Rockford Area REALTORS
January 11/2013
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Make Sure All of Your Listings are Searchable

If you have a listing that includes a directional such as "609 Church St, S," you will need to update your listing in Paragon to read "609 S Church St" to assure that it is included in address searches. Paragon has a field specially for directionals. Please update your listings as soon as possible or have your designated staff change them in Paragon.


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New Required Fields Added

"Short Sale" (Y or N) and "Lender Owned" (Y or N) are now required fields in Paragon for all classes of properties. The new Input Forms have been updated on Paragon and Instanet. Please make sure you dispose of any forms dated prior to 1/10/13.

More New Laws for 2013
  • The Dodd-Frank Deposit Insurance Provision that allowed unlimited amounts to be FDIC insured expired on December 31, 2012. What this means is that larger companies with huge escrow accounts might want to make some adjustments to be sure the funds are insured.  
  • Believe it or not, as a result of SB3336, motorists in Illinois will be now share the highways with inline skaters. Skaters will be required to follow certain rules such as displaying front and back lights.  
  • And yes, thanks to HB3178 those with appropriate permits and licenses can now claim road kill - as long as it is in season!  
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Effective Marketing in a Digital Era social media
Friday, February 8th
8:30-12:30

As a result of a grant awarded by the National Association of REALTORS, the Rockford Area REALTORS will be hosting a Signature Series Program called, Effective Marketing in a Digital Era. Award winning International instructor for CCIM Institute, Todd Clarke, will demonstrate to students how to harness the powerful tool of the internet and how to implement social marketing into your business plan. Mr. Clarke is the award winning author of the "Gadgets" column in IREM's Journal of Property Management.

If you make it difficult for potential customers to find you or see you as relevant, they will use your competition!

Click here to read more or go to raarmls.com to register.

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Instanet Solutions Instanet

Per our member's request, Instanet Solutions has been adding enhancements continually to meet the needs of our members. Fillable forms are now available and strike-out capabilities will soon be incorporated on necessary forms- watch for progress.

Additional training sessions, for you and your staff, will also be offered on this fabulous tool that will allow you to go paperless. Watch for up and coming dates.

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Investing in Your Community 

Your investment of time and capital for economic development will see a significant return in real estate transactions with positive business activity. A major order of airplanes for Boeing will positively affect our Aerospace Cluster of companies right here in Rockford as noted in this article posted in rrstar.com recently. All of the companies mentioned in the article are connected to the Rockford Area Economic Development Council. One in particular incubated from a start up product focus at the Eiger Lab to rapidly growing and occupying a newly constructed industrial building in the region. Success is about the journey, and the path that one takes is what leads to success along the way. It is about the journey - it is about preparation being met by opportunity that defines luck. Today is a lucky day!

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IN THIS ISSUE
New Laws
Internet Explorer 8
More Laws
Effective Marketing
MLS Updates
Color of Year
UPCOMING EVENTS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS

January 14th
REALTOR of the Year 2:00pm

January 15th
Executive Committee 12:00pm

January 16th
Education Committee 1:30pm

January 17th
Board of Directors 2:00pm
C&I Committee 3:00pm

EVENTS

January 14
Hot Topic Series-1:30pm
Short Sale Rider

January 25th
CE- COR1625A- 9:00am
CE-Reducing Radon Risk- 1:00pm

February 8th
Effective Marketing
in a Digital Era
8:30am-12:30pm

February 18th
CE-COR1616B- Residential Rentals 9:00am
CE- Game On- 1:00pm

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