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The Voice for Real Estate™ OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE LONG ISLAND BOARD OF REALTORS$, INC. www.mlsli.com™ JOSEPH E. MOTTOLA NAMED TO NEW YORK STATE REAL ESTATE BOARD The Long Island Board of Realtors and Multiple Listing Service of Long Island are pleased to announce that CEO, Joseph Mottola has been appointed by Governor Paterson to serve as a member of the NYS Real Estate Board beginning in 2009. On July 26, 1995, Governor George E. Pataki signed a new law that estab- lished the New York State Board of GOV. PATERSON SIGNS COMMISSION Real Estate within the Department of State. The State Real Estate Board ESCROW ACT INTO LAW! consists of fifteen members including: By Randy L. Kaplan the Secretary of State; the Executive Director, Government Affairs Director of the Consumer Protection Board; and thirteen appointed mem- After more than cially needs to be commended on his final evening of the legislative session. bers. The Real Estate Board provides 20 years of striv- incredible efforts in leading the charge for During the floor debate — LIBOR’s del- needed consumer and industry input ing for a law that this bill through the Judiciary Committee. egation of Assembly Members came within the regulatory process for would protect Had it not been for his belief in the merit of through! Prime Sponsor Michael Gianaris licensed real estate brokers and Governor their rightfully this legislation ˆ we would not have a law led the support with Dave McDonough (R- agents in New York State. Additionally, David A. Paterson earned commis- today. The Assemblyman led this bill Merrick); Bob Barra (R-Lynbrook); Joe the Board is authorized to prescribe sions — New through the Committee process in an Saladino (R-Massapequa); Mark Weprin the content of courses of study for the York State REALTORS$ got their wish unprecedented way despite strong opposi- (D-Little Neck); Phil Boyle (R-Bay Shore) examination and education of real when Governor David Paterson signed the tion from the Judiciary Committee Chair! and Chuck Lavine (D-Glen Cove) all estate brokers and salespersons. Commission Escrow Act into law on Against all-odds, the Commission speaking eloquently on this bill and why it Mottola's depth of industry knowl- August 8, 2008. The law will go into effect Escrow Act, which was already unani- is desperately needed. edge comes from his 40 years of expe- on January 1, 2009. mously passed by the Senate, reached the In addition special thanks go out to rience with residential real estate, 33 of REALTORS$ from around New York State Assembly where it passed by an over- Carol Gallo-Turschmann, LIBOR’s which are affiliated with the Long applaud Governor Paterson, our Prime whelming majority 112 to 7. Following our Commission Escrow Committee Chair Island Board of Realtors and the Legislative Sponsors Assemblyman Michael consistent outreach efforts including and NYSAR’s Commission Escrow Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. Gianaris (D-Astoria) and Senator Dale Volker member participation in online Calls for Working Group Vice Chair, who worked Joe's qualities and capabilities are (R-Depew), all of our Co-sponsors in both the Action, grassroots advocacy, Lobby Day tirelessly for years spearheading the known industry-wide. LIBOR Senate and the Assembly and the efforts of visits with the lawmakers and the hard efforts on both the state and local level to President-elect, Buddy W. Hoosein the entire LIBOR and NYSAR membership work of the bill’s sponsor, the measure make sure that this bill became law! for bringing this long overdue measure onto moved through the Assembly’s complicat- There is another person who deserves a says, “Joe's qualities and capabilities the law books in New York. ed committee process. Finally it made it to thank you and that is LIBOR Commission are known industry wide. His abilities Assemblyman Michael Gianaris espe- the floor of the Assembly for debate on the (Continued on page 7) are recognized at both NYSAR and NAR and he will be an asset to the Real Estate Board.” Joe is very pleased to have this THE LIBOR NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE opportunity. Mottola said, “The THE 2009 SLATE OF OFFICERS & DIRECTORS. appointment actually is a reflection of the position and reputation of the See Page 3 for a list of nominees and information on all voting locations. Long Island Board of Realtors and the MLS with the general public and with- Buddy Hoosein, 2009 Incoming LIBOR President in the real estate industry.” THE REALTOR¨ September 2008 2 718-338-3380 Brooklyn, NY 11238 850 Fulton Street H.P. Greenfi WEICHERT, REALTORS 718-692-4444 Brooklyn, NY 11234 1712 Utica Avenue H.P. 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Center in Jackson Heights and the Realtor Seuram, Nassau Vice President, Donald The Long Island Board of Realtors¨, Inc. Service Center in Riverhead. Directions to Scanlon, Suffolk Vice President, Mary Governor Signs CEA into Law!. . P1 REALTOR THE (LIBOR) will hold its General Membership both these locations are available on the Alice Ruppert, Treasurer, Gilbert Picard General Membership Meeting meeting on Tuesday, October 21st at the REALTORS ONLY website at mlsli.com. and Secretary, Mathew Horn. Candidate October 21st ...... P3 Huntington Hilton on Broadhollow Road The LIBOR Nominating Committee, profiles will be published in the next issue (Rt 110) in Melville. All Realtor¨ members chaired by LIBOR’s immediate Past of “The REALTOR®” paper. Realtors Fight Hunger Across Long Island ...... P3 who are present and in good standing may President Linda Bonarelli, met on Monday, LIBOR members that would like to run vote at this meeting. Polls open at 9:00 a.m. September 8th in West Babylon. At the for an office must submit a petition by 2009 Proposed LIBOR