• March 19:  8am – 11am   Res. v Land Contract
• March 19:  11am – 2pm  Agency – 26the Amendment
• March 19:  2pm – 5pm  Short Sales, Deficiency Judgments  (Legal Issues)

• March 20:  8am – 11am  Legal Issues – Potpourri
• March 20:  11am – 2pm  Fair Housing – “The Dream”
• March 20:  2am – 5pm  Commissioners Standards for Business Planning

• March 23:  8am – 2pm  Contract Writing (3 hrs contract & 3 hrs legal issues)
• March 23:  2pm – 5pm  Buyer Advisory (Disclosure)

1120 W SR89A, B5

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

Continuing Education, Salesperson, and Broker Licensing Classes

We have added 2 classes on Feb. 20….

• Fair Housing – gender issues  10am-1pm
• Legal Issues – potpourri  1pm-4pm

For Course information, click here, and scroll down to course.

We also have gMail business classes (no RE CE hours)   Each:  $30

• Tuesday, Jan. 24, 3-6
• Wednesday, Feb 29, 3-6

From the Sedona Chamber of Commerce:

City of Sedona Amends Business License Rules

The City of Sedona, City Council adopted the following amendments to the Business License Program at their meeting on December 13, 2011.  Effective dates of the business license ordinance changes are January 13, 2012. 1.  Amendment to section 8-2-2(A): All businesses operating within City limits will be required to obtain and maintain a current business license. For 2011, the Ordinance only required businesses with a TPT liability to apply and maintain a current business license. For 2012, all businesses operating within the City must apply for and maintain a current business license. 2. Amendment to section 8-2-2(D): Creation of a delinquent fee for businesses that fail to obtain a business license. For 2011, there was no delinquency fee for businesses that failed to obtain a business license. For 2012, a penalty of $5.00 per month shall be assessed on all delinquent and/or underpaid licenses.  To avoid penalties, the 2012 business license application and full payment must be received on or before February 29, 2012. 3. Amendment to section 8-2-3(B): Creation of a temporary Special Event Business License at a cost of $7 per event per participant. For 2011, there were no Special Event Business Licenses.  Based on feedback from the business community, a condensed business license form will be available for special events.  The special event business license will be valid for seven consecutive days after the date of issuance. The City of Sedona has partnered with Revenue Discovery Systems (RDS) to assist the City of Sedona in the issuing of its annual business licenses.  Business Licenses may be obtained online at www.bizlicenseonline.com.  Customers are encouraged to contact RDS for their business license and taxpayer questions at (866) 940-7660 or emailazsupport@revds.com. Get licensed and avoid the penalties that will be yours, if you don’t register your Sedona business.

Are you ready to sync your email addresses, your calendar, your alerts, your contacts, your files and more to your desktop?  And file docs in the Google cloud?

gMail’s where it’s at!!!

On 12/28/11, how2educate LLC will offer a training class on how to use gMail as your desktop sync-site.  3PM to 6PM.  Bring your computer, laptop, tablet, or use one of ours.

Reserve your seat:  $35/person

Email Kathy:  kathy@kathyhowe.com

• 1120 W SR89A, B5
• Sedona, AZ

  Do you have what it takes to be a highly effective real estate agent?  Do you have the patience, the math skills, or the assertiveness to compete in a highly competitive industry?

Lindsey Webster has written a guest post for how2educate LLC:

Top Five Great Traits of Highly Effective Real Estate Agents

Click here to read her article.

Then click here to find out more about becoming a real estate agent in Arizona.

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

• Owner
• Administrator
• Educator

how2educate LLC

• Prelicense Salesperson and Broker
• Arizona Continuing Education
• Distance Learning

Sedona, AZ

Click here to know more about the CE schedule and the courses taught by how2educate LLC

 Kathy Howe

Buy 5% more

Made in America

products in 2012 to help the economy

We at how2educate LLC will also be making every effort to purchase at least 5% more “Made in America” products in 2012.

It can only make the USA economy stronger.

Why not join us?

“Made in America”   

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

• Dedicated to helping our economy
• Proud resident of Uptown sedona
• 928-274-4088

Do you allow the Buyer’s agent at the presentation of the offer?

This article might be of interest to you.  Click here.

Kathy Howe

Real Estate Broker/Agent/Educator/Mediator

Sedona, AZ

To access the NAR Code Of Ethics online course, click here.

To download a copy of the 2011 REALTOR(R) Code of Ethics, click here.

