Education

Join Listingbook at the Dulles Area Association of Realtors®

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:32 -0500

A special opportunity for you to attend Listingbook 101 & Listingbook 201
... all in one class!

Listingbook 101: Getting Started with Listingbook
• Optimize productivity, increase client satisfaction & make more money
• Navigating Listingbook
• Understanding your FrontPage & Client Manager
• Giving ALL of your Buyers, Sellers & Prospects accounts
• Getting ALL of your clients to open & login to their accounts
• Communicating & collaborate using Property Notes, Favorites, Agent Picks & Messaging

Earn the ABR Designation - March 18-19th at DAAR

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:51:50 -0500

Are you interested in delivering the best in buyer representation services? DAAR is pleased to offer the Accredited Buyer's Representative (ARB®) designation from March 18-19th, 2010, 9:00-5:00 pm. The ABR® designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded by the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC), an affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS®, to real estate practitioners who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria. Course cost of $299 includes materials. Sign-up on-line today!

March Education At-A-Glance

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:17:01 -0500

Don't forget to take advantage of our Buy 8, Get 8. Purchase and take 8 hours of CE in 2010 and get 8 hours free if completed in 2010. This is a special Right Tools, Right Now program for DAAR Members only. Click on Calendar or Register for Classes to the left.

Bring a New Level of Service to Your Clients - Earn the GREEN Designation

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:06:58 -0500

Consumer demand for green real estate is growing. Be a leader - become the green real estate resource for your community and earn NAR's Green Designation at DAAR on March 10-11th, 9:00-5:00 pm. This two-day course highlights what makes a property green, strategies for educating clients about green features, financial incentives and rebates available to home buyers and how to market yourself as a green real estate specialist once you obtain the GREEN designation.

Lunch Matters: It's Not Easy Being Green or is It? - March 3rd, 12-1:30 pm

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:55:14 -0500

As part of DAAR's Green month, you are invited to join us for DAAR's Lunch Matters It's Not Easy Being Green...or is it? on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 12-1:30 pm at DAAR. Topics include identifying green property components, understanding the green client and capturing data related to green residential and commercial technologies in the MLS.

New Government Short Sales Program-Live Audio Conference

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:18:59 -0500

Understanding the New Rules of the Short Sale Game: What Major Players Are Doing to Increase Activity

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Bank of America and Freddie Mac explain their plans and procedures for the new government short sales program during this live audio conference.

When: Monday February 22 from 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Where: DAAR Training Room

Leading market players to discuss their approaches, including:

Real Estate Assessments and the Changing Real Estate Market Presentations Available

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:26:54 -0500

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.

GRI Made Easy in 2010

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:05:29 -0500

DAAR has partnered with Prince William and Fredericksburg Associations to bring you 9 GRI modules in 2010, all of which are drivable without the requirement of a hotel stay. Add to that the three electives offered in Herndon and you have a schedule just for you. Perhaps this is the time to make a promise to yourself to complete your GRI. The complete GRI schedule can be found at VAR, but here is a schedule designed with you in mind:

Free 8 Hours of CE in 2010

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:56:49 -0500

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.

Regional Short Sale Field Guide Promotes Best Practices

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:43:48 -0500

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.

Lunch Matters! It's Going Where? Power Line Proposals in Loudoun County

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:53:29 -0500

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 a Career in Real Estate?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:26:00 -0500

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.

DAAR Lunch Matters! Bringing Baseball to Loudoun County

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:48:00 -0500

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!

New Information about Criminal Background Checks

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:54 -0500

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.

New On-Line Continuing Education Course Offerings

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:23:51 -0500

We now have expanded CE course offerings to better serve your needs with fulfilling the Continuing Education requirements for license renewal. You now can take an 8 hour package of mandatory courses and choose from a variety of topics including Understanding Credit and Improving Credit Scores, Sustainable Housing and Building Green, Foreclosures, Short Sales, REOs and Auctions, Risk Management and some Commercial topics.