Board News

Help Us Support Local Kindergarten Students!

Kindergarten School Supply Drive is Starting Early! Each month during the monthly luncheons between March and July, members will be encouraged to donate money towards the School Supply Drive. Jasper Drugs has offered to order all of the supplies at cost this year! Please say thank you to Jasper Drugs the next time you are in there! Remember to bring some extra cash to each meeting and let's see how many children we can help in 2009!

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Congratulations to PCBR Scholarship Winners!

Pickens High School students, William Mostellar, Scout Wood and Daniel Grizzle are this year's recipients of the PCBR $500 Scholarships. We congratulate each of these students for their academic excellence and community involvement and wish them the best in their future endeavors.

Cost vs. Value: Your Expertise Needed

REALTOR® magazine is looking for real estate salespeople, brokers, and appraisers to complete the 2009-10 Cost vs. Value survey. Respondents review 33 different home improvement projects and estimate what value they'll bring if the home is resold in the current market. The survey covers 80 U.S. metropolitan areas. Members in those markets who complete the survey are entered in a drawing for one of three $500 American Express gift cards. Take the survey : Read the sweepstakes rules : For more info send an e-mail to cost-value@hanley-wood.com.

GREC Proposed Amendment

The Georgia Real Estate Commission is proposing a Rule change to comply with recently enacted legislation. You have until June 29 to express any opinions concerning this change to Jeff Ledford, GA Real Estate Commissioner. The Rule clarifies disclosure requirements of House Bill 315, requiring written notice on settlement statements or supplemental documents of any fee, charge, rebate, profit, commission, referral fee or other valuable consideration related to a real estate transaction, including leases and management agreements.

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The GAR Scholarship Application Process Has Gone Green

Starting with applications for 3rd quarter – (starts 7/1/09) – we will no longer be accepting paper applications.  All applications will need to be processed online.  Questions? Contact Brigette at BKillion@GaRealtor.com

Get the Facts about the American Clean Energy and Security Act

National

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the American Clean Energy and Security Act.  Get the facts now about how this legislation could impact land use, property rights, and the environment.

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Introducing New REALTORS® Federal Credit Union

NAR's new REALTOR Benefits® Program partner, REALTORS® Federal Credit Union, is an independent and member-owned financial cooperative with services designed to meet the unique financial and cash-flow needs of REALTORS®.  REALTORS® FCU, the first completely virtual credit union, offers a broad range of personal services including: free eChecking with access to thousands of surcharge-free CO-OP Network® and CU24® Network ATMs nationwide, federally-insured deposits, affordable loans and more.

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2010 GAR Committee Application

The GAR Leadership Team is seeking volunteers for 2010. We have attached the links to the GAR 2010 Committee Application and the GAR website for additional information. The deadline to submit the 2010 application is August 31, 2009.

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