Slate . . P3 ¨ and close promptly at 2:00 p.m. Realtor¨ meetings conclusion, the following report (Continued on page 7) Achieving Great Goals Together ...... P4 Realtors Have Access to Three Cheers for the RAH Campaign Accurate Data ...... P6 By Tricia Chirco Pictured here at the July 31st Ducks game, WCR Update...... P7 Marketing & Communication Director where LIBOR President-elect Buddy Hoosein threw out the first pitch, are: (l-r) Bud Harrelson, Housing Bill Aimed At The Realtors Against Hunger (RAH) Paule Pachter, “Mr. Mustard”, Buddy Hoosein, Stimulating Housing Market. . . P8 Campaign, whose objective was to help fill Bettie Meinel, Joe Sinnona, and Frank Bolton. Realtors Reaching Out to the sparse food pantry shelves across Long Their Communities ...... P9 Island during difficult economic times by Volunteers from the North Shore Inn Soup supporting several Long Island hunger relief Kitchen and Food Pantry gladly accepted non- Proposed Bylaw Changes . . P10 perishable food items and $25 Stop and Shop organizations, was a huge success in so many Entrants Needed for Realtor ways I can’t even count them all. Over sev- Gift Cards that will help the needy families in the Spirit Award ...... P11 enty real estate offices, which consisted of Glen Cove area. Tricia Chirco, (back row) and hundreds of individual Realtors¨, participat- Realtors Valerie Van Cleef, (second from the Get Treated Like Royalty… ed in the food drive this summer resulting in right) and Susan Tenenbaum (far right) are pic- LIRFCU Ad ...... P12 a significant amount of non-perishable being tured here during a recent visit to the pantry. MLS News Ð Has The Market collected, most of which have been picked up Reached Bottom Yet?...... P14 already and delivered to needy local food banks and food pantries across Long Island. Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank and the Technology Tools to Boost The RAH campaign ran from August 1st Long Island Ducks organization, promoted Your Business...... P15 through August 15th, although several the campaign that night and collected food more positive image of themselves. On a This & That...... P16 offices voluntarily extended the drive items in the RAH receptacles from game broader scale, LIBOR was able to develop through the entire month of August. attendees as they entered the stadium. greater affiliate relationships with organiza- RPAC ...... P17 The LIBOR Public Relations Committee Additionally, volunteers distributed hand- tions such as Long Island Harvest, Long CEA Passage Requires Changes launched the RAH campaign bringing outs that provided people with a list of Island Cares, the Queens Interfaith Network, to Listing Agreement...... P18 awareness to the hunger problem that RAH participating offices and information and the Long Island Council of Churches, Ethics This Month ...... P19 stretches across Long Island, during the on how they could help fight hunger. which helps to increase the perception of the July 31st Long Island Ducks Game. The The RAH campaign provided numerous real estate community as a whole, as we align Computer Education...... P20 RAH campaign falls under the umbrella of outreach opportunities for Long Island ourselves with groups such as these. the “We’re More Than Realtors®” initia- Realtors¨. Through the publicized food drive, Hundreds of individuals and families Professional Development & Education Opportunities . . . . P21 tive that began in 2006. Realtor¨ volun- Realtors¨ were able to develop stronger ties will be helped by the efforts of the RAH teers, together with staff from Long Island within their own communities by promoting a (Continued on page 4) Official Notice of LIBOR Nominees ¨ To All REALTOR Members In accordance with the Bylaws of the Long Island Board of REALTORS, the report of the Nominating Committee is presented herewith. The 2009 slate of Officers and Directors of the Long Island Board of REALTORS is as follows:

OFFICERS Voting for the election of Officers and Directors will take place on October 21, 2008 at 9:00 am Huntington PROPOSED AGENDA Hilton, 598 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING and at the Riverhead & Jackson Heights Realtor Service OCTOBER 21, 2008 Centers. All REALTOR¨ members who are present POLLS ARE OPEN 9:00AM — 2:00PM and in good standing may vote at any of these locations. Call to order In accordance with Article XI, Section 7 of the Invocation Bylaws, “Additional candidates for the offices to be Pledge of Allegiance filled may be placed in nomination by petition Approval of Agenda signed by voting members: for County Director, 50 I. Appointment of election officials signatures from within the County; County Vice President, 100 signatures from within the County; (MOTION) Treasurer/Secretary, 150 signatures Board wide; II. Counsel’s Report President Elect, 150 signatures with a minimum of III. LIBOR Update Ð Mohsen Zandieh 30 per County. The petition shall be filed with the Michael Mendicino Donald Scanlon Moses Seuram IV. CEO Update Ð Joseph E. Mottola Secretary at least 20 days before the election. Such V. Treasurer’s Report Ð President-Elect Nassau Vice President Queens Vice President additional nominations shall be published in the Board Bulletin at least ten days before the election.” Donald Scanlon The deadline for submitting petitions under this pro- VI. New Business vision of the Bylaws will be 5:00 pm, Wednesday, ANNOUNCEMENT THAT POLLS October 1, 2008 at the Board Office in West ARE CLOSED Babylon. Petition & Application forms may be VII. Report of the Election Committee obtained from Lisa Gonzalez at the LIBOR offices, ADJOURN 300 Sunrise Highway, West Babylon, New York. DIRECTORS QUEENS NASSAU SUFFOLK Kenneth Dunn Barbara Bucovetsky Katy Anastasio Kelly Lagoudis Susan Helsinger Matthew Arnold Edward McKay Joe Sinnona Gail Gladstone Donna Reardon Neil E. Sterrer