St Augustine & St Johns County BOR Forward Sept 2014 Newsletter

S T . A U G U S T I N E & S T . J O H N S C O U N T Y B O A R D O F R E A L T O R S ®

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VOLUME 7, ISSUE 9

B O R F O R W A R D

Officers & Directors 2

Calendar 3

Realtor Spotlight & Business Partner Spotlight

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New Members 5

September Events in St Augustine

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Builder Council News 8

Go Green 9

Tech Tip

10-11

RPAC Games Night 12

Walk/Run for Education 13

RPAC Candidate Screening

14

Realtor Benefit Program Closing Gifts

15

August General Luncheon Photos

16-21

NAR Conference & Expo 22-23

NAR Article 24

Monthly Statistics 25

October Preview Staff Contact Information

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BOR PUBLIC WEBSITE: www.staugustinestjohnsbor.com

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BOARDOFREALTORS®

AndrewBirchall‐PRESIDENTSt.AugustineRealty(O)824‐3331(F)825‐2685(C)392‐[email protected],PRESIDENT‐ELECTOldeCarriageRealty(O)824‐4500(F)824‐6866(C)377‐[email protected]‐SECRETARYRe/Max100Realty(O)461‐9500(F)461‐9501(C)466‐[email protected]–TREASURERStAugustineTeamRealty(O)825‐0099(F)513‐9264(C)669‐[email protected]

DIRECTORSRickMcChesney(1)ColdwellBankerPremierProperties(O)471‐5000(F)471‐4216(C)347‐[email protected]

JohnTaylor(1)AwesomeRealEstate,Inc.(O)429‐0600(F)429‐0601(C)669‐[email protected](2)Century21‐St.AugustineProperties(O)797‐6000(F)797‐7963(C)501‐[email protected]

SteveGay(2)ColdwellBankerPremierProperties(O)471‐5000(F)471‐4216(C)471‐[email protected]

JamieJoCribbs(2)WatsonRealty(A1A)(O)461‐9066(F)461‐9925(C)335‐[email protected]

RoyBarnesJr.,PAST‐PRESIDENTSt.AugustineRealty(O)824‐3331(F)825‐2685/(C)669‐[email protected]

KathyDelaney,Ex‐OfficioWatsonRealty(US1)(O)797‐8600(F)794‐7002(C)669‐[email protected]

VictorJ.Raymos,Ex‐officio(O)829‐8738(F)823‐9512(C)505‐220‐[email protected]

MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, INC. KatherineDelaney,PRESIDENTWatsonRealty(US1)(O)797‐8600(F)794‐7002(C)669‐[email protected],P.A.,PRESIDENT‐ELECTEdmonson&AssociatesRealEstate,Inc.(O)827‐0722(F)638‐4746(C)315‐[email protected]‐SECRETARYSunshineRealty&AppraisalServices(O)471‐9259(F)461‐3178(C)501‐[email protected]‐TREASURERColdwellBankerPremierProperties(O)471‐5000(F)471‐4216(C)814‐[email protected]

DIRECTORS RonBarry(1)St.AugustineTeamRealty(O)825‐0099(F)513‐9264(C)501‐[email protected](2)St.AugustineRealty(O)824‐3331(F)825‐2685(C)501‐[email protected](2)MatanzasProperties

(O)471‐3900(F)471‐1525(C)669‐7236

[email protected]

AnnKing(2)BerkshireHathawayHomeServicesFloridaNetworkRealty

(O)471‐6906(F)471‐6907(C)806‐[email protected],PASTPRESIDENTCentury21St.AugustineProperties(O)797‐6000(F)797‐7963(C)540‐[email protected]

AndrewBirchall‐Ex‐OfficioSt.AugustineRealty(O)824‐3331(F)825‐2685(C)392‐[email protected]

VictorJ.Raymos,Ex‐officio(O)829‐8738(F)823‐9512(C)505‐220‐8683 [email protected]/27/14

2014 ST. AUGUSTINE & ST. JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS®

AND MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, INC.BOARD OFFICERS & DIRECTORS

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1st—CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY

4th— Go Global 3CE 1pm 5th—Board Orienation 9am 8th—Education Committee

9am, RPAC 12pm 11th—Commercial

Committee 8:30am 12th—CRSP-13 3CE 9am 16th—MLS Training 1pm

Finance Committee 12pm 17th— MLS Board 12pm 18th—Association Board

12pm 19th—Code of Ethics 3CE 23rd—REALIST 1:30pm 26th—LISTING AGREEMENT

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Birthstone: Sapphire Flower: Aster

Astrological Signs: Virgo: August 23 - September 22, Libra: September 23 - October 22


R E A L T O R S P O T L I G H T — C A R O L S U L L I V A N L I G H T H O U S E R E A L T Y

B U S I N E S S P A R T N E R S P O T L I G H T – D O M I N I C M E R C U R I O H A S T Y ’ S C A R P E T

“Courage is the discovery

that you may not win,

and trying when you know you can lose.”

