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Inside this issue: MTAR Calendar, REAL- TORS® Fair Housing Pledge 2 Education Calendar, The CE Shop, Fair Housing & Prop. Mgmt. class, RealTracs in Tullahoma 3 Mayoral Candidate Re- ception 4 Meals on Wheels sign- up for April 20; Senior Care Bags donations, Bill Carey Scramble June 6 5 Sam Davis Home Event, Wine & Cheese Broker Open House Invitation 6 Member Birthdays, NAR MVP Offer, Early Voting times at MTAR, Golden Rule(r) Program 7 April 17, 2018 MTAR Member News While a house with a well-maintained stairway and attractive front door may offer terrific curb appeal, it may present difficulties to those with mobility challenges. And once inside a home, other obstacles may present themselves. Are cabinets too high, or are the faucet handles on that beautiful inset kitchen sink too far out of reach for some? Are youth and elders as com- fortable in the home as you and your clients? NAR supports homeownership for all — be ready for every challenge your clients may face living in their home or hosting others, now and in the future. Be the knowledgeable adviser they’ll need and come back to. What is the fundamental issue? Visitable Housing is designed and built to allow guests with mobility impairments to visit someone in their home without architectural barriers impeding their ability to move in and out of the home or use facilities a guest, such as for dinner, would need. Such housing also makes it easier for residents to adapt their house as they age and develop mobility impair- ments. A significant number of local governments have required or encouraged new housing to be built with visitable features. There are some national voices calling for greater inclusion of visitable features in new homes as well. I am a real estate professional. What does this mean for my business? Housing which is visitable may be more attractive to buyers who have friends and relatives with mobility impairments. The costs associated with adding basic visitable features, such as no-threshhold steps, wider doors, larger guest bathrooms, add little to the cost of housing at the time of construction. Such housing could be marketed as visitable to buyers. NAR Policy: NAR supports the Fair Housing Act's requirement that new multi-family housing be accessible to persons with disabilities. NAR also opposes actions which place liability for incorrectly con- structed housing on subsequent owners and REALTORS® marketing the housing. NAR be- lieves that visitability, the ability to host visitors with mobility impairments, can be important in homes. NAR believes that any visitability policy should be defined as voluntary. Further, NAR believes that the market is the best mechanism to produce visitable housing and opposes any federal visitability mandates. For the purposes of this policy, the key features of visitability apply to one level of the home. These are a no-step entry, passage doorways that provide at least 32” clearance, and a minimum of a useable half bathroom with a sink and water closet. Fair Housing and Accessibility Only 21 Tickets Left for your MTSU Baseball Game!
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Inside this issue:
MTAR Calendar, REAL-TORS® Fair Housing Pledge
2
Education Calendar, The CE Shop, Fair Housing & Prop. Mgmt. class, RealTracs in Tullahoma
3
Mayoral Candidate Re-ception
4
Meals on Wheels sign-up for April 20; Senior Care Bags donations, Bill Carey Scramble June 6
5
Sam Davis Home Event, Wine & Cheese Broker Open House Invitation
6
Member Birthdays, NAR MVP Offer, Early Voting times at MTAR, Golden Rule(r) Program
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April 17, 2018
MTAR Member News
While a house with a well-maintained stairway and attractive front door may offer terrific curb appeal, it may present difficulties to those with mobility challenges. And once inside a home, other obstacles may present themselves. Are cabinets too high, or are the faucet handles on that beautiful inset kitchen sink too far out of reach for some? Are youth and elders as com-fortable in the home as you and your clients? NAR supports homeownership for all — be ready for every challenge your clients may face living in their home or hosting others, now and in the future. Be the knowledgeable adviser they’ll need and come back to.
What is the fundamental issue? Visitable Housing is designed and built to allow guests with mobility impairments to visit someone in their home without architectural barriers impeding their ability to move in and out of the home or use facilities a guest, such as for dinner, would need. Such housing also makes it easier for residents to adapt their house as they age and develop mobility impair-ments. A significant number of local governments have required or encouraged new housing to be built with visitable features. There are some national voices calling for greater inclusion of visitable features in new homes as well.
I am a real estate professional. What does this mean for my business? Housing which is visitable may be more attractive to buyers who have friends and relatives with mobility impairments. The costs associated with adding basic visitable features, such as no-threshhold steps, wider doors, larger guest bathrooms, add little to the cost of housing at the time of construction. Such housing could be marketed as visitable to buyers.
NAR Policy: NAR supports the Fair Housing Act's requirement that new multi-family housing be accessible to persons with disabilities. NAR also opposes actions which place liability for incorrectly con-structed housing on subsequent owners and REALTORS® marketing the housing. NAR be-lieves that visitability, the ability to host visitors with mobility impairments, can be important in homes. NAR believes that any visitability policy should be defined as voluntary. Further, NAR believes that the market is the best mechanism to produce visitable housing and opposes any federal visitability mandates. For the purposes of this policy, the key features of visitability apply to one level of the home. These are a no-step entry, passage doorways that provide at least 32” clearance, and a minimum of a useable half bathroom with a sink and water closet.
Fair Housing and Accessibility
Only 21 Tickets Left for your MTSU Baseball Game!
MTAR Calendar
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Your Code of Ethics—Our Promise to Equal Housing Opportunity!
2018 Fair Housing Declaration
I agree to: • Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion,
gender (sex), disability (handicap), familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity of any prospective client, customer, or of the residents of any community.
• Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients’ and customers’ opportunities and my business.
• Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded;, expanding my client’s and customer’s opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.
• Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities un-der the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information.
• Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.
