Combined R.A.M.P. - Realtors Achievement Master Program & Your Professional Network Meeting - FREE
Wednesday, April 26, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
NHMR Guilford
Rookie Rock Star Agent Panel
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Hear from four rookie agents who collectively have generated a total of $47 million in transactions in their first few years as Realtors!! Learn their secrets to success!
Javyn Roundtree, YellowBrick Real Estate ~ $15 million in transactions since 11/2020
Deven Talarczyk, Page Taft - Compass ~ $8 million in transactions since 1/2021
Heather Zito, Carbutti & Co, REALTORS ~ $12 million in transactions since 8/2021
Hybrid meeting. Lunch provided. Catered by Guilford Marketplace
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Best Week to Sell Your Home Ad Campaign
CT Realtors is promoting Realtor.com's announcement that the week of April 16-22 is statistically the "Best Week to Sell Your Home". The message is featured on several billboards and digital ads.
The ads are running from now through the end of the week in the hopes of encouraging potential sellers to reach out to you.
For more information, go to ctrealtors.com and click the red box on the main page.
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Work Well, Live Well, Play Well While Riding with the Brand - FREE
MAY 15, 2023
11 am - 4 pm | CT Convention Center, Hartford
This is a FREE event - open to CT REALTORS® members featuring Keynote Speaker/Sessions:
- AI, ChatGPT & Real Estate with Marki Lemons-Ryhal
- Cybersecurity Threats & Tips with Robert Siciliano
- Boxed Lunch
- Networking Cocktail Reception with Live Entertainment by Timmy Maia, High End Prize Drawings
- NAR's Riding with the Brand Bus and Motorcycle and more!
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FREE Bus Transportation for NHMR Members!
NHMR will be providing free transportation to and from the event with stops in Guilford, North Haven and Middletown. Stay tuned for details & registration information.
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Make Sure You're Signed Up for Text Alerts! Call for Action Expected Soon to Oppose Mandatory Energy Scores On Rental Units
Make sure you are in the CTR text alert system to get breaking news of real estate-related legislation needing immediate action. In this legislative session alone, CT Realtors has already helped defeat proposed legislation related to:
• Rent caps & rent control
• Landlord tax
• Required testing public water
• DEEP ability to invoke eminent domain on parts of the coastline
• Tax on vacant properties
Proposals CTR is still fighting:
• Mandatory energy scores for rentals - (Gov. Bill SB 979) Expected Call for Action this week
• Buyers’ conveyance tax
• Expanded seller conveyance tax
• Statewide property tax
Check to confirm that you are in the system to receive the Call for Action alerts: There is a two step process in the sign up - 1. Register 2. Verify by responding to the confirmation text. Many members have not completed the second step and are not in the system. If you are not sure if you're signed up, you can register and the system will alert you if you are already registered.
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New Haven Middlesex Realtors Foundation Scholarship Applications Available
The application period for the New Haven Middlesex Realtors Foundation scholarships is open. Children, step-children or grandchildren of an NHMR member or employee are eligible.
Application and criteria is available here. Application deadline is May 14.
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Cinco de Mayo Power Lunch
May 5, NHMR Guilford
What’s One Thing You Can Do TODAY to Increase Your Income?
Hybrid meeting. Lunch provided. Catered by Guilford Marketplace. Sponsored by Guild Mortgage
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Mortgage 101
May 12, Hybrid
Learn How Mortgage Financing Will Affect Your Buyers AND Sellers in this Hybrid meeting presented by NHMR Premier Sponsor Kelly McGuinness of PrimeLending.
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Power Lunch - Credit 101: Everything You Need to Know About Credit to Help Your Clients
May 23, NHMR Guilford
Join us for this FREE fast-paced and dynamic session with Stephen Robert from Bedrock Credit America. Sponsored by Liberty Bank
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NHMR Shred Fest & Animal Shelter Fundraiser
June 2, NHMR Guilford
Get your confidential paperwork you no longer need professionally shredded, free of charge. Monetary donations as well as goods will be collected to support the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter in Branford and the North Haven Animal Shelter.
