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SMDRA WEEKLY NEWS & EVENTS • AUGUST 9, 2024 |
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REcolorado and the NAR Settlement Update:
Changes Take Effect August 15th
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To be sure all changes related to the NAR Settlement are in alignment, we have coordinated with our MLS vendor to remove all references to compensation within the MLS starting August 15, coinciding with the release of the DORA Commission-Approved contracts and forms. Now there will be no “gap period” between compensation removal from the MLS and the release of the revised DORA commission forms and contracts. We hope that by aligning with the release of these forms, you’ll experience a smoother and more efficient transition, allowing you to continue your work without any interruptions or confusion.
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HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR REQUIRED ETHICS COURSE FOR
THE CURRENT ETHICS CYCLE 2022-2024?
CLICK HERE to check your status, submit your certificate or find a class.
The requirement can be met by taking the course through any
REALTOR® Association, including NAR and CAR and the CE Shop.
Certificates received from any other source WILL NOT be honored!
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SMDRA classes are offered IN-PERSON and on the ZOOM ONLINE platform in a live, online, instructor led format. Be sure to note where each class is held. Visit smdra.com for details.
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ZOOM GRI 102: Business Planning
Aug 14 - 9am to 1pm
$50 for Everyone
4 CE Credits
Instructor: Rich Sands
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ZOOM GRI 112: Marketing Tools
Aug 21 - 9am to 1pm
$50 for Everyone
4 CE Credits
Instructor: Rich Sands
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ZOOM Annual Commission Update
Aug 22 - 9am to 1pm
Members Free / $20 Others
4 CE Credits
Instructor: Doug Emmerich
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IN-PERSON NAR
Code of Ethics
Aug 22 - 10am to 1pm
Members Free / $45 Others
3 CE Credits
Instructor: David Barber
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IN-PERSON GRI 106: Ethics & Professional Practice
Aug 27 - 9am to 1pm
Members Free / $50 Others
4 CE Credits
Instructor: Jack O'Conor
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IN-PERSON New REALTOR Orientation
Aug 27 - 2pm to 3:30pm
Members Free
0 CE Credits
Instructor: SMDRA Staff
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FREE EDUCATION FOR SMDRA MEMBERS!
ALL CLASSES except designations and certifications are FREE for SMDRA members.
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UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS |
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Accredited Buyer's Representative
ABR Designation Course
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DATE: Tues & Wed, September 24&25, 2024
LOCATION: Online Zoom Format
TIME: 9:00am to 4:00pm
COST: FREE for Members / $350 Others
INSTRUCTOR: Mickey Sanders
If you are working with buyers be sure to take advantage of any resources and educational opportunities that will help you better represent them. And what better way to start than with a designation that was specifically designed to help you help buyers? Your buyers will thank you!
The ABR® course is the first step toward earning the ABR® designation and focuses on the key information and skills we need today when working with buyers, including how to:
- Walk buyers through written buyer representation agreements.
- Advocate for our clients’ best interests throughout the transaction.
- Articulate their value to the buyer-client.
- Work with data to complete insightful market analyses.
- Explain the range of financing options available to clients.
- Stay on top of emerging trends.
- Build relationships that carry beyond the closing.
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Pricing Strategy Advisor
PSA Certification
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DATE: Thursday, October 10, 2024
LOCATION: Online Zoom Format
TIME: 9:00am to 4:30pm
COST: $99 for Members / $129 All Others
INSTRUCTOR: Rich Sands
CLASS DETAILS: The Pricing Strategy Advisor (PSA) certification is specifically designed to enhance your skills on pricing properties, creating CMAs, working with appraisers, and guiding clients through the anxieties and misperceptions they often have about home values.
Determining property values depends more than ever on professional expertise and competence, the best use of technology, and approaching the pricing assignment from various perspectives. Enhance your skills in pricing properties, creating CMAs, working with appraisers, and guiding clients through the anxieties and misperceptions they often have about home values with the PSA certification.
