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Volume 27, Issue 3 — march 2020 |
Realtor News | Education | Events | Government Affairs | MLS | Membership | Appraiser | Commercial |
Top StoriesREALTOR Children Scholarship Application Deadline March 13th Real Estate CE Scheduled for March 3rd, 10th and 17th at RANW Office! Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) Designation ~ March 19th & 20th Appraisal Conference- March 10-11, Ho-Chunk Gaming,Baraboo RANW Timber Rattlers Fundraiser: June 4th -Get Your Tickets Today! Agent Profile Changes Not Picked Up by Realtor.com REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by March 20th Scroll down for additional stories- REALTOR NEWSREALTOR Children Scholarship Application Deadline March 13thA 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. Oshkosh Lunch n' Learn - Housing Loans & Incentives ~ March 16thThe City of Oshkosh offers loans and incentives designed to encourage home improvements, home ownership, and investment in Oshkosh's housing stock. This Q&A session is designed to share details of significant funding available through the City. A strong diverse stock of affordable housing is important to the economic health and quality of life in Oshkosh. Registration required by March 11 - aschaefer@ci.oshkosh.wi.us or call Anne at 920-232-5306. NAR's REALTOR Broker Summit ~ March 31-April 1st, Los AngelesJoin NAR in Los Angeles, CA, on March 31-April 1, 2020, for the REALTOR® Broker Summit, NAR's most exciting broker event. Registration is now open! The REALTOR® Broker Summit offers an incredible two days of learning, exclusive insights, and networking! Connect with industry experts, discover technologies and business strategies from real estate leaders that will offer you practical and actionable ways to position your brokerage for success. New Cyber Liability Insurance Member BenefitMalware, hacks, and data loss are very real threats in the real estate industry where high value transactions and sensitive customer information make real estate professionals a prime target for hackers. Determining the right cyber liability options to protect your real estate business in the event of an online attack isn't easy. Winnebago Floodplain Information AssistanceThe Winnebago County Zoning Office will provide assistance to persons inquiring about floodplain property within the unincorporated area of the County. This is not a floodplain determination for the purpose of determining if flood insurance is required. The information must be obtained in person in order to locate the property. The following will be provided:
The Zoning Office's general walk-in office hours are 8 - 10 am or by appointment. EducationReal Estate CE Scheduled for March 3rd, 10th and 17th at RANW Office!Residential CE will be offered this March at our RANW Office in Appleton. Classes are scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd, 10th and 17th. Register HERE or visit www.RANW.org for more details! Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) Live Webinar ~ March 19th & 20th at RANWThe SRES two-day core course live webinar will help you learn and build key skills in counseling adults age 50+ through selling their family home, buying rental property, moving to a senior community, among many other issues. Appraisal Conference- March 10-11, Ho-Chunk Gaming, BarabooJoin Wisconsin-wide fellow appraisers to complete CE and pick up new skills for the industry. You'll enjoy networking opportunities while listening and learning from the appraisal industry's top experts. And relax! … you won't face the pressure of quizzes and exams at the Appraisal Conference! For more information and to register, click here. ABR 2-Day Core Live Webinar at RANW ~ April 16-17thAn ABR 2-day core course live webinar will be offered April 16-17th at the RANW Office. The Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) designation is designed for real estate buyer agents who focus on working directly with buyer clients. The ABR designation is the benchmark of excellence in buyer representation. Register online at WRA by clicking here EventsRANW Timber Rattlers Fundraiser: June 4th -Get Your Tickets Today!Join us on Thursday, June 20th for our annual RANW Timber Rattlers fundraiser benefiting Make-a-Wish Wisconsin. Tickets WILL sell out, so get yours today! Click HERE to purchase tickets!
Date: Thursday, June 4th
Location: Fox Cities Stadium Dinner & Raffles: 4:30 pm (under the tent!) Game: 7:05 pm Dinner: Includes (2) Drink Tickets, Raffles and Pre-Game fun for the entire family! Proceeds: 100% of net proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish Wisconsin Price: $25/ adults & $15/ kids 12 and under. If you are an Affiliate Member, we still have sponsorships available. CLICK HERE to Sponsor! For any questions regarding sponsorship or this event contact Caryn Reinthaler at creinthaler@ranw.org or call 920-739-9108. Mark Your Calendars ~ Upcoming Popular RANW Events!
