ORRA sponsors
the Boys & Girls
Clubs of Central
Florida’s Back To
School Bash
+
Orlando Regional
REALTOR® Foundation
named a finalist in
the 2018 Downtown
Orlando Partnership
Golden Brick Awards
Orlando Regional
Commercial Council
grants three partial
scholarships for
CCIM Institute
Global Real Estate
Council of Orlando sends
representatives to Canada
for REALTOR® Quest
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ORLANDO
REALTOR®
Volume 10 | Issue 6
Orlando Regional
REALTOR® Association
1330 Lee Road
Orlando, FL 32810
407.253.3580
orlandorealtors.org
Off icers:
President - Lou Nimkoff
President-elect - Jeff rey M. Fagan
Treasurer - Reese Stewart
Secretary - Natalie Arrowsmith
Immediate Past President -
Bruce Elliott
Directors:
Dallas Ackley
Kathi Adkins
Jim Batenchuk
Christian Bohyn
Juliana Boselli Neves
Cat Brower
Joe Doher
Lisa Hill
Rose Kemp
Mike McGraw
Lori Rivera
Rigo Rodriguez
Tansey Soderstrom
Publisher:
Cliff Long
Executive Editor:
Laura Haag
Editor:
Lisa McDuff ie
Graphic Designer:
Maya J. Cracasso
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STATS
SHOTS
19
YPN Night Out at
Orlando City Soccer
28 Orlando REALTOR® (USPS # 022-715) is
Global
REAL ESTATE
Council of Orlando
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Selected snapshots
from events such
as the Real Estate
Legal Summit and
the REALTOR® Expo.
Head over to ORRA’s
Facebook pages or
website to view and
download all event
pix.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 4
STATS SHOTS 5
CEO MESSAGE 6
NEWS 7
FEATURES
GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARDS 10
YEAR IN REVIEW 14
COMMERCIAL 16
ON THE SCENE 19
MEMBER NEWS 23
CALENDAR 24
BOD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 26
CLOSING OUT 28
ON THE
SCENE
CLOSING OUT
ORRA Good Neighbor Awards
through the years, by the
numbers.
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Regional REALTOR® Association, 1330
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Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association.
A glance at
interesting tidbits
about Orlando’s
housing market.
16
Lou
Nimkoff
installed
at 2018
president
Chere Roane
named 2017
REALTOR® of
the Year
Orlando
REALTORS®
head to
Tallahassee for
Great American
REALTOR®
Days
ORRA receives 2017 NAR
Local Triple Crown
Award for exceeding RPAC
fundraising goals
ORRA off ers
RealSatisfied
customer satisfaction
platform member
benefit
MARCH
APRIL
RPAC Auction raises
more than $38,000
ORRA YPN
participates in 2018
All Florida Realtors®
YPN Community
Outreach Day
ORRA Sponsors
American Cancer
Society Cattle
Baron’s Ball
POWER
HOUR
MAY
President Lou Nimkoff
speaks at the State
of Lake Nona Real
Estate event
JUNE
Bylaws Vote
Membership
Meeting
Orlando Regional
REALTOR® Foundation
presents the keys
to its third of six
Heroes’ Commons at
Jeff erson Park to new
homeowners
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
ORRA presents the Orlando
Chapter of United Against
Poverty with $5,000
Realtor
Party
Ninety percent of
ORRA’s recommended
candidates win their
races for elected off ice
Director Mike
McGraw elected
2019 Florida
Realtors®
Secretary
President-elect
Jeff rey M. Fagan
speaks at the
2018 State of
Orange County
Real Estate
event
REALTOR® Day
at the Rays
Orlando Regional REALTOR®
Foundation celebrates
the ribbon-cutting for
Transformation Village
Coff ee Shop & Library
Global Real Estate
Council of Orlando
sends representatives
to England for A Place
in the Sun Live
GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARDS
REALTOR®
EXPO
2018
ORRA becomes a member
of the Orlando Economic
Partnership Policy Council
REALTOR
RELIEF
RUN
Captain
CLIFF LONG
ORRA CEO
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Team Orlando REALTORS®
laces up for the REALTOR®
Relief Run in Boston
MEMBER
APPRECIATION DAY
ORRA welcomes 30
REALTORS® from
Belgium
Member
Holiday
Party
Reese
Stewart
elected
2019 ORRA
Presidentelect
ORRA awards
its 450th
Excellence in
Professionalism
Gold Key
Certification
for 2018
ORRA sponsors Family
Promise of Greater Orlando
Fundraising Breakfast
Global Real
Estate Council
of Orlando:
Canada
Global Real Estate
Council of Orlando:
United Kingdom
& Ireland
Achievement in
Continuing Education
award program launches
Community Relations
Committee honors its
monthly commitment to
the Hubbard House
Global Council earns
Diamond Global
Achievement
Program Award
ORRA off ers its 229th
eduction class of 2018
Realtor
Party
YPN Twenty Under 40
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