Tom Krause

Carol Sullivan

904.814.6915

[email protected]

235 State Road 207 St. Augustine, FL 32084

Telephone: 904-824-4311 Cell: 904-377-4312

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hastycarpet.com

Hasty Carpet's heritage started in 1977 when Clyde and Lorna Hasty opened a full service flooring store. This well-known local family built a thriving business, which grew to be known as Hasty's Carpet & Flooring. In 1984 Dominic Mercurio purchased the downtown location. There, he continued the tradition of dependable and personalized service while maintaining competitive pricing! The business moved to Contractor's Square located at 235 State Road 207 in 1994. A few years later Dan Watterson completed the team known as Your Friends in Flooring.

On August 15th Dominic Merucurio celebrated his 30th Ownership Anniversary! Not only is Dominic a fantastic business man, husband and father, but he's a wonderful contributor to our community as well. Dominic has served as the St Augustine Lions Club President 10 years of his 20 years as a member. We love to support those who support our community!

Hasty's Carpet & Flooring offers a complete line of flooring with full service, extensive se-lection of products and value pricing. They also offer complete installations, free estimates, custom fabricated area rugs, sample checkouts and in home sample viewing! Dominic and, his business partner, Dan have almost 70 years experience in the flooring business. They pride themselves in the knowledge that Hasty's Carpet & Flooring is a personalized busi-ness that meet the needs and desires of both individual and commercial costumers.


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Sunny Mulford First Choice Florida Realty Join Date 07/29/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Casey Voigt Endless Summer Realty Join Date 07/30/14 NEW (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Aaron Pepin May Real Estate Group Join Date 08/04/14 NEW (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Laurie Sage St. Augustine Realty Join Date 07/29/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Gregory McCarthy NEW Endless Summer Realty Join Date 08/07/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Bernadette Covers Florida Homes Realty Join Date 08/07/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Kathleen Franzese NEW Watson Realty Join Date 08/12/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Gabriela Guevara-Garcia NEW Watson Realty Corp. Join Date 08/15/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Craig Conroy NEW Endless Summer Realty Join Date 08/18/14 (Secondary BOR/Reciprocal MLS) Dawn Humphrey NEW Keller Williams Atlantic Join Date 08/19/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Phyllis Aurora Anderson Matanzas Properties Join Date 08/19/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) David Savage Homestar Pacetti Realty Network Join Date 08/25/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS) Robert Todd Ravan NEW Endless Summer Realty Join Date 08/25/14 (Primary BOR/Primary MLS)


August 2014 September 2014 October 2014

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

August 2014

Monday & Friday Lost

Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Lighthouse

Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In Golf

Patriot Golf Days At The Hall Of Fame St. Augustine Labor Day Concerts In The Plaza Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeologi-cal Park

1

Salt Air Farmer’s

Market Educa-tor Apprecia-tion Days At Ripley’s Be-lieve It Or Not!

Flagler Col-lege ToursShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Ar-chaeological Park

2

The Wednesday

Market Vintage Car Tours Of St. Augustine AC-CORD Civil Rights Museum

Curator's Tour At The Lightner Museum St. Augustine Sce-nic Cruise St. Augustine Distill-ery Tours & Tast-ings Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To Afri-can-Americans In Golf Music By The SeaShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

3

Flagler College

Tours Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

4

Flagler Beach Farmer's

Market Fridays, Satur-days, & Sundays His-toric Weapons Demon-strations Educator Appreciation Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In Golf First Friday Art Walk In St. Augustine

Meet The Treasure Hunters Shadows Of The Past At The Foun-tain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranor-mal Investigations

