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Volume 28, Issue 10 — october 2021 |
Realtor News | Education | Events | Government Affairs | MLS | Membership | Appraiser | Commercial |
Top StoriesFirm Billing through Member Portal Membership Renewal Time Mailed Early October - Watch Your Mail & Email ABR Two-Day Core Course ~ Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct 26-27th, at WRA in Madison REGISTER NOW: Appraiser CE USPAP 2022-23 Class: Grand Meridian - Thurs, Oct 28th 2021 RANW Neighborhood Outreach Day - Friday, October 22! RPAC - Have You Backed Your Industry This Year? NEW MLS CRS Tax program - Register for LIVE Webinars RANW Offers Virtual New Member Orientation! WRA360 Professional Development Series Appraisers Need to Complete Mandatory Ethics Requirement by 12-31-21 Scroll down for additional stories- REALTOR NEWSFirm Billing Through Member PortalRANW and RANW MLS is happy to announce we will be changing over to an online invoice system and discontinuing mailing of monthly statements at year end or early 2022. During the transition, we will still send monthly statements while our members get familiar with paying their company bills through the Member Portal online access. Membership Renewal Time Mailed Early October - Watch Your Mail & EmailThe annual membership renewal dues will be generated in late September and mailed out to each member's preferred mailing address the first week of October. RANW also emailed renewal information to all members on October 5th. The easiest way to pay is by logging into your member portal with your member id or NRDS id. WRA Board Approves zipForm Access Until December 2022You may be familiar with the recent decision by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to discontinue its member benefit of the zipForm transaction management product at the end of 2021. While this is a decision at the national level, please rest assured that the board of directors for your state association, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA), has voted that your zipForm will continue through the end of 2022. Additional details will be available in the coming months. Updated Forms Mandatory for Use October 1, 2021The WRA has revised the following forms with a mandatory use date of Oct 1, 2021: Congratulations Terry Hilgenberg!Terry is currently a REALTOR® Emeritus member Congratulations Michael Sewell!RANW congratulates Michael Sewell on earning EducationABR Two-Day Core Course ~ Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct 26-27th, at WRA in MadisonThe ABR two-day core course provides you the tools and know-how to represent buyer-clients in real estate transactions and provide them the same level of service that sellers typically enjoy. This course also offers ideas and methods for building a buyer-representation business, forming buyer relationships, winning repeat business and referrals, and more.
REGISTER NOW: Appraiser CE USPAP 2022-23 Class: Grand Meridian - Thurs, Oct 28thREGISTER HERE for the 7-hour Appraiser CE USPAP 2022-23 class at the Grand Meridian, Appleton, on Thursday, October 28, 2021 @ 8:30am. What is USPAP? Click HERE for more information from the Appraisal Foundation, including requirements for Appraisers. Virtual and other live options are also available at WRA.org. WRA has other options available for the USPAP 2022-23 class, both live and virtual, if you cannot comply or if you cannot wear a mask throughout the day. By attending RANW CE classes you are acknowledging that you voluntarily assume all risks to exposure to COVID-19 and agree not to hold RANW, their employees, sponsors, or volunteers liable for any illness or injury. All live events are SUBJECT to CHANGE or CANCELATION should circumstances warrant related to COVID-19 pandemic, including instructor availability. WRA Introduces "Professional Pointers"Introducing Professional Pointers, an exciting weekly series from the WRA legal team. Each week, you'll find a pointer to enhance professionalism and success in your practice. Pointers such as: REALTOR® Safety Webinars On DemandMiss any of the September REALTOR® Safety Month Webinars?
Events2021 REALTOR Conference & Expo - In San Diego or Virtual, November 12-15thThe REALTORS® Conference & Expo is the largest annual event for the most successful real estate professionals. Education and networking sessions cover every aspect of the real estate industry with prime speakers from around the globe. Focus on Energy Pop-Up Shop ResultsTHE RESULTS ARE IN! At this year's RANW Focus on Energy Pop-up Shop, we sold 1335 LEDs to 54 members, which will save a combined $130,882 electricity cost savings. When all of these bulbs are installed at home, it will remove the greenhouse gas emissions of 12.9 cars for one year. Thank you for helping us save energy! Annual MeetingAs previously noticed in regard to events, the Annual Meeting will not be held live this year. More information about elections will follow in November. Government AffairsJoin the NAR Broker Involvement ProgramThe NAR Broker Involvement Program provides broker-owners with a quick and effective tool to rally their agents on critical legislative issues affecting the real estate industry. Nothing needs to be downloaded and there is no cost to the broker. NAR gives the broker-owner or managing broker access to the Broker portal. When brokers participate in the program, Calls for Action response rates are significantly higher! Learn more about the program at www.realtorparty.realtor. 