• Refuse to tolerate non-compliance. • Learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate those differ-
ences. • Take a positive approach to fair housing practices and aspire to follow the
spirit as well as the letter of the law.
• Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.
Friday, April 20 10:00-12:00—MTAR does Meals on Wheels, St. Clair Senior Center Tuesday, April 24 6:00 pm—MTAR Mem-ber Service program—MTSU vs. AP baseball game, tickets provided by Premier Home In-spection, Farm Credit Mid-America, & Prem-ier Land Title & Es-crow. You Must reserve tickets with [email protected]
Friday, April 27 9:00-11:00—”Fair Housing for Property Managers & Land-lords”, 2 CE, $15 Tuesday, May 1 Primary Election Day!
1:00-
2:30—Member Ser-vices Cte. Mtg. Wed-Fri, May 2-4
April 11-26—Early Voting Precincts open for Primary races for State Offices—Stop by MTAR and VOTE!
Tuesday, April 17 2:00-3:30—MTAR Ed-ucation Cte. Meeting Wednesday, April 18 2:00-3:30—Gov’t Af-fairs Cte meeting
8:15-4:00—New Member Orientation Wed-Thurs, May 2-3 10:00-2:30—RealTracs training classes; register online at RealTracs. Wednesday, May 2 1:00-2:30—rpac Cte. Meeting, MTAR office Monday, May 7 5:00-7:00 pm—RPAC “6 to $99” @ Dog Haus
Training & Educational Choices for MTAR Members!
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APRIL & MAY CE CLASSES April 27—”Fair Housing for Property Managers & Landlords”, MTAR, 9:00-
11:00, 2 CE, $15
May 2 & 3—RealTracs classes at MTAR , 10:00-12:00-RT Advanced; 12:30-
2:30-Tax II; register at www.realtracs.net
May 8—RealTracs classes in Tullahoma, 10:00-12:00-Listing Management;
12:30-2:30-RT Advanced; register at www.realtracs.net
May 21-25—CRAM WEEK! 24 CE hours in one week at MTAR! TREC
Enroll today: http://mtar.theceshop.com/ Promotion expires April 30, 2018
June 14 & 15
8:30-4:30, MTAR
Thursday, Aug 16
8:00-5:00, MTAR
September 12 & 13
8:30-4:00, MTAR
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MTAR Volunteer Day
Friday, April 20, 10am-12:30pm To volunteer please email [email protected].
You must pre-register to carry meals.
Meals-On-Wheels
Can your office help fill goodie bags for the seniors?
This year, MTAR is also providing senior care bags for our Meals on Wheels project! We will be fill-ing 100 bags with the items listed below, so we need 100 of each. If you would like to add some of these items to the care bags (doesn’t have to be all 100), please drop it off at MTAR by April18th! Thanks!
• Hand Sanitizer Deodorant Hand Soap (in a pump bottle)
• Hand Wipes Toothbrush Toothpaste
• Kleenex (travel size) Q-Tips (travel size) Eye glass cleaner (in the packets)
• Baby powder (travel size) Mouthwash (travel size) Mints (sugar-free)
• Lip Balm Note Pad and Pen Card games or Puzzle books
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41st Annual Bill Carey REALTORS®
Golf Scramble
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 Indian Hills Golf Club
11:30—Lunch 1:00 Shotgun Start
Silent Auction with SUPER Sports Memorabilia
Peyton Manning Memorabilia Tennessee Volunteers Memorabilia
Arnold Palmer Memorabilia The Masters Memorabilia
AND, an autographed guitar from BRAD PAISLEY!!!
Bring your credit card and bid high for charity!
We still have 5 openings for volunteers this
Friday!
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M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e
A s s o c i a t i o n o f
MTAR MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD
YOUR OFFER DATES: April 16-30, 2018 YOUR ACTION: Take the Spanish At Home With Diversity Course Online YOUR REWARD: Application Fee Waived for the Spanish At Home With Diversity Certification Value—$75 Now is the time to purchase the Spanish Version of the Online At Home With Diversity® course! Let your clients know that you are capa-ble of working effectively with – and within – a rapidly changing multicultural market by taking this great course. Knowing how to transact business in culturally competent ways can make the difference. After successfully passing the Spanish At Home With Diversity online course, ac-tive NAR members in good standing may apply for the At Home With Diversity Certification without paying the $49 application fee. The course can be applied toward CE Credit in most states, as well as the ABR, CIPS, CRS, RSPS and PMN designations. The certification is added to your realtor.org directory listings and earns you an official NAR certification kit and access to exclusive AHWD market-ing resources and networking opportunities.
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Phone: 615-893-2242 Toll Free: 877-893-2242
Have you received YOUR 2018
Golden Rule(r) yet? 20 of your
friends have! Send one; get one ~
share the GOOD news about pro-
fessionalism & great service! Go
to the MTAR website, click on the
box on the front page, and send it
in. We will get them out to the
brokers or Affiliate leader for
presentation.
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16-Apr Norma Pfluge
17-Apr Dan Alcorn
17-Apr Renee Delbridge
17-Apr Lois Brown
17-Apr Michael Sims
18-Apr Trey Lewis
18-Apr Gabriel Fancher, MBA, MA
18-Apr Jessi White
18-Apr Lynsey Hazelip
18-Apr Megan Hebel
19-Apr Ben A. Merrill
19-Apr Daniel E. Gammon
19-Apr Erica Turner
19-Apr Betsy Perry
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20-Apr Denise Wood
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20-Apr Babette Winchell
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20-Apr Cheryl Fields
21-Apr Gary E. McCrorey, Sr.
21-Apr April Mullinax-Myers
21-Apr Leslie Ford-Weisner
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