THE EAVES DROP newsletter of the Guernsey-Muskingum Valley Association of REALTORS®

2015 BOARD MEMBERS

Co-Presidents

Monica Fry, Alan Wilson

President-Elect

Cindy Jacobs

Treasurer

Deb Davis Graham

Secretary

Jessica Orecchio

2016 Directors

Shannon Adams

Mary Bates

Larry Dennis

Elyse Luburgh

Rhonda Marvin

Amanda Mignano

Peggy Parry

Donna Sikora

Jodi St. Clair

Bob Wheatley

Sue Whipple

Theresa White

Allison Weeks—Affiliate

Dear Members,

Our market continues to recover and we have much to celebrate this month!

CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Gibson-Turner who has been selected to serve on the

2016 OAR President’s Executive Committee!

CONGRATULATIONS to all who earned the OAR President’s Sales Club award—they will

be honored at the OAR Annual Convention this month. Many of you came close—we

are proud of ALL of your sales achievements this year!!

Award of Achievement with at least $1,000,000 in sales:

Shannon Adams, Mary Bates, Shirley Casey, Katrina Cornell, Carol Cunningham,

Bonnie Czigans, Deborah Davis, Karen DiGenova, Tamera Findeiss, Monica Fry,

Christine Gibson-Turner, Dean Harper, Harry Hitchcock, Elyse Luburgh,

Kevin McCollister, Shirley McCollister, Susan McCollister, Connie Null, Jessica Orecchio,

Candy Reardon, Jodi St. Clair, Tom Sulsberger, Theresa White

Award of Distinction with at least $2,500,000 in sales:

Shawn Marlatt, Amanda Mignano, Jay Phillis, Tamara Porter, Daniel Robison,

Alan Wilson, Rebecca Wolfe, Crystal Woodburn, Marsha Young

Award of Excellence with at least $5,000,000 in sales:

Christy Buck, Bobbi Lepi

Pinnacle Award with at least $10,000,000 in sales:

Carol Goff

Take advantage of the many opportunities for volunteerism

coming in the new few months. We live in a very technical

world today, but at its core, there is still very much the need

for the human experience. Through our real estate experi-

ences, we are helping to build a better community!! Jessica

Orecchio and Rhonda Marvin are leading a planning com-

mittee for Board activities for the remainder of the year.

We have 2 full days of CE scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday, October 20-21 at the

Knights of Columbus Hall in Zanesville. This is a good location to have our CE, but we

have learned from experience that you may wish to bring a cushion! Registration will

be sent mid-September and will include Civil Rights, a safety course, and 2 classes con-

ducted by NEOHREX. You won’t want to miss!!

STAY SAFE! Monica Fry and Alan Wilson

2015 Co- Presidents

SEPTEMBER 2015 Volume 5 Issue 9 A Word From our Presidents...

THE EAVES DROP

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sept. 20-22 OAR Annual Convention—Columbus

October 8 deadline for Coats for Kids donations

October 21-22 CE Seminar—Knights of Columbus

Zanesville OH

November 13-16—NAR Convention, San Diego CA

Coming soon!

New Member Orientation

Toys for Tots

Ring-A-Bell for the Salvation Army

Election of Officers

GMVAR Million Dollar Sales Club Awards

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WELCOME NEW AGENTS!!

Kathleen Raines

Carol Goff & Associates

Tanya Blancett

and

Bill Whipple

Century 21 Gibson-Turner

Michael Loomis

McCollister and Associates

Ronda Hartley

Lepi & Associates

Wendy Henderson

Scott-Ogle Realty

Rex Fell

Y City Realty

Jim Bakos and Darlene Wallace

are now with

United Country Real Estate and Auctions Services

New Agency:

United Country Real Estate and

Auction Services

Chip Carpenter, Broker

New Affiliate Member:

Mike Simpson

Xterminator

Election of officers for 2016

We will soon begin the process of electing officers for 2016.

Our 2015 President-Elect Cindy Jacobs will serve as Board President in 2016, and Deb Davis Graham will

continue as Treasurer (this position is a 3-year term). All other positions on the Board will be filled as per

our By-laws—see below.

