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Volume 27, Issue 1 — january 2020  
Realtor News   |   Education   |   Events   |   Government Affairs  |   MLS  |   Membership  |   Appraiser  |   Commercial 

Top Stories

RANW Addenda A & B to the Offer to Purchase Available January 1st, 2020

REALTOR Children Scholarship Application Deadline March 13th

WRA Winter Convention 2020~ January 28-29, 2020 | Lac du Flambeau

REALTOR & Government Day - Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Update Tax Information on your Active Listings

Supra Apple Watch Video

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REALTOR NEWS

RANW Addenda A & B to the Offer to Purchase Available January 1st, 2020

RANW Addenda A & B to the Offer to Purchase now available on Zipforms and DotLoop with a mandatory use date of January 1st, 2020. These addenda are to be used with the revised WB-11 Offer to Purchase, also available on Zipforms and DotLoop. The old RANW addenda will be removed by mid-January.

Education

REALTOR Children Scholarship Application Deadline March 13th

A membership benefit of the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association is the REALTOR® children's college scholarship. In 2020, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Foundation board of directors of the association will award 20 scholarships in the amount of $1000 each to sons or daughters of association members.
Please read and
complete the information and return the application by March 13, 2020, to the Wisconsin REALTORS® Foundation Inc., 4801 Forest Run Road, Suite 201, Madison, WI 53704.

Events

Thank you to 2019 Green Bay Holiday Sponsors and Attendees!

Thank you to all our Green Bay members who came out to celebrate on December 12th. We collected boxes full of gifts for Toys for Tots. A special thank you to our generous sponsors, committee members and GB Holiday Party Chair Jody Kemppainen for making the evening a great success! 
Platinum 

Big Moose Home Inspections
Evans Title
Liberty Title

Marine Credit Union
Nicolet National Bank
MK & Associates 

US Bank 
Guaranteed Rate
Closing & Title Services

Gold 
Bay Title & Abstract  Associated Bank

Denmark State Bank

Silver  

AmeriCU Mortgage 
Bank First 
Finance of America 
Basten Home Inspection
Dominion Title 

Executive Mortgage
Bank of Luxumberg 
Inlanta Mortgage


NEW Title Services 
Johnson Financial Group
Waterstone Mortgage
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Bronze 

Brian's Home Inspection
Lighthouse Title 
Cornerstone Mortgage




Thank you to our 2019 Fond du Lac Holiday Sponsors and Attendees!

Fond du Lac members gathered on December 5th for a night of holiday cheer and many boxes of food were collected for Food for Thought! This event was made possible by our generous sponsors, committee members and  FDL Holiday Party Chair Cindy Barr-Scott. Thank you all! 
Platinum

ACE Home Inspections
Big Moose Home Inspection

Fox Valley Savings Bank 
Guaranty Title Services

U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Gold

Associated Bank
National Exchange Bank 

Caliber Home Loans

Knight-Barry Title Group
Horicon Bank 

Schmitt Title

Title Consultants
Verve, A Credit Union


Silver

Universal Home Protection 
Hometown Bank

Lunda Home Inspection

Midwest Title Group  


WRA Winter Convention 2020~ January 28-29, 2020 | Lac du Flambeau

Kick off the new year with Winter Convention, featuring motivational speakers, informative workshops, CE, exhibits and winter fun, including a bags tournament, casino gaming and some of the best snowmobiling trails in the state. Click Here for more information!

Thank You to Everyone Who Attended our 2019 Annual Meeting!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for 2019 RANW Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 22nd. This sold-out lunch featured Keynote Speaker, John Bergstrom. At the meeting, Andy Beiser, Ben Lyons and Mike Kunesh were elected to the 2020-2022 RANW Board of Directors. It was also announced that Lori Muller and Brittany Voigt were appointed by the RANW Board of Directors to the 2020-2022 RANW MLS Board of Directors.  Brittany was appointed to fill Sara Schnell's seat. 
RPAC awards were presented, as well as the Jim Smith Excellence in Professionalism Awards. This year's EPA winners were Mike Hrnak from Adashun Jones R.E. and Jody Kemppainen, Shorewest, Realtors. To view the entire 2019 Annual Report
click here. This meeting was made possible by our sponsors at First American Title Insurance Company | Evans Title Division and Associated Bank.

