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		<title>Arizona Real Estate Prelicense Pass Rate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LikeSalespersons and Brokers Arizona real estate license Get your prelicense 90 hours from how2educate LLC  $400 covers course, materials, &#38; 1 class. We aren&#8217;t for everyone.  When you come to us for your real estate license, you want to pass the Arizona state test and begin your career.  In turn, we at how2educate promise you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Get your prelicense 90 hours from how2educate LLC</p>
<p><a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/h2e-NEW-KH-sm.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1481" title="h2e NEW KH sm" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/h2e-NEW-KH-sm.jpg" alt="how2educate LLC Kathy Howe" width="227" height="95" /></a> $400 covers course, materials, &amp; 1 class.</p>
<p>We aren&#8217;t for everyone.  When you come to us for your real estate license, you want to pass the Arizona state test and begin your career.  In turn, we at how2educate promise you that if you follow our methods, focus on your studies, you should be able to pass the Arizona state test on your first try.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s as simple as Arizona contract law:  &#8221;A promise for a promise&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>As of 4/21/12 every one of our salespersons and brokers have passed the state test on their first attempt.  The congratulations go to them and their hard work.</p>
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<li>Mickey Smith</li>
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<p>and we have others about to take the Arizona license test</p>
<p><strong><a title="Get your Arizona Real Estate License how2eucate LLC" href="http://how2educate.com/get-licensed/" target="_blank">Click here</a></strong> for information on how to get your Arizona real estate license.</p>
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		<title>Arizona Real Estate License</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like &#160; We are happy to work with you on a schedule for your course work.  This is not your everyday kind of real estate school that revolves around lecture classes. Call Kathy at 928-274-4088 or send her an email:  kathy@kathyhowe.com &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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<p>We are happy to work with you on a schedule for your course work.  This is not your everyday kind of real estate school that revolves around lecture classes.</p>
<p>Call Kathy at 928-274-4088</p>
<p>or send her an email:  kathy@kathyhowe.com</p>
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		<title>Arizona Prelicense Education Requirements &amp; Waiver</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Getting an Arizona real estate license, like in other states, has its requirements. From the Arizona Administrative Code: ARTICLE 4. EDUCATION R4-28-401. Prelicensure Education Requirements; Waiver A. Any individual applying for a real estate license shall either: 1. Complete the required 90-hour prelicensure education as prescribed in A.R.S. § 32-2124; or 2. Except for [...]]]></description>
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<p>Getting an Arizona real estate license, like in other states, has its requirements.</p>
<p>From the Arizona Administrative Code:</p>
<h1>ARTICLE 4. EDUCATION</h1>
<p><a name="pgfId-9212"></a>R4-28-401. Prelicensure Education Requirements; Waiver</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9213"></a>A. Any individual applying for a real estate license shall either:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9214"></a>1. Complete the required 90-hour prelicensure education as prescribed in A.R.S. § 32-2124; or</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9215"></a>2. Except for the 27-hour Arizona-specific course, apply for and be granted a waiver of the prelicensure courses.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9216"></a>B. If the waiver request is based on prior education, the applicant shall submit a letter to the Commissioner that includes or demonstrates:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9217"></a>1. The name, mailing, and business address, daytime telephone number, and signature of the applicant;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9218"></a>2. The type of license sought;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9219"></a>3. The name and address of the school;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9220"></a>4. The course description or curriculum, including credit hours; and</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9221"></a>5. Completion of one or more real estate courses. Acceptable evidence includes;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9222"></a>a. A signed letter from a school representative or official transcript from a college or university, which indicates:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-12173"></a>i. The starting and ending dates of the course;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-12174"></a>ii. The number of semesters, quarters, and credit hours awarded per course; and</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9225"></a>iii. Whether the course examination was passed.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9226"></a>b. Evidence of course completion provided as part of a certified license history from a state in which the applicant is currently or was previously licensed.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9227"></a>C. If the waiver request is based on experience, or education and experience, the applicant shall submit a letter to the Commissioner that includes:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9228"></a>1. A detailed resume covering the previous 10 years, indicating duties performed and the name and telephone number for each employer; and</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9229"></a>2. An original certified license history, including disciplinary action if any, from the real estate regulatory agency in each state in which the applicant is currently licensed and from any other state in which the applicant was licensed during the preceding 10 years; and</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9230"></a>3. One or more of the following:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9231"></a>a. Completion of one or more real estate courses. Acceptable evidence includes a signed letter from a school representative, or official transcript from a college or university, which identifies:</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9232"></a>i. The starting and ending dates of the course;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9233"></a>ii. The number of semesters, or quarters, and credit hours awarded per course;</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9234"></a>iii. Whether the course examination was satisfactorily passed.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9235"></a>b. Evidence of more than five years&#8217; experience in a real estate related field; or</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9236"></a>c. Evidence of course completion provided as part of a certified license history from a state in which the applicant is currently or was previously licensed.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9237"></a>D. The Department shall provide a copy of the prelicensure course content to any person requesting it.</p>
