Delta Currents April 2015

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DELTA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS速 April 2015 www.deltaaor.com

2015 DAR PRESIDENT JAMES BRITTO

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Welcome to the selling season. I wish it was a rainy selling season, but that’s another issue. I’m personally excited to tell you about all that is happening with the Delta Association of REALTORS. First, our 3rd Annual DAR Crab Feed was a huge success! Thanks to all of you who attended and sold tickets!

Feedback was great, and next year’s will be bigger and better!

Huge thanks to Scott Macintyre, Crab Feed Chair and DAR COO Tonia Nielsen for all their efforts to make this event come together.

I had the pleasure of being hosted by Supra/UTC, the maker of our lockbox and key system, to Oregon for a few days, along with other local Associations and their leaders, to get to know the inner operations of Supra/UTC, see their plant and call center in action, and to come together to discuss any issues we have within our agent population or within our local user area. We discussed new technologies that will be coming in the future, and how to streamline our user experiences. It was a positive event that should bring some great things to Delta members in the future.

DAR Leadership has been working many long hours on our updated Strategic Plan, in conjunction with adherence to the new Core Standards.

We worked in conjunction with C.A.R., as they allowed us a day to work with Sara Sutachan, Director of Broker

Outreach and we made significant progress toward completion of the plan, which will be approved by the Delta Board of Directors, before submission to NAR. Thank you to all who attended the DAR Annual Meeting. It was great to share some timely information and also see a terrific demonstration from Bill and Lori Cook, “Looking Out For You,” discussing personal safety and awareness of your surroundings. Important dates to remember: Wednesday, April 22 – Legislative Day in Sacramento. Lunchtime keynote speaker is CA Assembly District 16 Catherine Baker (Rep) please book your space NOW by calling 925-757-8283.

Friday, May 1 – DAR Day at the Races – a wonderful afternoon of food and fun; Friday, July 24 – Regions 5/6 Lunch with C.A.R. President Chris Kutzkey, time and location TBD. We still need volunteers on committees to help keep this Association running smoothly. We depend on volunteers like yourselves to give as little as 1 hr/ week. Please contact James Britto at 925-305-9479 or Errol Mooney at 925381-3838 to discuss opportunities.

As always, you can also contact John Bedford at 925-949-6388.

With your support, we can provide you, the membership and our communities with strong advocacy and service. I look forward to seeing a strong showing in Sacramento by Delta membership.

2015 OFFICERS

Delta Association of REALTORS速 3428 Hillcrest Avenue, Suite 200, Antioch, CA 94531 Phone 925 757 8283

2015 DIRECTORS

Fax 925 757 8393 info@deltaaor.com

John Canning Mary Jane Dukellis Angela Johns Ralph Garrow, Jr. Monica Malcuit Jodi Marfia Rena Provencio Denise Stewart Cecily Tippery STAFF

John Bedford, Association Executive NEW EMAIL JohnB@deltaaor.com

Delta Currents is the official monthly publication of the Delta Association of REALTORS速. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of this publication, errors may occur. DAR shall not be held liable for misinformation, typographical errors, omissions, and/or misprints in editorial and/or advertising materials.

Tonia Nielsen, Chief Operations Officer tonia@deltaaor.com

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James Britto, President Errol Mooney, President-Elect Lori Ogorchock, Treasurer Ron Keefer, Immediate Past President John Bedford, Secretary

APRIL 2015

TUESDAY - FRIDAY 8:00am - 5:00pm MONDAY 9:00am - 5:00pm

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ANTIOCH/PITTSBURG/BAYPOINT Every Tuesday Delta Association of REALTORS® 3428 Hillcrest Avenue, Ste. 200, Antioch 8:30am • $2 Group does use Paragon to Schedule homes on tour. Must attend the Marketing Meeting the Morning of tour to confirm open house. Agent or representative must hold open from 9:30- 11:00.For more information call Ramesh Suman, Majestic Homes, 779-1234, or Ralph Garrow Jr., Ralph Garrow Real Estate, 366-6676 DISCOVERY BAY/BYRON MARKETING MEETING & TOUR 1st and 3rd Tuesday Board Walk Grill at the Marina, Discovery Bay 9:00am • $2

Group does use Paragon to schedule homes on tour. Open tour and must be in by Noon onMonday.

Homes on tour are open from 9:30-12:00.To place a home on tour you must attend the meeting prior to the week the house is on tour.

