Staff from the Loudoun County Assessor's office provided the latest on property assessments to members during DAAR's Lunch Matters this week. Todd Kaufman, Loudoun County's Assessor, Jennifer Sanderson, CAMA Administrator and Jim White, Supervising Appraiser, provided a snapshot of residential and commercial property assessments along details of their new cost-effective, award-winning streamlined appeals process. To learn more, please see the presentations from the event.  Thank you to Charles Fincher, Monarch Title, Leesburg, VA for sponsoring the event and providing lunch.

Don't forget to take advantage of our Buy 8 Get 8 program for CE and PL.  Even if your license doesn't expire this year, get a jump on your requirements with this $96 savings, just for DAAR REALTOR® members.

Broker Management Course for your broker's license continues into February.  On March 22nd we will begin the Broker Appraisal 45 hour course, sign up now if you are thinking of getting your Broker's License

As a piggy back to NAR's Right Tools, Right Now program, the Board of Directors has decided to offer some significant cost savings to DAAR members in 2010.  From January 1 through December 31, 2010 DAAR will offer, to DAAR Members Only, "Buy 8, Get 8".  What this means to only DAAR Members is that if you purchase 8 hours of classroom CE or PL in 2010, you will receive 8 hours of classroom CE or PL free as long as you complete the program in 2010. 

In response to a growing number of real estate short sales in the region, the Dulles Area Association of REALTORS® partnered with several area REALTOR® Associations to create an on-line resource aimed at educating real estate practitioners on best practices related to these transactions in an effort to serve the home-buying and selling public with utmost professionalism.

Join us for a free lunch discussion during our monthly Lunch Matters on It's Going Where? Power Lines in Loudoun County on Wednesday, January 6th, 12-1:30 pm, at the DAAR offices in Leesburg.  Featured speaker is Dominion Power's Philip Sparks who will discuss proposed and approved power line projects impacting Loudoun County and the surrounding area.  For more information, download the flyer and sign-up today!

Are you ready to launch your career in real estate? To obtain a real estate sales person's license in Virginia an individual must be at least 18 years of age, a high school graduate or equivalent, successfully complete a 60-hour course in the Principles and Practices of Real Estate, pass a state exam and become affiliated with a real estate broker in Virginia.

Enjoy a free lunch and discussion during our monthly Lunch Matters on VIP Baseball:  Bringing Baseball to Loudoun County! On Wednesday, December 2nd, 12-1:30 pm, Bob Farren, Managing Partner, VIP Baseball and Mike Scott, Principle, Norton Scott, LLC will discuss efforts to bring professional minor league baseball and a minor league ballpark to the area as part of the Kincora Village  Development in Loudoun County.  Sponsored by Fred Lear, Vantage Financial Services.  Sign-up today!

At the September Virginia Real Estate Board meeting the board decided that criminal background checks were only good for 45 days.  Anyone desiring to obtain a Virginia real estate license should wait until after they have taken and passed the state exam and are ready to apply for a license before requesting a background check. This will ensure that the background check will be current and not cause an undue delay in having a license issued.

Background checks can be ordered and fingerprinting done by PSI testing services on a walk-in basis only.  For more information from PSI Click Here.