Angela K. Parisi Mary Alice Ruppert Mathew Horn Gilbert Picard Dianne Scalza Suffolk Vice President Secretary Treasurer THE REALTOR¨ ● September 2008 ● 4 T V RPACCo-Chairperson Matthew Arnold, Randy L.Kaplan,DirectorGovernment Affairs Barbara Ford,President,MLS Howard Goldson,Esq.,Nolan,Connolly, Mohsen Zandieh,President,LIBOR CONTRIBUTORS Christopher Meadows¥516-676-6089 SALES ADVERTISING Christopher Meadows,President 516-676-6089 ¥Fax516-676-4769 11579 252 SeaCliff Avenue, SeaCliff, NY DSI DesignGroup ADVERTISING PRINTING& PRODUCTION, EDITOR EDITOR PUBLISHER OFFICER EXECUTIVE CHIEF SECRETARY TREASURER PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT 2008 OFFICERS INC. REALTORS¨, LONG ISLANDBOARD OF ony Smith,Chairperson,ProfessionalStandardsCommittee alerie Van Cleef, WCR President T Nasis &Dornfeld,P.C. for SmallBusiness&theSelf-Employed R Servicing MembersWithEndorsed InsurancePrograms HE ose andherstaffare ’ attention and S [email protected] •www.insuranceplusny.com S Long Term Care, Medicare Supplements &Disability Insurance. thetri-statearea. Roseservicing specializes inHealth, Dental, Life, Ro Patricia Chirco G ASSISTANT - ELECT PECIAL 516.922.1200 •212.268.4473Fax 516.922.5900 se Gagliardi isaninsurancebroker withover 20years experience, REATER Mohsen Zandieh Joseph E.Mottola Liz English Donald Scanlon 15 WestMainStreet•OysterBay,NY 11771 - - - Q SUFFOLK NASSAU L R UEENS ONG Buddy Hoosein EAL Exclusive InsuranceAgencyFor D Christina DeFalco H INSURANCE R NYH ISTRICT E maximum Moses Seuram I OSE Kathy Engel Mary Alice Ruppert Mary Alice EALTH Joseph E.Mottola STATE SLAND committed G OME A B B AGLIARDI SSOCIATION client service tothe client service F OARD OARD URNISHING to providing theutmostpersonal O O I Email: [email protected]ª W (631) 661-4800¥(718)739-8700 W 300 SunriseHighway LONG ISLANDBOARDOFREALTORS¨, INC. and subscribestoitsstrictcodeofethics. assume anyliabilitythereof. endorse norrecommendthesamedothey vices orproductsadvertised,andtheyneither independent investigationconcerningtheser- advertisement inthispublication,makeno Island BoardofREALTORS¨, inaccepting anditspublisher, The Long The REALTOR¨ W 300 SunriseHighway The REALTOR¨ Please sendaddresschangesto: POSTMASTER: is pendingatBabylon,New York. Application tomailatperiodicalspostagerate issues inJanuary/FebruaryandJuly/August. and ispublishedmonthly, exceptforcombined 11704, Sunrise Highway, West Babylon,NY Island BoardofREALTORS¨, locatedat300 ispublishedbytheLong The REALTOR¨ profession, andtheirlivelihood. of theircommunities, forthebetterment REALTORS¨ organization formedfor isanon-profit REALTORS¨ The LongIslandBoardof F NSURANCE N s ayo,N 11704 est Babylon,NY s ayo,N 11704 est Babylon,NY F ebsite: www.mlsli.comª

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Directors meeting.RSVPby9/17: Connie - immediatelyfollowingtheLIBORBoardof T 1:00pm —Woodbury Club— Country PRESIDENTS’ LUNCHEON LIBOR/MLS 4THANNUAL PAST 9/24 —Wednesday Lisa [email protected]. 884 JerichoTpke., Woodbury. Staffliaison: 9:15am Woodbury — Club, Country LIBOR BOARD OFDIRECTORS 9/24 —Wednesday o E NOTE: LIBOR MEMBERSONLY MAY REGISTER&PREPAY ON-LINE VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX&DISCOVER accepted. prepay ON-LINEforchapter/divisionmeetings&events! Goto:www.mlsli.com/chapterreg/meetings.asp. MEETINGS &EVENTS: S chapter website.Gotowww.libor.com/chaptermeetings.cfm. Chapter/Divisionmeetingsavailableon C 22 OceanAvenue, BayShore.2009WCR echnology Product & Service Provider.echnology Product&Service — errace Room,884JerichoTpke.,Woodbury alerie Van Cleef@516-922-8500. ast President,“MLSRules&Regulations: arsai @516-609-8100. 0/7 —Tuesday 0/3 —Friday 0/2 —Thursday TRATUS —clickon MLS/LIBOREVENTS CALENDAR on theINFOCENTERPAGE. HAPTER LIAISON@631-661-4800 ext.361. 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s ” ’ Risk “ . ¨ Law s happening in the industry ’ program scheduled that will ” today. Additionally, Joseph E. Additionally, today. designations. s happening at the Board. In addi- ’ ¨ ¨ . In addition, following Gov. Pataki’s veto Pataki’s Gov. In addition, following NYSAR’s Legal Counsel Anthony Gatto LIBOR will be instituting seminars and Take the time on October 21st to get Take Buddy has been publicly recognized for Members should plan to attend this year in 2006, NYSAR commissioned an inde- pendent survey, which found that 28 per- cent of those questioned earned sales had commission in lost the last an 24 months and 36 percent reported having lost a commission since industry. These numbers entering clearly demon- the strated that the current law quate was and did not serve inade- as a deterrent to The commission. a of non-payment illegal overwhelming figures from the lost com- founda- strong a survey provided mission tion for justifying the need for this bill. will present explaining webinars how the new law affects REAL- in webi- the During State. York New in TORS= September nars, Gatto will cover: the proper dures to comply with the law; how to avoid proce- potential issues; and what liability a REAL- TOR= may face if they fail to comply with the By law. the end of the webinars, atten- the of understanding basic a have will dees law and be aware of their rights and liabili- ties. Gatto will also conduct a brief session at Q&A the conclusion of the webinars. such to educate our members as Stay tuned for more details. well. updated on what Mottola, CEO of LIBOR and MLSLI said, “ his community service and has been award- Assembly ed citations from the NYS 31st District, NY and the NYS City Council, Assembly District 58 Brooklyn. His career is a demonstration of his commitment to the public and to his fellow Realtors and what tion to getting informed about Board opera- tions, there is also a special Management focus on the important legal issues affecting Realtors General Membership