August 2018 CEO Report
Welcome back from our July break, hopfully you have been able to enjoy our summer weather. I will try to summarize what has happened since our last meeting in June.
June 27th we held an Ethics hearing dealing with a complaint from a member of the public vs a REALTOR member. The conclusions of this case will be presented to the Directors today for approval.
July 10th and 11th we held our Put-in-Bay CE event with a good attendance. As always this is sponsored by First American Title and we thank them for this great event.
July 14th thru 16th President Elect Marcia and I attened the 2020 Ohio REALTORS leadership and planning meetings in Columbus. This meeting allows the new Presidents to meet their peers from the other Associations in the State, and share ideas.
July 17th we had our change over to Cloud Magic from our server based system. We are still work out the bugs and hopefuly we will be completely trained by the end of August.
August 6th we held the Bob Strayer Memoral Golf Clasic at Eagle Creek in Norwalk. We had a great turnout for this annual event. While the weather did not cooperate, we stil we able to enjoy some golf and a lot of networking after the event.
From August 11th thru 13th I attened with Marcia the 2020 NAR Leadership summit and Showingtime Executive Summit. We had great sessions and speakers. I will report on this information in my next report.
My final thing for this report is some news, the new Federal Housing Administration guidance on condo financing are expected to be released on August 15, 2019 by HUD and will go into effect in mid October.
New Federal Housing Administration guidance on condo financing will give affordability a boost. The rules, expected to be issued August 15th, by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will go into effect in mid-October. Specifically, the new rules will:
1. 1.Extend FHA certifications on condo developments from two years to three years, reducing the compliance burden on condo boards.
2. 2. Allow for single-unit mortgage approvals—often known as spot approvals—that will enable FHA insurance of individual condo units, even if the property does not have FHA approval.
3. 3. Secure additional flexibility in the ratio of investors to owner-occupants allowed for FHA financing in a condo building
David W Freitag RCE, CEORespectfully submitted,
Authorization to Enter Condemned Dwelling in City of Sandusky
In order to enter a condemned dwelling in the City of Sandusky, the form below must be completed fully when entering a condemned property (for the purposes of showing the property) and must be kept on the REALTOR at all times. If found in a property without it, the REALTOR will be removed from said property.
News from the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing
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For those currently providing home inspection services, the law allows for a 120-day period to apply for an Ohio Home Inspector License under a special, limited provision (outlined below). The application is now available and can be accessed here. Applications for home inspectors under this provision will be accepted through Nov. 1, 2019. Requirements of this provision include: 1. An applicant provides proof of maintaining or being covered by a comprehensive or commercial general liability insurance policy; 2. Understands an applicant can be subject to discipline by the Ohio Home Inspector Board and agrees to comply with all rules adopted by the Board; 3. Completes a criminal history check; 4. Completes a license application and provides proof by signed affidavit that an applicant has met three of the following eight requirements prior to April 5, 2019; · Completed at least 200 home inspections for compensation from clients; · Successfully passed a national home inspector examination within two years from the date an application is submitted to the Division; · Actively operated a home inspection business in Ohio for three years; · Was employed as a home inspector with a home inspector business for 36 consecutive months; · Successfully completed 80 hours of home inspector education; · Currently maintains an active home inspector license in a jurisdiction where the requirements to obtain that license are substantially similar to Ohio’s home inspector license requirements; · Prepared at least five home inspection reports that have been verified as being compliant with standards adopted by a national home inspector organization; · Completed at least one peer review session conducted by a national home inspector organization within one year prior to April 5, 2019. If you have questions, please contact the Division at 614-644-4100 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
June 2019 CEO Report
It’s hard to believe, but we are halfway through the year. With all of the early year cold and the seemingly endless rain, the year has flown by. I hope that the damp weather has not slowed your listing and sales activity. Since our last Directors meeting, I have been busy making plans for the next half year meetings and events.
On May 31st, I attended the monthly meeting of the Huron County Land Bank. The Land Bank is starting to receive revenue from the County delinquent property tax fund. The land band identified several properties to acquire that will be forfeited to the State of Ohio. The goal of the Land Bank is to help speed up the process of eliminating blighted property in Huron County.
I attended the Ohio REALTORS Association Executives meeting along with Connie, MLS Director held in Canton. Ohio REALTORS Staff conducts this annual event and includes selected speakers to allow Board and MLS staff from the State additional education opportunities. Our Speaker for day one was Don Klein, former CEO of the Nashville REALTORS. He discussed the role that Association Staff has in leading change. We looked at reasons efforts to change fail;
- Not Enough Sense of Urgency
- Not Powerful Enough Guiding Coalition
- Lacking a Vision
- Under Communicating
- Not removing Obstacles
- Not Creating or Celebrating Short –term wins
- Celebrating Victory Too Soon
- Not Anchoring Change in Board Culture
His message was that culture drives both success and failure. He defined two types of culture, constructive and defensive. He concluded that culture would either allow you to succeed or fail, even over strategy.
Another part of these meetings is vendor talks from sponsors. This year Realtor.com was a prime sponsor, and they talked about their new agent's success tools. They shared statistics showing the high amount of agents who still have not claimed their profiles. I have a two-sided handout that is available for Brokers to share with their agents.
Showing Time was also a sponsor and talked about some of their enhanced tools available for both Brokers and MLS to offer to agents. Some of the tools allow Brokers more details on showing activity.
The second day Ohio REALTORS Leadership and Staff explained some of the staff and proposed governance changes to the attendees. Attendance at this event satisfies one of NAR core standards in regards to staff education.
On Friday, June 14, Frank Corder, Steve Mack, D. J. & I represented our Board at the Manning golf fundraiser in Avon. This is an annual event, and we are a sponsor through Ohio RPAC. Both Senator Nathan and Representative Gayle Manning have been great supporters of REALTOR issues in Columbus.
On Tuesday, June 18th I attended the Regional Council of Governments annual meeting. The COG is the group that allows the Regional Income Tax Agency to collect income taxes for member taxing authorities. As the Treasurer of Bellevue, I am a voting member of the Council. The staff gave updates on the effect of both HB5 and HB47. We also heard an update on the legal action taken by some of the Cities against the payment of Net Profits to the State.
And last but certainly not least I want to congratulate our new State Representative for the 89th House District Mr. Douglas J. Swearingen. Steve Arndt held this seat, and he is resigning effective July, 31st. The Speaker of the House put together a search committee, and six individuals applied. Part of the committee included Representatives Stein, Manning, and Reineke from our area along with two members from the southern part of the State. D.J. has been a great assist to our Board for the past seven years. While he will not be leaving us totally, he will have a much fuller schedule. I know that he will do a fantastic job and will always do what is in the best interests of our area.
Respectfully submitted,
David W Freitag RCE, CEO