Check back for the January CE dates for the first offering by how2educate LLC

Looking forward to seeing you in the classroom!!

Kathy Howe

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Come…

Kathy Howe, Owner/Administrator/Educator

Take your real estate continuing education and make a trip to West Fork!

NOTE:  Commissioner’s Standards on Sunday at 11AM has been approved.

Email Kathy at Kathy@kathyhowe.com to reserve a seat.  Actually, you can just show up for a class if you are in the neighborhood.  Looking forward to seeing you…

Classes are held at the LaTierra locatin on SR89A, 1120 W SR89A, Suite B-5.  928-274-4088.

Sedona in October is awesome

This is Oak Creek Canyon near West Fork

Can you study and enjoy the Sedona environment?  Of course.  how2educate is offering 9 CE classes over 3 days to help you get in your AZ RE renewal hours.  Join others.  Chose 8 courses for $90, 3 for $50, or 1 for $20.  Breakfast snax and lunch items available.

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

Uptown Sedona Resident

Are you still using Internet Explorer?  Safari?  Firefox?

Google Chrome rocks!

Try it!

This Google Chrome article comes from ZDNet.  Click here to access the whole article.

We use Google for email, Google +, calendar, docs, and much much more.  Every day Google comes up with something new and user-friendly.  Recently we transferred all 2500 of our Facebook contacts over to gMail and are continuing to build our contact base.

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

how2educate LLC

Putting together a Statewide MLS…

The Arizona Association of REALTORS(R) Board of Directors today voted to purchase ARMLS and begin building a statewide MLS.

The benefit to consumers cannot be understated:

• Wider exposure
• More agents to see and show property

…if, all small MLSs join the statewide MLS.

STATEWIDE MLS

As a seller, you should be ecstatic that a statewide MLS is in the near future.  It will allow more agents the availability of your property and the possibility of your sale increases.  The more fences that are removed, the numbers go up.

Keep tuned for the next step…

NOTE:  When it came time for the formal vote with the terms and conditions defined, WEMAR and SEVRAR chose not to vote to go statewide MLS.  At this time AAR is continuing to negotiate with the parties who are principals to put together the statewide MLS.

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy     

– a believer in a statewide MLS for 15 years –

• how2arizona real estate LLC
• Sedona, AZ
• 928-274-4088
• kathy@kathyhowe.com 

As a professional and a REALTOR(R) member of ARMLS, you can use this Fannie Mae Help Desk for moving along your transaction:

New Tool to Speed Up Short Sales: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

FannieMae Short Sale Assistance
888-995-HOPE
armls.com

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

This morning I was opening up Google+ (which I love!!) and checking out the postings from friends around the world. This one comes from Chris Brogan:

For those of you who are social media addicts like myself, you will enjoy this video; and, for those of you who would rather hide under your pillow than open up a social media site, maybe this video will show you the levels of engagement by those of us who live social media everyday.

The point of this post is to show you just how many social media site are available! And how many more are up-and-coming!

Google+ is awesome. Imagine being able to have all the people you know in different circles?!! Your family in one, friends in another, news in another, business clients in another…and so on.

It’s social media made easy!

You can find me at: www.gplus.2/sedonakathy

When you get set up, invite me into one of your circles!

Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy

www.how2arizona.com
www.how2educate.com
www.sedonakathy.com
www.facebook.com/sedonakathy
www.twitter.com/sedonakathy

Technology for the real estate agent.

Just 10 years ago real estate agents were hand-writing purchase agreements.  Interactive forms had just entered the real estate industry.

Today, interactive real estate contract forms are the standard of care, but are all agents comfortable with the new technology?

The real estate agent and technology…

As a real estate professional, technology should be at the heart of your business.  Do you need the latest and greatest tablet PC?  The smartest phone?

No.

But, the real estate business has morphed into:

• Interactive ZipForms
• Digital Signatures
• Video Tours
• Skyping
• Blogs
• Social Media
• QR Codes
• Instant Information
• Transaction Mangement

Need help with updating your business?  We give one-on-one sessions, individually designed to help you learn how technology can help you compete in today’s fast-moving, digital age.

Contact:  Kathy Howe   928-274-4088

email:  kathy@kathyhowe.com

TECHNOLOGY MATTERS

Yes!  Arizona allows disclosed “dual agency”.

First, we need to understand the agency structure in Arizona.

