Safety Tips from the Small Brokerage Firm Forum
Tracey “The Safety Lady” Hawkins came to the Small Brokerage Firm Forum last Wednesday to share some tips and important safety practices for not just Safety Month, but every day of the year. Hawkins is a national trainer who specializes on REALTOR® safety. Hawkins’ overarching theme in her conversation was that “safety culture starts at […]
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Office Administrator Course Coming Back to KCRAR in July
The next Achieve Excellence as a REALTOR® Administrator is coming up on July 20. This free course is designed for KCRAR member broker office administrators and personal assistants who would like to better get to know the details of KCRAR and Heartland MLS rules, regulations and more. KCRAR Director of Education Alison Trevor launched the […]
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Free for Members: Trust Stamp
New tool uses social media data to enhance identity verification process. When scheduling a meeting with a new client or prospect for the first time, feel more confident about your personal safety by verifying their identity in advance through Trust Stamp. NAR’s 2017 Member Safety Report found that more than one in three agents experienced […]
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Kansas Real Estate Commission Revises Brokerage Relationship Brochure
The Kansas Real Estate Commission (KREC) has updated the Kansas Agency Relationship Disclosure brochure that has been in use since 1997. The disclosure was previously in the format of a three-panel brochure and the new brokerage disclosure, while still referenced as a “brochure” by KREC, is now a one-page form. The new disclosure includes blanks […]
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4 Expert Tips to Keep Your Brokerage in Good Legal Health
A panel of legal experts from Kansas and Missouri spoke to brokers on Friday, Dec. 1 in the KCRAR classroom. KCRAR Corporate Attorney Jim Hubbard moderated a discussion between Kansas and Missouri Real Estate Commission Directors Erik Wisner and Terry Moore, Kansas and Missouri Legal Hotline Attorneys Vern Jarboe and Steve Graham, and Field Supervisor […]
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How to Customize Your HMLS Dashboard in 40 Seconds
Great news for all brokers in the KCRAR and heartland MLS family. We are proud to introduce a new, never-before-seen enhancement to our Agent Dashboard product: Broker Branding. As an HMLS participant, you will now have the ability to customize the appearance of the Agent Dashboard that your agents will see, allowing you to skin […]
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Introducing Realist: A Better, Larger and More Complete Public Record and Tax Database
Heartland MLS is thrilled to announce the integration of Realist, the new public record and tax database system from CoreLogic, which was integrated into Matrix on Tuesday, May 16th. Realist includes 20 counties and will provide in-depth property and ownership data, market information, street and aerial maps as well as market trends for its users, […]
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Introducing Broker-Branded Dashboards
Great news for all brokers in the KCRAR and heartland MLS family. We are proud to introduce a new, never-before-seen enhancement to our Agent Dashboard product: Broker Branding. As an HMLS participant, you will now have the ability to customize the appearance of the Agent Dashboard that your agents will see, allowing you to skin […]
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Who Owns Your Property Photos?
Listing content fuels the real estate industry, and displaying photographs of real properties online is now a vital part of the real estate professional’s marketing plan. Sellers use photographs to market properties, and buyers rely on those images to select which properties to visit. MLSs distribute property listings through proprietary databases that include the listing […]
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