Realtor Edge August 2008 Page 1

RealtorEdge

A U G U S T 2 0 0 8

August 2008

Vol. 10 No. 8

The mission of the Realtor

Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale is to secure the interests of its members and their ability to conduct a thriving business, to pro-

mote the highest standards of professional practice in the real estate community, and to support members in maximizing their individual potential for success.

Calendar .................................. 2

Calendar of Events August

Commercial ............................ 4

Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design; Save the Date
for our 2nd Annual Event; Builders
Starting to Renew Land Purchases;
Research, Relationships, Returns

Cover ....................................... 1

Slate of Candidates Announced for
RAGFL Leadership Elections

Government ........................ 8, 9

RAGFL Recommends Candidates
in Upcoming Elections; Hometown
Democracy Scrambles to Collect
Petitions; Crist Vetoes Homeowner
Association Disclosure Bill;
Amendments to Look For on Nov 4th
Ballot; RAGFL Members Meet One-On-
One With Broward's Top City Officials at
Annual Event

MLS ..................................11, 12

Bonus Commissions a Real Bonus;
IMapp Announces New Partnership; Big
Talk About the Short Sale; Transaction
Broker Notice; What's New in
MLXchange 4.3; MLS Statistics; iCheck
Statistics

News and Notes .............2, 3, 10

Have You Met the Candidates;
Make Your Nominations Today;
Looking Ahead; The NAR Restates
Nondeductible Dues for 2008; RAGFL
Membership Renewal; A Great Time
Had By All...In the Name of Charity

President's Column ............... 3

Another Great Event Paving the Way for
Success

Professional Development 6, 7

14 Hour Continuing Education; Getting
to Know Your Instructors; Roadmap to a
Successful Closing; CRS 210 Building
an Exceptional Customer Service
Referral Business; Essentials of Single
& Multi Family Investing

www.R-World.com

August

2008

I S S U E

Slate of Candidates

Announced for RAGFL

Leadership Elections

tarting August
22nd, RAGFL
members will
have the op-

portunity to vote on the
candidates they would like
to have represent them on
the RAGFL Board of Di-
rectors. This year, all eligi-
ble members will elect the
2009 President-Elect and
select 4 RAGFL Members
to serve as Directors.

The candidates running

for President-Elect are:

Brenda Ghibaudi,

CRS, PMN of Prudential

Florida 1st Realty and
James G. Heidisch, GRI of
Campbell & Rosemurgy
Real Estate.

The candidates run-

ning for the 4 available
Director positions are:
Marnie E. Allen, GRI,
e-PRO of Castelli Real
Estate Services; Fran-
cisco Angulo, ABR, CRS,
CRB, CIPS, e-PRO,
TRC, GRI of Century
21 United Properties, Inc;
Steven R. Beste of Charles
Ruttenberg Realty, LLC;
Francoise A. Laine of

Campbell & Rosemurgy
Real Estate; Leo Ken-
tolall, TRC of Coldwell
Banker Residential Real
Estate; Terri J. Stewart,
CRS, GRI, M.B.A., J.D.,
L.L.M. of Terri J. Stewart
and Larry J. Wallenstein,
TRC of RE/MAX
Consultants Realty.

Online voting will

begin at 8:30 a.m., Fri-
day, August 22nd, when
members will receive an
e-mail link to cast their
online ballots for the 2009
President-Elect and Direc-

tors of their choice. On-
line voters will need two
pieces of information to
authenticate their identity
a) their NRDS number
and b) a 9 digit PIN. These
identifiers will be sent via
email on Friday, August
22nd, when voting begins.
Once a member clicks
"confirm your ballot", the
process will be completed.
RAGFL members will
have until 5:00 p.m., Fri-
day, August 29th to vote.

If you wish to vote

Pictured top row,
L-R: Brenda
Ghibaudi, James G.
Heidisch, Marnie E.
Allen, Francisco J.
Angulo, Steven R.
Beste; bottom row,
L-R: Francoise A.
Laine, Leo Kentolall,
Terri J. Stewart,
Larry J. Wallenstein

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