Section 1. Officers. The elected officers of the association shall be: a president, a president-elect, a secretary, and a treasurer. The

secretary and treasurer may be the same person. The president and president-elect shall be elected for terms of one year each. The

secretary, if a separate position from the treasurer, shall be elected for a term of one year. The treasurer shall be elected for a term of

three years. Should the secretary and treasurer be elected as a combined position, then this person shall be elected for a term of three

years. (Amended 11/12)

Section 3. Board of Directors. The governing body of the association shall be a board of directors consisting of the elected offic-

ers. There shall be 8 REALTOR® members plus the immediate past president of the association, four of whom shall be the Presi-

dent, President-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer

Directors shall be elected to serve for terms of three (3) years, except that at organization, one-third of the elected directors

shall be elected for terms of one (1), two (2), and three (3) years, respectively, or for less-

er terms as may be necessary to complete the first fiscal year. Thereafter, as many direc-

tors shall be elected each year as are required to fill vacancies. (Amended 11/2012)

There shall be two Corporate Affiliate members to serve for a period of one year. One from

Muskingum/Morgan Counties and one from Guernsey/Noble Counties.

The Chief Executive Officer shall attend all meetings

One Non-Voting, Corresponding/Reporting REALTOR member for each county that has

merged with the Guernsey-Muskingum Valley Association of REALTORS®*

No more than 2 REALTORS® from the same real estate firm may simultaneously

serve on the Board of Directors. (Adopted 11/09)

Four directors/officers to serve from Guernsey/Noble County and four directors/officers

to serve from Muskingum/Morgan County each year, unless it is impossible to obtain

enough volunteers to serve on the Board of Directors.

*Prior to this jurisdictional area having representation on the Board of Directors, it must

have met the requirement of organizing as an area chapter. The president of these

area chapters, appointed or elected yearly, would serve as the non-voting member of

the Board of Directors.

Each chapter selects their own volunteer leadership and conducts their own meetings

weekly, bi-weekly or monthly (Amended 3/15

Section 4. Election of Officers and Directors.

At least two (2) months before the annual election, a nominating committee of _3_ REALTORS®

members shall be appointed by the president with the approval of the board of directors. The

nominating committee shall select one candidate for each office and one candidate for each place

to be filled on the board of directors. The report of the nominating committee shall be mailed or,

where permitted by state law, electronically transmitted to each member eligible to vote at least three (3) weeks preceding the elec-

tion. Additional candidates for the offices to be filled may be placed in nomination by petition signed by at least 25% of the

REALTOR® members eligible to vote. The petition shall be filed with the chief association executive at least two (2) weeks before

the election. The association executive shall send notice of such additional nominations to all members eligible to vote before the

election. (Amended 1/05)

Where permitted by state law, and in accordance with applicable state requirements, election of officers may be conducted by

electronic means, in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors. (Adopted 5/2011).

If you get the

call and are

asked to serve as

a director,

please carefully

consider the

opportunity!

Volume 5 Issue 9 Page 4

OUR AFFILIATE MEMBERS

Andy Tabler ARS Inspections 450-2202

John Rognon/Joan Bennett American Eagle Mortgage -Z’Ville 455-3900

Nick St.Clair American Eagle Mortgage—Heath 584-2378

Jim Deam B-Dry Systems of Zanesville 453-8705

Lloyd Jordan Buckeye Nation Pest Control 740-868-7901

Sue Summers Century National Bank 454-6892

Dana Matz Chamber of Commerce 454-8282

Chris Zemba Champion Services LLC 452-7647

Mitchell Severance/ Concord Mortgage Group 614-212-6905

Angela Bradley 740-630-5832

Kyle Cochran/Larry Kotler Concorde Mortgage 454-8876

Tom Weeks Community Bank 454-1600

Wendy Miller First American Title Company 450-0006

Chet Oldfield Housemaster 633-1200

Vickey Taylor Huntington Bank 588-6766

Darrell Miracle Miracle Appraisals 452-8049

Ashley Becker Mid-Ohio Title Agency, Inc. 454-2988

Jesse Rollins North Valley Bank 450-2265

Peoples Bank 588-2504

Stephanie Omen PNC Mortgage 221-6515

Rob Sharrer Varsity Title Services 588-0200

Mike Simpson Xterminator 454-8000

Chet Centers Wells Fargo 452-7317

Susan Zemba Zemba Incorporated 452-1880

G-MVA BOR Monthly Statistics JULY 2015

ALL PROPERTY TYPES July 2015 YTD 2015 %change from 2014

New Listings 254 1554 (1.8%)