meeting where infor- mation about a major change to the annual These dues billing policy will be presented. changes will greatly benefit our members this year and moving on into the future, so I would encourage all our members to attend. Legislative, Professional Standards, and Public Relations Committees. In 2006, ABR and SRES Buddy acquired the CBR, Realtor NC ˆ license and ’ REALTORS, I REALTORS, OARD OF Board in the country next year will B ¨ Carol and Lou contributed much to this In 2006 the Commission Escrow Act Pataki’s Governor of review careful After Incoming LIBOR President, Buddy W. Incoming LIBOR President, Buddy Buddy acquired his Brokers Escrow Act Committee Vice Gutin, Chair who Lou singlehandedly brought back into this legislation which was all but life dead just a few years ago. constant- they years For victory. legislative ly tried to improve upon the legislation so increased. were victory of chances our that think- stopped never individuals two These dur- Act Escrow Commission the about ing ing this entire process and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts! passed both the Assembly and Senate. Unfortunately, then-Governor George Pataki vetoed the bi-partisan legislation when it reached his desk. veto memo, NYSAR’s Duncan MacKenzie subsequent a get to worked Kelly Mike and bill introduced during the 2007-08 legisla- tive session. This legislation was the prod- uct of negotiations between several inter- ested organizations including the York New Department of Consumer State, Protection the Board State and designed to was balance the concerns of parties all involved in broker-assisted dential real estate transactions. resi- Governor Signs CEA Act Into Act Signs CEA Governor Wednesday, October 1st. All petitions must All petitions October 1st. Wednesday, West in be delivered to the Board Office Babylon on that date no later than 5:00 p.m. Contact Indra at ext. 329 for an application. Realty Wally Hoosein is the owner/broker of Buddy is a life- York. located in Hollis, New long resident of Queens. Buddy has always demonstrated a commitment to serving his local fellow citizens, so leading the largest Realtor Buddy is the 70th LIBOR come naturally. President and follows Mohsen Zandieh who currently serves in that position. his appraisal designation in the same year 1986. In 1997 he became a State Certified As an active member Real Estate Instructor. President Vice of LIBOR, Buddy served as for Queens from 2005 through 2007. Buddy currently serves as a Director for NAR, NYSAR and previously served as a Director for the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. His Board experience also includes many years involvement at the Chapter level, and he has also served on the Education, LIBOR General Membership Meeting LIBOR General Membership (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 1) SLAND I ONG L ve never National ’ HE T ¨ Whitney LaCosta Katy Anastasio Pat Erker Charlotte Van der Waag Charlotte Van Christine Jasinski The WCR/Realtors Our next meeting will be our 2009 Our next meeting will be Here is our Proposed Slate of Officers: Slate is our Proposed Here President: President-Elect: VP Membership: Secretary: Treasurer: Conference and Expo kicks off at the Conference and Expo kicks off World Renaissance Orlando Resort at Sea November 5th-Sunday, Wednesday, from November 9th. Get your PMN (Performance Management Network) designation; attend strategic forums; visit the trade booths, dance at the NAR Inaugural Ball and more. If you attended a national convention, this is for Go to www.wcr.org your opportunity. more information. I hope to see you there. Election meeting, and we are joining with Election meeting, and we are South Shore Chapter to hear the Suffolk Farrow national real estate trainer Roseanne The topic: in Bay Shore. at Captain Bill’s Up. Register Check Up From the Neck online at: http://www.mlsli.com/chapter reg/meetings.asp EWS Successful Realtors¨ WCR — A Network of of A Network WCR —

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Proposed SlateChapterOfficers and copies ofyourlistings! The 2009 and muchmore!Plus,Networking:bring & REGULATIONS" ...PresentingOffers Details:"MLSRULES Past President Guestspeaker:DanRyan, MLS Hill. Villa RussoRestaurantinRichmond Thursday, September25that9:00am elections andnetworkingbreakfaston limits (December31,2008). the expirationofEconomicStimulus the loanlimitswillnotgointoeffect until reforms isimmediateuponenactment,but housing program. The effective datefor manufactured and reformstotheFHA condos; reformstotheHECMprogram, $625,500; streamlinedprocessingforFHA local areamedianhomeprice,cappedat gapublic.nsf/pages/hr_3221_key_provisions. the newbill,visit http://www.realtor.org/ Program iseffective onOctober1,2008. for thisprogramis$550,440nationwide. future appreciationwithFHA. The loanlimit Borrowers wouldhavetoshare50%ofall mortgage at90%ofappraisedvalue. 30-yearfixed rowers wouldgetanewFHA the currentappraisedvalueandqualifiedbor- write downqualifiedmortgagesto85%of problematic sub-primeloans.Lenderswould of arefinanceprogramforhomebuyerswith effect, aninterestfreeloan). repayable over15years(makingit,in 2008 andJune30,2009. The creditis any qualifiedpurchasebetween April 8, credit thatwouldbeavailablefor Delano Mansion in Woodbury,in Mansion well Delano was Shore Chapter on September 5th at the at 5th September on Chapter Shore the WCR and LIBOR's Nassau North Nassau LIBOR's and WCR the The ¥ For acompletelistof all theprovisionsof ¥ Homebuyer TaxCredit H foreclosurerescue FHA IVISION received and well attended. well and received UTNTN TOWNSHIP HUNTINGTON is havinganelectionsand $271,050 or115% of at thegreaterof loanlimits nent FHA — ¥ includingperma- H Reform FHA — — development a$7500tax 9 ● September 2008 ● THE REALTOR¨ ai M. Wong ai M. akov Niyazov endy W. Wang