| Thanks to everyone who attended SCR’s Annual Conference and Expo, Homeownership Heroes! The event was a huge success with a sold out crowd of approximately 400 attendees. The SCR Board of Directors met at SCR’s Annual Conference, Homeownership Heroes. A few of the passed motions include: The Legal Action Committee, Realtor® Foundation, and Community Alliance all had changes to address the makeup of these committees to take into account the new regions. The DEI Council policy has been amended to include the responsibility to disburse the specialty REALTOR® license plate funds to local habitat chapters. The SCR Candidate Screening Committee Policy changes were made to address the makeup of the committee to take into account the new regions and a change was made to the chair–currently the chair of the Candidate Screening Committee is the Legislative Group Chair–as written the current President Elect would serve as the Chair. The breakout sessions were informative and included pertinent information for brokers, teams and agents. Some takeaways include: Brokers: – Advertising: Brokers need to be reviewing all of their agents’ advertising to check compliance with real estate license law. There are too many agents not including their brokerage information on ALL ADVERTISING. – Brokerage information is required to be a conspicuous size. If an inspector has to look for the information, it is not large enough. On websites, if the inspector has to scroll to see the brokerage information, it is not conspicuous. – Brokers-in-Charge CANNOT delegate their broker duties to anyone. – A lot (most) brokers do not know when one of their agents has a hearing and do not attend. – Agents are putting their brokers’ businesses at risk, so brokers need to be more hands on. Questions? Email legal@screaltors.org Teams: – A team is two (2) or more agents within the same brokerage working together. – Team advertising must include the FULL NAME of the brokerage, displayed in a prominent, visible, conspicuous, and meaningful manner. (SC Code Ann. 40-57-360) – Team and all team members must indicate and PROMOTE that they are directly connected to the brokerage firm under which the team works. – Team names should never include the words realty, real estate, REALTORS®, or any other words that may cause the general public to assume they are a brokerage. Other words that could fall into this category are GROUP, PROPERTIES, ___ & ASSOCIATES. If your team name contains these words, we suggest you change it or add TEAM to the end. – Beware of Employment Law when in teams and with unlicensed assistants. (UL Assistants can only be paid on an hourly or salary basis and may not be paid solely on the basis of real estate activity including, but not limited to, a percentage of commission or an amount based on the listing or sales compensation or commission. Questions? Email legal@screaltors.org Economic Update with Dr. Joseph Von Nessen: – The US and Southeastern economies have rebounded from the pandemic-induced recession of 2020 and are currently in a strong position. – The biggest short-run threat to the economy is high inflation. – The probability of a recession within the next 18 months: 50/50. – The rate of house price increases will likely taper off and may decline soon. – Pullback in housing demand will increase further if the labor market weakens this Fall and unemployment begins to rise. – Watch for declines in consumer spending, decreases in job openings rate and increases in initial unemployment insurance claims. Click here to download the slides from Dr. Von Nessen’s economic session. |
| VIEW THE PICTURES |
| Did you miss the conference and want to live vicariously through your colleagues? Did you attend conference and want to relive all of the fun you had, friends you made, and things you learned? Then be sure to check out SCR’s conference photo album on our Facebook page at facebook.com/screaltors. We’ll be adding more to it in the coming days. |  |
| CONGRATULATIONS, LEADERSHIP ACADEMY GRADUATES |
| The SCR Leadership Academy Class of 2022 graduated in a ceremony at the SCR Board of Directors Meeting. The Graduation was led by Leadership Academy 2022 Chair, Andy Walker. Congratulations to the following graduates: – Adele Alducin, Greenwood – Mary Childress, CCAR – Ray Crotts, SAOR – Larisa Esmat, CCAR – Lenny Gaines, GGAR – Cathy Harry, GGAR – Kaci Hollingsworth, HHAOR – Rich Montgomery, CCAR – Maggie Mouscardy, GGAR – Charles Munn, Pee Dee – Kira Person, CCRA – Tawana Porter, GGAR – Jon Stroud, CTAR – Suzy Torres, CTAR |  |
| 2023 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS ANNOUNCED |
| Thirty two Leadership Academy candidates for the 2023 class underwent interviews by the 2022 Leadership Academy Advisory Commission Class. Of the 31 interviewed, the following 15 members were selected: – Alicia Pless, SBOR – Amy J. McCalman, Pee Dee – Chauncelynn H. Locklear, GGAR – Drew Grossklaus, CTAR – Elonda Sherman, GGAR – Jennifer Feliciano, CCRA – Jerrianne Jackson, PRAR – Julie Jebaily, Pee Dee – Kristie Anderson, SBOR – Lupe Rosales, SBOR – Michael Lucas, CCRA – Rae Allen, CCRA – Stephen Kohn, CTAR – Steve Taylor, CCRA – Vonda Sellers Ford, Pee Dee |  |
| LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED |
| SCR also celebrated the Leadership Academy Diversity Scholarship Recipients during the Board of Directors Meeting. Of the nine Leadership Academy Diversity Equity and Inclusion scholarship applicants, 4 received the DEI scholarship! Congratulations to: – Jerrianne Jackson – PRAR – Chauncelynn Locklear – GGAR – Rae Allen – CCRA – Vonda Sellers Ford – Pee Dee |  |