August 2019

LOCATION

East Brainerd Church of Christ (7745 E. Brainerd Road)

DESCRIPTION

Through Greater Chattanooga Realtors' partnership with the Snack Pack Ministry, the Association helps put food in the hands of Hamilton County school children, who would otherwise go without food on the weekends. We pack the first Wednesday of each month (during months school is in session). Due to COVID-19, they will allow groups of 30 to be present at one time, and 2 hour time slots to pack. Spots are limited. Visit their website for more information, and to sign up.

DESCRIPTION

Getting a home loan doesn't have to be intimidating to your buyer, especially when you understand the basics of the different types of mortgage loans available to home buyers. By completing this course you will have a better understanding and knowledge of the basic options of home financing, the features and costs of a home loan. In depth, you will understand the following loan process involved with each of the following loan options: USDA, FHA, VA, VA-Jumbo and Conventional.

This course does NOT have material to print and/or download.

COST

Members: FREE / Non-Members: $30.00

DESCRIPTION

People have come to expect a certain amount of immediate and technologically produced information that is available at all times.  Realtors are people, not computers.  We cannot be available 24/7 and keep health and a good business connection.  But there are tech companies that do provide services people really want.  This course will give individual agents tools to have more information available for their clients more often.  While the agent goes about the rest of their lives.  Agents need to be more proactive with their clients in order to promote better communication and better systems for both a busy agent and a busy client.  This class helps them to do this in a manageable, affordable way. 

Agent will learn to:

•  Identify their own consumer mindset in technology and discuss the expectations consumers have based on their purchasing mindset.
• Communicate more efficiently and timely with clients by setting better expectations via autoresponders in voicemail, email and text.
• Share transaction information via cloud storage so the clients will always have access to contract information between the agent and the client.
• Automate scheduling appointments through online portals like they do with schools and other portals. 
• Communicate proactively via email to provide information agents sometimes forget and be ahead of the questions the clients have.
• Answer questions clients have in other ways than calling the agent by provide information about the process and FAQs that come up along the way via printed material and online resources. 
• Provide valuable information to their clients before and after the sales experience.  The consumer expects to hear from their favorite vendors and they like to receive valuable information and coupons and this class will help agents know how ot do this too.
• Ask intentionally for reviews from clients in a way that they are used to being asked for reviews and thus provide them a place to publicly thank you for your great service.
• Market their listings to the level that the customer expects from their general searching on the internet.

Please click here to print and/or download course material. 

COST

Members: $30.00 / Non-Members: $45.00

DESCRIPTION

New Construction Homes – Buyers love them because of the platter of goodies (benefits) they offer. Agents must see this as the major inventory source that it is, and provide to clients knowledge of the market and the process. Learn how to work as a team with the builder, listing agent, and your client. Understand more about the construction process, and how to keep your client calm from start to finish.

Please click here to print and/or download course material. 

COST

Members: $30.00 / Non-Members: $45.00

LOCATION

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant (2 W Aquarium Way)

DESCRIPTION

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant is launching a catering rewards program to help ease the Open House process. Join Puckett's for a night of FREE food, drink specials, and to learn how you can earn FREE caterings.

No RSVP needed. Just stop by.

Can't make it on Augugust 20th? No problem. Contact Puckett's Graci Burnett/423.708.8505 for details on this REALTOR® member benefit. OR visit our Discounts & Subscriptions page. 

DESCRIPTION

A real estate professional completing this class will understand:

• How to avoid the risk of breach of duty and negligence claims by offering staging as an resource to their clients
• How to protect their clients from litigation by knowing whatquestions to ask a stager
• How to use home staging to reduce disclosure issues
• Standard staging contract clauses
• The cost and value of home staging, ROI factors
• Importance of leveraging marketing efforts with staging, photos and Internet presence
• Course comes with over 50 staging tips that agents can use immediately
• The common contract clauses that professional stagers use and what your clients need to know about them
• How the entire pre-market staging process will benefit your client and secure your relationship as a true advocate for their best interest

This course does NOT have material to print and/or download.

COST

Members: $30.00 / Non-Members: $45.00

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS®

DESCRIPTION

We are excited to host "Red, White and Thank You," a reception honoring our 2019 RPAC Investors and Chattanooga area elected officials.

This event is invitation-only, with limited space available.

Email invites will be sent to our 2019 RPAC Investors no later than July 26 with an RSVP deadline of August 12.

For more information, please contact Christy Auld, christy@gcar.net OR 423-702-7428.

LOCATION

Ross's Landing

DESCRIPTION

Investing in our community - That's Who We R®.

Join Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® this summer at any of the Riverfront Nights, and especially on August 24th for the River Park's 30th Anniversary Ceremony & Celebration. UPDATE: Meet at Ross's Landing at 6:30 at the Pink Flamingo Tent for a group photo!

As a Community Champion Sponsor of this Anniversary Celebration, Greater Chattanooga REALTORS® is proud to provide funding for the 120 new Tennessee Riverwalk banners, which are "coming soon."

In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at the new banners promoting YOU, our members, in support of this fantastic community asset. The banners will replace the existing ones and hung on light poles along the River Park walkways.

Wear your "That's Who We R®" shirt. Realtors, look for the Pink Flamingo, and enter with your business card for a chance to win prizes: 

1. Chicken Salad Chick will offer five (5) $50 catering credits.
2. "Best of the Best" Thornton Home Inspections will offer five (5) Radon Inspections ($225 value each).
3. Cansler Photography is offering "A Cansler" professional head-shot portrait.
4. 3 guests spot appearances on the Cindy's CHOICE radio show.

LOCATION

Greater Chattanooga REALTORS®

DESCRIPTION

Join us for breakfast and learn from Billy Aycock (Aycock Wealth Management) and Chattanooga elected officials about:

• Where Opportunity Zones are located
• How to maximize the advantage of Opportunity Zones
• Tax benefits of developing in an Opportunity Zone.

To RSVP, please contact Christy Auld, christy@gcar.net OR 423-702-7428.

DESCRIPTION

Get engaged wih your Association at the state level. The deadline to apply to serve on one of these 2020 Tennessee Realtors committeee is August 30, 2019:

• Bylaws
• Commercial Forms
• Convention
• Divesrity Inclusion
• Governmetnal Affairs
• Professional Standards
• Residential Forms
• Strategic Thinking
• RPAC Trustees
• Task Force or PAG

Access the online application form.