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Did you know that DAAR's website now offers links to your company's email and website addresses AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE?  If you have not provided the email and web addresses you would like us to use for this purpose, you can get more out of your Affiliate membership.

Did you know that Affiliate members can put tri-fold brochures (and IMPs can leave 8.5x11" brochures) in the DAAR classroom AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE?  If you have not provided us with these marketing materials, you can get more out of your Affiliate membership.

Most people "hunker down" when times get tough, but that's no way to grow a business.  Opportunities abound, and now's the perfect time to rethink how you do business to take advantage of those opportunities.  Tough times can be the perfect time to grow your business.  And DAAR is the perfect partner to help you do just that.

Did you know that a DAAR Affiliate membership gives you an array of opportunities to promote your company's products and services to DAAR's REALTOR® members?  Are you taking advantage of all those opportunities?  For just $219/year, DAAR Affiliates get:

• Their company name and phone number listed on the DAAR website
• A link to the company email address and website
• The option to put tri-fold brochures in the DAAR classroom
• The option to participate in all DAAR events that are open to DAAR Affiliates
• An open invitation to participate in the Affiliate Committee and to sponsor Affiliate events
• First "dibs" on sponsoring other DAAR events
• Email updates from DAAR

Make the most of your Affiliate membership today by:

We want to make sure we always have enough food and drink for our Networking Matters.  On the other hand, we hate to buy a bunch of stuff that we just end up throwing away because it won't keep until the following month.  So, we need your help to accurately calculate how much to buy.  How can you help?  By letting us know that you intend to come by pre-registering online.  

To that end, anyone who pre-registers for a Networking Matters will benefit from the $5 pre-registration price.  Registrations done the day of the event and walk-ins will cost $10.  Or you can avoid all this hassle but taking advantage of our Buy 8/Get 1 FREE special, and I'll do all the work to pre-register you.  And, if you can't make it one month, no worries since you get one month free.

The next Networking Matters is on Thursday, February 4th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the DAAR office.  Many thanks to our February sponsor:  Go2Guys Home Services.

The following DAAR membership forms have been updated and the new forms are now available on the DAAR website:

• New Member Application
• Secondary Member Application
• Association Transfer Application
• 2010 Dues Schedule
• Supra Key and Lockbox Transfer Form
• Affiliate Member Application
• Member Record Change Form

If you keep copies of these forms in your files, please replace them with the updated copies which you can download and print the forms by clicking on the form name above or from the Membership Forms page.

Loudoun's real estate market showed various positive signs of recovery in 2009 although the housing industry throughout the nation was in the throes of a dramatic downturn for at least four years.  Obvious signs are sales and pricing trends.  Although it was expected, the year ended with an 8.3 percent decline in sales compared to 2008. 

A brand new year is almost upon us.  With it comes an opportunity to re-organize and refresh, to  re-energize business, and to prepare for the impending market rebound.

"Preparing for the Market Rebound" is DAAR's theme for January.  You will find this theme reflected in the January Lunch Matters and Networking Matters classes, special offers in the DAAR store, and in posts to the DAAR website.  More specifically: