Mark Woltz has been employed by the Commission on a temporary basis this summer to assist the Commission's Legal Division with the preparation of investigator training materials. Mark will be a third-year law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The following Commission staff members have made appearances before various real estate industry and related groups since the last issue of the Bulletin. Commission Executive Director Phillip T. Fisher spoke to the Western N.C. Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management on the licensing and regulation of property managers and to the Chatham County Board of REALTORS® about various activities of the Real Estate Commission ... L. Ted Gayle, the Commission's Director of Audits and Investigations, appeared before the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management in the Research Triangle Park and discussed the proper handling of funds in property management transactions . . . Special Deputy Attorney General Thornas R. Miller, the Commission's Legal Counsel, attended a workshop sponsored by the Havelock Board of REALTORS® where he spoke on offers to purchase and related issues ... Deputy Legal Counsel Blackwell M. Brogden Jr, participated in a seminar conducted by the Property Management Division of the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® in Raleigh and in an educational seminar sponsored by the Avery-Watauga Association of REALTORS® . . . Assistant Legal Counsel Miriam J. Baer addressed the Brunswick County Board of REALTORS® at the Buyer Brokerage Seminar in Long Beach, was in Wilmington for the Board of REALTORS® Education Committee Seminar where she delivered an address entitled "Buyer Brokerage," and also made an appearance before the Chapel Hill Board of REALTORS® ... Marilyn E. Tomei, Associate Legal Counsel, explained appraisers' legal liability to the Piedmont Chapter of the Appraisal Institute in Greensboro, and spoke on legal issues related to resort rental management at the Dare County Board of REALTORS® Property Management meeting in Kill Devil Hills ... Commission Consumer Protection Officer Anita R. Burt, at a meeting of the Elizabeth City Board of REALTORS®, talked about Fair Housing issues ... Consumer Protection Officer Stephen L. Fussell spoke to the Stanley County Association of REALTORS® concerning common real estate misconceptions ... and Appraiser Education and Examination Officer Earl H. Grubbs met with the Elizabeth City Area Real Estate Appraisers and discussed appraiser licensure and certification, and discussed upcoming changes in residential appraisal forms in an appearance before the Outer Banks Mortgage Lenders Association in Kill Devil Hills,
