AREEA News

Walt Hennessee has been awarded the Home Measurement Specialist Certification (HMS) by the Insittute of Housing Technologies, LLC. He joins a select group of real estate professionals who hold this highly sought-after certification, the only advanced real estate program geared towards the power of size in the home comparison and valuation processes. Walt achieved this prestigious designation after completing nine hours of advanced course work and extensive examinations. These courses ensured the designees gain comprehensive knowledge of the ANSI measurement standard, the overall impact of square footage and "price-per-square-foot" on home prices, and its influence on market timing strategies. HMS designees are trained and committed to delivering buyers and sellers true "value added services," helping buyers and sellers obtain a fair value in today's competitive marketplace.

Thank you and congratulations to our 2023 AREEA President Terrelle Major!

As the year draws to a close, we would like to thank and congratulate our 2023 AREEA President, Terrell Major, on her many accomplishments this year.

For AREEA, Terrelle was instrumental in organizing and presenting twelve monthly board meetings, ten free workshops for members, two free CE classes for members, and three IDWs including the first GSI workshop every offered outside of the REEA conference. Terrelle is always quick to say her success is a team effort, but we all know that a team only works well under exceptional leadership!

Aside from her tireless work to help AREEA grow as an organization, Terrell celebrated several professional achievements in 2023 as a commercial real estate agent.

• Board Nominated and Elected to the Greater Alabama MLS Board of Directors (GALMLS)
• 2024 Chair-Birmingham Commercial Business Council (BCRC) Birmingham Association of REALTORS® (BAR).

The Birmingham Commercial Business Council (BCRC) is responsible for increasing the value of BAR's commercial offerings and membership. Helping plan and attain sponsors for any commercial events and commercial resources offered. Also, evaluating the Birmingham Commercial Exchange (BCX) and the value it brings to commercial practitioners.

• Completing CCIM CI102: Market Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate

Thank you, again, Madam President Terrelle Major!

Terrelle Major, 2023 President, and Kimberly Benefield, 2023 Vice-President,  presented a lovely token of appreciation to Phillip Horton, Education Director, on behalf of AREEA  at his reception at the Birmingham Association of REALTORS® on Monday, October 30, 2023.

AREEA would like to say, "THANK YOU" to Phillip Horton at Birmingham Association of REALTORS®, Inc.! We sincerely appreciate all of the support you have provided to AREEA over the years!

We are excited about your new role at the Alabama Real Estate Commission!!!

Terrelle Major, AREEA President, and Janie Wood, AREEA Board Director, attended the new instructor class at AREC today, August 24.

It was a great opportunity to meet new instructors and spend time with AREC Exective Director, Vaughn Poe, Commissioner Cerita Tucker Smith (7th Congressional District), and Education Specialist Julie Norris!

Check out Julie as she implements the "Wheel of Names" technique that we learned in the August AREC IDW taught by Theresa Barnabei! Go, Julie!

The instructor renewal deadline is September 30 and on-line renewal is now available on the Commission’s website via CMAP. All pre- and post-license instructors must complete 12-hours of approved instructor CE before the deadline.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Education Division at the Alabama Real Estate Commission.

Procrastinators can take advantage of three remaining opportunities to earn the required 12-hours of instructor credit:

Upcoming Training Opportunities:

• August 9, 2019: CREI Session #3: Change and Connect
• August 16, 2019: “Your Students and the Classroom Experience” Instructor Training with Theresa Barnabei. Registration must take place through Auburn University’s Office of Professional and Continuing Education
• September 27, 2019: AREEA IDW with Juanita McDowell

The monthly AREEA board meeting minutes are available to all members. To view the minutes, you'll need to log onto the website first, then click Members > Meeting Minutes. 

Merry Christmas! It’s time to renew your AREEA Membership!

This year our members can easily renew their AREEA membership on-line via the AREEA website, http://alabamareea.org/. The deadline to renew is January 31, 2019. If you do not renew by that time, your membership will be suspended. Please note that we are no longer accepting checks and you are required to renew on-line.

For a printer-friendly version of these instructions, CLICK HERE!

Step 1: Go to http://alabamareea.org/ and log-in.

If you have forgotten your password, click on FORGOT PASSWORD. Since the AREEA webmaster does not have access to your password, it’s up to you to reset it using the FORGOT PASSWORD feature.

Step 2: Click on “View Profile”’

After you log in, the “View Profile” link will show next to your name. Click on that link.