<p><a name="pgfId-9238"></a>E. A person shall not receive credit for more than 10 hours of prelicensure education classes per day.</p>
<h1><a title="how2educate LLC get licensed" href="http://how2educate.com/get-licensed" target="_blank">GET LICENSED</a></h1>
<p>Click on &#8220;Get Licensed&#8221; and find out about how2educate LLC&#8217;s prelicense training program for salespersons and brokers.  We&#8217;d love to help you join the real estate industry of Arizona.</p>
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<h3><span style="color: #993300;">Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</span></h3>
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<li><strong>Call or text:  928-274-4088</strong></li>
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		<title>Are You Afraid To Fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Don&#8217;t be.  Begin to feel the &#8220;rush&#8221; of life. Regina Dugan, a self-proclaimed &#8220;nerd&#8221; at DARPNA, tells you why: Dream your dreams&#8230; Let go of fear&#8230; &#160;]]></description>
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<p>Don&#8217;t be.  Begin to feel the &#8220;rush&#8221; of life.</p>
<p>Regina Dugan, a self-proclaimed &#8220;nerd&#8221; at DARPNA, tells you why:</p>
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		<title>April Real Estate License &amp; CE Class Schedule</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like We look forward to seeing you in class&#8230; &#160; Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy Uptown Resident Board of Directors Sedona Main Street Program Broker/Owner of how2arizona real estate LLC Owner:  how2realty referrals LLC Mediator:  how2mediate &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class='truelike' style='text-align: right;'><a href="http://truelike.com/review" class="tlc-like-button" data-text="April Real Estate License &#038; CE Class Schedule" data-counturl="http://how2educate.com/2012/03/25/april-real-estate-license-ce-class-schedule/" data-type="" data-category="" data-hashtag="">Like</a></p><p><a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/April-2012.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1453" title="April 2012" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/April-2012.jpg" alt="April Calendar 2012" width="258" height="258" /></a></p>
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<p>We look forward to seeing you in class&#8230;</p>
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<p>Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</p>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Broker/Owner of how2arizona real estate LLC</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Owner:  how2realty referrals LLC</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #008080;">Mediator:  how2mediate</span></strong></li>
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<p>Under the Arizona Department of Real Estate, a Designated Broker is one who:</p>
<ul>
<li>Supervises the licensees under the employing broker (the company)</li>
<li>Is responsible for the office policies</li>
<li>Is responsible to be sure all licensees have signed an Independent Contractor Agreement (IGA), if licensee is considered an Independent Contractor</li>
<li>Is responsible for all agreements written by licensee</li>
<li>Is responsible to review all listing and purchase documents &#8220;within 10 days of execution&#8221;</li>
<li>To see that all listing agreements are in writing</li>
<li>More&#8230;</li>
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<p>Licensees are Independent Contractors under <a title="IRS Code Section 3508 real estate agents" href="http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/26/C/25/3508" target="_blank"><strong>IRS Code Section 3508</strong></a>, if:</p>
<p><em>(A) such individual is a licensed real estate agent,</em></p>
<p><em>(B) substantially all of the remuneration (whether or not paid in cash) for the services performed by such individual as a real estate agent is directly related to sales or other output (including the performance of services) rather than to the number of hours worked, and</em></p>
<p><em>(C) the services performed by the individual are performed pursuant to a written contract between such individual and the person for whom the services are performed and such contract provides that the individual will not be treated as an employee with respect to such services for Federal tax purposes.</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s why the employing broker (= the company) needs to have an Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) between the company and the licensee.  If no ICA, the designated broker will be responsible to deduct taxes, among other requirements.</p>
<p><img src="https://secure.cmax.americanexpress.com/Internet/CCSG/Affiliates/-Shared_Affiliates_Images/Blue%20Separation%20Bar%20450x10.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>Every broker is responsible for developing Office Policies.  New designated brokers can go to the Arizona Department of Real Estate to find an <a title="ADRE Office Policy Manual Outline" href="http://www.azre.gov/Aud/Documents/Broker_Office_Policies_Manual.pdf" target="_blank">Office Policy Manual</a> Outline.  While somewhat outdated, due to the digital world, it is a place to start.</p>
<p>Be advised that if you are ever involved in a lawsuit, a fair housing complaint, or possibly an ADRE complaint, your Office Policies will be scrutinized.  Take the time to write them with the concept in mind that the licensees under you will use them as a guideline (you hope).</p>
<p><img src="https://secure.cmax.americanexpress.com/Internet/CCSG/Affiliates/-Shared_Affiliates_Images/Blue%20Separation%20Bar%20450x10.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>Listing agreements must be in writing.</p>
<p><em>32-2151.02. Real estate employment agreements; definition</em></p>
<p><em>A. All real estate employment agreements shall:</em></p>
<ol>
<li><em>Be written in clear and unambiguous language.</em></li>
