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Hello Realtors, Affiliates, and Friends,
I trust that May was a profitable and enjoying month for you, and that your Memorial Day celebrations were both fun and commemorative of those who served and do serve today.
June isn’t going to be any less important! We have a Luncheon on the 15th at Alice Hall in Zephyrhills - be there at noon for some great food by Mike at Maine-ly New England. Our speaker will be Debra Zampetti, Head of Zoning and Site Development, and she will be discussing zoning and code compliance issues. Come prepared to ask questions! It is sure to be both enjoyable and informative.
On the 29th, from 1pm-5pm, we will be having a CE class at the office on Negotiating Skills for Today’s Real Estate Professional. Be sure to RSVP by the 25th for this class! Negotiating is becoming a lost art, and it can be the crucial factor of connecting buyers and sellers together when they don’t see eye to eye. YOU can be the connection if you have the skill of negotiating, and can better your business with this class.
Finally, don’t forget about the importance of RPAC. In order to reach RPAC’s goal, every Realtor should give their Fair Share amount. In 2012, the Fair Share has been listed at only $15.00. Just $15.00 can make a difference in our economy and your business by supporting amendments that affect housing and real estate, getting information out to the Realtor base, and most importantly, letting our governmental officials know that Realtors are out there and we care how they operate. If you have not yet donated to RPAC, consider giving YOUR fair share. If you have donated and would like to donate more, consider joining the esteemed $99 Club, or even the Capitol Club. Your donations help keep real estate a key factor in government affairs.
To the success of you and your business, Gregory De La Rue 2012 President
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Special points of
interest:
• LUNCHEON on
JUNE 15th!! RSVP by
JUNE 12th by
emailing or calling the
office
In this issue:
Affiliate
Information
8
Realtor.org
Code of Ethics
Renewal
4
Calendar of Events 7
A monthly publication of the
East Pasco Association of Realtors® June 2012 Volume 2, Issue 6
E.P.A.R. NEWS
Think Green! Think
before you print.
May Mixer
Sponsors
7
RPAC Info 5
CONVENTION 2
We’re on
facebook!
REGISTER NOW! CLICK BELOW!REGISTER NOW! CLICK BELOW!REGISTER NOW! CLICK BELOW!REGISTER NOW! CLICK BELOW!
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MFRMLS Proudly Announces New Customer Association: East Pasco Associa-tion of REALTORS® (EPAR) EPAR will have “E” Board ID; Scheduled to take effect July 17 My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) is proud to announce that the East Pasco Asso-ciation of REALTORS® (EPAR) will officially become an MFRMLS Customer Associa-tion on July 17. “We look forward to the East Pasco Association of REALTORS® joining our family,” said MFRMLS Chief Executive Officer, Merri Jo Cowen. “Even though many of their mem-bers are already subscribers with MFRMLS, we welcome the EPAR Association as our newest, official Customer Association.” The change for EPAR members, as well as MFRMLS members, will be subtle since most EPAR members are already MFRMLS members through the Greater Tampa Asso-ciation of REALTORS® (GTAR). As a result, most EPAR listings are already a part of the MFRMLS database with a “T” as part of the MLS number. Once the addition of EPAR takes effect, EPAR will be given the Board ID of “E” and the future listings of all EPAR members (whose office has primary membership with EPAR) will be identified with that “E”. Additionally, those members who have primary membership with EPAR will be assigned this “E” in their member records. The scheduled date for this new “E” Board ID to tak e effect is Tuesday, July 17. For EPAR and all other MFRMLS members, please stay tuned for more information or any updates, as we move closer to the implementation of the new Board ID on July 17. GTAR members, please note: Please stay tuned for more information on how EPAR’s addition and new Board ID will affect, although subtly, any reports or stats you have. EPAR has approximately 114 primary members and will join the Central Pasco Associa-tion of REALTORS®, the Desoto County Board of REALTORS®, and the Lake Wales Association of REALTORS® as the newest MFRMLS Customer Associations, in addi-tion to the current 15 MFRMLS shareholders.
Welcome EPAR!
