Association of REALTORS®

STATE NEWS

Vol. 6, No. 10 www.ndrealtors.com October 2004

DECEMBER EDUCATION DATES HAVE CHANGED NDAR is sponsoring three courses for Continuing Ed credits. Classes will be held December 8 & 9 in Bismarck. The Required Risk Reduction will be Wednesday morning, Code of Ethics Training (which meets the NAR quadrennial requirement as well as licensing renewal) Wednesday afternoon, and Agency Law Thursday morning. Each course is 3 hours CE. Watch for registration forms coming soon!

AE ACCESS TO EXPERTISE PROFILE Both state and local AEs can now view information about their members' qualifications, experience, and expertise in the Expertise Profile Database. All members of our NDAR executive committee and all full time AE’s should fill out their expertise profile with NAR. To access, Click Here.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." – Maya Angelou

DO-NOT-FAX RULES EXTENDED (October 1, 2004) – Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an Order extending the stay of the “Do-Not-Fax” rules from December 31, 2004 to June 30, 2005. In August 2004, NAR together with all fifty state REALTOR associations (including North Dakota) filed a petition asked the FCC to grant an extension so as to give Congress time to complete consideration of legislation without burdening our members and state and local associations with the significant compliance costs while it is unclear what rules will be in effect on January 1, 2005.

IBM DISCOUNTS REALTOR® VIP Alliance Program partner IBM is now offering NAR members 17 percent savings on select X and T series ThinkPad notebooks. Save 15 percent on select IBM ThinkCentre PC desktops. NAR members also receive discounts on hundreds of other select IBM products. Savings are off the regular IBM Web price direct from IBM click for savings or call 800/426-7235, ext 5766.

RPAC DOLLARS FOR ND CANDIDATES 2004 Here is a list of Candidates who have been endorsed by either our NAR RPAC Trustees for Federal candidates, by our NDAR RPAC Trustees for Statewide candidates and by local RPAC trustees/Committees for local Candidates. Federal Candidates For US Senate: Byron Dorgan D $ 10,000.00 For Us Congress: D $ 10,000.00

State wide Candidates For Governor: R $ 3,000.00 For Secretary of State: Al Jaeger R $ 2,000.00 For State Auditor: Kelly Schmidt R $ 1,000.00 For Attorney General: Wayne Stenehjem R $ 2,000.00 For Insurance Commissioner: Jim Poolman R $ 2,000.00 For Ag Commissioner: Doug Goehring R $ 2,000.00 For Public Service Commissioner: R $ 1,500.00 For Supt of Public Schools: Jacobson $ 500.00 For Tax Commissioner: Rick Clayburgh R $ 1,500.00 Local candidates: Badlands For Mayor Dennis Johnson $ 400.00 Badlands For City Commission Rhonda Dukart $ 300.00 Badlands For City Commission Carson Steiner $ 300.00 Badlands For House of Representatives CB Haas R $ 500.00 Badlands For House of Representatives Frank Klein R $ 500.00 Badlands For Senate Herb Urlacher R $ 700.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives Mary Splichal D $ 2,000.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives Dave Weiler R $ 1,000.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives Muriel Kisse D $ 425.00 Bismarck Mandan For Senate Scott Schaffnit D $ 425.00 Bismarck Mandan For Senate Bob Stenehjem R $ 625.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives Ron Carlisle R $ 425.00 Bismarck Mandan For Senate Dick Dever R $ 625.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives R $ 625.00 Bismarck Mandan For Senate Dwight Cook R $ 625.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives R $ 625.00 Bismarck Mandan For County Commission Mark Bitz $ 300.00 Bismarck Mandan For County Commission Richard Tokach $ 300.00 Bismarck Mandan For County Commission Richard Bendish $ 300.00 Bismarck Mandan For House of Representatives R $ 200.00 Fargo Moorhead For City Commission Shirley Moen $ 500.00 Fargo Moorhead For City Commission Mark Simmons $ 500.00 Grand Forks For County Commission Martin Yahna $ 185.00 Grand Forks For Senate William Graveline D $ 185.00 Grand Forks For House of Representatives Eliot Glassheim D $ 185.00 Grand Forks For House of Representatives Stacey Horter R $ 185.00 Grand Forks For Senate Nick Hacker R $ 185.00 Grand Forks For House of Representatives R $ 100.00 Grand Forks For Senate Thomas Trenbeath R $ 300.00 Grand Forks For House of Representatives Dave Monson R $ 100.00 Grand Forks For County Commission Jerry Youngberg $ 1,500.00 Grand Forks For House of Representatives Don Dietrich R $ 1,750.00 Grand Forks For Senate Harvey Tallackson D $ 200.00 Jamestown For House of Representatives Cole Conley R $ 200.00 Jamestown For House of Representatives Dwaine Heinrich R $ 200.00 Jamestown For Senate David Nething R $ 406.60 Jamestown For Senate Larry Robinson D $ 200.00 Minot For Senate Karen Krebsbach R $ 200.00 Minot For House of Representatives Glen Froseth R $ 200.00

HUD REQUIRES NEW LEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE FORM Starting on Oct. 1, the Management and Marketing (M&M) Contractors and the selling brokers working with them in the disposition of FHA repossessed properties must complete and sign a new HUD-required Lead-based Paint Disclosure form. To access the PDF form, Click Here. For more info, CONTACT: Peter Morgan [email protected], 202/383- 1233.

DECEMBER MEETINGS The NDAR Board of Directors and Committee Meetings are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, December 2 & 3 at the Doublewood Inn, Bismarck. Keep an eye on NDAR’s website for schedule, minutes and more.

UPCOMING: October November 12 President’s Board visit & Roundtable, Fargo 2 Elections 12 President’s Board visit & Roundtable, Wahpeton 3-8 NAR Convention Orlando 14 President’s Roundtables, Minot 9 Fannie Mae Advisory meeting, Bismarck 15 Tate Cymbaluk’s Birth Day 11 Veteran’s Day – NDAR Office closed 18-19 RS 210 Minot 25-26 Thanksgiving Holiday – NDAR Office closed 20-21 SDAR Leadership Summit Rapid City (Claus and )