Starting April 1.2011 Oregon law requires carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in all homes and multi unit residences prior to the close or transfer of possession.
What is carbon monoxide?
A dangerous invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels burn incompletely.
Where does carbon monoxide come from?
From the following fuel sources; heaters, fireplaces, furnaces, appliances and cooking sources using coal, wood, gasoline ,natural gas, propane, oil, or kerosene.
Who is required to install carbon monoxide alarms?
All home sellers of one and two family dwellings, manufactured dwellings, or multifamily units must install an alarm(s) prior to closing the sale.
All new construction and any reconstruction and/or repairs requiring a building permit must install alarms.
Why should homes have alarms?Approximately 2,100 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning every year in the United States
There are more than 10,000 injuries annually for carbon monoxide.
Car exhaust in an attached garage may leak carbon monoxide into a house even with the main garage door open.
Why is carbon monoxide harmful?It displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain and vital organs of oxygen.
Where to install carbon monoxide alarms.
Install an alarm(s) on each level of a home with sleeping areas.
Install an alarm in each bedroom or within 15 feet of each sleeping area.
What types of carbon monoxide alarms are available? Carbon monoxide only alarm which only activate by carbon monoxide.
May be battery-operated, plug-in or hard-wired.
Battery back-up is recommended for plug-in and hardwired alarms.
Combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms; activated by either smoke or carbon monoxide.
Ionization smoke/carbon monoxide alarm.
Photoelectric smoke/carbon monoxide alarm
Photoelectric smoke/carbon monoxide voice alarm
Explosive gas & carbon monoxide alarm
For more information visit http://www.oregon.gov/OSP/SFM/CommEd Co Program.shtml
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Principal Broker licensing rules for 2011
Beginning January 1, 2011 the rules relating to obtaining a principal broker’ license are changing. To qualify for a principal real estate broker license, you must:
• Be 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma, GED or international equivalent
• Have three years of active real estate license experience.
• Complete the 40-hour Brokerage Administration and Sales Supervision course from an OREA approved provider.
• Take and pass the new state principal broker license examination of approximately 48 questions.
Once you pass your state license examination, you can apply for a principal broker license. The license application is not available online and is issued by the Agency directly to you. You then submit the completed application with the required fee and proof of completion of the required courses to the Agency.
To obtain a license, you must submit:
• Original completed License Application obtained from the Agency.
• $230 license fee.
• Original Brokerage Administration and Sales Supervision course Completion Certificate.
When all of the items are received by the Agency, a Principal Broker license may be issued.
Generally, licenses are issued for a two year period. However, your first license period may be shorter. The full license fee is still required.
If you have been a principal broker previously, have verification of licensed experience from another state or any extenuating circumstances, contact the Licensing Section before beginning the process at (503) 378-4170, select 2 from the menu.
• Be 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma, GED or international equivalent
• Have three years of active real estate license experience.
• Complete the 40-hour Brokerage Administration and Sales Supervision course from an OREA approved provider.
• Take and pass the new state principal broker license examination of approximately 48 questions.
Once you pass your state license examination, you can apply for a principal broker license. The license application is not available online and is issued by the Agency directly to you. You then submit the completed application with the required fee and proof of completion of the required courses to the Agency.
To obtain a license, you must submit:
• Original completed License Application obtained from the Agency.
• $230 license fee.
• Original Brokerage Administration and Sales Supervision course Completion Certificate.
When all of the items are received by the Agency, a Principal Broker license may be issued.
Generally, licenses are issued for a two year period. However, your first license period may be shorter. The full license fee is still required.
If you have been a principal broker previously, have verification of licensed experience from another state or any extenuating circumstances, contact the Licensing Section before beginning the process at (503) 378-4170, select 2 from the menu.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Have you arrived?
Someone said to me once, “I’ve learned everything I’m going to and will not be changing so you need to like me as I am.”
When we stop self-development, future success will be stymied. This is true for an individual in his or her personal life and it also applies to one’s professional life. Every person you meet if you are a real estate agent or an insurance agent or whatever other profession you are engaged in, you will learn from them if you are open.
Learning must be a life-long passion if you want to be successful in a career. Corporations realize the importance of regularly training their employees and cross training them. The Continuing Education requirements for individuals involved in regulated industries have also realized the need for training and learning.
True, much of the learning is to keep abreast of the rules and regulations that change in the blink of an eye and with great frequency. But there is another reason for Continuing Education training. Sometimes we read the same information over and over and just do not get it or do not comprehend all the pieces of the puzzle.
Then the next time a light bulb goes off and we see something new and fresh and go out in the street to put it into action with clients. Learning is one thing but putting it into practice is the next level.
When you read the next set of continuing education hours, read and study it with application in mind. You want to be the real estate agent or the insurance agent who takes the relationship with a client to the next level of effectiveness. You can do that by being a perpetual seeker of knowledge, ideas and information and then pursue the most effective ways to apply it to every situation in your professional career.
Don’t forget to learn today!
When we stop self-development, future success will be stymied. This is true for an individual in his or her personal life and it also applies to one’s professional life. Every person you meet if you are a real estate agent or an insurance agent or whatever other profession you are engaged in, you will learn from them if you are open.