5

Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investiga-

tions Flagler Beach Farmer's

Market Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Dem-

onstrations Vintage Car Tours

Of St. Augustine 1st Saturday-Saturdays At The GTM Research

Reserve Old City Farmers' Mar-

ket Flagler College Tours Sea Your History Weekend At The

Lighthouse St. Johns River

Farmer’s Market The Founding

Of St. Augustine Living History Day At Fort Matanzas National

Monument St. Augustine Scenic

Cruise St. Augustine Distillery

Tours & Tastings Saturdays Musket Firing Demonstrations At Fort Matanzas National Monu-

ment Through The KeyholeSunset Celebration At Vilano

Beach Town Center FREE Civil

Rights & Black Heritage TourShadows Of The Past At The Foun-tain Of Youth Archaeological Park

Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investiga-tions

6

Fridays And Satur-

days Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Inves-

tigations ZZ Top And Jeff Beck Concert

In St. Augustine Fri-days, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demonstra-

tions Sea Your History Weekend At

The Lighthouse Lin-colnville Farmers'

Market Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans

In Golf Reggae Sundays In St.

Augustine Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

7

Educator Apprecia-tion Days At Ripley’s

Believe It Or Not!Flagler College Tours Monday & Friday Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Light-house Sunset/Moonrise At St. Augustine Light-house Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

8

Vintage Car Tours Of St.

Augustine Salt Air Farmer’s Market St. Augustine Sce-nic Cruise St. Augustine Dis-tillery Tours & TastingsHonoring The Legacy: A Trib-ute To African-Americans In Golf Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

9

The Wednesday

Market Flagler College ToursACCORD Civil Rights Museum

Music By The Sea Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

10

Educator Appre-ciation Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or

Not! Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To Afri-can-Americans In Golf Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

11


Market Fridays, Satur-days, & Sundays His-toric Weapons Demon-strations Monday & Friday Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Lighthouse Vintage Car Tours Of St. Augustine Flagler College Tours St. Augustine Scenic Cruise St. Augustine Distillery Tours & Tast-ings Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeologi-cal Park Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

12

Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investiga-

tions Flagler Beach Farmer's

Market Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Dem-

onstrations 2nd Saturday Na-

ture Hike Old City Farmers'

Market City Walks Pet Friendly

Tours Second Saturday Plant

Sales At The Park St. Johns

River Farmer’s Market Honor-ing The Legacy: A Tribute To Afri-

can-Americans In Golf Satur-days Musket Firing Demonstra-tions At Fort Matanzas National

Monument Through The Key-

hole FREE Civil Rights & Black

Heritage Tour Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth

Archaeological Park Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

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Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons

Demonstrations Educator Appreciation Days At Rip-

ley’s Believe It Or Not!

Flagler College Tours Lin-colnville Farmers' Market

Reggae Sundays In St.

Augustine Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

14

Vintage Car Tours Of St.

Augustine Monday & Friday Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Light-

house St. Augustine

Scenic Cruise St. Augustine Distillery Tours

& Tastings Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In Golf

3rd Monday Art &

Merchant Walk Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Ar-chaeological Park

15

Salt Air Farmer’s

Market Flagler College Tours

Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

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The Wednesday

Market Educator Appreciation Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or

Not! Art In The Park: Drawing At Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

ACCORD Civil

Rights MuseumHonoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-

Americans In Golf

Music By The SeaShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

17

Vintage Car Tours Of

St. Augustine Flag-ler College Tours

St. Augustine Scenic CruiseSt. Augustine Distillery Tours & Tastings Shad-ows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeo-logical Park

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Market Fridays, Satur-days, & Sundays His-toric Weapons Demon-strations Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In Golf The Addams Family: The MusicalShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological ParkFridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Para-normal Investigations

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Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old

Jail Paranormal Investigations Flagler

Beach Farmer's Market Fridays, Satur-days, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demon-

strations Third Saturday Photo Chal-

lenge At Washington Oaks Old City

Farmers' Market Educator Appreciation

Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Flagler

College Tours St. Johns River Farmer’s

Market Tolomato Cemetery ToursSaturdays Musket Firing Demonstrations At

Fort Matanzas National Monument

Through The Keyhole FREE Civil Rights

& Black Heritage Tour The Addams

Family: The Musical Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeologi-

cal Park Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

20

Fridays And Saturdays

Inside The Old Jail Paranor-

mal Investigations Fri-days, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demon-

strations Vintage Car

Tours Of St. AugustineLincolnville Farmers' Market

St. Augustine Scenic

Cruise St. Augustine Distillery Tours & Tastings

Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans

In Golf The Addams

Family: The Musical Reg-gae Sundays In St.