In Arizona, under the 26th amendment to the State Constitution, real estate licensees are allowed to “…draft, or fill out or complete…” such documents as “…purchase agreements and earnest money receipts, deeds, mortgages, leases, assignments, releases, contracts for sale of realty, and bills of sale” when incidental to a transaction when acting as a salesperson or a broker for a party.  Licensees may not draft or fill out documents and charge to do so.  The listing agreement or the buyer broker agreement works as the employment agreement, spells out the representation, and addresses compensation.

Can a salesperson in Arizona represent a buyer or seller without a written employment agreement?

Yes.  But, under the Statute of Frauds, Arizona Courts will not entertain a claim for compensation without a written agreement.  To compensate for this situation, the REALTORS(R) can file with the Arizona Association of REALTORS(R) through their local Association for arbitration under the REALTOR(R) Code of Ethics.

Listing Salesperson + Seller                               Buyer Broker + Buyer

What happens when a Listing Salesperson who works with Regis Realty receives an offer from a Buyer Broker who is also with Regis Realty (both work under the same Designated Broker)?

DUAL AGENCY

representation

It means that neither the Designated Broker or the Salesperson can “…represent the interests of one party to the exclusion or detriment of the other party…”  REALTORS(R) use a “Consent to Limited Representation” form for the purpose of disclosure, consideration, and consent.

How does it work?

Listing Salesperson cannot (without written permission from seller) disclose anything about the price or the terms but the list price and the terms offered.  The Buyer Broker cannot suggest a price other than the list price to the buyer-client.

• No confidential information may be disclosed in either direction.
• Salespersons are obligated to deal honestly with all parties.
• Negotiating for the client may not be possible.
• Limited representation.

In Arizona, the employment agreements are with the Designated Broker.

A Listing Salesperson acts for the Designated Broker when taking a listing, and the Buyer Broker acts for the Designated Broker when agreeing to represent a buyer.

Arizona requires disclosure of agency (not necessarily in writing) before an offer is written.

The REALTOR(R) community uses the READE form for the purpose of letting the public know how agency works in Arizona and then the person can select the representation s/he wants or needs.  The READE form is only a disclosure form, not an employment agreement.

Listing Salesperson also represents buyer =

DUAL AGENCY

The same rules apply.

In each case, the Designated Broker is the only “broker/agent” in the mix.

Dual Agency is legal in Arizona as long as it has been disclosed and the clients have consented to the limited representation.

Question:

Should a buyer go directly to the Listing Agent for information about a property?

It never hurts to talk to the Listing Agent.

Do you want to be represented by the Listing Agent as a Dual Agent?

Or do you want a Buyer Broker advocate to assist you with your purchase?

QUESTION:

As a Seller, you want everyone to see your listing and many of you will list with a company who is known to move property.  You will be asked to sign an Arizona Listing (employment) Agreement that says you want the company to show the property to any potential buyers, even if it places you in a dual agency position.   The new SVVAR Exclusive Right to Sell Employment Agreement has no “Agency” information in the agreement at all.  Be sure to read what you sign and be sure that your agent gives you a READE form (disclosure) with the listing agreement.  In Sedona and the Verde Valley, agents who do not give the Seller a READE form could be guilty of not giving agency disclosure before an agreement is signed.

The question becomes:  Do you understand Arizona’s Dual Agency = Limited Agency representation?

Give it thought…

Then take a look at the different Sedona properties for sale at our sister site:  how2arizona real estate LLC

Kathy Howe, owner/broker of how2arizona real estate LLC

and owner/administrator of how2educate LLC

Watch Windows 8 do its magic…

So many changes in how you access the Internet. Hmmmmm.

And, Windows, is trying to play “catch-up”. Can they?

Trading in an iPhone for a Samsung Windows 7 Focus. While the iPhone and the Droid are the phones “dejour”…why would anyone want to trade in an iPhone for a PC phone, a Windows 7 phone?… the “cloud”.

Why not a Droid?

They are good looking… they work well and Google certainly is “a player”.

But, being tired of so many different operating systems, different apps, inability to communicate with another phone or computer without purchasing more software… well, why not build a system around one company?

My Samsung Windows 7 Focus

With the advent of Windows 8, the ability of Microsoft to compete in the new age of the large touch screen displays, tablets, and phones, the consumer can work within one system and enjoy the experience.

Do watch the video. Windows 8 is magic and will offer many innovative choices to the tech-savy gamer and the everyday user alike.

• Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy
  how2educate LLC

A Windows girl since 1995. Read the history of Windows.