Peninsula REALTOR® May 2018
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<strong>Peninsula</strong><strong>REALTOR®</strong><br />
Digital Magazine<br />
The Official Publication of<br />
the Virginia <strong>Peninsula</strong><br />
Association of REALTORS®<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Officers & Directors<br />
President<br />
Carl Burt<br />
President-Elect<br />
Carla Graves Carney<br />
Treasurer<br />
Sandra Hood<br />
Immediate Past President<br />
Chandra Patterson<br />
Directors<br />
Eugenia Jackson<br />
Valarie Miller<br />
Kaera Mims<br />
Lindsay Pennington<br />
Stephenie Shanks<br />
Peggy Todd<br />
Adam Triplett<br />
CEO<br />
Jim Wetzel, RCE<br />
Advertising Policy<br />
While this magazine makes reasonable effort to establish<br />
the integrity of its advertisers, it does not endorse advertised<br />
products or services unless specifically stated. The<br />
publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement<br />
at anytime. Advertisements refused may include, but are<br />
not limited to, those that are legally questionable, that may<br />
support products or services of questionable standards, or<br />
that are inconsistent with the high professional standard<br />
of the Code of Ethics of the Association. Advertising is open<br />
to <strong>REALTOR®</strong> members, member firms, affiliate members<br />
and non-members. Product advertising is limited to residential<br />
subdivisions, commercial, or industrial units and<br />
real estate related products and services, excluding personal<br />
listings.<br />
Equal Opportunity Policy<br />
VPAR is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for<br />
the achievement of equal housing opportunity. The Association<br />
encourages and supports an affirmative advertising<br />
and marketing program in which there are no barriers to<br />
obtaining housing because of race, color, elderliness, religion,<br />
sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.<br />
Notice<br />
VPAR does not fix, control, recommend, suggest, or maintain<br />
commission rates or fees for services<br />
rendered by cooperating members or non-members.<br />
Publication Editor<br />
Jim Wetzel, RCE<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Virginia <strong>Peninsula</strong> Association of REALTORS®<br />
1001 North Campus Parkway<br />
Hampton, VA 23666<br />
t. (757) 599-5222<br />
f. 757-596-3911<br />
jimwetzel@vpar.org<br />
Cindy Anderson<br />
Director of Member Services<br />
Jo McNamara<br />
Education Director & Event Planner<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong><strong>REALTOR®</strong> is published monthly by<br />
Virginia <strong>Peninsula</strong> Association of REALTORS® as a<br />
service to its membership.<br />
Virginia <strong>Peninsula</strong> Association of REALTORS®,<br />
“The Voice for Real Estate on the Virginia <strong>Peninsula</strong>,”<br />
is your local association of REALTORS®<br />
representing over 1200 local <strong>REALTOR®</strong> members<br />
and affiliates.<br />
As members of America’s largest trade association,<br />
The National Association of REALTORS® together<br />
we represent over 1.1 million members, including<br />
NAR’s institutes, societies and councils, involved in<br />
all aspects of the residential and commercial real<br />
estate industries.<br />
Our membership is composed of residential and<br />
commercial REALTORS®, who are brokers, salespeople,<br />
property managers, appraisers, counselors<br />
and others engaged in all aspects of the real estate<br />
industry.<br />
The term <strong>REALTOR®</strong> is a registered collective<br />
membership mark that identifies a real estate<br />
professional who is a member of the National Association<br />
of REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict<br />
Code of Ethics.<br />
Cover:<br />
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam honors<br />
VPAR <strong>REALTOR®</strong> Lou Sosa USN/USMC Vietnam<br />
Veteran during National Vietnam War Veteran<br />
Day in Richmond, Va. March 29, <strong>2018</strong>. Stationed<br />
in Da Nang, RVN between Monkey Mountain &<br />
Marble Mountain.<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> <strong>REALTOR®</strong> page 3<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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