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CONVERTING LEADS INTO CLOSINGS
Whether you are a new agent building your business or an established agent keeping your database fresh, maintaining a flow of potential customers is crucial to your success. Attracting leads is key, but if you don’t have effective systems for converting them into closings, you’re leaving money on the table. This fast-paced one-day course highlights both traditional and digital approaches to identifying and closing more customers.
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JULY 13, 2023
From 9 am to 5 pm
Location: GCAR Training Center
CE Credit: 8
Cost: $30
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Education is the foundation for professionalism in the real estate industry. GCAR’s Real Estate Professional’s Institute offers a skill-building calendar to meet the NY Department of State and the National Association of REALTORS® education requirements.
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REALTOR PARTY Sign up for Mobile Alerts Why do you need Why do you need my money? my money? BECAUSE FIGHTING FOR REALTORS® AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IS A CONSTANT BATTLE! Please, take my money! Please, take my money! GCAR.COM/INVEST QUESTIONS? TALKTOUS@GCAR.COM Contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes Contributions to RPAC are voluntary and are used for political purposes You may refuse to contribute without reprisal and the National Association of REALTORS® or any of its state associations or local boards will not favor or disfavor any member because of the amount contributed 70% of each contribution is used by your state PAC to support state and local political candidates Until your state reaches its RPAC goal, 30% is sent to National RPAC to support federal candidates and is charged against your limits under 2 U S C 441a; after the state PAC reaches its RPAC goal it may elect to retain your entire contribution for use in supporting state and local candidates TEXT REALTORS TO 30644 New York’s 2-percent Property Tax Cap New York’s STAR Property Tax Relief New York’s prohibition on private transfer fees National Flood Insurance Program Federal homebuyer tax credits ENACTED LAWS To prohibit REALTORS® from practicing real estate outside their home county To prohibit broker-prepared contracts To require a 20-percent down payment To require real estate license number to appear on every document at closing DEFEATED PROPOSALS RPAC PLAYED A ROLE IN THE FOLLOWING:
NYSAR Housing Opportunities Foundation, Inc. helps families and individuals in New York State overcome the obstacles to homeownership as well as promoting safe, decent and affordable housing.
The NYSAR Housing Opportunities Foundation has helped more than 400 families across New York State become homeowners by awarding first-time homebuyer grants. These grants help defray ever-rising closing costs and the down payment expenditure.
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