Real Estate Education Focus

Commission Receives National Education Awards

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission recently received two national education awards from the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA): the Consumer Education Award (Print Category) and the Regulator of the Year Award. These awards were presented to Larry Outlaw, Director of Education and Licensing, at the Ninth Annual REEA Conference in Houston, Texas.

Commission Chairman J. Edward Poole (left), Director of Education and Licensing Larry A. Outlaw (center) and Commission Vice-Chairman Elmer C.Jenkins (right) display plaques awarded to the Commission by REEA.

The Consumer Education Award was conferred based upon the Commission's publication Your Place at the Beach: A Buyer's Guide to Vacation Real Estate. The award recognizes outstanding educational material keyed to a consumer audience.

The Commission received the Regulator of the Year Award based upon its outstanding overall real estate education program for the past year.

Commission To Sponsor Coastal Property Workshops

The Real Estate Commission, in conjunction with the NC Division of Coastal Management and NC State University's Department of Civil Engineering and UNC Sea Grant Program, is sponsoring four one-day workshops entitled Coastal Property Workshop: Planning, Constructing and Selling Barrier Island Real Estate. Miriam Baer, the Commission's Examination Coordinator and Publications Officer, and Evelyn Johnston, the Commission's Education Coordinator, assisted in the planning and development of the workshops.

Each workshop will address issues and problems common to coastal real estate, including explanations of physical features of barrier islands, site selection, and regulations concerning the sale of coastal real estate and protection from erosion damage.

The workshops will be held in four separate locations: Raleigh - September 16, Kill Devil Hills - September 30, Morehead City - October 14, and Wrightsville Beach - October 21. Speakers will include Real Estate Commission staff attorneys as well as state and local government officials, a landscape architect, and persons affiliated with the other sponsoring agencies. All real estate agents who sell property in coastal areas are strongly encouraged to attend. The conference will provide valuable information about problems and issues unique to selling coastal property, whether developed or undeveloped.

The registration fee is $18.00 per person; the fee covers lunch, refreshments and workshop materials. A registration form is available on page two of this Bulletin. Registrations are not permitted by phone. Registration forms and checks must be received one week before the workshop or an additional $5.00 must be included. Capacity at each location is limited, so early registration is encouraged.

"It's Your Move" Distributed to NC High Schools

In August, the Commission distributed approximately 10,000 copies of its publication, It's Your Move, free of charge to North Carolina high schools across the state. The publication will be used in public and private school classrooms this year to provide information to high school students about basic consumer housing.

Whether renting an apartment or buying a home, It's Your Move presents practical advice on choosing residential real estate, signing lease agreements, working with real estate agents and selling property.