For more information call Christine Wallin Sasville Properties 525-7402 OAKLEY/BETHEL ISLAND/ BRENTWOOD/KNIGHTSEN MARKETING MEETING & TOUR Every Wednesday Black Bear Diner, 3201 Main Street, Oakley • 8:30am • $2 Group will use Paragon to schedule homes on tour.

For more information contact Dan Barnes,Tour Coordinator, 759-4648.

CONTRA COSTA REALTORS® IN MOTION CONTRA COSTA NORTH Martinez, Pacheco, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Walnut Creek, Clayton, Clyde Every Tuesday 8:30am • $10 Centre Concord, 5298 Clayton Rd., Concord Doors open at 8am for breakfast www.ccrim.info REALTORS® MARKETING ASSOCIATION CONTRA COSTA SOUTH Danville, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Diablo, Alamo Every Thursday San Ramon Community Center, 12501 Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon 8:30am • $5 Doors open at 8am for breakfast No formal tour www.RMAtoday.com INFORMAL TOURS Martinez, Pacheco, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Walnut Creek, Clayton,Clyde, Rossmoor, Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga Tuesday between 9:00am and 2:00pm Danville, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Diablo, Alamo Thursday between 9:00am & 2:00pm

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DAR Closed ½ Day

12 p.m.- 5 p.m.

Apr. 9

DRCSF Board Meeting

9:30 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Apr. 10

Local Government Relations Meeting

8:30 a.m.- 10 a.m.

Apr. 14

Budget & Finance Meeting

1 p.m.- 2 p.m.

Apr. 16

Executive Committee Meeting

9 a.m.- 11 a.m.

Apr. 16

Summit Funding Seminar

11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Apr. 20

Stonecrest Lending Seminar

Apr. 22

C.A.R. Meetings Sacramento

Apr. 30

Board of Directors Meeting

12 p.m.- 2 p.m.

May 1

Day at the Races

10:45 a.m.- 6 p.m.

May 8

Local Government Relations Meeting

May 11-16

NAR Convention

May 14

DRCSF Board Meeting

9:30 a.m.- 11 a.m.

May 19

Budget & Finance Meeting

1 p.m.- 2 p.m.

May 20

Executive Committee Meeting

9 a.m.- 11 a.m.

May 25

DAR Closed Memorial Day

May 28

Board of Directors Meeting

8:30 a.m.- 10 a.m.

12 p.m.- 2 p.m.

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REALTORS速 Alvetta Hankins Berkshire Hathaway 2510 Sand Creek Rd., Brentwood 634-3200 FAX 634-3393

BROKERS Lisa Hultz Lisa Hultz Broker 226 Rolando Ave., Brentwood 642-3290

Brad Loofbourrow Coldwell Banker Guidance Realty 4851 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 776-1100 FAX 776-5085

MEMBERS ON THE MOVE Sue Ramsdell is now with Bay Area Properties 1663 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill 405-0441 FAX 405-0446

Holly Frakes Intero Real Estate 1540 Discovery Bay Blvd. B, Discovery Bay 634-1111 FAX 634-0902 Neomi Vigil Intero Real Estate 1540 Discovery Bay Blvd. B, Discovery Bay 634-1111 FAX 634-0902

Todd Ramsdell is now with Bay Area Properties 1663 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill 405-0441 FAX 405-0446

Josephine Fernandez is now with Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203 Dawn Fischer is now with Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203 Jack Monroe is now with Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203 Ron McCaslin is now with Sasville Properties 1555 Riverlake Rd., Ste. M, Discovery Bay 513-4483 FAX 420-6171

Deidre McClain is now with Coldwell Banker Guidance 4851 Lone Tree Way, Ste. B, Antioch 776-1100 FAX 776-5085

David Navarrette Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203

Cody Wilson Intero Real Estate 8640 Brentwood Blvd. D, Brentwood 634-1116 FAX 240-9020

Joni Hilton is now with George Cardinale Jr., Broker 1789 Latour Ave., Brentwood 519-6671 FAX 240-6911

Katie Cook Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203

Manuel Andreade Nexthome Town & Country 100 Cortona Way, Ste. 150, Brentwood 513-4004 FAX 513-4330

Jason Moorman is now with JDK & Associates 9030 Brentwood Blvd., Ste. H, Brentwood 420-5273 FAX 888-851-4246