Augustine Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

21

Flagler College Tours

Monday & Fri-day Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Light-house Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

22

Salt Air Farmer’s

Market Educa-tor Apprecia-tion Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!Honoring The Legacy: A Trib-ute To African-Americans In Golf Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Ar-chaeological Park

23

The Wednesday

Market Vintage Car Tours Of St. Augustine

Flagler College

Tours Art In The Park: Drawing At Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

ACCORD Civil

Rights Museum St. Augustine Scenic


Tours & Tastings

Music By The SeaShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

24

Ryder Cup Week At

The Hall Of FameHonoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In Golf

Bratini The Addams Family: The MusicalShadows Of The Past At The Foun-tain Of Youth Ar-chaeological Park

25

Flagler Beach Farmer's Market

Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demonstrations

Monday & Friday Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Light-

house Educator Appreciation Days At Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!

Flagler College Tours Ryder

Cup Week At The Hall Of FameThe Addams Family: The Musical

Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological

Park Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

26

Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old

Jail Paranormal Investigations Flagler

Beach Farmer's Market Fridays, Satur-days, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demon-

strations Vintage Car Tours Of St.

Augustine 4th Saturday-Family Seining

At The GTM Research Reserve Old City

Farmers' Market Colonial Children In La

Florida – Story Time And Crafts Ryder

Cup Week At The Hall Of Fame Smith-

sonian Museum Magazine Day St.

Johns River Farmer’s Market St.

Augustine Scenic Cruise St. Augustine

Distillery Tours & Tastings Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To African-Americans In

Golf Saturdays Musket Firing Demon-strations At Fort Matanzas National Monu-

ment Through The Keyhole FREE

Civil Rights & Black Heritage Tour The

Downtown Bazaar The Addams Family:

The Musical Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

Fridays And Saturdays Inside The Old Jail Paranormal Investigations

27

Fridays And Saturdays

Inside The Old Jail Paranor-

mal Investigations Fri-days, Saturdays, & Sundays Historic Weapons Demon-

strations Flagler College

Tours Lincolnville Farm-

ers' Market Ryder Cup Week At The Hall Of Fame

The Addams Family: The

Musical Reggae Sundays

In St. Augustine Shadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

28

Educator Appreciation Days At Ripley’s Believe It

Or Not! Monday & Friday Lost Ships Tour At The St. Augustine Light-

house Honoring The Legacy: A Tribute To Afri-

can-Americans In GolfShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

29

Vintage Car Tours

Of St. AugustineSalt Air Farmer’s

Market Flagler

College Tours St. Augustine Scenic


Tours & TastingsShadows Of The Past At The Fountain Of Youth Archaeological Park

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S T . J O H N S B U I L D E R S C O U N C I L


www.stjohnsbuilderscouncil.com

Leona Brown—Director

1535 SR 207, Ste 304

St. Augustine, FL 32086

(904)671-3875

Email: [email protected]

Visit www.stjohnsbuilderscouncil.com to see photo’s and virtual tour of

this years Showcase on August 30th, 2014. The Parade of Homes

Magazine will be featured in the St. Augustine Record and

the Times Union on August 30th.

“Grand Arbor”

King & Bear


5 Green Tips for Labor Day

For most people, Labor Day means a day off, lots of hamburgers and the symbolic end of sum-mer. However, whether you're hosting a party, taking a trip or just sitting around the house Labor Day can also be a great time to go green. Here are the top five tips to make your Labor Day a little more green this year: Prepare your home for winter – The extra time off is the perfect time to get your house ready for the upcoming cold weather. Potential projects include changing air filters, closing any vents in unused rooms, upgrading your home's insulation, installing radiant barrier, caulking windows and doors and installing a programmable thermostat. Cook with green energy – Instead of non-natural charcoal and lighter fluid, try cooking with pro-pane, natural gas, natural charcoal or just plain old wood with a chimney starter. The chemicals in non-natural charcoal and lighter fluid pollute more and may emit VOCs. Use real plates – While they can be tempting, it's much easier on the earth to skip the paper and plastic plates, utensils and napkins by serving your food with reusable items. Carpool – Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest weekends as far as traffic is concerned. Whether you're taking a trip with family or just heading over to a friend's house for a barbecue, see if you can carpool to reduce your carbon footprint. If you're hosting a party, try to arrange a carpooling scheme for your friends. Serve green food – An easy way to make your festivities more eco-

Homes Entered will be displayed in a color magazine which will be distributed in the

Augustine Record, Times Union and the SJBC website.

