Agents can take advantage of technology for a virtual experience. This year has pushed our industry into the digital era regardless of competency. Visit NAR for tips and tricks on how to use digital platforms to get your message across. Additionally, NAR has other resources to help your business.

Our business tends to go in 90-day cycles, meaning most efforts are seen 90 days later in the number of sold units. I am business planning and preparing for next year already. It’s recommended we take this time to plan, prepare and reestablish the relationships that provide opportunities for success. The plan for success in 2021 starts now. I hope you can take the time to prepare. Please reach out to GMAR if there are education opportunities you'd like us to host for our members to prepare! 

'Our goals can only be reached through the vehicle of a plan. There is no other route to success' - Pable Picasso 

The GMAR Director Election will start Sunday, October 11th. A link and directions to vote online will be emailed to all eligible GMAR members on Sunday. You will be able to vote from Sunday, October 11 through Saturday, October 19. You will be asked to vote for four (4) Directors, who will fill a three-year term.

Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress changed federal tax law so that local associations can no longer include local lobbying expenses in the deductible portion of a member’s annual dues. Instead, these local lobbying expenses must now be calculated into the non-deductible dues amount, along with state and national dues. 

As a result of this federal tax law change, the GMAR calculated the nondeductible portion of your 2021 local Membership Dues. The amount of your GMAR local Realtor and Affiliate dues is $1.00 per member; this amount is in addition to the amounts stated on the back of your WRA dues statement which specifies the non-deductibility of WRA and NAR dues.  

If you’d like to get involved in the GMAR and offer your expertise, thoughts, and opinions on issues that interest you, check out the various committees and task forces the GMAR currently utilizes.

Please complete an application and the GMAR Executive Committee will review your application to see if there is room on your preferred committee or task force (The size of committees or task forces may be limited).

SentriLock is the electronic lockbox system that is provided to you as members. It is a benefit that you have the option to take advantage of at no additional cost. To get your account set up you can email Emily Simonelli. Once you have an account, you are welcome to pick up lockboxes from our office anytime you need them for your listings. You may hold onto your lockboxes as long as you are in the association and plan to use them. If you ever leave the business or have an excess amount of lockboxes that are not being used, they must be returned to our GMAR office.

If you already have your account set up and just need a quick refresher on the system and its functions, click here to view some short 'how-to' videos.

We hope we can count on you to keep real estate "essential" in Wisconsin now and in the future. Please donate anything you can to the REALTORS® Political Action Committee to support our work.

The CRS is the highest designation awarded to sales associates in the residential sales field and is awarded based on professional experience and education.

Virtual courses through the Residential Real Estate Council are coming up.

Due to popular demand, MPD Training, LLC, will be providing another Concealed Carry Firearms Safety Course at the GMAR office in October. No previous experience is necessary.

 Lunch will be provided by Waterstone Mortgage

Full search will be going away in November of this year. MLS is providing weekly Wednesday webinars to get members familiar with the power of Quick Search. If you or your staff are not currently using Quick Search, please take the time to sign up for a webinar and prepare for the upcoming transition.