Association Of Realtors

Workshops planned for job seekers, career switchers The Carroll County Business & Employment Resource Center is offering a variety of workshops and programs to help individuals who may be seeking a job or looking for a new career. Programs include: Computer Basics: A hands-on computer class for beginners from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 28. Starting Your Own Business: Mike Fish offers tips on exploring different business ventures and various aspects of starting your own business from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 28. Time Management: Learn how to strike a balance in different aspects of your life, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 29. Job References Workshop: Learn how to obtain, prepare and keep references.

It's still Realtor, with a capital R. The National Association of Realtors has won the latest legal challenge to the trademark status of the term "Realtor." The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that despite the way many people tend to use the word, "Realtor" has not become a generic term and is properly used to designate someone who is a dues-paying member of the trade organization. California attorney David Barry made the "generic" argument on behalf of Jacob Zimmerman, neither a Realtor nor a real estate agent, who owns about 1,900 Web site domain names using "realtor."

PeopleTerry Rott has been promoted to director of catering at Historic Inns of Annapolis. She was catering sales manager and room sales manager. Daniel Jonas has joined the Inns as their new catering chef. He worked as executive chef at Eastpointe Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla..Robert D. Steele IV, sales associate with the Glen Burnie office of O'Conor, Piper & Flynn, has earned the Accredited Buyer Representative designation. The ABR designation is the only accredited buyer broker distinction recognized by the National Association of Realtors.

Josie Ralstin has been a real estate saleswoman since 1979. (( She is now a member of her brokerage firm's Multi-Million Dollar Club and has been netting annual sales commissions from $75,000 to $100,000 for several years.Ms. Ralstin is one of an increasing number of women who are becoming leaders in real estate sales. And they are rising in the ranks of high officeholders in major real estate organizations."I really love the real estate business," she said. "It brings you into a working relationship with all kinds of people."

WICHITA, Kan. -- The National Association of Realtors expects a new move in Congress to wipe out the income-tax deduction for home-mortgage interest, the association's president says.Dorcas Helfant, the association's first female president, said last week that the nation's largest trade association is prepared to fight any attempt to eliminate or limit the federal deduction that for years has provided an impetus for home sales."We believe it's going to be under attack in the next Congress," she said at the convention of the Kansas Association of Realtors.

The Real Estate Watch column in the Real Estate section of yesterday's editions gave an incorrect date for a meeting of the Baltimore Campaign, an initiative to promote the city that is coordinated by the Citizens Planning and Housing Association.The meeting is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m. July 18 at the Baltimore Urban League.The Sun regrets the error.'Campaign' aims to rebuild city's ebbing populationThe "Baltimore Campaign" -- an initiative designed to promote the city -- will meet from 8 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m. Tuesday at the Baltimore Urban League.

Realtors' group names A. E. Davis vice presidentArthur E. Davis III, president of Chase, Fitzgerald & Co., a Baltimore real estate firm, has been installed as a 1996 regional vice president of the National Association of Realtors.A Realtor for 24 years, Mr. Davis will serve as the group's liaison for Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington. He is a past president of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors and the Maryland Association of Realtors. Mr. Davis is a member of the NAR's executive committee.

Larry Benton, a multimillion dollar sales associate with Champion Realty Inc.'s Severna Park office, was recently awarded the Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Realtors National Marketing Institute.The CRS designation is recognized as a symbol of excellence in residential sales.Benton is a member of the state, Anne Arundel and Prince George'scounties' Association of Realtors, serving as a member of the Anne Arundel County Association of Realtors Computer Advisory Committee.

DTCMaryland Realtors elect Evans as presidentJohn G. Evans, a principal and president of sales with O'Conor, Piper & Flynn Realtors, has been elected 1998 president of the Maryland Association of Realtors, a trade association with 18,000 members.Other new officers include Harold H. Huggins, Harold Huggins Realty, president-elect; Nancy R. Simpers, O'Conor, Piper & Flynn Realtors, treasurer; William J. Armstrong III, Long & Foster Real Estate Inc., secretary; John J. Harrison, Realty Executives Main Street USA, immediate past president; Alice M. Burch, Long & Foster, large firm representative; Adam D. Cockey, WHC Wilson Co., local board representative; Ronald F. Miscavich, RPM Realty, at-large representative; Allison Mooney, Long & Foster, district vice president representative.

Greenbelt Lake Village is honored by builders groupGreenbelt Lake Village, one of the Maryland's fastest growing condominium communities, has been selected by National Association of Homebuilders as the "Best New Affordable Home Community in the United States."The developer, Greenbelt Properties LLC., of Timonium, was among 700 entrants vying for the honor. It also received a Silver Award for the "Best Interior Merchandising" for Greenbelt Lake Village.The Prince George's County village was recognized for its "designer" community atmosphere, while offering residences with prices beginning in the $90,000 range.