endy W. John J. Sarno Eustace Moitt W John F. Maher John F. David Namdar Y Ivette X. Matos Daniel Milgram PCS Realty Inc. Paul C. Saraceni W olande I. Nicholson Zaur Mordukhaev Evelyn L. Wilkins Evelyn L. Kenneth Quagliata Chase Home Sales Maher Group LLC Milgram Brokerage All The Way Realty All The Way Sellers Realty Group Evelyn Richards Inc. Y endy Wang, REALTOR endy Wang, Muhammed O. Malik Open House Realty Inc. Expert Realty Group Inc. W Greenview Properties Inc. Eustace Moitt, REALTOR David Namdar, REALTOR David Namdar, Dynamic Realty Management Gwendolyn McClendon Redd Kenneth Quagliata, REALTOR . Gwendolyn McClendon Redd, REALTOR Gwendolyn McClendon Redd, NC REALTORS, I REALTORS, Zia U. Din NEW LIBOR MEMBERS AND MLS Ken Kraska Mary T. Aiello Mary T. izhaq Benshabat Susan A. Chen Gregory J. Gill Ronald Barillas Aero Realty Inc. Dudhnath Hiralal Harvey A. Arnoff Ken Kraska, LLC Y Rebecca M. Alesia Rebecca M. Leonora A. Bianco Barillas Realty Inc. Reynaldo D. Aguilar Reynaldo D. ARD OF Ilene Krupnick Kogen Jacques F. Beauchamp Jacques F. Citi Homes Group Inc. Zia U. Din, REALTOR Harbortown Real Estate O Concetta Fazio Frangoulis Mary T. Aiello, REALTOR Mary T. Susan A. Chen, REALTOR Susan Concetta Fazio, REALTOR Gregory J. Gill, REALTOR B Auri Realty Management LLC Joan Bischoff van Heemskerck Joan Bischoff Rebecca M. Alesia, REALTOR Rebecca M. Peconic Realty & Development Buyers Connections Realty Corp. New Homes Realty Associate Inc. Associate New Homes Realty Ilene Krupnick Kogen, REALTOR WELCOME SLAND I ONG L HE T oodbury. Staff liai- /18 — Tuesday /18 /13 — Thursday /13 :30pm — Woodbury Country Club,:30pm — Woodbury :00pm — Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon, 1/20 — Thursday ASSO Award, RPAC Achievement Award. RPAC ASSO Award, 11 SUFFOLK SOUTH SHORE CHAPTER 12 more information, call For details to follow... Carol Jemison @ 631-226-5995. 1 & AWARDS LIBOR/MLS INSTALLATION DINNER DANCE 6:30pm — Crest Hollow Country Club, Honoring Woodbury. 8325 Jericho Tpke., 2009 LIBOR President Buddy Hoosein & 2009 MLS President to be announced. Presentations for: Realtor- 2008 Award Realtor-Salesperson of Broker of the Year, Realtor-Affiliate of the Year, the Year, Community Service Lifetime Award, LIBOR Past Achievement Award, & MLS Executive President’s Award Committee Service Lavish Award. Gourmet Dinner, Open Bar, Cocktail Hour, Ric Mango Orchestra, Dancing. Ticket Questions? Call information to follow... or email: Connie Aiello @ LIBOR, ext. 361 [email protected] 11 LUNCHEON LIBOR/MLS RECOGNITION 12 W 884 Jericho Tpke., son: Lisa Gonzalez @ LIBOR ext. 350. Presentations: LICN Member 2008 Awards MLS Member of the Year, WCR of the Year, T Plus recognition gifts presented to 2008 LIBOR/MLS outgoing Officers & Directors, Committee & Zone Chairs. will be a fun filled day for the family will be a fun filled day for Chinese with live music, raffles, miniature Auction, Hole-in-One contest, For addi- golf, poetry circle and more! tional information contact 631-559-9171 WWW.WALTWHITMAN.ORG. or visit (Continued from page 6) ANNER L P EWS Arnold, Richard Bocchieri and Christina Galicia. Continues “Project We We “Project Continues Care”

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“We’re More Than REALTORS¨...” More Than “We’re ALL BOARD OFFICES CLOSED ALL BOARD VETERANS’ DAY OBSERVED — VETERANS’ DAY raised at the Chapter’s “Project We Care” fundraising event that was held in May. Care” raised at the Chapter’s “Project We XECUTIVE The Walt Whitman Birthplace and The Walt items to local military battalions that will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. These 1/13 — Thursday 1/13 0/28 — Tuesday The Suffolk South Shore Chapter Board members delivered food and other necessaryThe Suffolk South Shore Chapter Board members delivered Pictured with the Long Island Fighting 69th, Bay Shore are (l-r) SSS Directors Matthew Pictured with the Long Island Fighting 69th, Bay Shore are reasurer’s Report / New Business. items, which were provided by the Family Readiness Group, were purchased with funds items, which were provided by the Family

Kiwanis Club of Huntington are having Kiwanis Club of Huntington benefit the a Barbeque Fundraiser to Saturday, children of Huntington on to 5pm at September 27th from 12 Hills Day Camp. It West Huntington’s E OUT EACH 1 OF DIRECTORS JOINT LIBOR/MLS BOARD Country Club, 9:30am — Woodbury Staff liai- Woodbury. 884 Jericho Tpke., son: Lisa Gonzalez @ LIBOR ext. 350. 8:00AM — Networking Breakfast & Diner, Marketing Session — On Parade Don’t for- Woodbury. 7980 Jericho Tpke., get to bring plenty of business cards, your property data sheets, your ‘haves & wants’ & an associate to expand your network!! LICN Members, $30.00 Non- Cost: $15.00 more information, call members. For @ 516-609-8100. Gabor Karsai 1 NETWORK LONG ISLAND COMMERCIAL

ship card & valid NYS Driver's License. ship card & valid NYS >Proposed Agenda: 8:30AM - Registration/Coffee & Danish. 9:00AM – POLLS OPEN. Risk Management Program. Business Order (pending quorum) / Meeting/Call To Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance /Approval of Agenda / Appointment of election officials (Motion) / Counsel’s / / CEO Update Report / LIBOR Update T 2:00PM – POLLS CLOSED / Report of Election Committee / Adjourn. LIBOR N LIBOR THE REALTOR¨ September 2008 10