Sold Listings 141 783 12.7%

$ Volume Sold Listings $19,528,273 $93,080,330 16.5%

Average Sale Price ($) $138,498 $118,877 3.4%

High Sale Price ($) $759,905 $954,031 828.2%

Low Sale Price ($) $20,500 $13,000 420.0%

Average Market Time (days) 105 121 (.05%)

THANK our Affiliates

for their support of YOUR business by referring busi-

ness to them whenever possible!

We raised $455 at our RPAC dinner/

auction which helps us exceed our

goal for 2015. Auction items were

donated by Affiliate Members Ash-

ley Becker, Joan Bennett, Nick St.

Clair, and Angela Bradley, Brokers

Darlene Guess and Chris Gibson-

Turner, and our treasurer Deb Da-

vis Graham. THANK YOU so much!

Brokers Ria Masterson (Team Realty

1st) and Chris Gibson-Turner

(Century 21) enjoying a beautiful

evening at our RPAC dinner and

auction at Terra Cotta Vineyard!

ALL BOARD FORMS ARE

AVAILABLE ON OUR

WEBSITE ON THE

MEMBERS-ONLY PAGE.

Log-in is zbr

Password is y-bridge

PROTECTING MEMBERS AND CONSUMERS

FROM HOUSING SCAMS

Online housing scams are persistent. After years of news reports alerting

consumers to never wire money to rent a home they’ve seen only in photos

online, they still do. News reports of families now homeless after being

scammed out of a deposit are not only still prevalent but increasing, law en-

forcement agencies say.

More needs to be done to protect people from online housing scams. Consumers and agents alike have

contacted the MLS, Federal Trade Commission, Internet Crime Complaint Center and the proper authori-

ties, but they really feel that they have no effective recourse to address the issue.

There are countless ways that scammers and con artists (many based outside of the United States) try to

cheat people when it comes to homes and property. The most common property scam involves scam-

mers taking legitimate property listings along with photos from websites including realtor.com and Trulia

and reposting them on sites such as Craigslist for rent or for sale at a much lower price. Scammers will

typically make up a plausible story that requires the consumer to wire or mail them money without ever

meeting in person. The problem comes when all the renters try to move in and discover the property was

never the landlord’s to rent in the first place. Other swindles occur when the scammer rents a house or

apartment with the intention of re-renting it to dozens of people.

Use social media and post information on your websites to educate consumers about the most common

scams. The National Association has a video (realtor.org/videos/how-to-protect-your-property-listings-

from-rental-scams) that will walk you through setting up technology tools (including Google Alerts) to pro-

actively track listings and protect photos from being lifted.

For more information on housing scams, visit www.usa.gov/topics/consumer/scams-fraud/family-home-

community/rental-fraud.hstml.

Reprinted from REALTOR AE Magazine

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Guernsey-Muskingum Valley Association of

REALTORS®

800 Leonard Ave.

Zanesville OH 43701

Phone: 740-452-3890

Fax: 740-452-8041

E-Mail: gmvar@gmvarealtors.com

www.gmvarealtors.com

Nancy Cameron

Association Executive

Board Office Hours:

Mon-Wed-Fri—9 am—1 pm

Tues-Thurs 12:00—4:00 pm

Board Office Closed in observance of these holidays

January—New Year’s Day

February—President’s Day

May—Memorial Day

July—Independence Day

September—Labor Day

November—Thanksgiving

December—Christmas Day

Ruth Ann and Jerry Lynn and Carol and Carl Kaido

enjoying the evening at Terra Cotta Vineyard!!

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