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SOLD on North Dakota www.ndrealtors.com NORTH DAKOTA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® ® ® North Dakota Association of REALTORS www.ndrealtors.com 318 W. Apollo Ave NNDD REEALTORALTOR Bismarck, ND 58503-1412 Winter Issue October 2014 ND REALTOR® of the Year Award At the recent REALTOR® Convention of Residential Specialists Chapter. of the Dakotas, Diane Duchscher Outside of real estate Duchscher is co-owner/broker of Home and Land an active member of the Republican Company, Real Estate Professionals, Party, her church and the Dickinson in Dickinson ND, received the coveted Chamber of Commerce. In addition, her State REALTOR® of the Year Award. real estate company has co-sponsored This award is the highest honor that a Military Appreciation benefi t for the the State Association of REALTORS® troops. can give to its members. The selection Diane lives in Dickinson and is criteria is judged by the REALTOR’S® married to Stephen Duchscher and activities on the local, state and National they have a daughter, three sons and level, on the amount of volunteer two grandchildren. activities in their communities, personal business accomplishments The North Dakota Association of and a high professional REALTORS® REALTORS® consists of approximately standard. She was chosen from among 1,650 REALTORS® and 275 Affi liate 8 candidates nominated by their local Members with eight local Boards Board of REALTORS®. throughout the State of North Dakota. These local Boards and State Diane, a Hettinger, ND native, has a Diane Duchscher Association are part of the National Bachelor of Science degree in Education Home and Land Company, Dickinson Association of REALTORS®, “The from the University of ND. Since 1996, Voice for Real Estate” and America’s Diane has been a successful full- including Dunn Brothers Coffee and largest trade association, representing 1 time REALTOR®, providing quality, Aveda Salon and Spa (opening late million members involved in all aspects ethical, and knowledgeable service in fall of 2014) in Dickinson. Diane has of the residential and commercial real southwestern North Dakota. She is also served as Chair for many local and estate industries. Other nominees are co-owner of several residential rental state committees and has been elected pictured below. properties and commercial properties 2015 President of the Dakotas Council Bismarck Mandan Fargo Moorhead Grand Forks Jamestown Minot Wahpeton Breck Williston Amy Hullet Todd Anhorn David Blumkin Michael Swartz Joyce Kuntz Steve Diederick Kassie Gorder INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Measure 2 Passes .....................................3 Conventions of the Dakotas ..............11-13 Chips from the Board............................4-6 Omeg Tau Rho ...................................... 18 Good Neighbor Award ............................7 Breidenbach Hall of Fame Status .............19 www.ndrealtors.com1 NORTH DAKOTA REALTOR® North Dakota PPresident’sresident’s ® Association of REALTORS 318 West Apollo Avenue MMessageessage Bismarck, ND 58503 By Vicki Roller , 2014 NDAR President 701-355-1010 800-279-2361 Fax 866-665-1011 Wow! How fast time passes! It [email protected] seems like only yesterday when www.ndrealtors.com I was nervously awaiting for President Scott to hand over the gavel to me at a NDAR Board of Directors meeting and I would 2014 Officers begin my year as your new President! Now I am down to a few short weeks left of my term President: Elite Real Estate and I have to say, I am sad it is Vicki Roller 1501 N. 12th St., Suite 7 ending! Bismarck, ND 58501 It has been a great year; busy, exciting, challenging and 701-220-3903 frustrating at times but overall an experience I would [email protected] not trade for anything. We accomplished a lot this year with the Measure 2 campaign to prevent a transfer tax President Elect: Century 21 Morrison Realty in ND and the directives that came down from the NAR Greg Larson 201 W Front Ave. to implement Core Standards in all of our Boards across Bismarck, ND 58504 the state. Much work remains as we help the individual 701-223-6654 Boards implement those Core Standards and with the Fax 701-223-0182 upcoming legislative session. [email protected] All that was accomplished was not just the work of the Vice President: Elite Real Estate President, but of all those who helped during the year. I Cindy Harvey 615 S. Broadway want to say a BIG Thank You to the Executive team, the Minot, ND 58701 committee chairs and members of NDAR who served 701-838-4040 on those committees, the Board of Directors, the staff Fax 701-837-4833 of NDAR and especially to our CEO, Jill Beck! It is all [email protected] of you who make the success of NDAR possible! We are a state and an association to be reckoned with and are Past President: Park Co. REALTORS® recognized all over the nation