CARHOF Update - Aurora Association of REALTORS®

Debbie Long, AE Loveland/Berthoud Association, and Janet Franz, Chaffee County Board President-elect, who had the most CARHOF "Bling" at the annual CARHOF Volunteer Orientation. Thank you to everyone who attended.

CARHOF has decided to discontinue the promotion of the Colorado Cares program. Unfortunately, we were unable to come up with a satisfactory working plan with the new organization Ameridream and the program has stalled.

CARHOF has removed information about the program from CAR's and CARHOF's websites. Ameridream will continue to promote their brand in Colorado, and CARHOF takes no position for or against using their product.

Since we began promoting Colorado Cares in January 2003, CARHOF collected a total of $200,000 in donations (with only $26,000 donated in 2005). These donations greatly helped CARHOF make up for lost revenue from low interest rates. Additionally, the Colorado Cares program changed the gift fund industry by lowering the cost to consumers, so we feel it was a very worthwhile project for CARHOF. A big thanks to Don Di Fiore for bringing the program to Colorado.

CARHOF is pursuing other avenues to create donations, so if you have any ideas, please let us know.

Don't forget about the title company campaign!
CARHOF has the opportunity to dramatically increase revenue from interest on escrowed funds, and it doesn't cost the broker a dime. Plus, the title companies want to participate and only need direction from the broker.

Download the new Master Letter (it's a Microsoft Word document). Right click, then choose "Save Target As..."

I've attached a new master letter. The broker can address the letter to any or all title companies their agents use, and if the broker prefers to send the form to me, I will forward it to the designated title companies. A list of CARHOF participants is available on our website at www.carhof.org.

Currently, Land Title, Security Title, United Title, Chicago Title, Transnation Title, Commonwealth Title, and Lawyer's Title have agreed to accept master letters. Bob Brown is setting up a meeting with the Regional President of Stewart Title, and he will keep meeting with title companies one by one.