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MISSION STATEMENT

Committed to providing services and recourses for its

members to ensure a high standard of business practices

and ethics.

Niagara Association of REALTORS® 116 Niagara Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4L4 Telephone: 905-684-9459 ● Email: nar@niagararealtor.ca ● Website: www.niagararealtor.ca

Niagara Association of REALTORS® 116 Niagara Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4L4 Telephone: 905-684-9459 ● Email: nar@niagararealtor.ca ● Website: www.niagararealtor.ca

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“It’s not just a golf tournament; it’s an opportunity to allow our members to help the community”. The Niagara Association of REALTORS® 12th Annual Golf Tournament is scheduled for Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at Sawmill Golf Course. Registration is only $85 plus HST and includes golf, cart, lunch and dinner! If you know anyone that is interested in sponsoring, please e-mail crystal@niagararealtor.ca. Click here for the Registration Form!

Red Hot Biz Plan – Join Ross of ‘Real Estate Coach’ 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 and create your unique Red Hot Biz Plan. Click here for more information!

Member Information

NAR has 976 members!

NEW MEMBERS:

Linda Crouch – Sally McGarr, St. Catharines

Rhys Jenkins – Sally McGarr, St. Catharines

Nancy Ali – RE/MAX Niagara, Niagara Falls

Stephanie Schaeffer – Royal LePage, Port Colborne

TRANSFER:

Lisa Templeman to RE/MAX Niagara, St. Catharines

DEPARTURE:

Sue Tasker – Royal LePage Maywood, St. Catharines

Jacqueline Lammers – Royal LePage Maywood, St. Catharines

Angela Greco – Royal LePage, Niagara Falls

RETIRED:

Denny Goldfinch – Denny Goldfinch, Niagara Falls

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

FRIDAY, APRIL 12th, 2013

Amici’s Banquet Centre, 1470 Merrittville Hwy, Thorold

Hot Buffet Breakfast from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Annual General Meeting to start at 9:30 a.m.

Click on the title to obtain the following documents:

Breakfast and Meeting Registration Form (Deadline to register for breakfast is 5 p.m., Monday, April 8th, 2013)

Proxy Form (Deadline to submit proxy is 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 10th, 2013)

Meeting Procedures

Agenda (*Updated*)

Minutes of Election Meeting held November 23, 2012

2012 Financial Statements

2012 Annual Report

Approved 2013 Revenue and Expense Budget and Recommendations from the Board of Directors

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Niagara Association of REALTORS® 116 Niagara Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4L4 Telephone: 905-684-9459 ● Email: nar@niagararealtor.ca ● Website: www.niagararealtor.ca

Pinterest hit 10 million monthly unique visitors faster than any independent site in history. As of March 29, 2013, there are 47.3 million active users on Pinterest. Now you can follow the Niagara Association of REALTORS® on Pinterest, here: http://www.pinterest.com/niagararealtors.

You can also find Niagara Association of REALTORS® on other Social Media Sites, including, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube! Click below to follow!

Please remember that for all listings: Roll # must be taken from GeoWarehouse TBA by itself as a ‘Possession’ is not allowed Can’t show SB Commission in the ‘Internet Ad Copy’ We don’t use “metric” measurements, only IMPERIAL Bath pieces & levels must be shown under the ‘Room Codes’ ‘Specific’ Zoning & ‘Internet Ad Copy’ are both mandatory fields Main photo of the property cannot show the Listing Brokerage sign Can’t show the List/Lease price in the Internet Ad Copy & Realtor Remarks Complete the new field, ‘Frontage’, when brokerloading your listing ( below Lot Size) If you want to copy the Internet Ad Copy to Realtor Remarks, you must “copy and paste” Can’t show any personal information (name, phone #, e-mail address) in Internet Ad Copy Can’t have “Call me, Call Listing Agent, Call Listing Broker, etc” in Internet Ad Copy Property Taxes must be for 2012 or 2013 (can’t be for 2011 or older)

Congratulations to Barb Sukkau of Royal LePage Niagara who was elected to the CREA Board of Directors at the CREA AGM & Leadership Summit which took place March 22nd-24th, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Barb is the Past President of the Niagara Association of REALTORS® (2005) and the Past President of the Ontario Real Estate Association (2011). Thank you Barb for representing REALTORS® in the Niagara Region and being such a strong advocate to the public on the value of a REALTOR®. We wish you all the best in your new position on the CREA Board of Directors!

Exploring the iPad for REALTORS® May 2nd, 2013

Learn how to get the most out of your iPad for real estate. You will learn how to use:

Social Media Calendar, Contacts and Email MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint Personalized Apps for REALTORS® (MLS, etc.) Photography & Video Apps And much more!

Alternative Energy April 18th, 2013

Discussion of the different forms of alternative energy production – solar, wind turbines, biomass and geothermal

Review of health and financial costs to the public

Requirements under some of the different statutes are detailed

How does it affect the public and the real estate profession?

*Click on the title to download the registration form!

Registration forms for all Niagara Board seminars are available on REALTORLink™ or at the Board Office.

Click here for a list of upcoming seminars and register early to ensure that sessions are not cancelled due to low registration!

Education email address: ‘ToYourCredits@niagararealtor.ca’.

Click here to view the latest seminar flyer!

EDUCATION

Niagara Association of REALTORS® 116 Niagara Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4L4 Telephone: 905-684-9459 ● Email: nar@niagararealtor.ca ● Website: www.niagararealtor.ca

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