2020 RANW Spring Session~ Tuesday, April 21st Double Tree by Hilton- AppletonJoin us Tuesday, April 21st, for this year's RANW Spring Session at The Double Tree by Hilton (the old Holiday Inn). NAR Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo~ May 11-16thThe REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo is where NAR members take an active role to advance the real estate industry, public policy and the association. REALTORS® come to Washington, DC, for Capitol Hill visits, special issues forums, committee meetings, legislative activities and the industry trade show. Government AffairsLocal Spring Elections - April 7, 2020RANW has sent a candidate questionnaire to all participants in contested races for local government seats including cities, villages, towns and counties. Their written responses will be made available to RANW members via a secure link on the RANW website starting March 11th. We encourage all members to please review the answers provided by candidates and be sure to vote on April 7th. Local races may not get the attention that state and federal elections do, but they are just as important! Successful 2020 REALTOR & Government DayThank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to attend this year's advocacy day in Madison! Once again it was a productive and educational day listening to Governor Evers, hearing issue briefings from WRA, and talking one-on-one with our area legislators. For those of you who were not able to attend, you can view the issues and talking points here. MLSRANW MLS Partners with TrustFundsWe are excited to announce that RANW MLS has partnered with TrustFunds to bring electronic earnest money to our market! Broker Registration for TrustFunds will be open starting March 4, 2020. This registration will come directly from TrustFunds. Please register for the March 18th Seminars in the link below. This is a separate registration. Wondering how electronic earnest money work? Watch the 1-Minute Video here. MLS Clear Cooperation PolicyThe National Association of REALTORS®' Board of Directors approved MLS Policy 8.0, also known as the Clear Cooperation Policy. The policy requires listing brokers who are participants in an MLS to submit their listing within one business day of marketing the property to the public. Reminder: Tax Updates for Active ListingsDon't Forget! If your listing is still Active in MLS, don't forget to update the Tax Net Amount and Tax Year! Paragon has updated tax data for more than half of our counties so far. New Text Feature Added to ParagonNew text messaging features have been added to Paragon. You can now text listings to your contacts! Entering New Listings? Watch Your List DateMembers using Listing Input & Maintenance (LIM) to enter new listings should not save their new listings to the MLS before the List Date as entered on the Listing Contract. It may be saved as a Partial Listing but should not be saved with an MLS number. Agent Profile Changes Not Picked Up by Realtor.comWhen an agent joins the MLS, a very basic agent profile is set up on Realtor.com. Realtor.com relies on agents to claim and maintain their profiles, and therefore does not pull any agent changes from the MLS. Homebot News ~ Battling Low Inventory in Your MarketThe news is reporting record low inventory levels in most markets and agents feel the effects. Getting a listing in this market is challenging and keeping your pipeline active is even more challenging. Homebot can help you connect and stay connected with your sellers. Sellers need a different message and they are data-hungry. Unfortunately, traditional seller marketing tools don't produce the results agents need. Homebot, however, is a set-it and forget-it system that delivers monthly Homebot reports to your contacts with an astounding 68% open rate and less than 2% unsubscribe rate. The Homebot system delivers a customized home report that provides information on how homeowners can save money and move up potential. Best of all, Homebot is designed to increase the interaction between you and your contacts. If you're looking to get more listings or need a better system to incubate your contacts, we encourage you to sign up for one of the 30-minute webinars below. If you already signed up for Homebot, below are two training sessions so you get the most out of Homebot.Homebot Demos: Homebot Training: Free RPR Webinars for Residential and Commercial Agents and BrokersJoin these workshops to learn how to leverage these two powerful REALTOR® business tools to your advantage. Learn to easily set-up and connect your RPR and zipForm accounts, and then how to improve your business efficiencies by moving seamlessly between the two. Listing Maintenance Class ~ March 16th, April 14th and May 20thLIM (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. MLS Basics Class Offered ~March 11th, April 8th andEvery 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. Lockbox Program2020 Annual Lockbox Audit Due March 31stCompanies participating in the Lockbox and Key Program should have received a first notice on February 3, 2020 with your company Lockbox inventory. Please check your records for any missing inventory and get the appropriate inventory form back to aschilling@ranw.org and khubers@ranw.org. Thank you to those who have already submitted. Welcome to the Lockbox Program
Daylight Savings Time and LockboxesMarch 8th, 2020 is daylight savings time. If you have a lockbox that is NOT set to 24-hour access, please note that daylight savings time may effect your ability to open your lockbox. For example, a lockbox programmed to be operable from 6am-10pm will, after daylight savings time, open from 7am-11pm. 2020 Annual Lockbox Audit Due March 31stCompanies participating in the Lockbox and Key Program should have received a first notice on February 3, 2020 with your company Lockbox inventory. Please check your records for any missing inventory and get the appropriate inventory form back to aschilling@ranw.org and khubers@ranw.org. Thank you to those who have already submitted. MembershipRANW Membership ChangesTo view all the current membership changes for RANW click here. Sincere CondolencesRANW would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of: ~ Connie Tiedt, long-time staff member at RANW, in her recent passing. Connie was with RANW for over 30 years as an administrative professional specializing in Professional Standards until her "retirement" in 2011. Connie came back often ever since to help us out as though she'd never left. Connie was a great support to members and a great friend to all of us at RANW. She will be greatly missed. REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by March 20thREALTOR® 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 national association committee.
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