (on the left side) and there you will find the 2012 Quarterly

REALTOR® Dues. The association took the amount of $320 for dues and divided it into 4 payments within a

year and added a $1 service fee with each payment. You will pay a total of $324.00. No discount will be offered

with this plan.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an estimated amount of dues!! We will not know what NAR and PAR dues are until

September of 2012. So the balance payment could be more than the $81.

If you would like your credit card charged every quarter automatically please contact the A/E to set this up at

724-774-4126.

Volunteers Needed

This year the Beaver County Association of REALTORS® will be

planting flowers at the Beaver Valley Mall intersection. We are

looking for volunteers to help plant these Flowers. If you are

interested, please call Bev Pietrandrea of Bovard Anderson.

Bev’s cell 724-713-2337

Let’s Go GREEN and RAISE Money!

BCAR has a chance to raise money by recycling different types of electronics.

We are looking for a lead person in each

office to help out with the collections.

All the money that we will be collecting will go towards the

community outreach program we have.

We have been in the planning stages of getting new ideas

for different programs that would help BCAR get a more visible recognition in the community. If you have any ideas, please share

with us and send them to

[email protected]

Some of the items that will be included but not limited to are cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, table computers,

digital cameras and much more. Let’s get together and raise money for our association!

Can’t wait to hear from all of you!!

Thanks for your help!

Beverly Pietrandrea

RSVP BY MAY 12TH!!

Have you checked out our website…..www.mybcar.com?

Go to www.mybcar.com and under the header on the right there are two white

boxes this is where REALTORS® use their real estate license number as their

username and password. Once on your page then you can change your user-

name and password. Just be sure to click on update member at the bottom of

the page to save your changes. Also you can add your picture and a personal

bio about yourself. Affiliates be sure to contact me for your login info.

2011 REALTOR® Rally

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort & Conference Center

Cost of $40.00 includes

3.5 hrs CE of NAR’s Quadrennial Code of Ethics Training

Lunch Buffet

Afternoon Speakers

RPAC Event

Various Vendors

Cocktail Hour

Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort is located at

1762 Old William Penn Highway, Blairsville, PA

724-459-7191

PREF Scholarship

PA REALTORS Education Foundation (PREF) is offering scholarships for designation or SREC

approved broker course. Applications must be in by July 31 , 2011.

For an application go to….www.parealtor.org on the top left click on education, click on education and

On drop down menu click PA REALTOR Education Foundation (PREF), and then click scholar-

ships. There you will find the link for the applications.

There are a number of changes happening with PAR standard forms. Below is a summary of these changes. Information provided by Mike Barth, Standard Forms Manager of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® To contact Mike, his email is [email protected] or phone 800.555.3390 X-3026.

RESERVATIONS

Please be advised that if you make a reservation to attend a function of the

Beaver County Association of REALTORS® and there is a fee involved, you will be

billed for not attending.

The reservations are used for head counts for the food required for each event.

If you do not attend we still have to pay for your reservation because it was called

in. You are welcome to find someone else to attend in your place. They just need

to mention that they are using your reservation.

New Member REALTOR® Dues

At the April Board of Directors Meeting, it was passed, that if a new

member wanting to join the Beaver County Association of REALTORS®

had their real estate license the year before making application, then

they are required to pay for the full year of dues. Documentation would

have to be provided, to explain not joining an association at the time

of receiving their real estate license if wanting to pay proration

amount.

License verification will be done at www.mylicense.state.pa.us

Real Estate Continuing Education Requirements

Individuals licensed BEFORE 12/01/2009 will be able to complete all 14 hours of continu-

ing education for the 2010-2012 renewal period in elective courses.

Individuals licensed AFTER 12/01/2009 will be required to complete their first 14 hours of

continuing education in specific mandatory Commission developed courses. The courses

are “ Mandatory Core Continuing Education Courses for New Licensees” and the residen-

tial elective is entitled “ Elective Residential Focus Course for New Licensees.”

REGISTRATION DUE BY MAY 12th, 2011!!

REGISTRATION DUE BY MAY 12th, 2011!!

The Beaver County Realtor Tour is a benefit for your listings and a great way to learn the inventory of homes for sale. It is only successful if you list a home for tour and people tour. If you haven’t toured, please consider making it part of your weekly routine. Encourage your office to participate.

650 Corporation Street

Suite 401

Beaver, PA 15009

Beaver County Association of REALTORS®

Phone: 724-774-4126

Fax: 724-7741984

EXCEL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC Phone: 724-775-3090

Representatives: Ellen Caputo and Mona Simmons Serve Pennsylvania

Products/Services Offered: Conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA Mortgages, Purchase and Refinances,

Residential Mortgages

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HANCOCK COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, FSB Phone: 800-225-1620

Representatives: Judy Swearingen, Mortgage Loan Originator, and Debbie Walker, Mortgage Loan Manager

Serve PA—Beaver, Washington (West of Rt 79 & North of Rt 70) & Allegheny Counties (Moon, Robinson,

And Findlay Twps) WV—Hancock, Brooke, & Ohio Counties; OH—Columbiana & Jefferson Counties

Products/Services Offered: Mortgage, Auto and Consumer Loans, Savings, Checking, IRA & Certificates of

Deposit, Telephone Banking / Internet Banking and ATMs.

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HOME SAVINGS & LOAN COMPANY Phone: 724-770-0700

Representatives: Denise Baker and Julie Needs

Serve Western Pennsylvania and Ohio

Products/Services Offered: Mortgages (Conventional, FHA, & Construction) Home Equity Loans &

Lines, Checking, Savings, CDs, Investments, Business Banking, Money Markets, Credit Cards, Online

Banking, and Bill Pay

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HOUSEMASTER Phone: 724-772-5593

Representatives: Jocelyn and Ivan Cilik

Serve Southwestern Pennsylvania

Products/Services Offered: Home Inspections, Pre-Inspections, Mold Testing, Radon Testing, Well Flow

& Septic Dye Testing—Potability, Pest Inspections, Ciffs/Stucco Inspections, and Commercial Building

Inspections.

Note: Information displayed in alphabetical order and supplied by the affiliates from the 2011 Affiliate Information.

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.mybcar.com

AFFILIATE INFORMATION