Deadline for entries

July 25th, 2014

Homes will be Judged

August 7th, 2014

Technology Committee “Tech Tip” How to Restore a Dead or Dying Laptop Battery Submitted by: Jerry Ray


Laptop batteries are expensive pieces of equipment, so if you have an old laptop that still works fine, who wants to shell out upwards

of $100 to replace the battery right!? Luckily, there are a lot of ways, some technical, some interesting and some strange ones, that

people have come up with to restore dying batteries on laptops.

In this article, I’m going to try to list out all the different ones I’ve read about and if I can remember where I read it, I’ll link back to the

original source. If you have tried to restore a laptop battery yourself, let us know your method in the comments.

Method 1 – The Freezing Method I once saw a movie where a guys’ phone was about to die, so he took out the battery and stuck in some snow, which apparently made

it last longer! I still don’t know if that’s true or not, but apparently you can freeze a laptop battery and get more juice out of it. Here’s

the procedure very succinctly:

Step 1: Take your battery out and place it in a sealed Ziploc or plastic bag.

Step 2: Go ahead and put the bag into your freezer and leave it there for about 12 hours. Some people suggest leaving it for

longer, but I wouldn’t leave it for more than 24 hours.

Step 3: Once you take it out, remove the plastic bag and let the battery warm up until it reaches room temperature. Be sure to

wrap it in a towel and wipe away any condensation as it warms up.

Step 4: Reinsert the laptop battery and charge it completely.

Step 5: Once charged, unplug the power and let the battery drain all the way down.

Now repeat steps 4 and 5 at least 4 times: charge all the way to full, then discharge completely. That should be it! Unless your

battery is leaking acid, you should get some kind of bump in the battery life.

Note that you should only perform this on NiCD or NiMH batteries. If you try this on a lithium battery, it’ll make the battery life worse.

Unfortunately, there is no way to restore a lithium battery. You’ll have to find your laptop specs to see what kind of battery you have.

For lithium ion batteries, you can’t restore, but you can possibly extend the life of a battery. Read method 2.

Method 2 – Cool Your Computer If you have a lithium ion based battery, you can increase it’s life by making sure your laptop is cool. If you have a laptop that gets really

hot, it can damage the battery and cause the shortness in battery life. I have an old Sony VAIO laptop and I saw a significant increase

in laptop battery life when I bought a laptop cooling pad off Amazon. You can get one for around $20.

You may think your battery is on it’s last leg, but it could simply be that it’s getting too warm and therefore loses charge faster.


Method 3 – Recalibrate Your Battery With most newer batteries, this is no longer necessary, but if your battery is dying, then it’s probably a pretty old battery. In that case, you

may benefit from a recalibration. Recalibrating a battery is done because sometimes the operating system cannot figure out how much ca-

pacity is left in the battery. This can happen if the laptop is always plugged in or if the battery was never let to die all the way.

You can tell whether your battery needs calibration if your battery never charges to 100% (say only to 95%) or if the OS says you have 35 min

of battery remaining, but the computer dies either much sooner or much later. A lot of manufacturers have released calibration tools for spe-

cific laptop models, so first perform a Google search with your computer model + battery calibration. Here’s an example tool from Sony.

If you have to manually recalibrate a battery, the procedure is pretty straight-forward:

Step 1: Charge your battery to 100% or to whatever max percentage it can reach and leave it there for about 2 hours to cool down.

Step 2: Now disconnect the power and let the battery drain. There seems to be two views about how to do this. You can either let the

battery run down all the way until the laptop dies or you can set it so that it goes to sleep or hibernates around 3 to 5%. Either way,

you want to make sure the display stays on until it either dies or goes to sleep.

Step 3: Let the computer remain turned off for anywhere between 3 to 5 hours.

Step 4: Turn it back on and let it charge all the way to 100%.

That’s pretty much it. Now the computer should be giving you a more accurate reading of the actual capacity of the battery.

Method 4 – Remove Battery When Plugged In If you have a laptop with a removable battery, you can try to remove the battery during the times you have it plugged into the wall. You may

have to test this because some laptops don’t work properly with the battery removed. However, if the laptop is running fine and it’s con-

nected to a power source all the time, it may help to simply remove the battery.