for our many successes! Scott Breidenbach PO Box 97 Kudos to ALL of the members of NDAR!! I know you will Fargo, ND 58102 continue to rise above any challenges and keep us at the 701-237-5031 top! As I turn the reins over on December 1, please help Fax 701-237-9109 me in welcoming your next President Greg Larson. I am breidenbach@parkcompany. com certain you will be as helpful and supportive to him as you were to me this past year. Director at Large: Keller Williams Roers Realty Thank you for the honor and privilege of serving as your Jeff Shipley 200 45th St. S. #200 President. I feel very lucky to have been able to spend Fargo, ND 58103 this time serving NDAR and will always appreciate the 701-356-5000 support and encouragement I received from the members Fax 701-356-5001 around the state. Memories last a lifetime and these I [email protected] will treasure always! Vicki 2 www.ndrealtors.com Measure 2 – Transfer Tax Prohibition Passes! ND REALTORS® and other members of NDAR are celebrating the successful passage of Measure 2, which adds a section to Article X of the North Dakota Constitution that says that “the state and any county, township, city or any other political subdivision of the state may not impose any mortgage taxes or any sales or transfer taxes on the mortgage or transfer of real property.” North Dakota becomes the 6th state to successfully run a campaign to ensure this tax cannot be imposed on real property transactions. NDAR members came together to work to ensure passage of this important measure by getting out to vote, speaking VoteYESonMeasure2.com to community groups, friends, neighbors and clients; by wearing Vote Yes On Measure 2 buttons and placing Vote Yes on Measure 2 signs at their homes and businesses well as the ND and Fargo Homebuilders Associations and by distributing brochures and infographic sheets and the Land and Title Association. Special thanks clarifying that voters needed to vote YES if they meant go to REALTOR® and ND Rep. Scott Louser and the NO TAX! ND Legislature for getting this measure on the ballot; Measure 2 is not only a victory in safeguarding property to NAR (Julienne Uhlich, Joe Goode and Sara Fagen) rights and the real estate industry in North Dakota, but and the Issues Mobilization Committee for funding it is testament to the clout of REALTORS® and other our cause, assisting in the creation of our website and NDAR members when we all unite for a righteous providing invaluable assistance; the NDAR Leadership common cause! team and Staff, Transfer Tax Committee members and to everyone who took part in the Vote Yes on Measure Many thanks go out to all of our NDAR Members as 2 training. Finally, even though they were getting paid, we appreciate the expertise and counsel of our advertising agency, Odney, and their staff, in the creation of effective television and radio ads, video material and printed materials. Our victory on Measure 2 gives us great momentum going into the 2015 Legislative Session! Thank you to everyone who made it possible! Celebrate! Provider of Quality Home Inspection Services “Looking Out For You” Darcy Herman ND License #98 Jamestown, ND Member, fi [email protected] AmericanND Society License of #98 Home Inspectors 3 NORTH DAKOTA REALTOR® beginners to advanced social media users. CChipships FFromrom • Plans are underway for the annual Inaugural Celebration and Awards Banquet. Scott Breidenbach will MC, offi cers and directors will be installed, and REALTOR® and Affi liate of the Year Award Recipients TThehe BBoardoard will be announced. • A strategic planning session is scheduled for November 13 with Daryl Braham facilitating. Badlands • A convention recap is included elsewhere in this BOARD OF REALTORS® newsletter. We are so proud to call the North Dakota Association of Nancy Deichert, REALTORS®, REALTOR® Of The Year (ROTY) one of Association Executive our own for the second year running! Badlands Board of REALTORS® member, Diana Zietz, previous ND ROTY, presented the award to Diane Duchscher during the awards luncheon at the 2014 REALTOR® Convention of the Dakotas in September. It was a wonderful moment Fargo-Moorhead Area to remember for all of us at the Badlands Board of REALTORS®. We were well represented during the ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Veterans tribute too. FMAAR will be installing new Offi cers and Directors Our local award recipients are, of course Diane as our at our November 18th General Membership Meeting. REALTOR® Of The Year; Sheila Rothstein is our Rookie Congratulations to our 2015 Board of Directors: Of The Year and Kim Goodall with TNR Abstract and President – Bob Lee, President Elect – Ben Schroeder, Title is our Affi liate Of The Year. Vice President – Jodi Tollefson, Past President – Jeff Shipley, Directors – LuAnn White, Shawn Ostlie, Vicky We thank Bismarck Mandan Board of REALTORS®, as Matson, Susie Nickell, Nick Olson.