<li><em>Fully set forth all material terms, including the terms of broker compensation.</em></li>
<li><em>Have a definite duration or expiration date, showing dates of inception and expiration.</em></li>
<li><em>Be signed by all parties to the agreement.</em></li>
</ol>
<p>So, &#8220;until it sells&#8221; is not a definitive expiration date.  It follows the same belief that the use of &#8220;upon presentation&#8221; in a purchase agreement for the time for acceptance is also too vague and not definitive.  It&#8217;s hard to determine when someone might or might not be in breach.</p>
<p><img src="https://secure.cmax.americanexpress.com/Internet/CCSG/Affiliates/-Shared_Affiliates_Images/Blue%20Separation%20Bar%20450x10.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>Designated brokers are known to lay awake nights and cringe upon receiving a certified letter, or a call from a licensee that starts with &#8220;can we talk&#8221;.   These people are Independent Contractors, not employees.</p>
<p><img src="http://fartheroutnearerto.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/herding-cats-cartoon.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t think you are cut out to be a designated broker, you can always work for one as an &#8220;associate broker&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>If you want to become a broker, <a title="June is Broker month how2educate LLC" href="http://how2educate.com/2011/05/01/june-is-for-brokers/" target="_blank">June is Broker month</a> at how2educate LLC.</p>
<p>Call 928-274-4088 or email:  kathy@kathyhowe.com</p>
<p>Kathy Howe, designated broker for how2arizona real estate LLC</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAR's Political Party Survival Initiative.  REALTORS will have to pay $40/yr (a 50% increase in dues) mandated to be spent on the Political Party.  Jay Thompson opines.  Rob Hahn opines.  REALTORS need to let NAR know what they think.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate LLC, how2arizona real estate LLC, how2realty referrals LLC, ]]></description>
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<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;">How is NAR&#8217;s membership responding to NAR&#8217;s Political Party? </span></h1>
<p>Let&#8217;s see some of the comments.</p>
<p>First, let&#8217;s go to <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Rob Hahn&#8217;s Blog</span></strong>:  <a title="Rob Hahn's NAR Political Party blog" href="http://7dsassociates.com/2011/03/breaking-nar-launches-political-party-risks-future/#more-827" target="_blank">Click here.</a> We reported this yesterday after learning that NAR&#8217;s AEs (Association Executives) first learned about the new creation at their Dallas meetings the week of 3-17 thru 3-22.  Rob Hahn gives a &#8220;good, bad, and ugly&#8221; look at the New Political Party after giving background on NAR&#8217;s political clout.  Start your information gathering here.</p>
<p>New Hampshire RE REALTOR member, <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Monika McGillicudd</span></strong>y, writes her blog, recapping NAR&#8217;s endeavor and listing other blogs commenting on where NAR might be taking us.  <a title="NH Realty on NAR's Political Party" href="http://monikamcgillicuddy.com/wordpress/blog/the-realtor%C2%AE-party-political-survival-initiative/" target="_blank">Click here</a>.</p>
<p>One of the best commentary comes from <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Jay Thompson</span></strong>, affectionately known as @PhxREGuy, a Gilbert real estate broker who also serves on various NAR Committees.  He voices his sentiments that he does not want NAR to take his $$s and put them into the campaign coffers of someone JT would not normally vote for&#8230;voting should be a personal thing and campaign funds can be given on a volunteer basis.  JT does not denigrate NAR nor does he malign what NAR does.  He simply does not agree with NAR mandating that membership&#8217;s dues should go up 50% to fund NAR&#8217;s political business plan.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Contact your NAR representatives</span></strong> to let them know what you think.  Since NAR makes finding email addresses difficult, try these links first:</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Regional Vice Presidents</strong></span>:  <a title="NAR regional vPs list" href="http://www.realtor.org/LeadGov.nsf/files/2011%20RVP%20List.pdf/$FILE/2011%20RVP%20List.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a>.  You will have to log into your NAR account.</p>
<p>Read the <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">NAR RAPAC Trustee&#8217;s November 2010</span></strong> meeting minutes and you will then understand why NAR is moving in this direction.  NAR appears to have let success go to their head and they believe you want NAR to invest this money in this manner.  <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Do you?  <a title="NAR's RAPAC November 2011 meeting" href="http://http://www.realtor.org/natmeet.nsf/dcdbb10cb3b77ae786256ce1006650ed/a71072530d89662d862577f3006618fb?opendocument" target="_blank">Click here.</a> </strong><span style="color: #000000;">You will have to log in.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;">What does this mean to you as a REALTOR(R) member?  It means you will lose your right to vote for the candidate of your choice.  Think about it.  If you disagree with NAR&#8217;s choice of candidates</span></span><span style="color: #003366;">, consider what it will take to financially overcome the clout of NAR.  Is that who you are?  Is that what you are about?  Did you get a real estate license in order to have them vote for you?  I didn&#8217;t.  Mandatory funds for political reasons goes against everything I am and everything I have ever stood for.  I am a registered <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Independent</span></strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;">I grew up in a union family.  I watched my father work, then strike, work, then strike&#8230;  I watched my mother have to go to work when my father was on strike.  At 16, when I graduated from high school, I wanted to work before going to college.  My first job was with Southwestern Bell who had a 6 month probationary period of time.  I passed with flying colors (got a promotion) and was taken into a room with documents to sign.  Yes, membership in the union.  I asked questions like:  &#8221;Do I have to join?&#8221;  The answer was &#8220;No, but&#8230;&#8221;  I chose NOT to join.  I never got another promotion and I moved on to the Advertising and Marketing industry.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;">My point:  I love real estate!  I have taught GRI in 2 states.  I have chaired and vice-chaired many Arizona Association of REALTORS(S) committees, including the Legislative Committee for 2 years (the first year we won the &#8220;Committee of the Year&#8221; Award).  