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X, dues Article calculating under of purposes for used be shall declarations These individual. and state, each for Board primary a the designate shall within firm(s) Realtor’s all the with of certified or listing licensed individuals complete a Board, the by the Board of Directors on a form provided Recently the Long Island Real Estate Organization (LIREO) joined forces to help promote voter promote help to forces joined (LIREO) Organization Estate Real Island Long the Recently comprised of LIBOR, the Long Island Business Institute (LIBI), Commercial Industrial Broker’s Industrial Commercial (LIBI), Institute Business Island Long the LIBOR, of comprised co-op’s $175/year, Westchester $185/year, Nassau$200/year, Suffolk $210/year. tage ofthemarket.$345/year5boro’s, $210/6months,or$125/12weeks,5boro’s Over 200Noticesweekly—commercial,residential,condosandcoops.Take advan- weekly reformattedwithadditionalfeaturesnotincludedinthenotice. boroughs ofNewYork, Westchester, Nassau,andSuffolk counties.Delivered The mostcompletelistingofRealEstateForeclosurenoticesavailableforthefive everyone in the region’s real estate industry, in all an estimated 45,000 people. This initiative This people. 45,000 estimated an all industry,in estate real region’s the in everyone P.O. Box220032, Great Neck,NY11022-0032orcall(516)487-6491 Association (CIBS) and the Association for a Better Long Island (ABLI). Pictured from left to left from Pictured (ABLI). Island Long Better a for Association the and (CIBS) Association registration in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. This voter registration drive will seek to register to seek will drive registration voter This Queens. and Suffolk Nassau, in registration (LIREO) Promotes Voter RegistrationDrive right are: LIBOR’s Legislative Liaison Philip Weiden; LIBI Executive Vice President Michael President Vice Weiden;Executive Philip LIBI Liaison Legislative LIBOR’s are: right will further politically empower the multi-billion dollar regional real estate industry. LIREO is industry.LIREO estate real regional dollar multi-billion the empower politically further will Watt; CIBS President Raymond A. Ruiz; LIBOR’s Director of Government Affairs Randy L. Randy Affairs Government of Director LIBOR’s Ruiz; A. Raymond Watt;President CIBS year, or as otherwise established by established otherwise year,as or Long IslandRealEstateOrganization FORECLOSURE UPDATE BUILDING NOTICES•TELEPHONENUMBERS FREE SUBSCRIBE NOWORORDER YOUR Please makecheckpayabletoand mailto: Amex, MC,Visa, andDiscoverAccepted www.newyorkforeclosures.com EWS • CROSS-REFERENCEDBYDATE Kaplan and ABLI Executive Officer Desmond Ryan. Desmond Officer Executive ABLI and Kaplan FORECLOSURE UPDATE INC. COPY WITHOUTOBLIGATION member - be October 1 to September 30, or as oth as or 30, September to 1 October be shall Board the of year membership The 3. SECTION are positions elective elected. the to cessors suc- until 31and be December to 1 January shall Board the of year elective The 2. 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Canfora Dorothy Herman* Pat Levitt* Audrey Livingstone RPAC THE REALTOR¨ September 2008 18 L January 1,2009may be subjecttodisci- law toalistingentered intopriorto that anybrokerwhotriestoapplythis The DepartmentofStatehasindicated the sellertoprovisionsoflaw. language forthepurposeofsubjecting listing agreementtoincludetherequired 2009, abrokermaynotrenegotiatethat agreement wastakenpriortoJanuary1, the law. This meansthatifalisting entered intopriortotheeffective dateof does notapplytoanylistingagreement taken afterJanuary1,2009. This law that thislawwillapplyonlytolistings sideration. Itisalsoimportanttomention rights underthislawwithoutcarefulcon- THEBROKER. BE WAIVED BY CLERKMAY WITH THE COUNTY THE BROKER YOUR OBLIGATION TO DEPOSIT FORTH HEREIN. MISSION AS SET PAY THE BROKERHISORHERCOM- YOUDONOT THAT EVENT CLERKIN THE WITH THE COUNTY THE BROKER BEREQUIRED TO DEPOSIT MAY face type contain in which requiresthatthelistingagreement ment willsatisfythatpartofthelaw the brokers. The revisedlistingagree- as itbecomesavailable,MLSwillnotify available bytheendofthisyear. As soon hoping tohavethenewlistingagreement listing agreementcanberevised.MLSis issues whichmustberesolvedbeforethe ment. However, therearecertainlegal necessitates achangetothelistingagree- requirements. Onesuchrequirement brokers muststrictlycomplywithcertain effect onJanuary1,2009. the benefitsofthislawwhenittakes a waywhichwouldallowthemtoreceive aware ofhowtoconducttheirbusinessin expenses. Therefore, brokersshouldbe monies afterthepaymentofclosing the closingproceeds,balanceofall sion or, ifthereisinsufficient moneyfrom amount ofthebroker county clerkasumofmoneyequaltothe the ownermustdepositinescrowwith the fullcommissionattimeofclosing, Act, ifthesellerdoesnotpaybroker sions. UndertheCommissionEscrow toward protectingbrokeragecommis- Escrow Act. The lawisagiantstep has signedintolawtheCommission exciting newsthatGov. DavidPaterson EGAL brokershouldnotwaivehisorher A THE TIME OFCLOSING, YOU AT In ordertotakeadvantageofthislaw, By nowIamsureyouhaveheardthe ” thefollowinglanguage: /G “ clear andconspicuousbold OVERNMENTAL ’ ’ S COMMISSION S COMMISSION ’ s unpaidcommis- By Howard W. Howard Esq. Goldson, By C the Listing Agreement and Act Requires aChangeto The CommissionEscrow OUNSELOR LIBOR/MLS Staff Council Staff LIBOR/MLS Esq. Spagnuolo, J. Doreen P.C.Dornfeld, Connolly,& Nolan, Nasis Goldson, Council General Broker Compliance be madebypersonaldelivery. the filingof Affidavit, thenservicemust will occurin5businessdaysorlessfrom set forthinthewrittenlisting.Ifclosing vice mustbemadetotheowner requested, orbypersonaldelivery. The ser- registered orcertifiedmail,returnreceipt copy ofthatdocumentontheownerby Affidavit ofEntitlement,youmustserve a tract issignedandbeforetheclosing. This Affidavit mustbefiledafterthecon- filed intheOffice oftheCountyRegistrar. except intheCityofNew York whereitis filed intheOffice oftheCountyClerk, contact theLegalHelplineforassistance. questions abouthowtofillouttheform, and reviewitcarefully. Ifyouhaveany gested thatyouobtainacopyofform tion of section ofMLSLI.com,underthelegalsec- Affidavit ispresentlyontheRealtorsOnly listing agreement. The formforsuchan this Affidavit mustbeacopyofthewritten Entitlement forCommission. Annexed