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Volume 28, Issue 9 — september 2021 |
Realtor News | Education | Events | Government Affairs | MLS | Membership | Appraiser | Commercial |
Top StoriesUpcoming REALTOR Safety Webinars: Sept 15th & 16th Membership Renewal Time Coming Soon! 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 WRA Convention ~ October 4-6th, Milwaukee 2021 RANW Neighborhood Outreach Day - Friday, October 22! MLS Tax Suite by CRS Data ~ Property Data with a Human Touch REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by September 27th 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 NEWSSeptember is REALTOR Safety MonthNAR has a wealth of resources to help REALTORS® better understand and educate each other about the safety risks they face. Upcoming REALTOR Safety Webinars: Sept 15th & 16thAvoiding REALTOR® Danger Zones REALTOR® Safety NetworkThe National Association of REALTORS® is committed to the safety of our members. Through their new REALTOR® Safety Network, NAR will deploy REALTOR® Safety Alerts via social media when a physical or cyberthreat to REALTORS® warrants national attention. For example: Membership Renewal Time Coming Soon! Update Your Preferred Mailing AddressThe annual membership renewal dues will be generated in late September and mailed out to each member's preferred mailing address around the first of October. If you would like to update your preferred mailing address from office to home or vice versa, please login to your member portal with your member id or NRDS id and update the Preferred Mail section. See instructions here. 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. So Long and Happy Retirement Cary Dvorak!RANW wishes a fond farewell and happy retirement to Cary Dvorak, one of RANW's long-time data entry specialists. We thank Cary for her 23+ years of dedicated customer service to our members! Lucky for us, we'll still see Cary as she helps us out from time to time. We wish Cary the best and we'll miss her at RANW! National Association of Realtors® Announces Partnership with 1-800-GOT-JUNK?The National Association of Realtors® has announced a new partnership within the REALTOR Benefits® Program. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? will be providing $50 off full-service junk removal services to all NAR members and their families, in addition to all national, state and local association staff. This new partnership will also allow Realtors® to extend the benefit to their clients, who can then take advantage of the service at a discounted rate throughout their home sale or purchase process. For details, please click here. 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: EventsWRA Convention ~ October 4-6th, Milwaukee or VirtualThe WRA's biggest game of the year is this fall in Milwaukee on October 4-6! Connect, find your strike zone and let your real estate all-star emerge with the opportunity to gather together to mold your winning team and perfect your game. Cost is $145 for the live sessions and $90 for the virtual option. 2021 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. Government Affairs2021 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! State of the County - Brown County Economic Development Forum Tuesday, October 5Brown County is hosting an economic development forum for commercial developers, real estate professionals, builders, financiers, and other stakeholders.
Attendees will also hear about economic development opportunities from the following municipalities:
Increase Diversity with Partnership for SuccessThe WRA Partnership for Success Program is designed to promote diversity within the REALTOR® membership and enhance the probability of long-term success for new minority agents. The program offers minority candidates the opportunity to have one year of REALTOR® dues and six months of MLS fees covered, and to attend real estate practice courses and networking events. Many program benefits are "paid forward" via cash reimbursements or community service hours within three years. Potential applicants and their sponsoring brokers can obtain the application forms and watch videos at www.wra.org/Partnership for more information. MLSMLS Tax Suite by CRS Data ~ Property Data with a Human TouchRANW MLS is very pleased to be adding this new program to Paragon ~ it will be coming this October/November. Please watch for more info and live webinars. Enter Your Selling Price TwiceIn order to minimize errors in MLS Data, members are now required to enter the Selling Price twice and make sure those numbers match before they can save their listings as a Closed/Sold listing. Generate a CMA in 60 Seconds with Homesnap!Need to justify a listing price for an existing client or looking for help with client leads? Create a rapid CMA in just 60 seconds with the Homesnap App. Open up any property (active or not) in Homesnap and scroll until you see Agent Actions. Choose up to 3 similar listings and 3 recent sales to compare to the initial property in the full report. Reports are usually between 30-75 pages long, vibrantly formatted, and can answer a lot of questions for sellers and buyers. Watch the video HERE for a step-by-step tutorial.
Register to use Homesnap TODAY and visit the Homesnap University for tutorials, live training, recorded webinars, and more! RANW MLS Stats at a GlanceClick HERE for RANW MLS Stats at a Glance! 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. Realtor.com COVID-19 Housing Market Update
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 August 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 September 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
September Supra TrainingSupra's eKEY Basic app turns your smartphone into a lockbox key and brings a set of useful tools to your business. New to Supra eKEY? Sign up to take Supra's 1 hour eKEY Basic training for agents:
RANW MLS recommends that companies participating in lockbox please use SupraWEB to organize lockbox inventory, run reports, assign one-day codes to eligible non-members and MORE! Register for SupraWEB training now as space is limited (essential for OAs and Brokers in charge of lockboxes):
Safe Showings with Supra Agent AlertSeptember is safety month. Did you know your Supra eKEY® App has a safety feature called Agent Alert? With the press of a button on the Supra eKEY® app, agents have quick access to send an alert message when needed. Set up your Agent Alert with these easy steps: Watch the Video HERE! MembershipRANW Membership ChangesTo view all the current membership changes for RANW click here. Congratulations on Your Retirement!RANW congratulates the following members on their recent retirement: REALTOR Emeritus Applications Due by September 27thREALTOR® 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. 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. Ethics Deadline is 12-31-21A new three-year ethics cycle began January 1, 2019, and the 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: Save on GE Appliances with Your NAR Member BenefitsRealtors® can enjoy exceptional savings on GE Appliances' full line of high-quality appliances. Members can shop the full suite of GEA brands including Profile™, Cafe™, GE®, Monogram®, Haier, and Hotpoint® appliances. Special savings with promotional and rebate offers: Shop the new suite of small appliances. Refer clients, family and friends to pass along great discounts. Convenient in-home delivery, installation and haul-away services available. Shop HERE. AppraiserAppraisers: Appraiser CE USPAP 2022-23 ~ Thursday, Oct 28thSee article in the Education section. Appraisers 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. CommercialRPR Commercial New VideoCheck out this one minute video to learn how RPR Commercial can help you build your commercial real estate business. Click here to view the video.
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