November/December 2005 Issue
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2005 CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES SET FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18th 

The 2005 Continuing Education classes have been scheduled for November 17th and 18th at the Ramada Inn Conference Center in Elkhart. The speaker and the course content have been confirmed. We will offer technology classes on Thursday to cover the elective course content and on Friday Anti trust, License Law and the Code of Ethics for the mandatory classes. The cost will not increase from the last several years, $20.00 per hour for members or $125.00 for all 16 hours.

In addition, Teacher's Credit Union will sponsor lunch at the Ramada Inn on Thursday for all attendees. They will also sponsor a break on Friday. Other Affiliate sponsors this year are: First Federal Bank, Meridian Title and Land Grant Title.

Click here for registration form.

eGIX TIP

Email without Starting Outlook
Sometimes you just want to send a quick email without opening your Outlook and waiting for the application to load. Well, with this tip you can.

• First right-click on your desktop and select new, and then shortcut from the pop-up menu.
• A wizard launches, type mailto: in the location box (don't forget the colon at the end).
• Name your shortcut "new email" or something you can remember. You will then see the shortcut on your desktop.

So whenever you want to send off an email when Outlook isn't open, just double click this shortcut, compose your email and click send. This will also work for other email programs as well, as long as the application is the default mail program.

NATIONAL NEWS

REALTOR® Statistics

• Hours worked by all REALTORS® (nationwide): 46 per week
• Gross personal income by hours worked: $62,300 (median for 40 hrs.)
• Percent of business generated by REALTOR® personal web site (all REALTORS®): Zero - 28%; over 25%- 12%
• Real estate experience of all REALTORS® (median): 9 years
• REALTORS® by gender: Male 46%; Female 54%
• Formal education of REALTORS®: Some college/associate degree: 45%; Bachelor's degree: 26%; High school graduate: 9%; graduate degree and above: 11%; Graduate study: 9%
• Affiliate membership of REALTORS ®: RLI: less than 1%; WCR: 4%; CRE: 1%; REBAC: 9%; CRS: 11%; CCIM: 2%

Source: 2005 National Association of REALTORS® Member Profile

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