to new amendedlistingcontract. sion arrangementsbytheexecutionofa thus recommendedyoumodifycommis- order tomakesureyoufullycomply, itis sions bycommissionagreements.In not provideformodificationofcommis- renegotiated commission. The Act does way totheoriginallistingexceptfor into withtheowneridenticalinevery ommended thatanewlistingbeentered after thelistinghasbeensigned,itisrec- the listingagreement. clearly identifiablesimplybylookingat address atwhichtheownerresidesis owner address isthesameas be setforthseparatelyevenifthat address forthepropertytobesoldshould state theaddressofowner. The escrow protection. with theirclientscannotqualifyfor Brokers whoenterintooralagreements writing andsignedbytheowner. exclusive oranopenlisting,mustbein requirements areasfollows: suant tothenewlaw. These additional with toprotecttheircommissionpur- requirements thatbrokersmustcomply plinary action. ’ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Furthermore, thereareadditional S Along withthe Affidavit of Within 5businessdaysafterfilingthe The Affidavit ofEntitlementmustbe The brokermustfilean Affidavit of If thecommissionisrenegotiated The listingagreementshouldclearly The listingagreement,whetheran ’ “ s address.Itisimportantthatthe Documents onDemand C OMMENTS (Continued on page 19) page on (Continued ” ’ . Itissug- s address and nationallevel. There aresomany having ourvoicesheard onalocal,state throughout thecountry. impact ontherealestateindustry gage crisishasbeenhavingamajor values alongwiththerecentmort- especially itsimpactonproperty election yearandtheeconomy, tri-county region. This isacritical legislators andthemediawithin “ website at:www.mlsli.com. section oftheREALTORS ONLY online byvisitingthelegislative being madeavailabletoRealtors Nassau, Suffolk andQueens. 2,700 LIBORoffices throughout posters andliteraturetoeachofthe in eachCounty, and distributing hosting a Voter RegistrationDrive tion formstoallofourmembers, tributing theactualvoterregistra- Drive includesthefollowing:dis- members ofthegeneralpublic. house attendeesandmostofall lies, neighbors,customers,open and toregistertheirfriends,fami- Island arebeingencouragedtovote Queens. Realtors throughout Nassau,Suffolk and increase publicvoterregistration Registration Among thePublic LIBOR Aims toIncrease Voter ed assaying, Committee, whosponsoredthebillisquot- Chairman oftheConsumerProtection keep, orobtaintheirlicense. down tomisdemeanorsandstilllawfully charged withfeloniestopleadtheircases hole allowedmanysexoffenders initially of New York families.Inthepast,loop- offenders fromgainingaccesstothehomes Paterson, willhelppreventdangeroussex was justsignedintolawbyGovernor New York State. The legislation,which obtaining, orholdingarealestatelicensein hibits allconvictedsexoffenders from recently announcedanewlawthatpro- Long IslandBoardofRealtors(LIBOR) Senator CharlesJ.Fuschillo,Jr. andthe the oldlawhasfinallybeenclosed.State estate license.However, theloopholewith related offenses, couldobtainorholdareal homes ofnumerousNew Yorkers whohad real estatelicensesandgainaccesstothe effect, convictedsexoffenders couldhold their house.Beforethislawwentinto to givearegisteredsexoffender thekeyto License A RealEstate From Holding Offenders Bans Sex New Law Register to Vote U This Voter RegistrationDriveisaimed at LIBOR willalsobepromotingits Voter registrationformsarealso The LIBOR Voter Registration LIBOR iscurrentlyworkingto Senator Fuschillo(8thDistrict), misdemeanor, includingsex- any convictionoftype p untilrecently, apersonwith “ No oneIknowwouldwant ” ¨ programtoall across Long — ¨ Director Lou Gutin, Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer (D- Pheffer Audrey Assemblywoman Gutin, Lou Director Ozone Park) and LIBOR President-Elect Buddy Hoosein Buddy President-Elect LIBOR Park)and Ozone Pictured at a recent press conference promoting voter promoting conference press recent a at Pictured Assemblyman Philip Boyle (R-Bay Shore) and LIBOR and Shore) (R-Bay Boyle Philip Assemblyman LIBOR Queens Vice President Moses Seuram, LIBOR Seuram, Moses President Vice Queens LIBOR Pictured from left to right at a recent press conference press recent a at right to left from Pictured registration by the REALTORS are New YorkNew REALTORSare the State by registration promoting voter registration by the REALTORS are REALTORS the by registration voter promoting ing ElectionDay. the voicesofpeople areheardthiscom- and LIBORisdoing its parttoinsurethat important issuesfacingourcitizenstoday license, whichoccurseverytwoyears. time theysoughttorenewtheirrealestate were convictedofasexcrimeuntilthenext agents werenotrequiredtoreportifthey of conviction.Previously, licensedrealestate meanor sexualconvictionswithinfivedays York Statetoreportanyfelonyormisde- already holdarealestatelicenseinNew degree, andhatecrimes. ing, unlawfulimprisonmentinthesecond abuse intheseconddegree,forcibletouch- offenses includesexualmisconduct, the statepenallaw, misdemeanorlevelsex or holdalicensetosellrealestate.Under victed misdemeanorsexoffender toacquire obtaining orholdingarealtor es werenotautomaticallyprohibitedfrom those convictedofmisdemeanorsexoffens- licensed asarealestatebrokerorsalesman, including felonysexcrimes,frombeing prohibited peopleconvictedofafelony, already ineffect. Previously, whilethestate New YorkState. another layerofprotectionforresidents is justacommonsensemeasurethatadds their housesonthemarket. The newlawalsorequirespersonswho The newlawmakesitillegalforacon- The newlaw(S.1531,Chapter430)is Secretary Liz English. Liz Secretary ” This newlaw ‚ s license. 