2021 RANW Neighborhood Outreach Day - Friday, October 22!This is a great opportunity for RANW members to volunteer to help homeowners in your community by raking lawns and other fall lawn maintenance tasks for elderly and disabled residents in your market area. If you are interested, please mark your calendars! Click for an information flyer, team registration flyer, volunteer agreement and directions/information. Deadline to register is September 30th! RPAC - Have You Backed Your Industry This Year?RPAC is critical to REALTORS®. Each session there are http:// up to 4,000 bills introduced in the state legislature, and many of them impact the real estate industry, property owners, and the quality of life in communities across Wisconsin. MLSNEW MLS CRS Tax program - Register for LIVE WebinarsThe new CRS Tax Suite system integrated within Paragon and our RANW MLS database will go live the week of October 25th! We will post notice on Paragon when the system is live! *After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. See what CRS Tax has to offer here. MLS Tax Suite by CRS Data integrates into MLS and gives members the current tax data, detailed maps and robust features on all browsers and devices. Find comparables including FSBOs quickly, evaluate them effectively and give clients professional presentations. Here are just a few of the things you can do with CRS Data's MLS Tax Suite: ~ See real estate assessments and assessor characteristics ~ Find comparable properties sold through your MLS and NOT sold through your MLS ~ Personalize reports for your clients and prospects ~ Find and create prospect lists Confirm Selling Price: Enter it TwiceIn an effort to ensure accurate data for members due to the increasing frequency of inaccurately entered Selling Prices, MLS has added a Selling Price confirmation field to the Paragon LIM program. Members will have to enter their Selling Price a second time, exactly matching the Selling Price entered in the first field, or they will not be able to save the Closing Information to the listing. Paragon: New WIREX Delayed StatusParagon MLS now includes the status WIREX Delayed for listings from other MLSs who use this status. WIREX Delayed status listings are only available to members in the MLS per rules from the other MLSs who are sharing their listings in WIREX. In order to see these listings in a search, members will need to add the WIREX Delayed status to their search criteria. Please note that WIREX Delayed listings will not be shared with buyers via the Collab Center. Paragon Collab Center - Property Search ChangesClick HERE for a description of recent updates to the Paragon Collab Center! Paragon UpdatesClick HERE for a full description of recent Paragon updates including CMA Cover Page, Financial Calculators, Login Auto-Detects, and Photo reorder in Connect. Realtor.com Monthly Traffic ReportClick HERE for the Realtor.com Monthly Traffic Report. Homebot 30-Day Free TrialHomebot is also brought to the MLS members from BlackKnight, our Paragon Vendor, but Homebot is based on an individual subscription. Try the 30 day free trial HERE. Watch a demonstration of Homebot. RANW MLS Stats at a GlanceClick HERE for RANW MLS Stats at a Glance! RANW MLSTraining Opportunities FREE Live Paragon Webinars!Paragon FREE, live webinars will help you get much-needed information to continue being productivity in an ever-changing work environment. Click here for the webinar calendar. Check out the October offerings HERE! RANW MLS WebinarsClick on the training calendar/link for each vendor to register for free daily or on demand webinars!
Homesnap Training CalendarVisit the Homesnap Training Calendar for October Webinars! https://blog.homesnap.com/livestream-training-with-mariah/ Realtor.com Training SessionsPlease visit Realtor.com for the most recent on-demand and scheduled live training. If you see a subject that interests you, click on the title on the page and register! On demand videos are recorded and available at anytime. Lockbox ProgramWelcome to the Lockbox Program
SupraWEB: Essential for Brokers and OAs in Charge of LockboxesRANW MLS recommends using SupraWEB to help our companies in the Lockbox and Key program track lockbox and key activity and organize lockbox inventory. Please see the resources below to learn more about the benefits of using SupraWEB: MembershipEmails from RANW and RANW MLSRANW and RANW MLS send out emails from the following email addresses:
Ethics Deadline is 12-31-21A new three-year ethics cycle began January 1, 2019, and the RANW Membership ChangesTo view all the current membership changes for RANW click here. 5 Reasons to Join Women's Council of REALTORS Fox Valley1. CONNECTION AND CAMARADERIE-The connection with your local, state and national are invaluable for your business and leadership development. RANW Offers Virtual New Member Orientation!Until we can safely offer live New Member Orientation classes, RANW has developed a virtual option for all new members who have not yet completed this membership requirement. New members have all been emailed all of the information and links and have have 30 days to complete the requirement. If you have questions, please email cdreger@ranw.org or call 920-739-9108. BUSINESS RESOURCESWRA360 Professional Development SeriesWRA is offering a new professional development series exploring industry trends, technology, economic forecasts, top issues and various perspectives on cutting-edge topics. Past webinars include: AppraiserAppraisers Need to Complete Mandatory Ethics Requirement by 12-31-21The mandatory NAR Ethics Training Deadline is 12-31-21. See below the two ways you can complete the requirement: Additionally, if you are the Designated REALTOR® and the MLS Participant for your company, and your REALTOR® membership is suspended, your and you will lose your company's access to MLS until you comply with the ethics requirement. Don't lose your REALTOR® membership and/or MLS access - comply today! Please email Cheryl at cdreger@ranw.org with questions. Appraisers: Appraiser CE USPAP 2022-23 ~ Thursday, Oct 28thSee article in the Education section. REAL ESTATE STOREHard Copy Forms for Sale!RANW has the following list of hard copy forms for sale. Click HERE for the list/order form. Please email aschilling@ranw.org or call RANW MLS 920-739-9108 to order.
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