Code of Ethics Training
A REALTOR® who has completed the required ethics training within a four-year cycle in one association shall not be required to complete any further ethics training for that same training cycle if the REALTOR® becomes or is a member of another association. If you have not taken the course within the years listed above, please visit the following to take the course online:
http://www.realtor.org/code-of-ethics/training/for-existing-members/code-of-ethics-online-course
Your Association Executive will be contacting you if your records indicate that you need to take the course before the end of the year. New members will not be included in this list. If you have joined within the listed years (2009-2012) and have taken the course at your initiation as required, there is no need to take the course again.
Cycle 3 is Almost Finished (2009-2012)
You have heard the spiel. Do you ever get the feeling that RPAC is walking around asking for "money, money, money?"
Well, maybe they are. But like any investment or purchase, you have to weigh the return against the cost. Your fair share for 2012 is $15.00, but what does that $15.00 do for you? That's a fair question, one which Summer Green, 2012 President of Florida Realtors has answered just for you. Click the image below, or go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbm0Gs1qLcs&feature=player_detailpage to see How RPAC helps ME - and YOU, and what changes they have made in Florida.
Can't watch the video? Here are a just a FEW ways that RPAC and YOU have made a difference.
• Remember when Gov. Martinez added a 6% tax to Real Estate services? Your Florida Realtors PAC said, "No way!" and overturned it!
• When property values skyrocketed, and sellers couldn't sell, it was Florida Realtors PAC that supported the Amendment that gave us portability.
• The First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit was both created AND extended by the PAC.
Need to hear more? Click this link to watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbm0Gs1qLcs&feature=player_detailpage
Heard enough and ready to be a part of something life changing? Invest in your Profession by donating to RPAC. It's easy, and takes only a minute of your time. Just click here: https://www.floridarealtors.org/LegislativeCenter/RPAC/invest.cfm
Capitol Club Jane Mooney
$99 Club Gregory De La Rue Candy Nathe Linda White Lynne Tonte Susan Davis Leanne Zinkula Manny Funes Herb Weinstein Twinkle Cooper Melissa Hileman
Fair Share Donors Jessica Floyd John Morel John Robert
Tell Me More https://realtorparty.realtoractioncenter.com/site/PageServer?
pagename=rac_TellMeMore_RealtorParty&AddInterest=1361
Invest Online https://secure.realtor.org/rpaconln.nsf/RPACContNRDS?
OpenForm&NRDSID=070002545
What is RPAC? http://www.realtoractioncenter.com/rpac/
Thank you, investors! If you have not received your 2012 FRPAC investor pins, please stop by the office to pick yours. If you would like to invest in RPAC, click the image at the top of this message, or go to: http://www.floridarealtors.org/LegislativeCenter/RPAC/
RPAC Update
EPAR thanks the above members on behalf of the Florida Realtors PAC and our RPAC Chairman, Manny Funes, for in-vesting in both their profession and future!
If we have missed your birthday, please call or email me at the office so I can update our records.
@ Doc’s Pub and Grille -
Thanks to our Sponsors:
Magnolia Title Real Estate Book Area Mortgage Center State Bank Florida Traditions Bank Wells Fargo Meridian Title Sign-a-Rama
T H AN KS fo r M ay M i xe r !
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
3 4 5
Laurie Aultman
6
Gina Holm
7 8 9
10 11 12
BOD meeting
9:30am
13 14 15
LUNCHEON
Alice Hall
NOON
16
17 18 19
Erica Shireman
20 21 22
Scott Boise
23
24
Linda White
25 26 27 28
Chris Shaheen
29 30
June 2012
JUNE LUNCHEON INFORMATION
Catering by: Maine-ly New England
Menu: Savory Cuban Pork with all the traditional fixin’s!
Time: NOON
Speaker: Debra Zampetti, Employed over 10 Years with Pasco County Government, Head of Zoning and Site Development, and Zoning / Code Compliance Administrator, Pasco County Code Enforcement (Between the two departments, Debra manages ap-proximately 40 employees) Attorney, Law Degree - University of Nebraska College of Law We are excited to have Debra speak to us this month on Zoning and Code Compliance issues, including important updates and in-formation for Realtors. You are encouraged to come prepared to ask questions, as Debra holds a wealth of knowledge that can be helpful to you and your business.
RSVP by emailing [email protected] by JUNE 12th!
ATTORNEYS/LAW FIRMS
JOHNSON, AUVIL, BROCK, & PRATICO, P.A.
