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JUNE 2016
IN THIS EDITION
GTAR wants YOU to serve on the next Board of Directors This is your opportunity to ensure GTAR's position towards success and growth in the future. The search now begins for ready, willing, and able REALTORS® to not only serve your association as the leaders and decision makers, but to help lay the groundwork for the future of our Association.
As GTAR Officers and Directors, we are asking you to to participate in guiding the direction of your profession on the local level at your association, in your business communities, locally and internationally. The GTAR Nominating Committee consists of two appointees from the Board of Directors and three general members elected annually at the June General Membership Meeting (held on June 2 this year).
The nominating committee will interview qualified candidates to service on the the 2017 Board of Directors, in the positions of officers or directors. Following personal interviews, the GTAR Nominating Committee will submit a recommended slate of candidates. Do you qualify as a candidate? General Qualifications: According to the GTAR’s bylaws, candidates for
RCF helps bridge the gap BY TINA HARRIS GTAR's Nominating Committee Chair
positions of Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Director must be active REALTORS®, in good standing with the local association at the time of application and at the time they take office. The candidates must also have served as a chairman of a committee of NOMINATIONS, Page 4
NAR Survey Shows More, Younger REALTORS® Entering the Industry The median age and years of experience of REALTORS® has decreased as new and younger professionals enter the industry, according to the 2016 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile. The survey's results are representative of the nation's nearly 1.2 million REALTORS®; members of NAR account for about half of all active real estate licensees in the U.S. REALTORS® go beyond state licensing requirements by subscribing to NAR's Code of Ethics and standards of practice and committing to continuing education.
CODE OF ETHICS
• EDUCATION
pg.11
• AFFILIATES
Grow your audience
Building an engaged online audience isn't impossible, but it does take time. Page 4
Questions? We have answers
Can I use my nickname, instead of my legal name on my business card? Page 9
Affiliates Say Thanks!
The 14th Annual Affiliates Golf Tournament was a big success! Page 13
Sellers are asking for higher prices
It may be a seller's market, but try telling that to a lot of overly optimistic ones. Page 18
The typical member more people entered reported a median of 10 the real estate proyears of experience in real fession this estate, down from 12 years year than in in last year's report. REAL- past years, TORS®' median age also with 20 decreased from 57 in 2014 percent of to 53 in 2015, the lowest it m e m b e r s has been since 2008 when r e p o r t i n g the median age was 52. one year or less "The median age of of experience" said president REALTORS® is younger NAR than in the past because NAR Survey, Page 5 pg.6
The REALTORS® Care Foundation (RCF) has recently received grants from partners to increase the level of support provided. Page 2
Candid Camera May 2016. Pages 16-18
pg.12
• MLS STATISTICS
pg.14