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Pack up your golf clubs and join ABoR at the Avery Ranch Golf Club on May 3 for the annual Texas Real Estate Political Action Committee (TREPAC) Golf Tournament. A great place for a round of golf and to catch up with your fellow REALTORS®, the Avery Ranch Golf Club is located at 10500 Avery Club Drive, Austin, TX 78717.

Registration is only $99 per player and includes 18 holes of golf, lunch and a ticket to the awards dinner. Check-in will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Registration is currently open and runs through April 25. Late registration begins on April 26 and closes on April 30. The late registration fee is $110 per person.

For those TREPAC investors and supporters who aren’t interested in golfing, join the fun by purchasing a ticket to attend the awards dinner. Ticket prices for the awards dinner have changed since the March/April edition of Austin REALTOR® was printed. The corrected price of an individual ticket to the awards dinner is $20. All tickets will be sold at this price. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you will join ABoR at the annual golf tournament to help TREPAC on the green as money is raised to protect REALTOR® interests.

Last year’s golf tournament was a huge success – raising more than $12,000 for TREPAC. Don’t miss out on your chance to be a part of this year’s event by registering to participate today. Click here for a registration form.

Advertising opportunities ranging from $200 to $1,000 are also available.

Contact Christina Ortiz in the Government Affairs Department at 512-454-7636, ext. 1501 for more information.

Reminisce on the accomplishments made by ABoR in 2009 by viewing our 2009 Annual Report. Throughout the year, ABoR worked hard to keep our members connected. The launch of the online Learning Communities gave members a new way to gather and share important information. MLXchange and Realist Tax made improvements to their offerings and increased usability for MLS subscribers. The ABoR Academy added new courses to help meet the needs of our members in an ever-changing marketplace. Our Government Affairs Department helped the voice of REALTORS® resonate throughout the Capitol during the 81st legislative session. View the annual report today and revisit the many ways ABoR worked hard to keep our members connected in 2009.

Recently added to the mandatory continuing education (MCE) course lineup is Sales Skills Workshop. Set for April 29, this course will teach students about some of the most important skills for real estate sales, ranging from the sales and listing process to the triangle of sales success.

The ABoR Academy is also pleased to announce the return of an updated Income Property Analysis course. On April 28, students will learn how to define and compute a variety of methods of valuation, including price per square foot, internal rate of return, the cash rate of return and many others in Income Property Analysis.

Register for these or any number of MCE courses on Austin real estate online.

Got Laughs? We Want to Hear from You

Do you have a funny story about a client, property showing or anything else related to your time in the real estate industry? If your answer is yes, we invite you to send your stories to ABoR’s Marketing Department. The stories we receive will be complied for a future article in one of our publications. If we haven’t already heard your story, we hope to hear it soon.