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Volume 25, Issue 3 — march 2018 |
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Realtor News | Education | Events | Government Affairs | MLS | Membership | Appraiser | Commercial |
Top StoriesRPR Webinar ~ Thursday, April 12th Spring Session Member Lunch & Learn ~ Thur, March 15th, Bridgewood Resort, Neenah REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by March 23rd REALTOR Ethics Requirement Deadline is 12-31-18 Scroll down for additional stories- REALTOR NEWSFair Housing Act Celebrates 50 Years!
REALTOR® Children Scholarship Deadline is Friday, March 9thA membership benefit of the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association is the REALTOR® children's college scholarship. In 2018, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Foundation board of directors of the association will award ten (10) $750 scholarships to sons or daughters of Association members. Click here for an application and return it by March 9, 2018, to the Wisconsin REALTORS® Foundation Inc., 4801 Forest Run Road, Suite 201, Madison, WI 53704. WRA Partnership for Success Program
EducationAppraisal Conference- March 12-13, Kalahari Resort & Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells
RPR Webinar ~ Thursday, April 12thRPR will offer "Perfect Pricing with Easy, Accurate CMAs from RPR" webinar on Thursday, April 12th, at 10 am. RPR's powerful analysis tools are helping REALTORS® across the country educate and impress clients. Starting with the AVM or RVM® for a property, we'll show you how to apply your local market intelligence to refine this starting point with adjustments, addition of home improvement values, subtracting value for needed home improvements, and comparison refinement tools based on market and home conditions. From there we'll create a quick and easy CMA as well as an in-depth Sales Comparison Analysis, demonstrating how to lead clients through the intricacies of market realities with easy-to-understand facts and graphics. Click here to register for the April 12th RPR webinar. Events2018 Events & Education CalendarCheck out our 2018 Events & Education Calendar, to see what we have in store for 2018! Spring Session Member Lunch & Learn~ Thur, March 15th, Bridgewood Resort, NeenahJoin us Thursday, March 15th, for this year's RANW Spring Session Member Lunch and Learn. NAR Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo ~ May 14-19th
2018 Name that Tune Event Raises Over $4700 for the New Community Shelter!Government AffairsCity of Oshkosh Adopts Service Line Replacement RequirementThe City of Oshkosh has adopted changes to the municipal code, Chapter 20 - Plumbing, to make full lead water service lines replacement mandatory. They also have a grant program in which property owners can receive reimbursement of 50% up to a maximum of $1500. Additional reimbursement is available to property owners who meet certain income requirements. To see the full letter from the city to all property owners, please click here. Local Spring Elections - April 3, 2018RANW has adopted a new process for involvement in local spring elections for county, town, city and village races. Starting this year, rather than conducting candidate interviews, RANW has sent a candidate questionnaire to all participants in contested races. Their written responses will be made available to RANW members via a secure link on the RANW website starting March 14th and in the April newsletter. We encourage all members to please review the answers provided by candidates and be sure to vote on April 3rd. Local races may not get the attention that state and federal elections do, but they are just as important! MLSMLS PendingListings should be put into the Pending status when all contingencies to the offer have been met. MLS Rules allow up to 3 business days to enter a Status change. New Active Status & Public Display of Offer StatusRANW MLS has added two new Active Status options to the MLS Paragon System. MLS will soon begin sharing the Offer Status as selected and shown in MLS for display on publicly-accessed websites such as IDX, Realtor.com, Zillow, etc. These new Active Statuses will indicate the Offer Status as well as noting the seller's intent to continue to show the property. This is expected to be implemented by the end of March. Please click here for complete details. Fair Housing Questionable Words & PhrasesParagon is now automatically checking listing remarks against a list of words and phrases from the RANW Fair Housing Committee that members should use cautiously if at all in order to avoid Fair Housing issues. Use of any words and phrases from this list will trigger a courtesy email to the listing agent/office with a reminder to review the Remarks text to make sure Fair Housing Guidelines have been met. Click here to review the Questionable Words and Phrases list. Reminder: April is Fair Housing Month! MLS Basics - New Training Class offered March 21st & April 19thEvery MLS does things a little bit differently, so learn what RANW MLS needs you to know! The MLS Basics class will cover our rules and recommended listing procedures, offer a review of listing data and forms needed to complete your listings, cover some of