December 2010 President's Message read story
Rick M. Shelton2010 GLVAR President
NAR convention caps off productive 2010
This is my last column as GLVAR president, so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who supported me throughout a challenging but productive year and to highlight some of our accomplishments.
Fi ...
12/1/2010
Category: Official Notices Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
December 2010 CEO's Message read story
Irene L. VogelChief Executive Officer
Christmas is around the corner as well as the New Year. I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very happy, healthy holiday season. Hopefully 2011 will show some signs of improvement in the housing market as well as a reduction in our unem ...
12/1/2010
Category: Official Notices Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
REALTORS® Announce 2011 Budget read story
In accordance with Article XV of the Bylaws, (Committees, Section 4, Special Committees, (a.) Finance Committee, (2) Duties, (D)), "The Finance Committee shall publish the annual budget in the Association publication and/or mail to the REALTOR® members ...
12/1/2010
Category: Official Notices Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
CRS Update for December 2010 read story
President's Message
After writing this column for three years, it is with some regret that this is my last one to you. My year has come to an end as president with a lot of changes to CRS. We have done classes for our members in Pahrump and Mesquite as well as two membership meetings in Las ...
12/1/2010
Category: CRS Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
Learning to fly read story
On the way back from the NAR convention, I was on one of those small propeller planes that have about 50 seats. The cabin crew was on the P.A. system making all of the normal announcements, except they came out a little funny.
"Welcome aboard flight" pause…pause….pause… "382 fr ...
12/1/2010
Category: Government Affairs Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
How NOT to Conduct a Short Sale read story
While I was thinking of a topic to write about this month–hoping for something other than short sales– I came across the most interesting case involving, yes, a short sale transaction. The case decision reads like a compelling novel of intrigue and bad dealings - so of course I wanted to share i ...
12/1/2010
Category: Legal Corner Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
Short Sale Issues and Updates, 12/10 read story
Is it an MLS violation to take my short sale out of the MLS to allow the buyer to list the property while the lender is looking at the short sale transaction?
Yes, under a new rule recently approved by the Board of Directors, the MLS will only accept listings where the seller has merchantable t ...
12/1/2010
Category: Legal Corner Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
WHAT REAL ESTATE AGENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT read story
TERRENCE M. CLAURETIE & NASSER DANESHVARY
On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). Initially proposed on December 2, 2009, in the House by Barney Frank and in the Senate by Chris Dodd, the conference comm ...
12/1/2010
Category: MLS Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
How Effective Is Nevada's $194 Million "HARDEST HIT" Fund? read story
The Lied Research Report
The Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, College of Busieness
Volume 1, Issue 1 November 2010
Nasser Daneshvary, Ph.D.Professor of Economics, and Director of Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies
David Jones
Associate Director of Lied Insti ...
12/1/2010
Category: MLS Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
MLXchange Optional Features read story
How many of the MLXchange optional features (offered for FREE, by the way) are you using?
MLX Pro Website - Every GLVAR agent has their own website with lead capture. An MLS property search is included for your clients to conduct and save their own searches as well.
GEOJET - The mapping syst ...
12/1/2010
Category: MLXchange Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
Chinese Drywall read story
In December, 2008 the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission began to receive complaints related to drywall installed in residential homes. The complaints appeared to arise out of a "building boom" in the southeast United States following substantial hurricane activity in 2004 and ...
12/1/2010
Category: Professional Standards Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
WCR Update for December 2010 read story
New Orleans, LA, Women's Council of REALTORS® Convention: Fresh from the convention Melissa Zimbelman, Jessica Kincaid, Chantel Tilley and myself are brimming with ideas and tools for the Las Vegas Chapter that will catapult the chapter and its members into a successful 2011.
Members ...
12/1/2010
Category: WCR Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
Clients Need Safety Tips, Too! read story
REALTOR® Safety: Knowledge Awareness Empowerment
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and this organization have worked hard to keep REALTOR® Safety foremost in everyone's minds. But what about your clients? They, too, face some dangers in allowing strangers into their homes ...
12/1/2010
Category: What's Happening? Published in: Southern Nevada Realtor Magazine
