4/25/22 Volunteering at Sunshine Foundation
4/25-4/29 2nd Annual Spring Charity Auction
5/4/22 General Membership Meeting
5/11/22 Staging to Sell, What Every Agent Should Know (3CE)
5/12/22 MLS Basic- In Person
5/13/22 ICE: Jump Start your Real Estate Career (4CE)
5/17/22 MLS payment is due, before 5pm
5/18/22 What to Do When the FREC Man Cometh (3CE)
5/19/22 Residential Contract Class
5/19/22 Team Up with Florida Housing Finance Corp. (FHFC)
5/23/22 Intro to Commercial Property Management (4CE)
5/23/22 Nightmare on Main Street - When Real Estate Transactions Go Wrong Registration (3CE)
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Nightlight Christian Adoptions was founded in 1959 and is a full-service, Hague accredited child placement agency. In 1997, Nightlight pioneered the first embryo adoption program, Snowflakes Embryo Adoption, offering this unique adoption choice to families. Nightlight programs also include comprehensive International, Foster Care, Domestic, and Home Study adoption services. We assist families in all 50 states with licensed offices in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma. Nightlight has completed more than 3,000 domestic adoptions, 3,500 international adoptions, and 900 embryo adoptions. Nightlight's mission is to share God's love by:
- Helping children, both domestic and international, to find loving families.
- Assisting birthparents and genetic parents in making a wise and loving plan for their child’s future.
- Preparing families to be committed and effective parents to adopted children.
- Recognizing and advocating the personhood of pre-born children.
- Securing permanency for children in foster care, whether through family reunification or certifying foster parents open to adoption.
With your generous sponsorship we will be able to provide a pregnant mother with a bag of needed essential items such as:
- Prenatal Vitamins
- Tums
- Gum
- Lotion (specific for stretch marks if possible)
- Journal
- Toiletries
- Water bottle
- $5- gift card to Walmart or Target or fast food restaurants
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If you would like to make an additional donation to Hope for Justice and to help fight human trafficking click here.
Hope for Justice is an anti-trafficking organization that is changing lives here in the US and around the world. From more than 20 locations, our award-winning teams are working to end this brutal crime through programs that prevent exploitation, rescue victims, restore lives and reform society.
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BIG NEWS FROM FREC - The Division of Real Estate has updated the Broker Change Notification process.
The updated process will notify the previous Broker, via email, when a Sales Associate has updated their license status with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to another Real Estate Brokerage. The change is now live in the system and brokers should soon start to receive emails.
For questions regarding these updates related to Broker Change Notifications, please visit www.myfloridalicense.com or contact the Division of Real Estate at 850-487-1395.
Many thanks to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Florida Real Estate Commission, and Division of Real Estate for this change.
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DOJ Information on ADA Website Accessibility
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- The DOJ does not provide a regulation setting out detailed standards, but has a new webpage with information about how state and local governments (entities covered by ADA Title II) and businesses open to the public (entities covered by ADA Title III) can use existing standards to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities in line with the ADA’s requirements.
- In the absence of a formal regulation, businesses will have flexibility in how they comply with the ADA’s general requirements of nondiscrimination and effective communication, but they must comply with the ADA’s requirements.
- NAR continues to recommend that real estate professionals work with their website vendors to conduct accessibility audits of their business websites to identify and address accessibility deficiencies.
- Existing technical standards provide helpful guidance concerning how to ensure accessibility of website features.
- These include the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the Section 508 Standards, which the federal government uses for its own websites.
- In the meantime, NAR will continue to advocate that the DOJ issues a regulation that provides clear standards that take into consideration the challenges for businesses that develop and maintain accessible websites.
- NAR has two Windows to the Law videos that give a brief overview of the issue:
- https://www.nar.realtor/window-to-the-law/window-to-the-law-accessible-websites-and-the-ada
- https://www.nar.realtor/window-to-the-law/ada-and-website-accessibility-update
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Each year, Florida Realtors recognizes the best in the business.
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If you know someone who should be considered for these prestigious awards, fill out an application here and submit to your local board/association.
Winners will be announced at the Keynote Luncheon during the Florida Realtors Convention & Trade Expo.
Click the links below to view and download 2022 Florida Realtors awards applications. Education entry forms and applications are due Wednesday, July 6, 2022.
https://www.floridarealtors.org/membership/annual-awards
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Connecting with Tech Helpline just got easier with the all-new Tech Helpline app.
Through the app, members are able to call for help, open a case, and chat with an analyst.
Get it on the App Store or Google Play by searching "Tech Helpline".
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Thank you for everyone that participated in the EPCAR Business Connect Trade Show
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New Member Orientation
March 29
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- Engage the entire commercial value chain – from financing and development to sales and property management.
- Pitch your project to key players and partners who are ready to negotiate.
- Connect with the commercial players, partners, and peers with the power to impact your profits—no matter what corner or what level of the market you’re working in.
- Showcase your properties and investment opportunities at the Expo.
- Gain direct access to the people and projects that could lead to major investment in your market.
- Hear the latest on industry trends from industry titans and thought leaders.
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Do you have a client looking for a job?
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Business Partner of the Week
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Katrina Cloninger Moyer was born and raised in Polk County, Florida, and graduated from the University of South Florida with a Masters in Educational Leadership. With her varied background in education, mortgages, and insurance, Katrina has a growth mindset that allows her to say, "Why, yes, we can help you!" Her passion for helping others is not limited to her clients; she is frequently found, in and around her communities, supporting local charities through physical labor and sponsorships/donations. Katrina lives with her husband, Jeff, their kids, dogs, and chickens in Florida.
We serve all of Florida with lending solutions to take you home. Katrina has been in the mortgage industry for seven years and recently opened our mortgage brokerage, Mortgages & More, LLC. She maintains valued relationships with the realtors and clients she developed over the years. Katrina looks forward to meeting and working to meet your needs for mortgages, commercial real-estate loans, & More
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EPCAR is proud of our corporate sponsorships with
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