Jon Auvil http://www.dadecitylaw.com/our-people/johnathan-l-auvil
[email protected] Tele: 352-567-2500 Fax: 352-567-6813
BANKS/ CREDIT UNIONS
CENTERSTATE BANK
Hazel Greene
Tele: 813-780-3302 or 813-469-1054 FAX:
813-783-3599
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PASCO
Angela Miller [email protected]
Michelle Brown [email protected]
Tina Potter [email protected]
Tele: 352-521-0141—FAX: 352-567-6967
FLORIDA TRADITIONS BANK
Amy Chappell [email protected] Melissa Oakley
Tele: 352-523-1800 – FAX: 352-523-1880
SAN ANTONIO CITIZENS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Jill Evans [email protected], Laurie
Aultman [email protected], Dawn
Newsome [email protected],
Carrie Zappulla [email protected],
Joyce Horn [email protected], Roz
Carr [email protected]
Tele: 352-521-5606 Fax: 352-521-6900
CLEANING AND RESTORATION (MOLD, WATER/SMOKE/CARPET CLEANING, ETC)
APEX EMERGENCY SERVICES
James Fleming
Mark Jordan
Venessa Perez
Chris Nethercutt
Tele: 877-251-2798 Fax: 713-893-4797
RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL
Steve Dumas
Tel: 813-907-0503 [email protected]
http://www.rainbowintl.com/
CASH ADVANCES
COMI$$ION EXPRESS of WEST FLORIDA Steve Cohn [email protected] Tele: 813-712-3080 Fax: 813-283-4900 http://www.cewfl.com
HOME INSPECTIONS
ACCUCHECK HOME INSPEC-TION SERVICE
Stephen Brown and Makenzie Brown
[email protected] Tele: 813-783-2662
NATIONAL PROPERTY INSPEC-TIONS
Fred Tonte and Lynne Tonte [email protected] Tele: 813-973-2004 Cell: 813-298-8228
HOUSING GRAND RESERVES APART-MENTS Helen Schwetz
[email protected] www.grandreserve-fl.com Tele: 813-377-3000
WORKFORCE HOUSING VEN-TURES, INC.
Harold Sample, Joey Wubbena, Karin Lloyd, [email protected]
Tele: 352-458-4635 FAX: 352-458-4657
INSURANCE
BEALL INSURANCE SERVICES
Nieta Alford [email protected]
Tele: 813-788-5900 FAX: 813-788-9654
BOYETT INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
Kimberly Seay [email protected] Tele: 352-521-3030 – FAX: 352-521-6697
CHRIS BLACK INSURANCE
Chris Black [email protected] Tele: 813-782-1777 Fax: 813-782-355
SCOTT BLACK - MOST & BLACK AGENCY Scott Black [email protected] Tele: 352-567-2260 – FAX: 352-567-2661
SMITH & THOMAS INSUR-ANCE
Dave Thomas [email protected]
Tele: 863-688-1141 Cell: 813-783-4884 - FAX: 813-788-1341
MAGAZINES
THE REAL ESTATE BOOK
Rhonda Johnson – Mona Ducker [email protected] Tele: 352-567-7221– FAX: 352-567-5431
MORTGAGE COMPANIES
AREA MORTGAGE SERVICES INC.
