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  VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 Dec/JAn 2007-08  
 
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2008 Dual License Curriculum - $ave Time and Money!
Dual License Curriculum - Save your time and money!Successful real estate professionals know the benefit of holding dual licenses to expand opportunities. Now you can plan to complete the Appraisal program in three courses or the Real Estate Sales with post-license in three courses, OR you can take just four AREA courses and qualify for BOTH state licenses with FREE credit. Save your time and money for more important things, like starting your new business.  READ MORE
FREE Career Night
Jan 8, 2008 - 6 to 8 pm - Chamblee
AREA is hosting another FREE Career Night open house event on Tue, Jan 8 to allow former students and prospective students the opportunity to network with real estate professionals and school administrators. Think real estate is for you, entering the business and have some questions, want an opportunity to brag how well you did while others moaned. Find out who is hiring. Event is open house format from 6 to 8 pm at the Chamblee location.
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New CR and CG Appraisers
Congratulations From AREA !

AREA added several classification and exam prep courses to the last quarter of 2007 to accommodate requests from our students. We take pride in seeing so many new Certified General, Certified Residential, & Licensed appraisers.
Congratulations to you all! Nice job passing those difficult exams. We appreciate the confidence you have shown by relying on AREA for your professional education.
Thank you! And from our students we heard...
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Tax Appeal Course

AREA has a new course just in time for the tax appeal season. Learn how to appeal property taxes. This course awards CE for agents and appraisers, but is intended to assist everyone who wants to appeal their tax assessment. Couldn't you use a break on your own tax bill?
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Condemnation Secrets

This new course coincides with presentation of the new Property Tax Appeal course. The Secrets of Condemnation Appraising reviews the government’s power of eminent domain and explains the legal process of condemnation. It is a great real estate and appraisal CE course.
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2008 Opportunities
Go get 'em!

There are still plenty of opportunities for real estate sales agents, appraisers and home inspectors. Real estate markets expand and contract for a variety of reasons – all of which we have no control over. What we can control, is how we react to these cycles.

For metro Atlanta – FMLS shows closed sales to date in 2007 at 53,818 residences and we still have two weeks to go. That is down just 8% from the record sales year of 2006. Even with the decrease in activity and the decrease in the average sales price, there were still $700 million dollars worth of commissions in just the residential portion of the market that FMLS represents. That also translates into over $22 million dollars worth of appraisal fees and home inspection fees from just that one segment of the market.
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Real Estate Agents ...
Time To Shine
Real Estate Agents - Stand out to your clients!

If you have not already encouraged your 2007 client home buyers to file for homestead exemption, this is the time to do it. Homestead exemption reduces property taxes. The deadline is March 1, 2008. This is a great way to stay in touch with your former clients and keep those referrals coming. Want ideas...
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  Dick Viti, Senior Editor
  Nora Monahan, Editor
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Jacque Hollister, CRA, Instructor
Kathy Balman, School Administrator
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