EMTAR Shall Be The Catalyst For Our Members Continued Success Throughout The 21st Century August 18,  2008

Important Dates:           Aug 20          Code of Ethics Class   9 -1 $50  Smith Sholar, Instr. Full                      Aug 21          Membership Meeting   11:15 Lebanon Country Club   Aug 28          THDA  4 hr. C.E.  9 - 1    Assn. Office   $50   Debbie Reeves,Instr. Sept 3           Orientation  9-til 4:30   Association Office Sept 4           Intro to Commercial Real Estate  9-12:30  3 hrs C.E.  $40.00                        Neil Osborne, Instr. Sept 4           Applied Real Estate Investment/Development Analysis 1:30 - 4:30 3 hrs.                                 $40 C.E. Neil Osborne, Instr.   Sept 10          Code of Ethics class   4 hr. C.E.   9 to 1   Assn. Office   50.00   Bobby Wood                      This is required by NAR for ALL members to take  before 12/31/08                          FULL     Sept  12         Managing Brokers Only - Lunch and Learn    Risk Reduction  - free –                      No  CE   Molly Cripps, Instr.   Smith.Sholar,      11:00 am - 1:00pm Sept 16-20     TAR Convention in Chattanooga Sept. 23         RPAC 99’er Dinner   6-8pm at the home of Anita and Dr. John Tate Oct 3             Code of Ethics class   4 hr. C.E.9 to 1 $50   Assn. Office  BobbyWood                      This is required by NAR for ALL members to take before 12/31/08                                               NO GRANDFATHER EXEMPTION Nov 7-10    NAR Convention in Orlando, Florida   New REALTOR® Mai James - The Realty Association Cheryl Mimms - The Realty Association Brad Shoulders - American Dream Realty(Hermitage) New Company Address: American Dreams Realty, LLC 114 Newby Street Lebanon, TN    37087 Uptown Tennessee REALTORS® 1216 Hunters Point Pike Lebanon, TN  37087 Transfers: Mark Amick - ERA Pacesetter Partners - Hermitage Donita Baird - The Realty Association Jennifer Bell - ERA Pacesetter Partners - Hermitage Deletion: Jarrod Curcio Yolanda Davis Tahmah Dockery Jeffrey Strader Company Deletion: Carpenter Realty Glenn Carpenter For Immediate Release From the Eastern Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors – Board of Directors The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that we have entered into a subscription with Bev Spickard's our Register of Deeds for Wilson County.  This will allow our Realtor members to have access to www.WilsonDeeds.com website with the association covering the cost of the service. Your Board of Directors is very happy to announce it has successfully negotiated a new FREE benefit for our members.  This new benefit may save you money but if used, will definitely save you time and maybe even frustration!  It will even allow you to get information on properties, including a plat, restrictions, liens and other information from the courthouse at 2 a.m. and you don’t even have to call the listing agent!  The information can be emailed to others or used in Realtracs for others to see on your listings. If you have used this service, you already know how beneficial this service is to your business.  Several of our members already subscribe to www.WilsonDeeds.com at a cost of $25 or more PER MONTH.  If you or your firm is a subscriber, it is your responsibility to cancel your subscription or it will continue with the monthly changes due per your agreement. In order to access this FREE service, you must be a full Realtor member of EMTAR.  Affiliate Members are not eligible for this offer.  Go to www.WilsonDeeds.com and click Apply to Search Deeds.  Complete the form with EMTAR and your firm name in the company field.  You will create a username and password and agree to the terms.  Submit the form and once approved you will have full access to the information.  Information is easily read in a .pdf format.  The .tiff format is still available but is not as easy to send via email to clients or print.  If you do not put EMTAR in the company field, you will only have a temporary account until you pay for the subscription. Searching for information has a very short learning curve.  Most can even find information after signing into the system.  Training can be scheduled via Beth at 615-443-2611.  Bev Spickard's and his staff have offered to provide training at your sales meetings or in their office one to one. Bev is an elected official that you will find most days at the courthouse helping our members as well as the public.  He does not sit behind a desk but is very active in ensuring that the courthouse is friendly to all that enter.  From providing directions to the proper office needed, to explaining what his office provides, Bev is an asset to Wilson County residents. Your EMTAR Board of Directors RPAC Auction at Membership Luncheon Your RPAC committee has gotten items donated for a auction...  At the meeting this Thursday, August 21st Jay White will be our auctioneer and Lora Haywood will be working the crowd to get the bids going higher and higher....   Please bring your checkbook and plan on bidding for the following: 3 rounds of Golf @ Pine Creek 4 rounds of Golf @ Five Oaks $40 Gift Certificate @ AquaBella (with hair products) $50 Gift Certificate @ Needhams Hair Products from Splitz Ends $50 Gift Certificate @Mojave Rock Day Spa $100 Gift Certificate @ Rain Forest Restaurant $320 Gift Certificate for teeth bleaching@ Dr. Aaron Pryor Titans Football autographed by Justin Gage Titans Football autographed by Steve McNair Signs from the EMTAR Store   Harmony Pillow value $80 $70 Gift Certificate for a Massage Support your REALTOR®  Political Action Committee. Ethics Education Reminder & Clarification! There is NO “grandfathering” and there are NO exemptions for brokers or anyone else from the NAR ethics education requirement! Between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2008, every REALTOR in the nation must take an approved 3-hour ethics course in order to remain REALTORS, i.e., members of the National Association of REALTORS. Far too many folks are confusing this ethics education requirement with Continuing Education requirements that many licensees must meet for license renewal. This has NOTHING to do with licensing! Instead, this ethics education mandate applies to all REALTORS in the U.S. and determines your continuing eligibility for membership in your local, state, and national REALTOR organization. Your local Association of REALTORS must certify your completion of the required ethics education and can inform you of opportunities — both classroom and online courses — that you can take to satisfy this requirement. Even if you are exempt or grandfathered from taking any CE courses, you STILL must take an ethics course every four years!