I&#8217;m proud of what I have done to voluntarily assist in safeguarding &#8220;private property rights&#8221;.  And I USED TO BE a 99-club member.  No more.  Like JT, I no longer donate to <strong>RAPAC</strong>.  Surprised? </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;">NAR, in my opinion, has become so big, and so unfocused on what is important to the member and the consumer, that I can no longer support NAR&#8217;s efforts.  There has been mention of the <strong>Credit Union</strong>.  Maybe people belong to it.  I compared with other opportunities and saw no real value. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>RPR</strong>.  I was so excited to get RPR, only to be disappointed because I live in Sedona, which is a bifurcated city with 2 different counties.  My niche is in Coconino County whose largest city is Flagstaff.  My office, located 3 miles away, is located in Yavapai County which is the largest county in the state.  RPR is not useful.  The data is not accurate; therefore, most is not relevant.  Yes, I tried working with RPR to make the data accurate, but finally gave up.  I could better spend my time assisting buyers and sellers find properties or teach AZ RE CE through my real estate school.  RPR is a huge disappointment for me.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>On the benefit side of my REALTOR(R) affiliation:  my state of Arizona is light years ahead of other states in benefits</strong>.  Those that mean the most to me:  <strong><span style="color: #003366;">ZipForms and Digital Ink eSignatures</span></strong>.  Both are member benefits.  I don&#8217;t have to pay any subscription fees for them.  There is a negotiated Transaction Management platform available for $500/brokerage.  AAR negotiated $500 for each designated broker.  A sole proprietor gets to pay $500, the same as a large independent with over 1,000 agents.  Yes, many of us voiced our disapproval of the decision but big brokers rule&#8230; as a small company we don&#8217;t need the transaction management benefit as we have for years been a paperless brokerage and opted to purchase our own server, encourage the use of scan-email over faxes, etc.  Decisions like that AAR decision make you step back and wonder whose membership dollars are more important.</span></span></p>
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<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">Membership in NAR is still focused around access to MLS, not political issues.</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #003366;">If NAR had or could have by the end of 2011, <strong><span style="color: #003366;">a nationwide MLS or data-sharing entity</span></strong>, it would transcend the NAR Political Party plan.  To date, <strong><span style="color: #003366;">REALTOR.com is losing market share day-by-day</span></strong>.  In my market <strong><span style="color: #003366;">Trulia</span></strong> is a much better lead generator without even going TruliaPro.  We&#8217;ve turned more Trulia leads this year.  We enhanced our REALTOR.com presence and got not one lead.  So much for that.  We are looking elsewhere.  We belong to both SVVAR and <span style="color: #003366;"><strong>ARMLS</strong></span>.  We are thrilled with what ARMLS provides in all categories of listings.  We sigh and grumble about having to endure the use of the Rapattoni system.  We think it is primitive, comparatively speaking.  We need to be statewide.  Better yet, we need to be nationwide.  But, influential brokers are worried about their &#8220;market share&#8221;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><img src="http://www.realtor.org/wps/wcm/connect/f7e924804561f90f99addb342c47dc89/logo_web_NAR_2color_jpg.jpg?MOD=AJPERES&amp;CACHEID=f7e924804561f90f99addb342c47dc89" alt="" width="168" height="67" /></span></p>
<p>If you are a member of NAR, you hold the key.  Let your people know what you think.  Like JT (Jay Thompson) I will be writing everyone I know telling them of my displeasure with this decision.  Will it make a difference?  Probably not.  But, I&#8217;m going to try anyway.</p>
<p>Start with the Regional Vice Presidents, then your State Association, then your local Association.  If you are me, you will find emails for the NAR leadership one way or another&#8230;and when I do, I will publish them for others who may wish to contact them.</p>
<p>Enjoy your day.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</span></h2>
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<h3><span style="color: #800080;">Just finished a great blog by Robert Kennedy of <a title="Robert Kennedy's Galearning site" href="http://galearning.com/marketing-tips/social/social-network-facts-2010-2011/#comment-11532" target="_blank">GALearning</a>.  On Twitter you can follow him as @Robert_Kennedy.</span></h3>
<p>How did I find him?  He found me first on Twitter and started following me, so I looked up his profile and found it would be a pleasure to get to know more about him.</p>
<p>Actually, that&#8217;s the way Social Media works.  Think of it as a cocktail party!  Meet new people!</p>
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<h2><span style="color: #800080;">Facebook Drives US Social Network Ad<br />
Spending Past $3 Billion in 2011</span></h2>
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<h1><span style="color: #008080;">Are you on Facebook yet?</span></h1>
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		<title>Coconino County Septic Calculator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coconino County Septic and Alternative System Calculator Worksheet for planning your house if there is no sewer hook-up.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate LLC, 1120 W SR89A, B-5, and how2arizona real estate LLC, 450 Jordan Rd "C", Sedona, AZ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class='truelike' style='text-align: right;'><a href="http://truelike.com/review" class="tlc-like-button" data-text="Coconino County Septic Calculator" data-counturl="http://how2educate.com/2011/03/12/coconino-county-septic-calculator/" data-type="" data-category="" data-hashtag="">Like</a></p><h2><span style="color: #008080;">Septic or Aerobic or Combo Waste System for Coconino County, AZ.</span></h2>
<p>If you are building a house in Coconino County, Arizona, you will need to know what to expect as to the size of your alternative waste disposal system when no sewer hook-up is available.</p>
<p><a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Coco-Co-Health-Dept-EQ-Fixture-Count-Calc-enh.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-large wp-image-723" title="Coco Co Health Dept EQ Fixture Count Calc enh" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Coco-Co-Health-Dept-EQ-Fixture-Count-Calc-enh-733x1024.jpg" alt="" width="586" height="819" /></a></p>
