KCRAR Members Achieve State Honors
Two KCRAR members achieved honors at the annual state association meetings. Lin Van Meter was inaugurated as Missouri Women’s Council of REALTORS® 2020 president at the Missouri REALTORS® (MR) meetings in late September, and Alex Goering was awarded the Kansas Association of REALTORS® (KAR) 2019 Salesperson of the Year Award at the KAR meetings earlier […]
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Centralized Showing Service is Now ShowingTime
Centralized Showing Service has joined ShowingTime, a merger that will combine the features of both systems into a single platform. This transition will take place for Heartland MLS subscribers on Oct. 22. On this date, all current CSS Scheduler users will be updated to ShowingTime for the MLS, the agent-to-agent scheduling tool integrated into […]
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Residential and Commercial Forecast Events to Feature Lawrence Yun
KCRAR is bringing back another Residential Forecast Event on Oct. 30, to be immediately followed by the annual Commercial Forecast Event. Both sessions will feature a keynote from the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), Lawrence Yun. Dr Yun will dive into the current forces impacting […]
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Mark Solomon Selected as National Good Neighbor Award Winner
KCRAR REALTOR® and Co-Founder of Veterans Community Project Mark Solomon was selected this week as a National Association of REALTORS® Good Neighbor Award winner. In addition to the $10,000 grant he will receive for Veterans Community Project, he was also voted as a top three Web Choice winner, which will earn his organization an additional […]
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Kansas City Urban Core Bus Tour Home Show Back for Fall Edition
A free home show and homebuying seminar will be coming to Kansas City, Mo. on Saturday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 6. Experts in various home buying fields will be on-site to answer questions for attendees. On Saturday, a home buying seminar will be held in both Spanish and English from 12 p.m. to 1:30 […]
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‘Secrets of Top Selling Agents’ Coming to Overland Park
Social Media expert Marki Lemons-Ryhal is coming to the Sheraton Overland Park on Oct. 1 for a three-hour live training event. Lemons-Ryhal will show attendees how to accelerate their lead generation and implement a strategy to turn open houses into lead generation events with Instagram, Facebook and video content. “We teach REALTORS® how to […]
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Meet The Candidates For The 2020 KCRAR Board Of Directors Election
The election for two KCRAR Directors will take place in November. Each position is a three-year term serving on the KCRAR Board of Directors beginning January 2020. Voting members will receive email ballots the first week of November. The open Director positions are: Northland Region Director: All REALTOR® members from the Northland Region will receive […]
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Seats Available in Upcoming Instructor Development Workshop
KCRAR will be holding an Instructor Development Workshop for new or experienced instructors on Oct. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nationally acclaimed educators and authors John Mayfield and Melanie McLane will provide proven strategies for creating courses that will engage, inspire and leave a lasting impression on students. This fast-paced course will also […]
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4 Self-Defense Tips to Stay Safe on the Job
KCRAR held a special self-defense class earlier this month for REALTOR® Safety Month. Steve Woolridge, who holds a first-degree black belt in Krav Maga, taught a classroom of over 50 REALTORS® hands-on skills they can use if they’re ever in a crisis situation. In addition to those skills, Woolridge emphasized a number of best practices […]
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Hundreds of REALTORS® Volunteer at REALTORS® Rock the Block in Wyandotte County
About 250 local REALTORS® and community partners volunteered at the fourth annual REALTORS® Rock the Block event on Wednesday to help revitalize 12 homes in Kansas City, Kan. REALTORS® from all across the city came together to paint, build porches, landscape and more with the coordination of Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City. “In our […]
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