Learning must be a life-long passion if you want to be successful in a career. Corporations realize the importance of regularly training their employees and cross training them. The Continuing Education requirements for individuals involved in regulated industries have also realized the need for training and learning.
True, much of the learning is to keep abreast of the rules and regulations that change in the blink of an eye and with great frequency. But there is another reason for Continuing Education training. Sometimes we read the same information over and over and just do not get it or do not comprehend all the pieces of the puzzle.
Then the next time a light bulb goes off and we see something new and fresh and go out in the street to put it into action with clients. Learning is one thing but putting it into practice is the next level.
When you read the next set of continuing education hours, read and study it with application in mind. You want to be the real estate agent or the insurance agent who takes the relationship with a client to the next level of effectiveness. You can do that by being a perpetual seeker of knowledge, ideas and information and then pursue the most effective ways to apply it to every situation in your professional career.
Don’t forget to learn today!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Law and Rules Required Course (LARRC)
Of the couple of dozen continuing education providers that could have applied for the new, Agency required Advanced Practices that includes the 3 credit hour LARRC course, only four chose to do so.
The Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC) is required of anyone renewing their license after December 31st. 2010. Superior Schools at http://pro-studies.com and Careers Real Estate School at careersrealestateschool.com are the two Agency approved schools with the lowest prices (Only $28). In fact, if you would like to take the course FREE of charge, attend my class at the RMLS Trade Fair in North Bend on October 14th. If you can't make it then, check out my live instruction class list at Careers Real Estate School. For courses that have more than 3 hours, and still contain the LARRC material, both Superior Schools and Careers Real Estate School are offering over 150 hours of related courses.
The Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC) is required of anyone renewing their license after December 31st. 2010. Superior Schools at http://pro-studies.com and Careers Real Estate School at careersrealestateschool.com are the two Agency approved schools with the lowest prices (Only $28). In fact, if you would like to take the course FREE of charge, attend my class at the RMLS Trade Fair in North Bend on October 14th. If you can't make it then, check out my live instruction class list at Careers Real Estate School. For courses that have more than 3 hours, and still contain the LARRC material, both Superior Schools and Careers Real Estate School are offering over 150 hours of related courses.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
What is your License Number?
The agency has made the largest changes in real Estate education since 1995. Among those are that Certificates of Completion for CE courses are now called Certificates of Attendance. As certified continuing education providers/Instructors begin to comply with the new Agency rules, brokers wanting to receive Certificates of Attendance for CE courses must know and report their license number to the course provider/Instructor. The license number must appear on the Certificate of Attendance as well as in the providers records. The new regulations require the provider/instructor to maintain a list of all attendies by name and license number. If the provider/instructor does not have the number they may refuse to give the Certificate until the number is provided.
Monday, October 4, 2010
New Brokers
Public confidence in the recovering market, and a desire of many for a new profession, has created an increase in persons seeking a career in real estate sales. The number of individuals passing the state exam in 2010 has met or exceeded 2009 in April, May, June and August. Year to date exam totals for August 2010 shows a 13% increase in the number of exams administered for the same period in 2009. The number of new brokers entering the field in 2010 has met or exceeded the totals for 2009 in all months except for January, February and July.
As the volume of sales decreased in 2008, more and more brokers went out on their own creating a large spike in new Sole Practitioner licenses being issued in January of 2009. With the recent changes in the licensing of Sole Practitioners (See previous blogs) the number of those acquiring the Sole Practitioner license again jumped from 14 to 67 in the last part of 2009.
While the current average of 66 new brokers currently entering the field per month doesn't match the 369 in June of 2005 it does show that the industry is turning around. The interesting sidelight of this is that the new entries are in many cases outproducing the "old timers." The new hires don't know what the "good old days" were like. While in the heyday of the market, selling was easy and those entering the field today are learning the basics and are capturing most of the sales volume.
For those with the ambition to have their own business that can be started with a minimal amount of money and be up to speed in 3 to 6 months, real estate sales is the profession to explore.
As the volume of sales decreased in 2008, more and more brokers went out on their own creating a large spike in new Sole Practitioner licenses being issued in January of 2009. With the recent changes in the licensing of Sole Practitioners (See previous blogs) the number of those acquiring the Sole Practitioner license again jumped from 14 to 67 in the last part of 2009.
While the current average of 66 new brokers currently entering the field per month doesn't match the 369 in June of 2005 it does show that the industry is turning around. The interesting sidelight of this is that the new entries are in many cases outproducing the "old timers." The new hires don't know what the "good old days" were like. While in the heyday of the market, selling was easy and those entering the field today are learning the basics and are capturing most of the sales volume.
For those with the ambition to have their own business that can be started with a minimal amount of money and be up to speed in 3 to 6 months, real estate sales is the profession to explore.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Oregon Principal Brokers to be Required to have a High School Diploma
On Broker, Principal Broker, and Property Manager License applications received by the OREA on or after January 1, 2010, applicants must certify that they have a high school diploma or a General Education Development (GED) Certificate. This applies not only to new licensees but also to current broker licensees who want to become licensed as Principal Brokers. In turn, any broker wanting to become a Principal broker after December 31 st., 2010 will have to take and pass a new, additional, state exam to obtain their new license. For those wishing to become Principal Brokers, now is the time to obtain the Principal Brokers license before the new laws go into effect.
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