Step 3: Follow the steps to renew

Once you have logged-in, look under MEMBERSHIP DETAILS and click on the grey renewal button labeled “Renew to Tuesday, January 1, 2020.”

Follow the steps to renew your membership. At this point you’ll also have a chance to update your membership profile if you wish to do so.

If you have any issues renewing your membership, please email the AREEA webmaster,
Amanda Adams at areeawebmaster@gmail.com or call (334) 777-9052.

Thanks for renewing your AREEA Membership and Merry Christmas!!!

Your AREEA Board

What a year! It has been a record setting year for many of us. I thank God for the increase in my business and I'm sure you do as well. I'm sure all instructors, especially those teaching continuing education, were happy to see September 30 which marked the deadline for meeting CE requirements. Hopefully we can now schedule some personal time for much needed rest.

As most of you know we were scheduled to have an AREEA general membership meeting on October 18 and then an IDW on the 19th. Ryan contacted me early in the morning, the day of our meeting, to say that our speaker for the IDW had an accident at the airport and was unable to attend. We quickly cancelled the events for both days. If you were inconvenienced in any way, I do apologize, but it was totally unavoidable and out of our control. AREEA had some very important business that we needed to take care of that will now be handled at our Spring meeting on Mar. 28, 2019.

The cancellation also created an issue for AREC. All schools and instructors must renew their license by Sept. 30, 2019. We must all have received a minimum of 12 hours instructor training. The problem created is that there are only a few Instructor Development Workshops (IDW) before the deadline and according to AREC records, there is not enough room in those classes to fulfill the needs. Ryan is working with AREEA to assist in getting more people their instructor training hours.

On Nov. 9, 2018, AREEA will have session one, of the three sessions, for those interested in obtaining their Certified Real Estate Instructor (CREI) certification. In order to receive certification credits you must take all three classes in the order they are given. We are making it possible for people to attend who only need to get their instructor training credits, as well as those seeking to get their CREI certification. I must caution you that seating is limited. If you are interested please register for this class on the AREEA website here.

Respectfully,

James Anderson
President, AREEA

Good-bye, AMP! Hello, PSI!

We are all aware that Alabama’s examination provider, AMP, was acquired by another national examination provider known as PSI in 2016. 

Below is the information that was provided by the Alabama Real Estate Commission. As soon as we learn more details about the changes, we will share it with our members.

According to the Alabama Real Estate Commission,  "The same AMP examination items have been used on examinations since the acquisition, but a change is scheduled to take place. Effective January 1, 2019, all AMP and PSI examination items will be combined into one pool of examination items from which examinations will be developed. 

Therefore, while we are looking at some upcoming changes to the examination, many things will not change. Please read the following to identify upcoming examination changes:

The following will not be changed:

State content items for both the salesperson and broker examinations

• Simulation items on the broker examination
  
• The number of items on an examination.
  
• The salesperson examination will still have 100 national items and 40 state items that are graded. There are also five ungraded items being pretested.
  
• The broker simulation examination will still have 10 simulation problems. Nine of the items will be graded and the remaining item will be pretested for future examinations.
  
• Current locations of examination sites.
  
• The passing score will remain at 70.
  

The following identifies all changes:

• The current AMP content outline will be replaced by the new PSI content specifications. The PSI content specifications are attached to this email.
  
• The PSI and AMP national item pools will be combined into one national item pool.
  
• The national items on a salesperson examination will consist of two cognitive levels: 41% Recall/Recognition items and 59% Application/Analysis items. Therefore, the two levels of Application and Analysis on the current AMP examination will be combined into one level.
  
• Recall/Recognition requires the ability to identify, recall or recognize terms, facts, methods, procedures, basic concepts principles and processes.
  
• Application/Analysis requires the ability to apply concepts and principles to situation to identify solutions; calculate solutions to mathematical problems; interpret charts and graphic data; classify items; and interpret information.
  

NOTE: The new outline WILL NOT require a major change in prelicense course instruction."

The PSI Sales Pre-License Outline

Education Division, Alabama Real Estate Commission

The September 2018 edition of The Educator is packed full of valuable information:

• Attention Qualifying Brokers And Prelicense Instructors...Are You Giving Out Bad
  
• Information?
  
• Post License Course Requirement
  
• When Is CE Credit Used And Archived For An Education Renewal?
  
• License Examination Changes
  
• When Do I Enter Course Credit?
  
• Q&A
  
• PSI Candidate Handbooks
• Why Become a Member of AREEA?

The Educator, Sept 2018