Week of July 18, 2016

Association & Industry News

Mainstreet CEO to Retire in December

MORe Board of Directors announced today that CEO Pamela A. Krieter will retire at the end of this calendar year and that Deputy CEO Margery Shinners will become CEO, effective Jan. 1st, 2017. MORe >

RPRŽ Integration with SentriLock

If you are using the SentriSmart app as well as the RPRŽ Mobile app, you will now have the opportunity to view the listing property details through the SentriSmart app. MORe >

NAR Ecommerce Maintenance

NAR's Ecommerce will be going through scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, July 27th, from 12:15 - 6 a.m. MORe members will be unable to make online payments during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Snapchat Your Business to Another Level

You may be leaving money on the table by not leveraging Snapchat for your business. Learn how one REALTORŽ is using this social media platform to generate more business. MORe >

Avoid Making These Social Media Mistakes

These social media mistakes may be costing you business. MORe >

SentriLock Notice

By default, SentriLock lockboxes have established access times between 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. SentriLock has upgraded the SentriSmart app to allow you to reprogram the access times of your lockboxes through the app. This feature will be available for all lockboxes on July 20, 2016. *IMPORTANT: If the lockbox you are reprogramming the access time for is not a Bluetooth lockbox, an update of your SentriCard at a card reader or lockbox will be required to push the changes to your lockbox.

Professional & Ethical Practices

Spotlight on the Code: Advertising Including Information Based on Other Brokers' Transactions

This week's spotlight is on Article 12, Advertising Including Information Based on Other Brokers' Transaction. Missed a previous week's spotlight? Check out the full series here.

Is It a Fraudulent Listing?

Many listings for sale are scraped from public facing websites and posted for rent by a scammer. Here are some tips to help you determine if the listing is genuine or fraudulent. MORe >

Government Affairs

Condo Legislation Passes U.S. Senate

Thank you to all of the Mainstreet members who participated in the recent Call for Action. NAR announced on July 14th, that the U.S. Senate passed HR 3700. The bill will ease FHA condo rules, make transfer rules consistent with the GSEs and streamline the rural housing loan approval process. MORe >

REALTORŽ Party Mobile Alerts

Stay on top of the latest Calls for Action and other important messages by signing up to receive mobile alerts from the REALTORŽ Party.

Global News

City Vs. Suburbs for Foreign Buyers

According to NAR's 2016 Profile of International Activity in U.S. Residential Real Estate nearly half of foreign buyers purchased a U.S. residential property located in a suburban area. MORe >

Using Facebook to Target International Buyers

Here are a few tips from Practical Ecommerce on how to use Facebook to generate global prospects for your business. MORe >

Looking for more global news and events? Check out MORe's Global Business Council Page!

Commercial Update

Performing Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments - Oct. 28th

This workshop will cover what a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is, why should it be conducted, the costs and time frame as well as the liabilities for not conducting an ESA. MORe >

2016's Most Expensive Keywords for Commercial Real Estate

How much does it cost you to advertise on Google? Sharp Launch recently did an keyword analysis to find out what the most expensive commercial real estate keywords have been this year. MORe >

Upcoming Courses and Events

Events

Courses

July 21st
REALTORSŽ Property Resource Tools for Building Your Business - DG

July 28th
Habitat for Humanity Build with YPN - West Chicago

Aug. 4th
REALTORSŽ Property Resource Tools for Building Your Business - AH

Aug. 2nd
30-Hour Broker Post-Licensing Course (Day One) - DG

Aug. 12th
Ethics in the Field (3 Hrs. Elective & NAR Ethics) - DG

Aug. 18th
Ethics in the Field (3 Hrs. Elective & NAR Ethics) - AH

Sept. 7th
Code of Ethics for the DR (3 Hrs. Elective & NAR Ethics) - DG

It's Time for a Checkup (3 Hrs. Core A) - DG

Other News and Events

Housing Opportunities for Everyone - July 30th

The Village of Park Forest is hosting a home buyer event on Saturday, July 30th, from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Freedom Hall in Park Forest. MORe >

GreenBuilt Home Tour 2016 - July 23rd & 24th

Is there a green home on your block? Find out by attending the 4th Annual GreenBuilt Home Tour! Meet the contractors, architects, builders, and owners and get inside unique green homes in Illinois. Each year the tour features award-winning and nationally-recognized homes which highlight sustainable building practices that are attractive, practical and affordable. MORe >

Share Your Story with MORe!

Let us know what you're doing that's noteworthy! Are you using any innovative business approaches? Received any awards? Have a human interest story? Do you have any new ways of dealing with diverse clients? Send your story to Ramona Schimka at Ramona@succeedwithmore.com. If we think the local media will be interested, we'll ship it off to them pronto - and - we'll jot it down in this section of the Eblast. Questions? Contact Ramona Schimka at Ramona@succeedwithmore.com or 630.324.8465.

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