the basics of using Paragon, and provide info on the Supra lockbox program. How to Customize your Paragon Search Screens and Results SpreadsheetsCustomize Paragon Search Screens and the Default Results Spreadsheet - it is so easy for you to do, to let you search what you want and also display what you want, by using the "Customize button"! Click Here to learn how! Notice of MLS Copyright to our Participant Members and their AgentsIn order to strengthen the MLS position with regard to applications we submit to the Copyright Office, we're advised a user agreement is necessary. RANW MLS will be adding a "Click-through" agreement on the RANW MLS Paragon Site in early March. When logging into the MLS System, subscribers will need to click "Agree" to continue. Under NAR Policy, the MLS is the owner of the copyright in the MLS database compilation - i.e. the arrangement and coordination of the data in the database. The click-through agreement is an acknowledgement, as stated below. You will only be required to click through once. The click-through language you will see on Paragon is: Listing Maintenance Class ~ Tue., March 6th and Thur., April 5thLIM (Listing Input and Training) class will be offered on Tuesday, March 6th and Thursday, April 5th from 10:00-11:30 a.m. at our RANW office in Appleton. Paragon and FacebookThe option to share listings from Paragon to Facebook will become available to members at the same time as programming is complete for the new Active statuses. Members are reminded to follow MLS Rules, DSPS Rules and the Code of Ethics relating to public display of MLS information. MLS Basics - New Training Class Offered April 19thEvery MLS does things a little bit differently, so learn what RANW MLS needs you to know! The MLS Basics class will cover our rules and recommended listing procedures, offer a review of listing data and forms needed to complete your listings, cover some of the basics of using Paragon, and provide info on the Supra lockbox program. Lockbox ProgramWelcome to the Lockbox Program
Need The eKEY App to Open Lockboxes?As a new user of the Supra eKEY App, you will need to have RANW staff assign a serial number and pin code. New Keyholders need to submit a Key Agreement and payment before a serial number can be assigned. Lockbox DisplayKeys - Inactive as of March 1st
Reciprocal Lockbox and Key AccessAs a keyholder of the RANW MLS, you have the opportunity to get reciprocal access to the South Central Wisconsin and Central Wisconsin MLSs' lockboxes. South Central, Central and RANW use the same Supra Lockbox system. Please contact RANW to set up your reciprocal access with these boards. There is no fee to do so. Once reciprocal access is set up, the member will have access until the Supra system is no longer shared. Please set up showings prior to obtaining keys on any listings. If a member of the South Central Wisconsin MLS or the Central Wisconsin MLS Board would like reciprocal access, that member needs to contact their board. The request for reciprocal set up needs to be submitted by member's board to the board they would like access to. Lockbox AssignmentLockboxes can be assigned to listings in Paragon. When you are maintaining your listing, click the orange button with a white lock in the middle of the page. This will lead you to the Supra Lockbox assignment tool. Enter the serial number of the lockbox and click 'save'. This lockbox is now connected to your listing. Using this tool you will be able to see showing activity on the listing in SupraWEB. The information sent to SupraWEB from Paragon will work together to keep your lockboxes organized. MembershipRANW Membership ChangesTo view all the current membership changes for RANW, click here. REALTOR Ethics Requirement Deadline is 12-31-18REALTORS® are required to complete ethics training of not less than 2 hours, 30 minutes of instructional time within two-year cycles. REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by March 23rdREALTOR® Emeritus is a NAR designation available to any current REALTOR® member in good standing who has been a REALTOR® consistently for at least 40 years in a local board and a member of NAR, who currently serves on a local, state or national association committee. Congratulations on Your Retirement!RANW congratulates the following RANW member on their recent retirement: Sincere CondolencesRANW would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of: ~ Carey Martin Maurer, in the recent passing fo her mother. Carey is administrative staff with RE/MAX 24/7 Real Estate in Appleton. BUSINESS RESOURCESzipForms Plus Renewal InstructionsIt's that time of the year again! If you have opened your zipForm® Plus account recently, you may have received a notification to renew your subscription. The renewal is required to confirm and renew your account. There is no additional fee, and the process is simple and easy. CommercialWelcome New WCIE Firm!RANW welcomes Seidl & Associates, a div of Shorewest, as it's newest Wisconsin Commercial Information Exchange (WCIE) firm.
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If you still have an old DisplayKEY and not yet using a smart phone, tablet or other Bluetooth device, the old DisplayKEYS were inactivated on March 1st.