Ron Pilgrim Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203

Donel Fontil Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203 Paula Renee Pioletti Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203 Janice Sanford The McClearen Group P.O. Box 1591, Discovery Bay 240-3666

Vanessa Ramos-Wheeler is now with Keller Williams 191 Sand Creek Rd, Ste. 100, Brentwood 634-0033 FAX 634-4427 April Perry is now with Michael Perry 5149 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 209-0658 FAX 877-839-8077 Kit Carson Realty One Group Elite 5119 Lone Tree Way, Antioch 978-1100 FAX 706-8203

Alberto Osorio Re/Max Accord 3390 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette 283-9200 FAX 297-0300 Maggi Hurtado Ridgewater Real Estate Service 9000 Brentwood Blvd., Ste. C, Brentwood 634-4611 FAX 634-5264

NEW MEMBERS ORIENTATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon DAR office 757-8283

EBRDI PARAGON TRAINING FREE TO MLS SUBSCRIBERS STEVEN PEAN, INSTRUCTOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 Paragon 5 Essentials 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

M.O.R.E. 2.0 Partner MLS Resource (RPR) 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

To register call EBRDI at 363-2333 Or logon to EBRDI.com

All Classes are held at the Delta Association of REALTORS® 3428 Hillcrest Avenue, Ste. 200, Antioch except as otherwise noted

GRI CLASS MARKETING, FINANCING, AND MANAGING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

To register call GRI at 888-785-4800 or www.eDesignations.com

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NEW MEMBERS ORIENTATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 8:30 a.m. – 12 noon DAR office 757-8283

19th Annual Bowling Tournament Delta REALTORS® Community Service Foundation 19th annual bowling tournament was held on March 16, 2012 at the Harvest Bowl in Brentwood. There were Twenty-four teams of four bowlers each; most were outfitted in unique bowling shirts created especially for this major foundation fundraiser.

Recognizing the value that our community service programs have both in providing help where needed and in reminding consumers how our industry is involved in quality of life issues, a number of sponsors made donations for the raffle, helping to assure the event to be a success.

Winning teams were: First Place went to team 23 Returning Champs Sheri Hazen, Scott Hazen, Jeff Brooks and Erin Gonzalez. Second Place went to team 9 The Drysdale’s Kenny Riley, Jeff Mears, Derek Ramirez and Jerrod Williams. Third Place went to Team 8 One Power Bernie Randy Kerr, Duane Newberry, Kathy Estrada and Tracey Manci. Scott Hazen took scratch series and Darrell Hanson scratch game. For the women Kathy Estrada scratch series and Amanda Miller scratch game.

The winning team for the shirt contest went to Prospect Mortgage, The Loan Ladies.

Phyllis Miller with Fidelity national Home Warranty took pictures of our event, Andy Perry with Old Republic Title selling raffle tickets and 50/50 tickets and Dan Barns with Berkshire Hathaway was our MC. A special thank you to Cathleen Griebling for all the hard work putting this event together. A big thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes.

This year’s bowling tournament raised over $2700.00 for the Delta REALTORS® Community Service Foundation.

In addition to the bowling tournament the foundation will hold a Harvest Run, Day at the Races and have a Rocktoberfest.

The Board of Directors of the Delta REALTORS® Community Service Foundation, under the direction of President Maggi Hurtado, meets monthly on the second Thursday at 9:30am. Every DAR member is invited to participate in the fund raising events and all are welcome to attend the director’s meeting.

FIRST PLACE: Returning Champs Jeff Brooks, Sheri Hazen, Erin Gonzalez and Scott Hazen

SECOND PLACE: The Drysdale’s - Derek Ramirez, Jeff Mears,Kenny Riley and Jerrod Williams

THIRD PLACE: Kathy Estrada, Duane Newberry, Randy Kerr and Tracy Manci

DELTA Association Members, new or seasoned, the

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list of membership benefits is staggering. Are you

taking advantage of what’s being offered? Here are

just a few in the Benefits Category involving training and education.

• Training at the local association • Seminars in our conference center • MLS – Paragon Training

• Training, such as Learn My Way, offered by CAR • Forms Tutor and Forms Advisor, a CAR benefit for zipForm 6 • Mandatory Ethics Training for the Board of Directors, Grievance and Professional Standards Committees • Mandatory Ethics Training and Orientation to the Delta Association (for all new members)

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