Leanne Zinkula [email protected] Tele: 813-269-1407—FAX: 813-269-2712
HOMEBANC
Adam Mervine [email protected] Cell: 727-992-3212 Tele: 352-424-0443
Efax: 866-838-0919
METROPLEX MORTGAGE SERVICES
Sean Stephens [email protected] Tele: 813-935-8330 x:260
SUNTRUST MORTGAGE
James Quirk [email protected]
Tele: 813-780-4122 Cell: 813-230-9487 Fax: 813-782-7766 www.suntrustmortgage.com/jquirk
WELLS FARGO HOME MORT-GAGE
Jody Wilner
[email protected], Tele: 813-469-1010 Cell: 813-469-1010 FAX: 866-674-8907
Peggy Bolden [email protected]
Cell: 813-380-5489 Fax: 866-924-054
PEST CONTROL
HUGHES EXTERMINATORS
Greg Kearley Office: 813-884-1555 Cell: 727-643-4500 [email protected]
REAL ESTATE SCHOOL
BOB HOGUE SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE
Robert Hogue [email protected], Katie Marshall [email protected] Francis Allen [email protected]
Tele: 1-800-330-9411 or 727-526-5338 FAX: 727-525-6129
ROOFERS ELITE ROOFING SERVICES Camille Austin Cell: 813-630-0800
SIGNS AND GRAPHICS FAITH SIGNS AND GRAPHICS (Zephyrhills) Chris Odom [email protected] Tele: 813-714-5395
SIGN-A-RAMA of NEW TAMPA Beatriz Cardona [email protected] Roberto Hiller [email protected] Tele: 813-347-9797
TITLE COMPANIES
GULFATLANTIC TITLE AND APPRAISALS
Melissa Donaldson [email protected] Dawn Wiser [email protected]
Tele: 813-964-8300 – FAX: 813-963-0135
MAGNOLIA TITLE AGENCY, LLC
Mary G. Castro [email protected]
Tele: 352-437-4875 – FAX: 352-437-4880
MERIDIAN TITLE COMPANY
Jon Auvil [email protected], Leslie Auvil [email protected] , Jo Larkin [email protected],
Lani Prilliman [email protected] Beverly Barth [email protected] Jeanne Burger [email protected] Tele: 352-567-1241—FAX: 352-567-0457
SUNSTATE TITLE COMPANY
Suzie Morrow [email protected]
Tele: 352-567-1141—FAX: 352-567-3830
FLORIDA REALTORS REPORTS:
Hurricane season: One week to go
MIAMI – May 25, 2012 – Thanks to El Nino and other conditions, forecasters predicted yesterday that the 2012 hurricane season – which starts exactly one week from today and runs through November – will be normal. It will see nine to 15 tropical storms with four to eight of those becoming hurricanes. One to three of those could become major storms, defined as ones with winds greater than 110-miles per hour. Before the season begins, homeowners should prepare. “It’s crucial for policy-holders to know about their insurance coverage before a storm hits,” says Ken Enscoe, Nationwide’s director of catastrophe claims operations. “Advance planning is key to surviving the aftermath of a hurricane.” General steps to prepare for storm season • Before an event, examine your property for physical or liability hazards. • Find out if your home meets current building code requirements for high-wind regions. • Check the four critical areas where wind can enter a home: roof, windows, doors and garage doors. Either you or a building contractor can build and in-stall temporary protection, such as approved wind shutters or plywood on win-dows and coverings for patio and entry doors, strengthen and stiffen garage doors, and install heavy-duty door hardware. • Read and understand your insurance policy. • Inventory valuables and contents in the home with pictures or video. Note the approximate value of each item and the date of purchase. You can also send an inventory to a family member outside your region for safekeeping. • Make sure important documents, such as an insurance policy or mortgage papers, are stored in a safe deposit or fire safe box. • Floodwater that enters into a home may be covered by specialized flood cov-erage underwritten by FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program. Check with your insurance agent about flood policies, but note that they take 30 days to become effective one you sign up. © 2012 Florida Realtors®
NAR REPORTS: FROM THE PRESIDENT
F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T
Rally Recap, By the Numbers
I couldn't be happier for the state and local associations and REALTORS® who made our Rally to Protect the American Dream a success. Approximately 15,000 people came to Washington D.C. and another 14,000 participated online. We were joined by 12 members of Congress, and our message about supporting property rights and housing was heard through 10.5 million media impressions, includ-ing coverage on CNN, CNBC, and more. Take a look at some highlights from our historic day. Watch the President's Podcast Video
http://enews.realtor.org/a/hBPvuCaB8hVyFB8jJW-AAE-EH-B/rmow39
http://www.EPAR.us
5026 - 7th Street
ZEPHYRHILLS, FL 33542
Tel: 813-783-3794
Fax: 888-782-3940
Email: [email protected]
Association Executive: Amber Olsen
Daily Hours: 9am-1pm
Office Open on Wednesdays - Call for
appointments
East Pasco Association of Realtors®
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Mark Your Calendar!
June 5: Tech Edge Conference Launches in Toronto
Learn about mobile marketing, social media, and more.
June 28: Webinar—Reverse Mortgage Payoff Mechanisms
All about reverse mortgages and how to use the HECM pro-
gram.
Nov. 9-12: REALTORS® Conference & Expo
100 education sessions, 400 exhibitors, and the magic of Or-
lando.