The key to competitive home pricing is becoming proficient at comparative market analyses (CMAs). In this class, you will learn how to evaluate the existing real estat market to take the guesswork out of pricing homes.
You will learn:
- Determine the market-based value range of a home
- Compile a CMA report for proper presentation
- Hone your pricing skills and practices
- How to work with appraisers
- How to adjust comparables
- The purpose and benefits of CMAs and how to guide clients through them
- How to identify appropriate comparables and where to find the information
- Terminology of pricing and valuation
- The Code of Ethics as it relates to pricing
- The role of supply and demand in pricing
- Specific challenges and special situations in making adjustments
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SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU!
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This edition of the SMDRA Weekly Newsletter is made possible by the following businesses: |
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“Member Dues dollars do not pay for SMDRA Events – these are paid for
by sponsorships from your Affiliate and Industry Business Partners.
Please thank them by using their services to support our Association."
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August Power Lunch:
Meet the Mayors
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DATE: Tuesday, August 20, 2024
TIME: 11:00am-11:20am – Lunch and Networking
11:20 Welcome Announcements & Sponsor
11:30am-1:30pm – Program
TOPIC: Meet the Mayors
LOCATION: SMDRA Event Center
SPEAKER: Mayors of Local Cities in the South Denver Metro Area
THIS IS A SMDRA MEMBER ONLY EVENT!
SESSION INFORMATION: Here’s your opportunity to meet our Mayors from the South Metro Denver area and hear about what’s new in each of their cities. Enjoy a lunch co-sponsored by the REALTOR® Party, your REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) and SMDRA Corporate Sponsor, while learning about issues that affect our industry
Mayors that will be joining us are:
- Aurora – Mike Coffman
- Centennial – Stephanie Piko
- Cherry Hills Village – Katy Brown
- Greenwood Village – George Lantz
- Littleton – Kyle Schlachter
- Lone Tree – Marissa Harmon
- Parker – Jeff Toberg
POWER LUNCH SPONSOR:
Karen Hyman with 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty
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September Town Hall Talks
General Membership Meeting
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DATE: Friday, September 6, 2024
TIME: 9:00am to 10:00am – Doors Open at 8:45am
TOPIC: September Monthly SMDRA General Membership Meeting - Megyn Christiansen from Forewarn
SESSION INFORMATION: Town Hall Talks are the first Friday of every month. This will be a general SMDRA membership meeting, similar to Friday Fuze and Marketing Meetings of the past. An opportunity to catch up on what’s happening at SMDRA, a brief informational presentation, property marketing, buyers and sellers needs, networking with fellow SMDRA members and OF COURSE DONUTS!
TOPIC: Forewarn presentation via Zoom
DONUT SPONSOR:
Fidelity National Title
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Food Fun RPAC
2024 RPAC Roadshow
A Fundraiser for the REALTORS Political Action Committee (RPAC)
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DATE: Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
TIME: 4:00pm-6:00pm
EVENT: 2024 RPAC Roadshow – A Fundraiser for The REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC)
COST: Free
LOCATION: South Metro Denver REALTOR Association Event Center and Patio
6436 S. Racine Circle
Centennial, CO 80111
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a special RPAC event to learn more about becoming an RPAC investor and how your RPAC investments help shape the future of our communities and industry. There’ll be food, drinks, games and raffle prizes. PLUS, we have a great lineup of speakers including:
- Dr, Jessica Lutz, Deputy Chief Economist & Vice President of Research
- Brian Tanner, Vice President of Public Policy at the Colorado Association of Realtors®
- Kerrianne Brenzel, Director of Development and Communications at the Colorado Association of Realtors®
Tickets include admission, 1 meal and 1 dessert ticket to the Mile High City Sliders Food Truck and Best One Yet Ice Cream Truck.
Yard Games include Corn Hole, Ladder Ball, YardZee, Giant Jenga and Giant Connect 4!
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September Connections & Cocktails Member Networking |
DATE: Thursday, September 12, 2024
TIME: 4:00pm to 6:00pm – Doors Open at 3:45pm
TOPIC: Connections & Cocktails Networking
THIS IS A SMDRA MEMBER ONLY EVENT!