Government Affairs

REALTOR & Government Day - Wednesday, February 5, 2020

It's time to register for the 2020 REALTOR® & Government Day - Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at the Concourse Hotel in Madison from 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm.
Once again we will be discussing several important issues to the real estate industry and property owners including: The need for workforce housing, requirement for home inspectors, local governments practice of chasing sales for reassessments, and the presumption of riparian rights. 
Please join us for this once-a-year opportunity to speak directly to our area legislators about the laws that affect your business.

MLS

Update Tax Information on your Active Listings

Reminder to all members: If your listing is still active in the new year, MLS requires that the Tax Amount and Tax Year be updated to reflect the new year's tax information. Listing Maintenance offices can update their own listings; those members who do not use Listing Maintenance should submit a Change Form noting the updated information.

Agent Photos in Paragon - 3 Places to Upload Them

Within the Paragon program, there are three different places where Agent Photos can be uploaded - to appear on displays/reports/spec sheets, to the Email Signature,and to the Collab Center. Each photo placeholder is slightly different in size.When uploading the agent photo initially (under Preferences), the following apply:
1. 1280 X 960 Max resolution - system will compress higher resolution photos
2. JPG, PNG & GIF file types allowed - will be converted to JPG once uploaded
3. Special Characters (& , * , / , etc.) cannot be used in the file name.
4. There are no dimension requirements i.e. the photo can be rectangular or square.

The agent photos on the report views will pull from the photo uploaded to the user's preferences. The default agent image dimensions on a report are 150 x 115 (rectangular), though those dimensions are customizable.
For example,the Customer Full report currently has the agent image size set to 92 x 92 (square) and the Customer MLS View has the agent image size set to 147 x 112 (rectangular). The agent image will scale to fit the image size set on each report and will be limited by the larger dimension -- i.e the photo will be scaled down to fit and will not "stretch" to fit.
When setting up an email signature, the default agent photo size inserted is 105 x 117 (mostly square). The dimensions are customizable and can be edited, and the photo should scale to fit (and not stretch). The photo in the email signature can be customized by the user, and doesn't necessarily have to be the image from their Preferences.
On Collab Center, the image is stretched to fit the 100 x 100 image box, which can cause distortion on a rectangular image. The Collab Center image pulls from the user's Collab Center Preferences > About Me. Collab Center is the only location where the image proportions are absolute and can't currently be changed, so if an agent wants to have a single agent photo that works in all locations they will want to go with a photo that is more square than rectangular.

How to Find Agent Sales Production

Member agents can go to Resources > Statistical Reporting, and then use the"MLS Statistics" report.  Choose the desired Date Range, and select any other criteria needed before building the report. 
This report gives the numbers, but does not identify listings by MLS number; if that level of detail is needed, then a broker/manager with their higher security level must run the "Sales Detail" report for the agent (also available under Resources > Statistical Reporting).

How to Run a Reverse Prospecting Report for your Listing

Reverse Prospecting reports give detailed information for an individual listing, letting a listing agent know how that listing is doing as far as matching saved searches or contact records, how many times the listing has been emailed from Paragon, and various hit count statistics.
To run a Reverse Prospecting report, select Listings > Maintain Listings, find the individual listing in the results, then choose Select an Action and then Activity Report.

HomeBot Webinars

Homebot is an optional tool offered through Paragon.  It is a sellers marketing tool designed to provide homeowners with data to better understand their home and how they can build wealth. 

