Volunteer at a Habitat Build Day

Wednesday morning the GMAR hosted a zoom meeting for brokers in the association to learn more about recent changes to the Code of Ethics relative to discrimination and hate speech. Matt Difanis, the 2020 Chair of the NAR Professional Standards Committee gave a presentation on the new policies and cleared up any questions that came up.

If you would like more information on the new policies, the NAR hosts monthly trainings to provide guidance on the changes to the Code of Ethics that were approved by the NAR Board of Directors on November 13, 2020, and to provide an opportunity to ask questions of our policy experts.

All of the past trainings can be found here as well as a registration link for future sessions.

Members may access information about the insurance products available through the REALTOR Benefits® Program and REALTORS® Insurance Place.

Interested in participating in an upcoming Habitat Build day? Depending on the date that you choose your group will either be working on wall panelizing, framing or siding. The maximum group size is five (5) people and you would be working from 8:15am - 3:00pm. Keep in mind that the framing and siding tasks do involve working up on ladders. The COVID safety protocols can be found here.

If interested, please select a date from the lists below and email Michelle Kohn.

Last year the GMAR began working through an audit of the SentriLock lockboxes. Of our 9,000 lockboxes in the association, 8,605 were in members hands. Of those 8,605, only 2,747 were on listings. We did mange to get a good number of the unused lockboxes back, however there are currently 5,367 lockboxes out there in members hands that are not being used on listings.

If you have any questions on this topic please email Emily Simonelli. 

Do you own or manage rental housing in Metropolitan Milwaukee opportunity areas?

We will be meeting by zoom to discuss the challenges, what is working and what is not in our new world. This will be our first Zoom meeting, so hopefully not too many glitches!

(may go longer or shorter depending on how many attend)

Please respond to Bruce Nemovitz if you will attend and use this link to join the call on the 25th.

Looking for new ways to bring added value to your clients? Consider becoming a FOCUS ON ENERGY® Ambassador. Focus on Energy partners with utilities across Wisconsin to provide resources and incentives for energy efficient home products, equipment and improvement projects.

Once you complete a digital 45 minute Workshop and enroll as an Ambassador, you can start offering your clients access to new energy efficiency expertise and exclusive perks, including a Welcome Kit with a $125 heating and cooling tune-up voucher and a helpful Home Energy & Maintenance Guide. The kit is co-branded with your business information and sent to your clients on your behalf, at no cost to you, providing an extra touch and added value.

Join the 700+ Wisconsin real estate professionals already offering these informational resources and exclusive perks to their clients. For more information, visit focusonenergy.com/ambassador or email ambassador@focusonenergy.com. You can also call Nancy Alberte, local Focus on Energy representative, at 608.358.8212 with questions.  

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