This past Tuesday, Jeff & I attended the IAR Region I Road show held this year in La Porte County, in the Grand Ballroom of the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City.
We go every year and especially look forward to the legislative updates by Sally Johnson our IAR government affairs/Lobbyist and legal updates by IAR attorney Richelle Cohen Mossler.
3 things I found interesting from this conference which was attended by nearly 200 REALTORS/members of our local GNIAR Board:
- The Statewide Number of Members of the Indiana Association of REALTORS has dropped from 21,000 to 16,600 and the speaker said they expect an even further drop by year end speculating bottom at 13,000 ?
- Case of Pride Vs. Christian Buyer who breached Indiana Residential Purchase Agreement did end up paying $$$$$ to parties affected.
- HVCC related issues ->Complaints against appraisers on the basis of "GEOGRAPHIC Incompetance" are being filed.
This year I tweeted all the great new website info from the various speakers PowerPoint presentation
so if you follow our twitter feed, you already saw some of these links :)
As Professional REALTORS, keeping current and informed on the frequently changing laws, and even moreso, being aware of legislation introduced that impacts the homeowner or Home Buying consumers who we serve is important to us!
IAR does a great job of traveling around the state with annual Road Show Updates and we appreciate this!
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Sincerely,
Jeff & Grace Safrin, Broker / Owners
F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate
13 Lincolnway Suite # 203
Valparaiso, IN 46383
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Jeff and Grace
Sounds like you had a great time; I bet it was interesting talking with the lobbyist
hey Tom - it was very informative and we always run into colleagues that we haven't seen for awhile which is good networking too:)
thanks for stopping by - I meant to post this in draft ( it had no links when you read it) but realized after dinner it went members only LOL....oh well - the links are in now for public :)
Thanks for stopping by
Sincerely,
Grace
Jeff & Grace where did you get those "nice looking buttons" direct links I have noticed those popping up on A/R blogs I can't figure out where source is ....have a great weekend.
Here you go Lynn http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/the-best-social-media-icons-all-in-one-place :
Sincerely, Grace