Tuesday, January 7th
Wednesday, January 15th
Monday, January 20th
Monday, January 27th

12 pm
11 am
1 pm
11 am

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MLS Basics Class Offered ~ January 7th, February 5th and March 10th

Every MLS may do 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.
This class is a great supplement to the Listing Input and Maintenance (LIM) training, and can be attended by new as well as long-time members and office admins who might like a refresher course.

Register for MLS Basics from 10 am-12 noon by clicking on the date below:
January 7th
February 5th
March 10th

Listing Maintenance Class ~ January 16th, February 8th and March 18th

LIM (Listing Input and Training) class will be offered on the following dates from 10 am - 12 pm at our RANW office in Appleton. More information on the LIM program can be found on RANW's website here.

Click on the class date to access the Google form to register.
Thursday, January 16th
Tuesday, February 18th
Wednesday, March 18th

Lockbox Program

Welcome to the Lockbox Program

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#4195
#2524
#1501
Make a Move Realty, LLC
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
Riemer Realty, LLC
Fanta Real Estate
REALTOR Member
REALTOR At Large
REALTOR Member
REALTOR Member
Cecil, WI
Manitowoc, WI
Chilton, WI
De Pere, WI

Supra Apple Watch Video

Supra is excited to share another new video to help you! This month Supra features a how-to video for the Apple Watch.  For more eKEY videos and other resources, visit http://www.supraekey.com/CustomerSupport/Pages/eKEY-Resources.aspx
View the video HERE!

Membership

RANW Membership Changes

To view all the current membership changes for RANW click here.

Sincere Condolences

RANW would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of:

~ Mike and Jean Werth, in the recent passing of Mike. Jean is a REALTOR® and Mike was a REALTOR® with RE/MAX 24/7 Real Estate in Appleton.  

Congratulations on Your Retirement!

RANW congratulates the following long-time REALTOR® members on their recent retirement:
~ Debbie Basler, First Weber Group, Oshkosh
~ Brenda Beauchamp, Realty Plus of the Valley, Sherwood
Toni Ciske, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Neenah
~ Darlene Darrow, First Weber Group, Oshkosh
~ Terry Doyle, Acre Realty, Ltd., Appleton
~ Clive Edinger, Edinger Appraisals, Omro
~ Royce Edwards, Roberts Homes and Real Estate, Fond du Lac
~ Terrence Enright, Mark D Olejniczak Realty, Green Bay
~ Dale Ferg, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Manawa
~ David Grey, First Weber Group, Oshkosh
~ Sharon Jeanquart, Jeanquart Realty, Brillion
~ Jim Kennedy, Appraisal Associates, Inc., Appleton
~ Jim LaPlant, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Green Bay
~ Harold Peterson, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Green Bay
Dennis Rockow, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Neenah
~ Jeff Rogers, Todd Wiese Homeselling System, Green Bay
Sally Schaefer, Mark D Olejniczak Realty, Green Bay
~ John Shaline, Total Service Development, Green Bay
~ Sheila Sopata, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Green Bay
Carol Willems, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group, Neenah

 

Events At a Squint
January
RANW Office Closed
MLS Grid effective
Fond du Lac Holiday Party

Paragon Live Web Trainings
Homesnap Live Web Trainings
CRS Data MLS Tax Suite Training
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February
Name That Tune
Paragon Live Web Trainings
Homesnap Live Web Trainings
CRS Data MLS Tax Suite Training
09



March
Paragon Live Web Trainings
Homesnap Live Web Trainings
CRS Data MLS Tax Suite Training



2023 RANW & MLS 
Boards of Directors

RANW & MLS Executive Committee
President
Michael Sewell

President-Elect
Diane Campshure

Secretary/Treasurer
Pat Kaster

Past-President
Judd Stevenson

RANW Directors
Andy Beiser
Jenelle Bruno
Jill Dickson-Kesler
Michael Kunesh
Ben Lyons
K.C. Maurer

MLS Directors
Tyler Jedwabny
Mike Karisny
Michael Kunesh
Lori Muller
Joy Pouwels
Brittany Voigt

Executive VP
Margery Chapman


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