<p>While you are in the planning stage, use this worksheet for planning your rooms, fixtures, and lifestyle.</p>
<p>With this worksheet you can help plan your dream home and conserve our precious water.</p>
<p>Your contractor can assist you in the type of system that will work on your lot.</p>
<p>Your REALTOR(R) can assist you in checking out all the information with the County of Coconino and the City of Sedona.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #008080;">Remember that this only relates to Coconino County, not Yavapai County. </span></h2>
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<h3>Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</h3>
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		<title>Real Estate Agents Who Negotiate Short Sales&#8230;FTC Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Short Sale real estate agents:  New FTC Rules January 31, 2011 regarding negotiating short sales, short sale negotiators, loan modifiers, loan relief agents, are now under severe penalties to adhere to the new FTC rules.  Arizona Attorney Christopher (Chris) Combs outlines the new rules and how they affect the real estate and loan industry.  Consumer protection.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate LLC, how2arizona real estate, how2realty referrals LLC]]></description>
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<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">Real Estate Agents:  Read this before your next Short Sale.</span></h2>
<div id="_mcePaste">Combs Law Group, P. C.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">New FTC Rule Regulates Loan Negotiators</div>
<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">By: Christopher A. Combs</span></h2>
<p>The Federal Trade Commission has adopted a new rule, fully <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">effective January 31, 2011</span></strong>, to protect financially distressed homeowners from deceptive practices of for-profit companies that provide mortgage assistance relief services, or &#8220;MARS.&#8221; See FTC MARS Rule, 16 C.F.R. 322 (hereinafter the &#8220;Rule&#8221;). Notably, the Rule:</p>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">(1) prohibits MARS providers from making false or misleading claims;</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">(2) mandates that MARS providers make specific disclosures;</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">(3) bars the collection of advance fees for these services;</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">(4) prohibits anyone from cooperating with someone they know is engaged in a violation of the Rule; and</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;">(5) imposes record-keeping and compliance requireme</span><span style="color: #0000ff;">nts</span>.</h3>
<div id="_mcePaste">A &#8220;MARS provider&#8221; is anyone who provides, offers to provide, or arranges for others to provide, any mortgage assistance relief services, including helping consumers negotiate a short sale, loan modification, or avoid foreclosure.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">What Does the Law Mean for Real Estate Brokers?</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">The Rule does not apply to real estate brokers who provide only real estate brokerage services to their clients, and who do not attempt to negotiate or otherwise provide services related to obtaining lender approval of a short sale or loan modification.</span></strong> Practices such as listing a property, showing a property, and negotiating the transaction are permissible. On the other hand, <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>a broker who participates in short sale or loan modification negotiations must comply with the Rule&#8217;s requirements regarding disclosures, advance fees, representations, record-keeping, and compliance.</strong></span> In addition, a broker must never provide substantial assistance or support any MARS provider if the broker knows or consciously avoids knowing that the MARS provider is engaged in any act or practice that violates this Rule. Therefore, if a broker refers a consumer to a MARS provider, the broker should confirm that the MARS provider complies with the Rule.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Penalties for violations of the Rule are severe: anyone who violates the Rule could face prosecution by the State Attorney General and civil penalties.</span></strong></div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Attorneys are exempt from the requirements of the Rule if they perform MARS as a part of their legal practice, are licensed in the state, and follow proper accounting guidelines.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">The attorneys at Combs Law Group, P.C. are available to assist real estate brokers and homeowners with negotiations of short sales or loan modifications.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">If you would like more information regarding deficiency lawsuits, short sales, loan modifications, bankruptcy or other real estate related issues, please call our office at 602.957.9810 and arrange for an initial consultation with one of our attorneys.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Chris Combs</strong></span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Certified Real Estate Specialist</strong></span></div>
<div id="_mcePaste"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Combs Law Group, P.C.</strong></span></div>
<h2><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</span></strong></span></h2>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>1120 W SR89A, B-5, Sedona, AZ </strong></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is a REBarCamp?  It's an unconference.  Charlotte REBarCamp 2010.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy and Sheri Moritz RealLifeSheri were facilitators.  Real estate licensees learning technology and social media]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class='truelike' style='text-align: right;'><a href="http://truelike.com/review" class="tlc-like-button" data-text="What&#8217;s a REBarCamp?" data-counturl="http://how2educate.com/2011/01/23/whats-a-rebarcamp/" data-type="" data-category="" data-hashtag="">Like</a></p><h2><strong><span style="color: #008080;">A REBarCamp is an &#8220;unconference&#8221;&#8230;</span></strong></h2>
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<p><span style="color: #008080;">I had the priviledge of facilitating with Sheri Moritz (@RealLifeSheri) on blogsites v. websites.  We demonstrated the use of wordpress.org themes</span>.</p>