19 September 2008 THE REALTOR¨ s legal meet- ’ . c fees. ’ n I Where the owner has deposited monies Where the owner has deposited If the seller fails to make the deposit ¥ ¥ transac- only residential This law affects Act will be a The Commission Escrow , have the money released to them. This released to them. have the money court would give the money means that the to hold until the dispute is back to the seller of keeping the money in resolved, instead the would nullify This, in effect, escrow. money will Act because the benefits of the It is escrow. no longer be safeguarded in is not a important to note that this provision period within statute of limitations time its lawsuit which the broker must commence commission against the seller for the broker The provision simply (see next bullet point). file suit with- puts the onus on the broker to to make sure in 60 days if the broker wants the money remains in escrow. county clerk or pursuant to this law with the the Statute of Limitations within registrar, an action or which the broker may bring commission is proceeding for its brokerage reduced to 6 months. If the broker does not commence such proceedings within 6 months, the broker shall not be able to col- lect said monies. Indeed, the commission is, at that point, most likely lost. is enti- a successful broker required by law, tled to judgment not only for its commis- sion, but for all costs, including reasonable attorneys tions (1-4 family dwellings and individual coops and condos). topic of discussion at NYSAR apprised will keep you We ing this month. of any additional information. n u R y t r e p o If the seller is represented by an attorney, If the seller is represented by an If the seller has deposited monies pur- r ¥ ¥ The Commission Escrow Act Escrow The Commission must mail or deliver to the Entitlement, you in the amount of $25.00 seller a check clerk of the county in which payable to the County or the property is located (Nassau of New if in the City or, County) Suffolk the Department it must be payable to York (Kings York of Finance of the City of New The seller is to County or Queens County). the time when return this check to you at sure your file you are paid at closing. Make of Affidavit contains both a copy of the you mailed Entitlement and the check that and also make sure you have a to the owner, the docu- record of the date you mailed which it was ments and the address to addressed mailed. Photocopying the fully to keep envelope with the postage affixed idea. for your file is probably a good and you have been given contact information for that attorney prior to the time that you file of Entitlement, you must also Affidavit the attorney. to the Affidavit send a copy of the This can be done by ordinary mail, fax, e- This mail attachment, or by personal delivery. also must be done within 5 days after the fil- of Entitlement. Affidavit ing of the suant to the law with the county clerk or reg- their the broker must commence istrar, action or proceeding within 60 days from the time of the posting of that money by the seller in order to ensure that the money If the broker fails to com- remains in escrow. mence such action or proceeding within 60 days, the owner can make an application to (Continued from page 18) P Additional Services are available such as: OPICS T S ’ The Hearing Panel agreed with REAL- The Hearing Panel agreed with The Hearing Panel concluded that REAL- programming error had resulted in miscal- programming error culations and, after careful recomputation, REALTOR¨ the market share over A’s The 10.9%. past three months had been noted that this statement administrator’s related was the first time that information to REALTOR¨ listing or sales had A’s “I relied on been misstated on the system. always It’s information from the MLS. to even been accurate and I had no reason said suspect it was wrong last month,” REALTOR¨ Z in his defense. TOR¨ logic, noting that a REAL- Z’s TOR¨ should be able to rely on generally sources. accurate information from reliable other hand, They reasoned that if, on the the MLS had shown REALTOR¨ A hav- ing, for example, 1% of the market, then REALTOR¨ reliance on the informa- Z’s tion would have been “reckless” because REALTOR¨ A had generally had a 10- 15% market share and a reasonable con- clusion would have been that the informa- tion from the MLS was seriously flawed. TOR¨ comparison with his competitors, Z’s while slightly inaccurate, was based on usu- ally accurate and reliable information and had been made in good faith and while tech- nically “misleading,” had not been “know- ing” or “reckless.” REALTOR¨ Z was Article 15. found not to have violated will provide you with a Title Search. This search will provide you with the following information: will provide you with a Title Search. 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ATTENTION REALTORS ATTENTION ROFESSIONAL he had always been truthful in his advertis- ing and that all claims were based in fact. the Board’s from He produced an affidavit MLS administrator which indicated that a His analysis of MLS data showed his mar- REALTOR¨ Aket share was 11%. filed an ethics complaint against REALTOR¨ Z cit- Article 15 of the Code of Ethics in that ing REALTOR¨ “obviously understated Z’s market share claim” was a “misleading statement about competitors,” REALTOR¨ by the complaint was considered A’s Grievance Committee which determined that an Ethics hearing should be held. comparing it to a competitor’s ad; REAL- comparing it to a competitor’s TOR¨ A noticed that REALTOR¨ Z had his market used a diagram to demonstrate of several share, contrasting it with those The ad showed that REAL- other firms. TOR¨ A properties had listed 10% of the months. in the MLS over the past three Case #15-1: Case Knowing #15-1: or Reckless False Statements About Competitors mar- brokerage firm in a highly competitive information ket area. He frequently used comparative from the MLS as the basis for listing and ads and to keep close track of his sales activity as well as his competition.

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