The chemical reactions will continue to occur in the battery regardless of whether or not it’s in the laptop, but it could increase the life of the

battery. Since the battery is cool and not hot when plugged in, you’ll get more life out of your battery.

Of course, you’ll need to make sure you’re not living in an area where the power goes out because your computer will die immediately and

you’ll lose any data. This method is also time-consuming and annoying and something most people won’t do. The last method below may be

the best.

WARNING: Never take the battery out while the computer is plugged in AND TURNED ON!

Method 5 – Unplug at Full Battery The last option you can try is to let the battery charge to 100% and then simply unplug the computer. When it gets close to dying, i.e. less than 5%, go ahead and plug it in and let it charge up. However, this could reduce battery life on newer lithium ion batteries, so for those bat-teries it’s suggested you only let the battery level drop to 35% to 45% and then charge it back up to 75% to 85%. Sounds crazy, but appar-ently that will give you the best battery life because it won’t use up as many charge and recharge cycles.

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R P A C C A N D I A T E S C R E E N I N G

The RPAC Committee of The St. Augustine & St Johns County Board of REALTORS® conducted 3 days of intense screening and interviews of the candidates for the office of St Johns County Commis-sioners, City of St Augustine Commissioners, City of St. Augustine Mayor, St Augustine Beach Commissioners, St. Augustine Beach Mayor and District 20, Florida House of Representatives. The Committee’s recommendations were presented to the St Augustine & St Johns County Board of REALTORS® Board of Directors and approved as presented. The candidates chosen were as follows: State Senator District 6 = John Thrasher County Commissioner District 4 = Jay Morris County Commissioner District 2 = Jeb Smith City of St. Augustine Seat 5 = Grant Misterly City of St. Augustine Seat 4 = Todd D. Neville City of St. Augustine Mayor = Ken Bryan City of St. Augustine Beach Seat 4 = Michael P. Longstreet Congratulations to all selected candidates on receiving the recommendation of the St. Augustine & St. Johns County Board of REALTORS®..

County Commissioner District 4 = Jay Morris County Commissioner District 2 = Jeb Smith City of St. Augustine Seat 5 = Grant Misterly

City of St. Augustine Seat 4 = Todd D. Neville City of St. Augustine Mayor = Ken Bryan City of St. Augustine Beach Seat 4 = Michael P. Longstreet


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Available in values from $25 to $500, you can include your client’s name on the card, your company name or a custom message like “Welcome Home” or “Many Thanks” for a personalized and memorable gift that will help you solidify a long-lasting professional relationship. To learn about all of the possibilities and how to purchase cards visit Multi Merchant Prepaid Card.

This listing is meant to serve as a sampling of Merchants that accept the Multi Merchant Prepaid Card. This list is subject to change. Individual merchants are not part of the REALTOR Benefits® Program and are neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the National Association of REALTORS®.

Lowe's Build long-lasting client relationships with a free marketing tool created exclusively for NAR members. This unique program puts you in front of your clients by enabling you to send valuable, 10% off eCoupons to your buyer or seller clients. You will also receive special offers from Lowe’s to use yourself or share with a client.

An additional program feature is the ability to purchase Lowe’s gift cards at a 5% discount via www.lowesrealtorbenefits.com.


A U G U S T G E N E R A L M E M B E R S H I P M E E T I N G

Island Title &

Vickie Rianda

Wendy Boyer, WGV office Mgr. Vickie Rianda

Suzanne Gonzalez, Voice of Island Title

Kaitlin Larwyon, Closer assistant/short sale negotiator w/FL



Victor Raymos, AE/CEO

& Andrew Birchall, 2014 Association President

Ian Edmonson, MLS President-Elect

Andrew Birchall, 2014 Association President

& Ian Edmonson, MLS President-Elect

Andrew Birchall, 2014 Association President

& Ian Edmonson, MLS President-Elect

Casey Duggan, YPN Committee Chair Maria Gelinas, RMG Mortgage

Donated School Supplies



Berta Odom & Ed Paucek Ed Paucek & Jay Morris

Ed Paucek & Jeb Smith Ed Paucek & Todd Neville

Ed Paucek & Ken Bryan

Michael Longstreet

Ed Paucek & Grant Misterly



Grant Misterly Andrew Birchall & Casey Duggan

Penny James Steve Gay Yvon Halle



Ian Edmonson & Casey Duggan Shirley Bennett & Jeanette Smith Nick Hadjis

Maria Gelinas, Lindsey Maguire,

DJ Della Sala & Rob Steiner

Elizabeth Michaels & Richard Job Allison Barlow & Holly Yelton

Back: Jay Morris & Todd Neville

front: Ken Bryan & Grant Misterly Bob Mays Jeb Smith & Ed Paucek

Steve Gay & Dave Hall Nancy Heck, Judi & Steve Schuyler and

Berta Odom

Cheryl Brunk & Kelli Stecher



Penny James, Karl Vierck & Tony Bosco Time to Eat! Wendy Boyer, Kaitlin Larwyon, Suzanne