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Home Energy Savings Resource Page
NHMR held a panel session featuring speakers from Eversource, UI and CT Green Bank discussing Home Energy assessments, Energy rebates & tax credits, Solar, Financing green improvements, and programs for existing homes, New Construction, Multi-family (owner-occupied and investor) and Condominiums.
We hope you will use this as a resource for yourself as well as your clients!
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Fair Housing—Beyond the Transaction
April 26, 1 to 2 p.m. CT
Discover how fellow REALTORS® are advancing equitable homeownership opportunities and sharing fair housing intelligence through community leadership. This month’s NAR NXT UP! session features three panelists from across the country establishing best practices, raising awareness and providing guidance through their state and local associations.
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April is Fair Housing Month
Fair Housing month commemorates the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act in which U.S. law was established that prohibited discrimination in housing.
Show you support equal opportunity in housing by displaying this declaration of following fair housing laws and your commitment to provide professional service with the REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration. |
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Take the Fairhaven simulation
As part of Fair Housing Month, NHMR encourages all its members to go to Fairhaven.realtor and take the interactive online simulation to help identify, prevent, and address discriminatory practices in real estate.
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Leader Spotlight: NHMR President Lorrie Maiorano
CT Realtors recently featured Lorrie Maiorano (Calcagni Real Estate, North Haven), the New Haven Middlesex Association of REALTORS® 2023 President in their weekly update.
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New Haven-Milford #5 on the Realtor.com Hot Markets for March
For the second month in a row, New Haven-Milford is on the Realtor.com hot markets list. For March, our market area moved up one spot to #5.These top markets are where homes sell fastest and have lots of potential buyers checking out each listing on Realtor.com, suggesting relatively favorable conditions for sellers.
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Communicate the value REALTORS bring to consumers and communities
Refer to the Competition.Realtor website, which provides a comprehensive overview of how REALTORS® and the local MLS broker marketplaces benefit consumers.
Local MLS broker marketplaces are pro-consumer and pro-competitive, and it is important to communicate that and the value of REALTORS® as much and in as many ways as possible.
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CE Class Schedule
Classes for the 2022-2024 CE Cycle are in full swing! The mandatory course is:
CT Agency Law for Real Estate Licensees
You can register for this course now! We also recommend members take an Ethics class to fulfil the NAR mandate.
Reminder: New CE Completion Dates:
- Brokers must complete CE prior to September 1, 2024
- Salespersons must complete CE PRIOR to March 1, 2024
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Speak a Second Language or Have a Specialty? Update Your Member Profile & Take Advantage of "Search by Language" Feature
Your NHMR and NAR Member profiles also populate the searches used on Realtor.com. If you have a specialty or speak a second language make sure it's in your profile to ensure that you are receiving the greatest exposure!
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Free Inman News Subscription Included with CTR Membership
Inman Select is an exclusive real estate news service with powerful insights and a community of real estate leaders.
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Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card
Recommend someone to join our Affiliate Member program and if they join, you’ll be entered into a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card. There will be a new drawing each month.
Recommend any industry-related company or contractor you do business with. Send your referrals to [email protected]
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Shop Realtor Items at the NHMR Online Board Store
You can shop the NHMR Board Store for Realtor items right from the NHMR member portal. Log into the portal and click on Shop. At checkout you can select whether you want the item shipped or can choose contact-free pick up at the office at no charge.
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Updated forms available in the CTR forms library
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NHMR Industry Partners Page & Online Affiliate Directory
Need a mortgage officer, real estate attorney, home inspector, photographer or stager? Have your clients asked you for recommendations for movers, insurance, mold, biohazard or fire & water cleanup?? Find the resources you need and more on our newly launched Industry Partners page on nhmrealtors.com!
Use this online directory of NHMR Affiliate Members as your go-to resource to help you in your business every day! It’s a searchable listing of people, products and/or services that are useful to Realtors and is one of many ways we provide added value to our members. The directory is updated regularly so check back often for the latest additions.
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