SYR: A Reason To Believe

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The Sarasota Young Realtors gladly added another first to their list of achievements this year: a charitable donation to Agape Corner Boarding School, a safe home and school for 16 kids who are always in need. The Sarasota Young Realtors, receiving no funding from SAR's budget, successfully raised almost $2,000 through monthly educational luncheons held at SAR. 100% of the funds raised by the group were donated right back to the community.

On Friday, December 7th, a 21.8 cubic foot side-by-side refrigerator with an in-door water and ice dispenser was delivered amid much excitement, and then the Young Realtors handed out to each child Christmas gift bags, including candy canes, chocolates, holiday cakes, Santa hats and $20 gift cards for each child, aged 18 months to 16 years, to spend as they wish. In addition, Pastor Marko, the director of Agape Corner, was given $250 to spend on meats, cheese and other nutritious but perishable items typically not found in the donation boxes they rely on from All Faiths Food Bank.

If you would like to make a donation, please visit AgapeCornerFlorida.com. The next big wish for Agape Corner is a 10,000 square foot house, large enough to care for 30 children; however, they are always in need of day-to-day essentials. Please contact Christina Pitchford Perez, 941-350-4411, for a list of clothing and shoes sizes or more information.

2007 Christmas Party

Music, Drinks & Appetizers December 12th at 5:30 PM Siesta Key Oyster Bar Call Teri Hartley to register: 941.923.2315 Or register online View Larger Map

State of the Market: Economic Summit

Thank you to everyone who attended our very first annual Economic Summit at the Sarasota Board of Realtors today. A special "Thank You" to all of our panelists for participating in the discussion today. Your input made the conversation valuable and insightful and we couldn't have done it without you! We certainly look forward to building off of the momentum created here and hope to have an even bigger and better event next year. Please be sure to join us for our next social at Cafe Bacci for drinks and deals.

Valuing Property

Thanks to everyone who came out last Friday for our Sarasota Young Realtors group meeting. We talked about the pressure to value property accurately from both the listing and buying perspective. I appreciated the great feedback and for the couple of brave Realtors who let me use their work as an example!

I hope everyone came away with at least one helpful insight, and I’ve uploaded the Powerpoint if you’d like to have it. Here’s the Powerpoint for Office 97-2003 Versions and here’s the Outline for Valuing Properties.

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or comments, I hope to see you at our next social. Wednesday, 8/22/7, at the Cork on St. Armand’s Cirlce. (www.corkonthecircle.com )

First Annual 2007 Economic Summit

The Sarasota Young Realtors is proud to announce it’s First Annual Economic Summit. Slated for September 7th, the event will be hosted at the SAR Auditorium at 3590 S. Tuttle Ave. Our committee is assembling a panel of market leaders who are thriving in this market to gain long range perspective on changes in our economy and their impact on real estate. We are going to have developers, bankers, brokers, politicians and the movers and shakers all together. Don’t miss this chance to pick their brains and network with some of Sarasota’s movers and shakers.

This event is sponsored by the Entrust of Tampa Bay. They are providing lunch at 12 pm, with the panel discussion going from 12:30 - 1:30.

The event costs $15, and you can register online at sarasotarealtors.com. Click on Education Registration, log in and then follow the links from Register/View Education Course to Membership Meeting and select Sarasota Young Realtors Meeting. Or email your credit card # and expiration date to Teri@SarasotaRealtors.com.

Best In Client Satisfaction!

Congrats to Dave Beachy, Ryan Billib and Christina Pitchford Perez for winning Sarasota Magazine's coveted Five Star Real Estate Agents Best In Client Satisfaction Award!!!

If you were a winner too, please add your name via a comment to this blog and let us know.

Good job, y'all!

Young Realtors Serve Generation X and Y Consumers by Bringing SPECIAL skills to Buyers and Sellers

I just happened to come across this awesome editorial while visiting REALTOR.org.

"As new generations enter the housing market, the real estate industry must adapt to meet changing needs and ways of doing business," said Thomas M. Stevens, 2006 National Association of Realtors® president from Vienna, Va., and senior vice president of NRT Inc.

"Many of our younger members add value to their clients' real estate transactions through their generational sensitivities and diverse skill sets. They don't know a real estate industry without the Internet, technology is second-nature to them, and they speak their clients' language, often both literally and figuratively."

To read the rest of this article by Stephanie Singer, please visit:

www.realtor.org/press_room/news_releases/2006/youngrealtorsservegenxandy.html