SESSION INFORMATION: Connections and Cocktails is the 2nd Thursday of each month from 4:00pm-6:00pm. Connections & Cocktails is a networking opportunity complete with light appetizers and cocktails. Each session will have a focus to educate members about ways to get involved, make industry connections and of course an opportunity to meet and connect with other SMDRA REALTOR® and Affiliate Industry Partner Members.
CONNECTIONS & COCKTAILS SPONSOR:
Deb Gustafson with Guaranteed Rate
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MARKET TRENDS & STATISTICS |
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Get the SMDRA Market Trends & Statistics for July 2024 |
CLICK THE IMAGE to visit the Housing Market Trends and Statistics Resources page on the SMDRA website for the latest statistics resources.
Click the button below to download the latest statistic files.
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Get Members, Clients on
the Same Page
National Association of REALTORS®
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Your members have a runway of opportunity before Aug. 17, when new practice changes will take effect, to get their clients on the same page and ready to move forward with their transactions. It’s also a time for members to build confidence in their skills. Three new episodes of the “Drive With NAR” podcast aim to impart tips on:
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Active Listings Increase But Other Market Factors Keep Home Buyers and Sellers at a Stalemate
Colorado Association of REALTORS
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The stalemate in Colorado’s housing market continues as both buyers and sellers choose to wait out the economic uncertainties being driven by stubbornly high interest rates, rising insurance rates and property tax hikes, inflation and more, according to the latest Market Trends Housing Report from the Colorado Association of REALTORS® (CAR) and analysis from the Association’s spokespersons across Colorado. The combination of factors has helped push the inventory of active listings notably higher but has done very little to improve housing affordability as median pricing continues to tick up in most markets across the state. |
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Navigating Compensation
Changes in Real Estate
REcolorado
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The real estate industry is changing. Regardless of whether you are a REALTOR or not, whether you participate in REcolorado or another MLS, the legal landscape necessitates changes in business practices for your own protection against further lawsuits. |
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SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT YOU!
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This edition of the SMDRA Weekly Newsletter is made possible by our Platinum Corporate Sponsors: |
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SMDRA REALTOR Member
Benefit - Forewarn!
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SMDRA is thrilled to announce a COMPLIMENTARY proactive safety and lead intelligence service for all SMDRA REALTOR Members!
Quickly becoming the industry standard for safety and prospect intelligence, FOREWARN is a revolutionary application that allows agents to have instant due diligence on prospects. In seconds, with as little information as a phone number or name, SMDRA REALTOR Members can verify a prospect’s identity, criminal records, bankruptcies, liens, judgments, address history and property records all in one place, leading to safer and more productive interactions.
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SMDRA Event & Meeting Rentals |
Are you looking for a venue to:
- Host your company's annual meeting?
- Have your holiday party or event?
- Teach an educational class for your employees?
- Hold a wedding celebration?
- Or a place to just meet, whatever your reason might be!
- SMDRA Member discount available
The South Metro Denver REALTOR® Association's Event Center, Lobby, Patio, Legacy Room, Board Room and Training Room are available for day, evening and weekend rentals. Contact us today for rental rates and space availability
Email Susan Cooper at susan@smdra.com for questions and additional information.
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MAKE SURE YOUR CAR KEYS ARE ON A separate ring from your house and office keys. That way if you misplace a set of keys, you won't lose all of them.
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SENTRILOCK @ YOUR SERVICE |
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IMPORTANT UPDATE:
ShowingTimes and BrokerBay are NO LONGER Generating Access Codes for SentriLock Boxes
SentriLock®
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In case you didn't know, ShowingTimes and BrokerBay are NO LONGER generating access codes for SentriLock boxes. Download our helpful Frequently Asked Questions document for instruction and helpful videos, on how to generate codes for property access.
Need HELP with Your
SentriLock Lockboxes?
Call the SMDRA Office at 303-797-3700
WE CAN HELP TOO!
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