<p>Sheri Moritz rocks!  Read her Inman Boot Camp article:  <a title="Sheri Moritz' Inman look at RE super stars" href="http://sherimoritz.com/Training/?p=482" target="_blank">Click Here</a></h3>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;">Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</span></h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.sedonakathy.com"><strong>www.sedonakathy.com</strong></a><strong> </strong></li>
<li><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>1120 W SR89A, B-5, Sedona, AZ 86336</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>928-274-4088   <a href="mailto:kathy@kathyhowe.com">kathy@kathyhowe.com</a></strong></span></li>
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<p>Proud resident of Uptown Sedona&#8230; an &#8220;Uptown Girl&#8221;</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encrypt your smartphone.  Lost cell phone.  Stolen Cell phone.  Your passwords, phone numbers, banking info, browsing sites, emails may be at risk.  Encrypt your iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Droid, Windows 7 phone.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate, how2arizona.com, how2realtyreferrals.com ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class='truelike' style='text-align: right;'><a href="http://truelike.com/review" class="tlc-like-button" data-text="Encrypt Your Smartphone" data-counturl="http://how2educate.com/2011/01/22/encrypt-your-smartphone/" data-type="" data-category="" data-hashtag="">Like</a></p><p>Currently, police can confiscate your cell phone (smartphone) without a search warrant.  Yes, they can go through your emails, your web searches, your documents, your pictures&#8230; without a warrant.</p>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">What about when you leave your cell phone somewhere? </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">What if you lose your cell phone?</span></strong></li>
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<p><a title="Encrypt your smartphone" href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/01/why-you-should-always-encrypt-your-smartphone.ars/2" target="_blank">This article</a> discusses ways you can encrypt your phone in a way that will keep your information private.</p>
<p>It references the different phones, the apps for security and encryptions, as well as how easy it is for the information to be obtained with passwords, etc.</p>
<p>Great article.  If you have ever lost your smartphone and realize that you do online banking, password in to different sites&#8230;read<a title="Encrypt your smartphone" href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/01/why-you-should-always-encrypt-your-smartphone.ars/2" target="_blank"> the article</a> and see if it could keep your information more secure.<a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/KH-glasses-1-4-11.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-563" title="KH glasses 1-4-11" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/KH-glasses-1-4-11.jpg" alt="" width="88" height="124" /></a></p>
<h3>Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</h3>
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<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">www.how2arizona.com</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">www.how2realtyreferrals.com</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">www.sedonakathy.com</span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #993300;">www.how2businessplan.com</span></strong></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>1120 W SR89A, B-5, Secona, AZ 86336</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>928-274-4088     kathy@kathyhowe.com </strong></span></li>
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<h4 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #008080;">Proud resident of Uptown Sedona &#8211; an &#8220;<a title="Uptown Girl" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d3oXHAnuIE" target="_blank">Uptown Girl</a>&#8221; </span></h4>
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		<description><![CDATA["Why I Don't Want an iPad for Christmas" WSJ article.  Friend asked me what I thought.  I'm a PC Girl!  Like the iPad.  Hate it does not have Flash and I have to buy into Apple/Mac software.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2arizona real estate, how2educate, how2realty referrals, ]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iPad-iPhone.jpg"><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-500" title="iPad &amp; iPhone" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iPad-iPhone-300x237.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="237" /></strong></a><strong>This AM a very good friend of mine sent me birthday greetings and an attachment of a </strong><a title="WSJ iPad for Christmas article" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704259704576033941846942596.html" target="_blank"><strong>Wall Street Journal article</strong></a><strong> entitled:</strong></p>
<p><strong> &#8221;<em> Why I Don&#8217;t Want an iPad for Christmas&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>She asked me what I thought of it.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here is my response to her:</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Actually that can be said of any application&#8230; but think this out.  Had you purchased an iPad when I did, you would already have paid for it by it&#8217;s abilities and convenience.  Return on Investment.  ROI.<br />
 <br />
While I am moving away from Apple, it&#8217;s not because of &#8220;the screen&#8221; (give me a break &#8211; the screen is fine), but because of 2 things:  no flash and I have to buy into Apple&#8217;s mobileme ($99/year subscription) in order to be able to do pictures, write, file pictures&#8230;  The transition requires a new mindset.  That was never my goal.<br />
 <br />
<a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/F2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-507" title="F2" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/F2-166x300.jpg" alt="" width="166" height="300" /></a>I am a PC girl.  Love my new Samsumg Focus&#8230;and I have an entire Office Suite on it.  I use Word.  I can access anything from any computer at Windows Live&#8230;  To have 2 systems (Mac and Microsoft) makes me less productive.<a href="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/F6.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-508" title="F6" src="http://how2educate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/F6-168x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="300" /></a><br />
 <br />
When I was in Flagstaff starting my career I had the 2nd fax machine in the Real Estate industry&#8230; First American Title had the first.  Who was more efficient and had time to do more deals?  Moi!  I wasn&#8217;t running all over town, up and down I-17 to get documents signed.<br />
 <br />