Gonzalez & Ray Feliciano

Liane Stark, Melissa Wissell,

& Memory Hopkins

Ian Edmonson, Michael Longstreet,

Winston Burrell & Dan Lang

Rob Steiner, Steve Lardio, Lindsey Maguire

& DJ Della Sala

Bill Crosby, Amanda Peers,

Tim Ing & Marie Mitchell

Janet Masters & Sarah Dousman

Yvon Halle & Frank Perez

Winston Burrell & Ken Bryan Dan Foard, Marlene Lagasse, Guest & Nick Hadjis

Kimberly Delisa & Christina Guyette

2 0 1 4 C O N F E R E N C E & E X P O



2 0 1 4 C O N F E R E N C E & E X P O


An Introduction As you’ve no doubt heard, beginning in 2014 you must be enrolled in a Qualified Health Plan or pay a tax penalty. We know that this can be confusing. SASid (Smart and Simple insurance Development) is NAR’s long term trusted insurance partner and we are here to help. We have created the Affordable Care Act Resource Center as a way to help NAR members understand the issues surrounding health reform and to guide you through your options.

Nationwide, the Health Insurance Marketplace(s)- also called Exchanges – are designed to help individuals find health insurance that fits their needs. As of October 1st, 2013, individuals and families have been able to use these exchanges to apply for health care coverage that goes into effect starting January 1, 2014. The Open Enrollment period for 2014 on the public insurance marketplaces begins October 1st and continues through March 31st, 2014.

Via the REALTORS® Insurance Marketplace, NAR members can explore a multitude of insurance companies through public and private exchanges. Note: products and insurance companies may be different per exchange. SASid can provide options through private and/or public marketplaces (exchanges).

We look forward to helping you with your insurance needs. We provide full consultative services to NAR members and we will help you navigate your options and help you find the insurance plan which is right for you.

If you’re an NAR member, contact SASid’s professionally licensed staff of benefits specialists at 877-267-3752 for help.


A U G U S T S T A T I S T I C S

Monthly Statistics Report - 08/01/2013 - 08/31/2013 St Augustine & St Johns County - Compiled on 08/05/2014

Aug-14 Aug-13 8/1-31/2013 - 8/1-31/2014 YTD 2014 YTD 2013 2013-14 YTD Residential New Listings 356 355 0.28% 3,271 3,167 3.28%

Sold Listings 289 311 -7.07% 2,020 2,119 -4.67%

Pending Listings 146 149 -2.01% 1,130 1,258 -10.17%

Vol. Sold Listings $67,622,314.00 $65,367,037.00 3.45% $462,763,134.00 $453,445,162.00 2.05%

Avg. Sell Price $233,987.25 $210,183.40 11.32% $229,090.66 $213,990.17 7.05%

Median List Price $214,900.00 $201,415.00 6.69% $200,000.00 $189,900.00 5.31%

Median Sell Price $204,000.00 $198,000.00 3.03% $195,000.00 $182,500.00 6.84%

List to Sell Ratio 95.81% 96.00% -0.19% 95.37% 95.11% 0.27%

Avg. Day on Market 112 120 -6.91% 128 136 -6.07%

Lots and Land New Listings 61 75 -18.66% 610 636 -4.08%

Sold Listings 24 22 9.09% 244 224 8.92%

Pending Listings 20 11 81.81% 142 129 10.07%

Vol. Sold Listings $2,856,100.00 $2,494,150.00 14.51% $29,684,260.00 $24,436,019.00 21.47%