I also had the first mobile computer &#8211; a Panasonic modem that if connected to a phone could access MLS and get a printout of the listings and sales.  That along with my Motorola mobile phone (yes, the one that looked like a brick with an antenna and cost $32/minute) at Saturday and Sunday Open Houses made me very popular with buyers and sellers.  Sold the 3rd most real estate in Flag that year.<br />
 <br />
The reason to embrace technology before others is to have an edge.<br />
 <br />
So how do I feel about technology right now?  I like my iPad for traveling, but I am looking for one of the new tablet PCs that will allow me to have the simplicity of the iPad, but the Microsoft products I prefer to use. <br />
 <br />
There is no right or wrong decision when buying a computer.  </strong></p>
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<li><strong>Buy what you need.  </strong></li>
<li><strong>Buy what gives you an edge.&#8221;</strong></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[iPad and iPhone Christmas Music.  Christmas is iPad season.  iPad battery life is great.  In Anaheim at a REBarCamp unconference Stefan Swanepoel had his iPad with him.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate.com how2arizona.com how2realtyreferrals.com ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class='truelike' style='text-align: right;'><a href="http://truelike.com/review" class="tlc-like-button" data-text="iPad and iPhone Christmas Music" data-counturl="http://how2educate.com/2010/12/19/ipad-and-iphone-christmas-music/" data-type="" data-category="" data-hashtag="">Like</a></p><h3> <span style="color: #800080;">Can your iPad or iPhone do this?</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;"> </span></h3>
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<h3><span style="color: #800080;">I&#8217;m going to have to send my iPad to school!  </span></h3>
<p>Having an iPad is an incredible treat.  From just the ease of carrying it with you, the iPad never disappoints&#8230;especially if you have the 3G.  Why not spend another $100 to have access to ATT&#8217;s Internet for only $29/month.  That is so little to spend to know that you will have access to the Internet almost any time and any place.</p>
<p>Recently a friend of mine and I drove across Arizona and California as we headed to Anaheim, California for a REBarCamp.  While at the &#8220;unconference&#8221;, I ran into Stefan Swanepoel, a real estate speaker/trainer/writer/trend reporter, who was also carrying his iPad.  Later, as we drove back to Sedona, AZ, I asked my friend to drive so I could review and edit a real estate course I had written for a Phoenix real estate company.  The 7 hour trip had few &#8220;dead spots&#8221; where we had to stop using the iPad.  Great battery life and ATT didn&#8217;t disappoint.  My friend is now getting herself an iPad after seeing one in action.</p>
<p>This Christmas if you don&#8217;t get an iPad, consider making it your next purchase.  While some people say they are going to wait for the camera, consider this:  Will you actually put something that large up to your eye, point, and click?  Hmmm.  Not me.  I&#8217;ll use my Flip Camcorder and my Samsung camera&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;which brings up a point:  <span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;">When will Apple/Mac add a USB port?</span></strong></span></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #800080;">I&#8217;m still a PC girl, <em><span style="color: #000000;">but I love my iPad.</span></em></span></h3>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leroy the Rednose Reindeer.  Merry Christmas to my country friends.  Enjoy the Christmas Country Music from Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2ariozna real estate, how2educate LLC, how2 business plan, how2realty referrals LLC]]></description>
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<h3><span style="color: #008080;">Merry Christmas to all!</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #993300;">Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy</span></h3>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real Estate Listing Agent does not like lowball offer on Sedona home for sale and threatens not to present the offer to the seller.  Can he do that?  No.  The Arizona Department of Real Estate's Administrative Code R4-28-802 says he must present ALL offers till closing...  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy, how2educate LLC, how2arizona real estate Owner/Broker/Educator]]></description>
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<h3>Recently a listing agent was so distressed by what he considered to be an outrageously low offer from a buyer that he ranted he would not present the offer.</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #993300;"><em>Can a listing agent NOT present an offer?</em></span></h3>
<h3>Even a verbal one?</h3>
<h3>This is from the Arizona Department of Real Estate&#8217;s Administrative Code, or what we in the business refer to as &#8220;Commissioner&#8217;s Standards&#8221;:</h3>
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<h3><a href="file:///F:/Business%20Planning/R4-28-802"><span style="color: #993300;">R4-28-802</span></a><span style="color: #993300;"> states:</span></h3>
<h3><a name="pgfId-18472"></a>&#8220;&#8230;B. During the term of a listing agreement, a salesperson or broker shall promptly submit to the salesperson&#8217;s or broker&#8217;s client all offers to purchase or lease the listed property. Upon receiving permission from the seller or lessor, the salesperson or broker acting on behalf of the seller or lessor may disclose to all offerors or their agents the existence and terms of all additional offers on the listed property. The salesperson or broker shall submit to the client all offers made prior to closing and is not released from this duty by the client&#8217;s acceptance of an offer unless the client instructs the salesperson or broker in writing to cease submitting offers or unless otherwise provided in the listing agreement, lease, or purchase contract. The salesperson or broker may voluntarily submit offers to the seller or lessor regardless of any limitations contained in the listing agreement and may submit offers after the listing agreement is terminated&#8230;&#8221;</h3>
<h3> <img id="il_fi" src="http://charlesbent.net/communities/0/004/008/398/510/images/4538703861.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="109" />    No one knows when an offer might become an agreement&#8230;  A low offer is an opportunity to sharpen negotiation skills!</h3>
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<h3><a title="STefan Swanepoel's Twitter page" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Swanepoel" target="_blank">Stefan Swanepoel</a> asked many of us to <a title="Stefan Swanepoel's blog" href="http://realblogging.com/stefan-swanepoel/what-words-best-describe/#ixzz17jht9fl6" target="_blank">describe in one or two words, the last decade</a>.  This was my contribution:</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">For me, personally:<br />