Avg. Sell Price $119,004.17 $113,370.45 4.96% $121,656.80 $109,089.37 11.52%

Median List Price $82,400.00 $81,400.00 1.22% $75,000.00 $80,000.00 -6.25%

Median Sell Price $68,750.00 $76,750.00 -10.42% $66,500.00 $75,000.00 -11.33%

List to Sell Ratio 87.69% 87.34% 0.39% 88.08% 89.93% -2.05%

Avg. Day on Market 180 269 -33.36% 248 299 -16.88%

Commercial/Industrial New Listings 14 8 75% 123 117 5.12%

Sold Listings 1 1 0 30 20 50%

Pending Listings 1 1 0 12 12 0

Vol. Sold Listings $2,800.00 $1,400,000.00 -99.80% $12,318,200.00 $6,777,900.00 81.74%

Avg. Sell Price $2,800.00 $1,400,000.00 -99.80% $410,606.67 $338,895.00 21.16%

Median List Price $2,800.00 $1,795,000.00 -99.84% $348,800.00 $316,000.00 10.37%

Median Sell Price $2,800.00 $1,400,000.00 -99.80% $270,000.00 $246,400.00 9.57%

List to Sell Ratio 100% 77.99% 28.21% 78.02% 78.72% -0.88%

Avg. Day on Market 126 362 -65.19% 457 301 51.94%

Multi-Family New Listings 4 5 -20% 53 44 20.45%

Sold Listings 0 9 -100% 28 27 3.70%

Pending Listings 0 5 -100% 18 18 0

Vol. Sold Listings $0.00 $3,376,000.00 -100% $33,138,999.00 $7,478,900.00 343.09%

Avg. Sell Price $0.00 $375,111.11 -100% $1,183,535.68 $276,996.30 327.27%

Median List Price $0.00 $399,000.00 -100% $302,000.00 $260,000.00 16.15%

Median Sell Price $0.00 $385,000.00 -100% $278,750.00 $249,900.00 11.54%

List to Sell Ratio 0.00% 91.61% -100% 97.32% 88.49% 9.98%

Avg. Day on Market 0 167 -100% 220 193 14.00%

Total New Listings 509 530 -3.96% 4,700 4,573 2.77%

Sold Listings 314 343 -8.45% 2,322 2,390 -2.84%

Pending Listings 167 166 0.60% 1,302 1,417 -8.11%

Vol. Sold Listings $70,481,214.00 $72,637,187.00 -2.96% $537,904,593.00 $492,137,981.00 9.29%

Avg. Sell Price $224,462.46 $211,770.22 5.99% $231,655.72 $205,915.47 12.50%

Median List Price $198,950.00 $198,000.00 0.47% $189,900.00 $182,900.00 3.82%

Median Sell Price $185,500.00 $190,000.00 -2.36% $182,000.00 $175,000.00 4%

List to Sell Ratio 95.45% 95.04% 0.43% 94.57% 94.46% 0.12%

Avg. Day on Market 117 131 -11.10% 146 153 -4.89%

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Date Start: 8/1/2014 Date End: 8/31/2014

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Victor J. Raymos, RCE

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Association Executive

Professional Standards

Sharon Lainhart

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Membership and Finance

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IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION

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1-800-874-6500

NAR Member

Benefits Program—

800-NAR-5233

www.REALTOR.org/RealtorBenefits

REALTOR.COM— 800-878-4166

INNOVIA (MLS) Support—

800-334-0831

FORMSimplicity— 407-587-1450

SUPRA Support—877-699-6787

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www.floridarealtors.org

Tech Hotline—

407-587-1450

Legal Hotline—

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FR Event Registration—

800-669-4327

FR Orlando—407-438-1400

FR Tallahassee—850-224-1400

RPAC—850-224-1400

[email protected]

OCTOBER 2014

1st NEFAR CONTRACT 1:00PM

3rd AFTER THE CONTRACT 9:00AM

6th EDUCATION COMMITTEE 9:00AM

RPAC COMMITTEE 12:00PM

AFFILIATE COMMITTEE 9:00AM

9th COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE 9:00AM

TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE 9:00AM

13th CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF COLUMBUS DAY

16th MLS TRAINING 1:00PM

14th FINANCE COMMITTEE 11:30AM

15th MLS BOARD MEETING 12:00PM

16th ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING 12:00PM

21st MLS TRAINING 9:00AM

28th INNOVIA 2 1:30PM

8th FR/BAR-3 3CE 9:00AM

24th RPAC CASINO NIGHT 6:00PM

18th 1st ANNUAL WALK/RUN FOR EDUCATION 8:30AM

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