</span><br />
9/11<br />
compassion<br />
reframing<br />
refocusing<br />
networking<br />
stretching<br />
learning<br />
encompassing<br />
trusting</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">For the world:<br />
</span><br />
9/11<br />
compassion<br />
reframing<br />
refocusing<br />
networking<br />
stretching<br />
learning<br />
encompassing<br />
trusting<br />
wondering</h3>
<h3>In 2001 my husband and I were in the process of moving to Oahu from the Big Island of Hawaii and change was in the air for us.  We had purchased a small condo on the water at the Colony Surf in the Diamond Head area and used it for weekends or times when I was teaching GRI in the Oahu area.  The morning of 9/11 I received a call from my Phoenix friend Susan who asked if I was watching TV&#8230;no, but I turned on CNN.  I was stunned.  <span style="color: #008080;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>And then I realized the quiet</em>.</span></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">Perhaps that was the alarm clock for the rest of the decade.</span></h3>
<h3>Real Estate, as an industry, was moving along without understanding that the world had become one.  We were in a monster seller&#8217;s market and our eyes were wide shut.  We watched &#8220;shock and awe&#8221;.  We groused about &#8220;GW&#8221;.  We quit negotiating for our clients, rather we negotiated with them to submit an offer that would be accepted by the seller.  We believed that the economy issues were short term.  We forgot the past.  We forgot the cyclical nature of our business and many of us suffered with our clients.</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">But, Americans are resiliant</span> and have an incredible ability to roll up their sleeves and look for the niche, to innovate, to create.  Google.  Facebook.  Twitter.  The world of the print media morphing into online reading&#8230;the Kindle.  Touch tablet PCs.  The iPhone and the iPad.  Too many to mention.  Our young minds at work.  They show us the way.</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">What will the next 10 years bring? </span></h3>
<h3>The American spirit lives, creates, innovates, and knows no bounds.  If we can rid ourselves of the angst and the outrage, we will continue to lead the world.  Our contribution to the world is our compassion and our ability to reframe and refocus. </h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">As for the real estate industry?</span>  This is my personal 3rd downturn.  As you have guessed, real estate is my career and my profession, not just a stepping stone to another career.  We will survive and we will be stronger from it.  Each time I have seen real estate make major corrections and strides.  It&#8217;s during down times that we catch up with where we should be.  We take a hard look at where we are and what we are doing&#8230;we adjust.  We quit resting on our laurels.</h3>
<h3><span style="color: #800080;">The ship is turning.</span>  The next 10 years?  REALTOR.com will be morphed into something else.  MLSs will aggregate.  The consumer will change the way we serve them.  Actually, they already have&#8230;</h3>
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<h3><span style="color: #800080;">PS  </span><a title="Marc Davison's blog" href="http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=4f41542477b1a23075498fcb0&amp;id=430c794f6d&amp;fblike=true&amp;e=bc98ebb350" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080;">Marc Davison</span></a><span style="color: #800080;"> says it better than I&#8230;</span></h3>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung Focus Windows 7 phone and Dell Inspiration Duo in RED.  Gone is my iPhone.  Windows is working its Office Documenta with Google documents - a great pairing.  Apple is for the elitist and I will use my iPad for travel and browsing - for now.  I'm a PC girl.  Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy  how2educate, how2arizona real estate, how2realty referrals  Proud resident of Uptown Sedona]]></description>
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<p>Why would I leave my iPhone for an &#8220;upstart&#8221;?</p>
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<p>Simply put:  I have been a PC girl since 1986 and I love Microsoft&#8217;s products.  No, I have not been in love with the updates, the hacking, the arrogance of Microsoft.  Then Bill Gates left the company to others &#8211; he trained his replacements (or so he thought).  Microsoft lost market share.  Microsoft became a whisper.</p>
<p>So, I bought an iPhone&#8230;and an iPad.  Many of my friends were the &#8220;mac-heads&#8221;.  And, as we all know, Apple is revered by the elite. </p>
<p>But, I&#8217;m not an elitist.  I&#8217;m &#8220;mother earth&#8221; &#8211; I&#8217;m practical.  When I realized I had to purchase all the Apple software and subscribe to Mobile Me&#8230; they lost me.  No &#8220;flash&#8221; either. </p>
<p>Why do companies who are super powers become so enamoured with themselves that they forget who pays the bills?</p>
<p>We do.  The consumers.</p>
<p>Well, I will keep my iPad and I will love it for travel and &#8220;eating out&#8221; alone when I can get away from the office, the phone, and catch up on my reading&#8230;</p>
<p>But, for me, I want the integration of Windows, Office, and &#8220;flash&#8221;.   And I am excited that <a title="Google Docs and Microsoft Office documents" href="http://www.thetechlabs.com/tech-news/google-docs-microsoft-office/" target="_blank">Google Docs now supports</a> Microsoft Office documents!! </p>
<p>Can you imagine Microsoft and Google together??!!</p>
<p>Wet dreams.<img id="il_fi" class="alignright" src="http://cdn.thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Dell-Inspiron-Duo-Convertible-Netbook-Tablet-PC-sm.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="136" /></p>
<p>Next for me will be the Dell Inspiron Duo Windows 7&#8230;in RED&#8230;do you hear that Dell? </p>
<p>I tried to buy one in RED recently and found that Dell was only taking orders for black with a shipping date of 12/20/10.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll wait&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA["Flash Mobs" in shopping centers, malls, Paris, Belgium, Bondi Beach, enjoy the music, the fun, and the himan spirit!  Sedona homes and Properties for sale are available through how2arizona real estate, 24 hours continuing education through how2educate LLC, Kathy Howe aka SedonaKathy ]]></description>
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<div>It&#8217;s happening all over the world&#8230;</div>
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